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...
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...
Women and the Right to Vote: Does it Matter?
From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, a panel of female lawmakers, historians, and political scientists discuss the lasting impact of female suffrage including the...
Giant City State Park
From Southern Illinois: While many think of Illinois as flat farmland, we travel to the hilly, rocky and forested landscape of Southern Illinois. Here,...
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...
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...
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...
Lincoln Biographer Michael Burlingame on Lincoln’s Legacy
On the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's assassination, we speak One-on-One with Historian Michael Burlingame, author of "Lincoln: A Life." Mr Burlingame discusses why Lincoln matters,...
Bicentennial Celebration of the Illinois Judiciary
Springfield, October 9, 2018 - From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, members of the Illinois Supreme Court are joined by attorneys and...
Fmr Aide to Ronald Reagan, Peggy Grande, on Reagan in his...
From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library - When Ronald Reagan left the presidency, he moved back to California. In 1989, Peggy Grande, just out...
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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...