Scope and Contents -6th Street looking N from Monroe -Edwards School with Capitol behind -St. Nicholas Building -St. John’s Hospital with Tower -Factory -Train 1 -Train 2 -Riot building -Interior shots, Parlor -Interior shots, Bathroom -Family on porch -Carriage with tighter shots -Child patriot -Child patriot -Loper’s Restaurant after riot -Arsenal during riot -Troops -Interiors of house from the period -Burnt out building -Farm family -Sangamo Club -Methodist Church Orchestra -Street cars named...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Production Tapes for a television documentary on the 1908 Springfield Race Riot, produced by the UIS Television Office. The collection consists of 45 3/4" U-matic video cassettes containing interviews, and period music, still photographs and newspaper articles and headlines. Historic photographs were taken from collections at the Illinois State Library, James Woodruff and the UIS Archives/Special Collections. Newspaper articles were taken from the Illinois State Register, Illinois...

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-Harry Loper -Harry Loper and car -William Donnegan’s house -View of riot destruction in Badlands -Loper’s Restaurant and car after riot -5th Street after riot -Home destroyed in Badlands -Tree where Scott Burton was lynched -Scene of riot damage in Badlands -Militia standing near home destroyed in Badlands -Militia encampment on the lawn of the State Capitol -Inside view of county jail -View of downtown Springfield in 1908

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-Donnegan -Arsenal photos -Edwards school -Wrecked Negro Quarters with militia men -Burton lynching site -Riot Damage -Burton lynching site with militia

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-People putting out fire -Burton hanging tree with building -Men standing in front of damaged building -E. Madison St., heart of Black Belt -Star Theatre -Troops -Postcard laborers -Postcard laborers -Postcard burnt out building -Burnt out building -Star Theatre -Another view of E. Madison -Burnt out buildings with two militia men -William English Walling

Scope and Contents ISJ 8/15 Wide Shot ISJ 8/15 Mob Wreck’s Loper’s Café During Riot ISJ 8/15 Three Killed and Many Hurt As Mob Works ISJ 8/15 Levee District is Laid Waste ISJ 8/15 Frenzied Mob Sweeps…Crime ISJ 8/15 subheading Lincoln’s Memory Cursed ISJ 8/15 “Curse the day that Lincoln freed…” ISJ 8/15 Car Service in City Abandoned subheading: Mob at Loper’s ISJ 8/15 Riotous Scenes at County Jail…two are killed ISJ 8/15 Full page ISJ 8/15 Loper’s headline ISJ 8/15 Two killed headline ISJ 8/15 Victim of Negro...

Scope and Contents ISJ 8/16 Mob Hangs Aged Negro Cobbler ISJ 8/16 Tree is Too Short ISJ 8/16 Burton Victim of Lynchers Negro Barber First to Hang ISJ 8/16 Soldier’s Guard Scenes of Riot ISJ 2/12 1809 Forever in Hears of his Countrymen (1865) ISJ 2/12 City, Greatest in Lincoln Memory to Pay Tribute Today Chicago Tribune 8/16 EXTRA: Capital Mob Slays Again Chicago Tribune 8/15 EXTRA: Troops Fire on Mob 1 Lynched in State Capital Chicago Daily News 8/17 Another Man Dying From Capital Riots Chicago Daily News 8/17...

Scope and Contents ISR 8/15 Troops and Police Powerless to Check Reign of Terror ISR 8/15 Lynching Early This Morning Loper’s Restaurant wrecked because he assisted sheriff ISR 8/16 Great Crowds Watch Ruins ISR 8/16 Charge with Inciting Riot…Mrs. Kate Howard ISR 8/16 The Mob Spirit ISR 8/16 “The mob spirit that has prevailed…” ISR 8/16 Splinter Tree for Souvenirs ISR 8/14 Dragged From Her Bed and Outraged By Negro ISR 8/14 Negro Assaults Woman; Chokes Frail Victim ISR 8/16 Another Call for Troops ISR 8/16 W....

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-Charity and Springfield housing -Mabel Hallum -Militia at 7th and Jefferson -Militia marching -Barber shop wrecked by riots -Donnegan portrait -Joe James -Dandy Jim’s saloon (8/15) -Donnegan -City hall -Edwards school -Mrs. Donnegan -County jail

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-Crowd in front of Dandy Jim’s -Group of children -Black citizens amongst damage -Levee before the riot, 8th and Washington -Lynch law poster -Arsenal with Militia -Lincoln’s Home -Governor’s Mansion -View on Adam’s Street with arches -Monroe St. looking W. -St. John’s Hospital -Postcard collage