Southern Illinois collection, 1852-2010.

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Southern Illinois collection, 1852-2010.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/701734678

The collection consists of materials relating to the history and culture of Southern Illinois compiled by the Special Collections Research Center, and includes Alexander, Bond, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards, Effingham, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Randolph, Richland, Saline, St. Clair, Vermilion, Wabasn, Washington, Wayne, White, Williamson, and Union counties. The collection includes newspaper clippings, reports, local histories, promotional material, and other printed material. The collection documents such things as local town histories, agriculture, the Trail of Tears, Paul Simon, community development and various natural disasters.

20.00 cu. ft.

Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8006493

Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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Simon, Paul, 1928-2003

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U.S. Senator, Congressman, presidential candidate, Illinois lieutenant governor and member of the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois State Senate, author. Bought a newspaper in Troy, Ill. when he was 19 and eventually owned 14 newspapers. Authored books on Elijah Lovejoy and Abraham Lincoln as well as issues like world hunger and the environment. After retiring from the senate he founded the Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale where he taught and con...