Records, 1948-1968.

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Records, 1948-1968.

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Correspondence, questionnaires, newspaper and journal articles, essays and notes. Correspondence of Monaghan, Burhorn and Peck with various county sources. Questionnaires and articles all provide information on the history of the courthouses, county and frequently tell stories of notorious cases tried in the courthouses. Essays and reports, possibly chapters, on the different counties. A copy of Peck's paper.

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Burhorn, John.

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Illinois State Historical Society Courthouse Collection.

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Research for an unpublished book on Illinois county courthouses collected by Jay Monaghan, Director of the Illinois State Historical Library from 1945-1951 and State Historian, and John Burhorn, Junior State Historian. In 1951 William Peck, a Knox College student, also collected county information on the architects and architectural style of the county courthouses for a paper. Robert Marsh resumed work on this project in 1967 and added a small amount of information to the original research, but ...

Peck, William F.

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Monaghan, Jay

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