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- Collection: UIS History Harvest 2018 - Being Illinoisan
Proof of Snow ancestor living across the street from Abraham Lincoln.Multiple public records as well as a family bible entry that prove the Snow family lived across the street from Abraham Lincoln.
Purple Heart for PFC Ardell Van OverA Purple Heart medal awarded to the family of PFC Ardell Van Over posthumously in 1952. PFC Van Over fought in the Battle of the Bulge where according…
Real Estate LicenseReal Estate License issued to Ernest J. Antonacci by the State of Illinois.
Robert MooreNewspaper talking about how Robert Moore was able to move the Martin Luther King statue in front of Springfield Illinois Capitol.
Robert Moore and Dick CheneyPicture of U.S. Marshall Robert Moore and Vice President Dick Cheney at the White House.
Roger E. Chapin at the Race Riots National Guard CampImages regarding Roger E. Chapin and his father, E.L. Chapin, and their involvement with the aftermath of the 1908 Springfield Race Riots. Roger,…
Scrapbooks of Local Lithuanian American HistoryA set of scrapbooks dedicated to photographs of the Lithuanian American people of the Springfield area. Filled with photos that have been collected…
Senator Dick Durbin's Letter About the Lithuanians in Springfield Historic MarkerSenator Dick Durbin's reply to the Illinois State Historical Society and to Sandy Baksys, declining the chance to speak at the Lithuanians in…
Square Dancing RecordsThe New Berlin Historical Society loaned these vinyl records. They were a source of entertainment in the mid twentieth century. They were used for…
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic ChurchA photo of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Springfield Illinois, on the corner of 8th and Enos. Taken June 15th, 1945. A Lithuanian cardinal…