A Tour of Abraham Lincoln’s New Salem, where He Lived in...
From the Illinois Channel archives, We take a tour of New Salem Illinois, the reconstructed town of the 1830s, where Abraham Lincoln spent 7...
Lincoln Presidential Library expands collection related to Illinois poets with papers...
SPRINGFIELD – The Edgar Lee Masters Home and Museum has given the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum a trove of documents, manuscripts and...
Illinois’ Connection to the Founding of Farm Aid
On the 30th Anniversary of Farm Aid, Speaker Joe Alexander tells the story of how Farm Aid began in Illinois, with a series of...
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...
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...
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...
Brooks Simpson: Ulysses S Grant’s Triumph Over Adversity
From Springfield: We go one on one with Brooks Simpson, author of "Ulysses S Grant, Triumph Over Adversity: 1822-1865" the first volume of a...
Former Assistant to Ronald Reagan, Peggy Grande, on Her Years with...
Peggy Grande, author of "The President Will See You Now: My Stories and Lessons from Ronald Reagan's Final Years," talks to the Illinois Channel...
Recalling the 1968 Democratic National Convention
From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum: On the 50th anniversary of the historic 1968 Democratic National Convention, we hear reflections from four...
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...
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From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library: We talk with historian and fmr military officer, Mark DePue on his work of conducting indepth oral history...