Transferred to Special Collections, see F 549.A815H37 1994. William Harmening, Athenian Memoirs: Reflections of a Common Boy (s.l.: Author, 1994). William Harmening, an alumnus of Sangamon State University, recalls life in Athens, Illinois 1961-1991, his childhood friends, townspeople, Athens businesses, grade school activities, Halloween pranks, high school activities, various sports and recreations such as wrestling and bowling, dating, proms, and the Abraham Lincoln Long Nile Museum. The strange-sounding title for this museum comes from the nickname given to Abraham Lincoln and eight others who represented Sangamon County in the Illinois General Assembly during the 1836-37 legislative session. All these men were at least six feet tall and shared similar political principles, hence the "long nine" appellation.