Assistant Director's correspondence files, 1917-1918.

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Assistant Director's correspondence files, 1917-1918.

Correspondence concerns role of counties in centennial celebrations, celebration events and expenses. Files also include calendars for each county showing county celebration organization and officers, scrapbooks of school children's drawings of events in Illinois history and copies of assistant director's speeches.

correspondence 1.5 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7395810

Illinois State Archive

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Illinois. Centennial Commission

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Commission established in 1907 by Illinois Governor Charles Deneen to arrange for a celebration of the anniversary of the 100th birthday of Abraham Lincoln in 1909. The commission worked with the Lincoln Centennial Association, later the Abraham Lincoln Association, to put on the celebration. From the description of Report: Springfield, Ill., 1909. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 34799091 The Illinois Centennial Commission was created by joint res...