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Box 4

 Container

Contains 45 Results:

LHC99. William Loyd Clark, "Hell at Midnight in Springfield/Or a Burning History of the Sin and Shame/Of the Capitol City of Illinois", 1910

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 99
Identifier: Folder 99
Scope and Contents Tract denouncing the moral effects of the brothels, bars and gambling dens of the "Levee" in Springfield. Includes vivid descriptions of the red-light district in Springfield and the corrupt city government that allowed it to exist. Includes an account of the race riot of 1908 and a sympathetic portrait of alleged murderer Joe James. Clark also denounces the Roman Catholic Church for encouraging the operation of bars and the production of distilled liquors. Also includes an account of the...
Dates: Created: 1910
Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections / LHC-##fje, LHC. Local History Collection

LHC100. Paul M. Angle, The Marine Bank/The Story of the Oldest Bank in Illinois, 1931

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 100
Identifier: Folder 100
Scope and Contents History of the Springfield Marine Bank, chartered in 1851, written by the noted historian Paul Angle. Includes accounts of the bank's founding as the Springfield Marine and Fire Insurance Company, its connections with the river trade, its connections with Abraham Lincoln, its continuance through financial crises of the 1850s and 1870s, and its role in the Civil War. Long the oldest continuously operating bank in Illinois, it was sold to Banc One in 1991. (Springfield, Ill.: Springfield...
Dates: Created: 1931
Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections / LHC-##fje, LHC. Local History Collection

LHC101.

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 101
Identifier: Folder 101
Scope and Contents

Transferred to Special Collections, see F 549.S7 L43 1976. Debbie Lee Troxell, Cat Houses of Lincolnland (Springfield: 1976). A bicentennial salute to the history of Sangamon County and Springfield, Illinois, houses of ill repute. Historical account of prostitution in Springfield, 1830-1976. Illustrated. 44 p., 8.5" x 5.5".

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 04/14/1978
Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections / LHC-##fje, LHC. Local History Collection

LHC102.

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 102
Identifier: Folder 102
Scope and Contents

Transferred to Special Collections, see PS 3523.158Z755 1968. Frances S. Ridgely, A City is Not Builded in a Day (Springfield: Vachel Lindsay Association, 1968). Story of Vachel Lindsay's background in the city of Springfield, Illinois, interweaving the early life of Vachel Lindsay, his poetry, and the history of Springfield. Includes pen and ink drawings of Springfield historical scenes by the author. 34 p., illustrated, 8.5" x 5.5".

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 04/14/1978
Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections / LHC-##fje, LHC. Local History Collection

LHC103.

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 103
Identifier: Folder 103
Scope and Contents

Does not exist.

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 04/14/1978
Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections / LHC-##fje, LHC. Local History Collection

LHC104.

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 104
Identifier: Folder 104
Scope and Contents Transferred to Special Collections, see F 549.B43S3B 1925. Mrs. T. J. Schweer, History of Beardstown and Cass County (Beardstown, Illinois, 1925). History of founding of Beardstown in 1827 by Thomas Beard, pioneer families of Cass County, and Dr. Charles Chandler of Chandlerville. Includes accounts of pioneer customs, life in log cabins, conflicts with Indians, the Black Hawk War, the "Deep Snow" of 1830-31, the "sudden freeze" of 1836, the founding of churches, commerce on the Illinois...
Dates: Other: Date acquired: 04/14/1978
Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections / LHC-##fje, LHC. Local History Collection

LHC105. J. J. Thon, "Necrology and Chronicle", 1823-1945

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 105
Identifier: Folder 105
Scope and Contents Farmer and long-time resident of New Berlin, Illinois. Thon recorded of deaths of local and public figures and significant local and national events that occurred between 1823 and 1945 in one line, handwritten entries. Entries include name, date and cause of death, location and age of the deceased. Dates of national significance include the death of presidents, the end of Prohibition, and the outbreak of war in Europe. Local incidents such as the Springfield race riot of 1908, severe...
Dates: Created: 1823-1945
Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections / LHC-##fje, LHC. Local History Collection

LHC106.

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 106
Identifier: Folder 106
Scope and Contents 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...
Dates: Other: Date acquired: 04/14/1978
Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections / LHC-##fje, LHC. Local History Collection

LHC107. Caldwell Mansion, Chatham, Illinois, 1979

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 107
Identifier: Folder 107
Scope and Contents

Towered Italianate style mansion constructed in 1879 by Ben F. Caldwell, located north of Chatham, Illinois. The Caldwell family moved to Sangamon County from Greene County, Illinois in 1848. The anonymous essay discusses the Caldwell family and the architecture of their home and its imposing barn. Includes bibliography of sources. 8 p., 8.5" x 11." Photocopy.

Dates: Created: 1979
Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections / LHC-##fje, LHC. Local History Collection

LHC108. Illinois State Journal-Register, Springfield, Illinois, 1956

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 108
Identifier: Folder 108
Scope and Contents

Anniversary editions of Springfield newspaper which began as the Sangamo Journal in 1831: October 7, 1956, "125 Years of Publication," featuring "The Growth and Development of Springfield's Transportation and Finance," including articles on the establishment of railroads, the rise and decline of the streetcar, the rise of the automobile and associated problems, and the growth of Springfield banks. 20 p. Located in Oversize Cabinet, drawer 5.

Dates: Created: 1956
Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections / LHC-##fje, LHC. Local History Collection

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