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- Collection: UIS History Harvest 2018 - Being Illinoisan
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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 Over
A 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 to oral history, stepped on a land mine. He passed from complications of the wounds several months…
Real Estate License
Real Estate License issued to Ernest J. Antonacci by the State of Illinois.
Robert Moore
Newspaper talking about how Robert Moore was able to move the Martin Luther King statue in front of Springfield Illinois Capitol.
Robert Moore and Dick Cheney
Picture of U.S. Marshall Robert Moore and Vice President Dick Cheney at the White House.
Roger E. Chapin at the Race Riots National Guard Camp
Images regarding Roger E. Chapin and his father, E.L. Chapin, and their involvement with the aftermath of the 1908 Springfield Race Riots. Roger, Nancy Chapin's father-in-law, was a member of the National Guard unit that responded to the Race Riots…
Scrapbooks of Local Lithuanian American History
A set of scrapbooks dedicated to photographs of the Lithuanian American people of the Springfield area. Filled with photos that have been collected from the 40s and onwards. Contain many pictures of the Lithuanian Catholic Church as well.
Senator Dick Durbin's Letter About the Lithuanians in Springfield Historic Marker
Senator Dick Durbin's reply to the Illinois State Historical Society and to Sandy Baksys, declining the chance to speak at the Lithuanians in Springfield Historic Marker. Each one page in length. One is typed and Signed, the other hand written. He…
Square Dancing Records
The New Berlin Historical Society loaned these vinyl records. They were a source of entertainment in the mid twentieth century. They were used for dances and in clubs.
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
A 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 stands in the center. Also pictured is a statue from St. Casimir's College in the Vatican which was…