Stephen A. Douglas, typescript. 1940.

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Stephen A. Douglas, typescript. 1940.

Typewritten transcript of a radio program dramatizing the life of Stephen Douglas. Script includes narration by Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and others. It also includes a biographical statement about Douglas. "A Narrative of Incidents dramatized in the fourtheenth broadcast of the series entitled 'Historic Illinois,' sponsored by the Illinois State Historical Society and presented by radio station WILL of the University of Illiniois."

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