ILLINOIS BICENTENNIAL: The Lincoln Presidential Library Shows Artifacts from Lincoln’s...
From 2015, On the 150th anniversary of the Assassination of President Lincoln in 1865, the Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, displayed artifacts from the...
ILLINOIS BICENTENNIAL: Sen Alan Dixon (D) on his Career in...
From June, 2012: The Illinois Channel sat down with former US Senator Alan Dixon (D), whose political career spanned 42 years. We met in...
Illinois Bicentennial: The Impeachment of Gov Rod Blagojevich
August, 2010: Our indepth interview with David Ellis, who was then the Counsel for Speaker Michael Madigan, when Gov Blagojevich was impeached by the...
History on Trial: The Alton School Cases
From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, 2015: The Alton School Cases were a series of seven circuit court trials and five Illinois Supreme...
Lincoln and the Election of 1864
From Springfield, 2014: Dr. Tom Schwartz, who was the Illinois State Historian from 1993 to 2011, and is currently the director of the Herbert...
Illinois Bicentennial: Covering Illinois Issues & Personalities in Washington
From the National Press Club in Washington DC, Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune and Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times, discuss some of...
Illinois Bicentennial: 1818 – 2018, Chatham Rail Depo & Museum
CHATHAM, IL - High School Student, Jeremie Bailey, offers the story of the Chatham Depot and Railroad Museum. Chatham is a bedroom community of...
Gov Jim Thompson (R) Reflects on the 1982 Election with Historian...
From Springfield: This is a second installment of a two-hour long conversation from December, 2014, as Mark DePue, the Director of the Oral History...
Illinois Bicentennial: Fmr Gov Jim Thompson (R), on his Narrow 1982...
Illinois Bicentennial: As we approach the 200th anniversary of Illinois statehood, the Illinois Channel will provide a series of programs, looking back at significant...
Over Many Years, Illinois Makes Its Mark in the Nation’s Capital
Washington -- In the nation's Capital, the reminders of Illinois' impact on US history are never far away.
In this whimsical report, reporter, Marianna Brady,...
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Historian Mark DePue: Preserving Illinois’ Oral History
From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library: We talk with historian and fmr military officer, Mark DePue on his work of conducting indepth oral history...