Cedarhurst Center for the Arts – Mitchell Museum in Mt. Vernon
We visit the Mitchell Museum in Mount Vernon, Illinois and see how it presents artwork both inside -- and outside, on it's 90...
Sen Phil Rock on his tenure as Illinois Senate President
From the Illinois Governor's Mansion, Sen Phil Rock (D), who served 14 years as Illinois Senate President talks about his tenure in office. ...
Lincoln and the Election of 1864
Dr. Tom Schwartz, who was the Illinois State Historian from 1993 to 2011, and is currently the director of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library...
Lincoln Assassination Artifacts
As we approach the 150th Anniversary of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, who was shot in Ford's Theater in Washington on April 14th, 1865,...
Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum to Showcase the Historic Cubs-Cardinals Baseball...
SPRINGFIELD – Blue vs. red, bear vs. bird, north vs. south – the competition between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals has divided...
Sen Dick Durbin’s Address on Lincoln’s Leadership
Delivered on Lincoln's 203rd birthday, before the Abraham Lincoln Association annual dinner, Sen Dick Durbin talks of the many memorials of Lincoln in the...
Mark Rhoads, Author of “Land of Lincoln:Thy Wondrous Story”
From the Pasfield House in Springfield: We talk with former Illinois State Senator Mark Rhoads about his book, "Land of Lincoln: Thy Wondrous Story"...
Behind the Scenes: The Field Museum
Our 2004 look Behind the Scenes at the Field Museum, with President John McCarter. We learn how the Museum is an international research...
Remembering the Historic Career of Justice Mary Ann McMorrow
Mary Ann McMorrow, who passed away on February 23, 2013, was the first woman in Illinois history to head a branch of government, when...
Adlai Stevenson III, Reflections on His Career, Personalities, & Politics
Fmr Sen Adlai Stevenson (D-IL), was the great-grandson of a Vice President, and the son of Gov Adlai Stevenson who twice ran for President...
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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...