Items | Digital Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad clipping
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1878 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)An advertisement for the "Chicago & Eastern Illinois R. R. (Danville Route)" traveling to "southern, southeastern and southwestern states" from Chicago, Danville, Decatur, and Springfield, Illinois. Robert Forsyth is the General Freight and Passenger Agent.
Illinois Republican News
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1961 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A pamphlet entitled "Illinois Republican News" edited by the Illinois Republican State Central Committee in Springfield, Illinois. This issue, dated December 1961, includes various news articles and editorials.
State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1920 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A poster of the "Illinois State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice" held in various Illinois cities on September 25 and October 2, 1920. This document was published by the State Civil Service Commission in Springfield, Illinois and includes each occupation's salary, description, and qualifications.
State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1930 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A poster of the "Illinois State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice" held in various Illinois cities on April 19, 1930. This document was published by the State Civil Service Commission in Springfield, Illinois and includes each occupation's salary, description, and qualifications.
State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1933 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A poster of the "Illinois State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice" held in various Illinois cities on December 15, 1933. This document was published by the State Civil Service Commission in Springfield, Illinois and includes each occupation's salary, description, and qualifications. 3 copies.
State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1921 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A poster of the "Illinois State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice" held in various Illinois cities on May 14, 21, and 28, 1921. This document was published by the State Civil Service Commission in Springfield, Illinois and includes each occupation's salary, description, and qualifications.
State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1930 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A poster of the "Illinois State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice" held in various Illinois cities on June 9, 1930. This document was published by the State Civil Service Commission in Springfield, Illinois and includes each occupation's salary, description, and qualifications. 2 copies.
State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1921 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A poster of the "Illinois State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice" held in various Illinois cities on August 27 and September 10 and 17, 1921. This document was published by the State Civil Service Commission in Springfield, Illinois and includes each occupation's salary, description, and qualifications.
Illinois Republican News
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1960 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A pamphlet entitled "Illinois Republican News" edited by the Illinois Republican State Central Committee in Springfield, Illinois. This issue, dated October 1960, includes various news articles and editorials.
Cook's Hall grand concert poster
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1863 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A poster advertising "Cook's Hall! A Grand Concert in aid of the funds of the Soldier's Aid Society." This concert features the Springfield Philharmonic Society and other special guest performers on March 12, 1863.
Illinois Republican News
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1959 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A pamphlet entitled "Illinois Republican News" edited by the Illinois Republican State Central Committee in Springfield, Illinois. This issue, dated June 20, 1959, includes various news articles and editorials.
An Act to Incorporate the City and Bank of Cairo in the State of Illinois
Multi-Page Item | 15 pages | 1836 | Clarendon Van Norman Jr. Collection of Ephemera (Digitized Content)A pamphlet entitled "An Act to Incorporate the City and Bank of Cairo in the State of Illinois" published by Blair and Rives in Washington, D.C. in 1836.
Speech of Honorary Thomas L. Harris on the tariff question
Multi-Page Item | 16 pages | 1854 | Clarendon Van Norman Jr. Collection of Ephemera (Digitized Content)A pamphlet entitled "Speech of the Hon. Thos. L. Harris, of Illinois, on the Tariff Question in reply to the Speech of Mr. Hampton, of Pennsylvania." This publication includes the 6 page "Letter of Hon. Thos. L. Harris, of Illinois upon the Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law." The pamphlet was printed by Steam Power Press in Springfield, Illinois in 1854.
Joseph Berry for Probate Justice of the Peace in Scott County
Multi-Page Item | 3 pages | 1847 | Clarendon Van Norman Jr. Collection of Ephemera (Digitized Content)A poster from Illinois Governor Augustus C. French approving Joseph Berry for "office of Probate Justice of the Peace for the county of Scott" for two years. The document is signed by Governor French and Secretary of State H. Cooley in Springfield, Illinois on August 31, 1847.
Lanphier and Walker's Printing Establishment
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1854 | Clarendon Van Norman Jr. Collection of Ephemera (Digitized Content)A flyer entitled "Lanphier & Walker's Printing Establishment" inviting "County Officers" to view and purchase "an elegant assortment of job materials" in Springfield, Illinois. The flyer is dated January 1854.
Prospectus for enlarging the circulation of the Illinois State Register
Multi-Page Item | 3 pages | 1842 | Clarendon Van Norman Jr. Collection of Ephemera (Digitized Content)A "Prospectus for enlarging the circulation of the Illinois State Register" encouraging current readers to invite additional subscribers. This document was created by Walters & Weber in Springfield, Illinois and is dated February 1, 1842. A circular letter with similar information is included with the prospectus.
Illinois State Library: Public Instruction Department
Image | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris CollectionNavy blue ink on beige paper with a border of a consistent geometric shape and circles in each of its four corners.
Palmer, John M., Palmer, John Mayo
Image | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris CollectionText
Caldwell, Jno A.
Image | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris CollectionPrinted in red. Text and border, drawn as if by a child.
Warren, Philip Barton
Image | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris CollectionText printed in red.
Sangamo Club
Image | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris CollectionText stamped in blue.
Deutsche Leseverein (Springfield, Ill.)
Image | 1870 | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris CollectionText within border of thick-thin lines.
Springfield High School Library
Image | 1865 | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris CollectionPrinted in purple. Text within octagonal border of dots.
Springfield High School Library
Image | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris CollectionText within ornamental border.
Model of the Lincoln Home, Stage 1 (1844-1846)
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Episcopal clergyman Charles Dresser married Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd on the evening of November 4, 1842. Eighteen months later on May 2, 1844, Dresser sold his house at Eighth and Jackson Streets to the Lincolns. The Lincolns then moved into the only home they would ever own. The purchase price was $1,500, consisting of $1,200 in cash plus a downtown lot and building wo...
Model of the Lincoln Home, Stage 2 (1846-1854)
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)On June 11, 1850, Lincoln wrote to Nathaniel Hay, a Springfield contractor, describing a brick retaining wall he wanted built: "I wish to build a front fence, on a brick foundation, at my house. I therefore shall be obliged, if you will, as soon as possible, deliver me brick of suitable quality, and sufficient number to build such a foundation, fifty feet long
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 30
Image | 1860 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 23
Image | 1860 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 36
Image | 1861 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)
Insurance Maps of Springfield, Illinois, 1917
Multi-Page Item | 180 pages | 1917 | Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps1917
Springfield, Illinois, Feb. 1884
Multi-Page Item | 15 pages | 1884 | Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps1884
Letter from W. L. Gregory to Sophronia McNitt, August 3, 1862
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1862 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from W. [William?] L. Gregory, a private in the 70th Illinois Infantry. Gregory informed Sophronia about life at Camp Butler in Springfield and his hopes for a quick return.
Bradley, Olden, and Scholes to Eli Cress, July 30, 1866
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1866 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Eli Cress from Bradley, Olden, and Scholes, Attorneys at Law from Springfield, Illinois. The letter notified Cress of a bounty he was entitled to for his service with the 117th Illinois Infantry.
Program of the Governor of Illinois Inauguration, Springfield, Illinois, 1973
Multi-Page Item | 8 pages | 1973 | Gwendolyn Brooks Digital CollectionProgram of the Governor of Illinois Inauguration, Springfield, Illinois, 1973
The Legislature in Rhyme
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 0 | George W. Lienesch Collection (Digitized Content)A broadside of a poem entitled "The Legislature in Rhyme" describing past political candidates for Illinois Governor in Springfield, Illinois.
Illinois Republican News
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1959 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A pamphlet entitled "Illinois Republican News" edited by the Illinois Republican State Central Committee in Springfield, Illinois. This issue, dated November 1959, includes various news articles and editorials.
State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1932 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A poster of the "Illinois State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice" held in various Illinois cities on June 1 and 11, 1932. This document was published by the State Civil Service Commission in Springfield, Illinois and includes each occupation's salary, description, and qualifications.
State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1928 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A poster of the "Illinois State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice" held in various Illinois cities on November 15, 1928. This document was published by the State Civil Service Commission in Springfield, Illinois and includes each occupation's salary, description, and qualifications.
State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1931 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A poster of the "Illinois State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice" held in various Illinois cities on March 5, 1931. This document was published by the State Civil Service Commission in Springfield, Illinois and includes each occupation's salary, description, and qualifications. 3 copies.
State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1933 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A poster of the "Illinois State Civil Service Commission Examination Notice" held in various Illinois cities on May 22, 1933. This document was published by the State Civil Service Commission in Springfield, Illinois and includes each occupation's salary, description, and qualifications. 3 copies.

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