Hal W. Trovillion photograph collection, 1920-1959.

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Hal W. Trovillion photograph collection, 1920-1959.

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This collection is comprised of photographs of Herrin newspaper owner Hal Trovillion and his friends and family, in various locations in Illinois and abroad. Other photographs picture Herrin, IL, the Illinois State Public Utilities Commission, Giant City State Park, Panamanian Indians, a French church, Thatchcot, John C. Powys, Robert Allyn, and others.

2.00 boxes.

Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7332136

Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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Trovillion, Hal W., 1879-1967

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Hal W. Trovillion was a publisher who operated local newspapers and a private press known as Trovillion Private Press in Herrin, Illinois. In 1904, after Hal left Indiana University, he moved to Herrin and took over two local newspapers, The Herrin Daily Journal and the Egyptian Republican. In 1908 he started a private press publication. Works were typically published in editions of a few hundred copies, on fine hand made European papers, with titles printed in gilt or on paper title cards. Usua...

Allyn, Robert, 1817-1894

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Methodist minister and educator. From the description of Robert Allyn letter, 1845 Apr. 24. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 71130634 Robert Allyn, the first president of Southern Illinois University, was born in Connecticut on JAnuary 25, 1817. In 1841, he graduated with honors from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. He served as head of Wilbraham Academy, Connecticut, and East Greenwich Academy in Rhode Island; and served two terms in ...

Powys, John Cowper, 1872-1963

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English novelist, essayist, and lecturer. From the description of Letter, 1934 Dec. 12, Dorchester, England, to John P. Waters, Cambridge, Mass. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365010 From the description of Correspondence, with Alan Dakers, 1948. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364799 From the description of Letter, 1944 July 18, Cae Coed, Corwen, Wales, to Ada McVickar, New York. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 3436480...

Illinois State Public Utilities Commission

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