Papers, 1961-1964.

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Papers, 1961-1964.

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Correspondence, contracts, minutes, audit reports, financial records, lists of contributors, and board members, pamphlets, copies of speeches and published material. Correspondence of Corneal Davis with the people involved with the commission. Contracts of people involved including Margaret Burroughs. Minutes of the commission meetings. Descriptions of the paintings and exhibits to be shown. Pamplets and copies of speeches that publicized the effort. A copy of "One Hundred Years After", a report by the American Negro Emancipation Centennial Commission.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Illinois Emancipation Centennial Commission.

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Established by House Bill 1409 in the 72nd Illinois General Assembly, in order to promote an exposition in observance of the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, with Reprsentative Corneal Davis acting as Chairman of the Commission. An Exposition at McCormick Place in Chicago was planned as a final observance of the centennial. Artist Margaret Burroughs was in charge of selecting 50 paintings, by various artists, depicting Lincoln and his relationship with African Americans and th...

American Negro Emancipation Centennial Commission.

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Burroughs, Margaret Taylor, 1915-2010

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Margaret Taylor Burroughs (1917-2010) was a painter from Chicago, Ill. From the description of Oral history interview with Margaret Taylor Burroughs, 1988 Nov. 11-Dec. 5 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78335722 ...

Davis, Corneal A., 1900-

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Illinois representative (Democrat) from first (1943-1956), twentieth (1957-1964), and twenty-second (1967-1978) districts. Elected "at large" (1965-1966). Chairman of Public Aid, Health, Welfare and Safety Committee (1961-1962, 1965-1968); Assistant Minority Leader (1971-1974); Assistant Majority Leader (1975-1978). From the description of Papers, 1970-1978. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 22166419 ...