 The 15th annual Conference on Illinois History is scheduled for
Sept. 26-27 at Springfield's Prairie Capital Convention Center and
the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
There will be three featured speakers -- Robert Hartley, Suzanne
Cooper Guasco and Mark Pohlad -- and sessions covering topics such
as 17th-century exploration, Latino history, Abraham Lincoln and the
Civil War.
Hartley's recent book "Battleground 1948: Truman, Stevenson,
Douglas, and the Most Surprising Election in Illinois History"
analyzes Illinois' role in the 1948 presidential election, which
produced one of America's greatest political upsets.
Guasco, author of "Edward Coles and the Rise of Antislavery
Politics in Nineteenth-Century America," will discuss the second
governor of Illinois and his role in the mounting debate against
slavery.
While Abraham Lincoln is mostly associated with central Illinois,
Pohlad will use photography to examine Lincoln's connections with
Chicago. Pohlad is associate professor of art history and associate
dean of liberal studies at DePaul University.
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Tickets for the conference are now on sale at the Abraham Lincoln
Presidential Library and Museum website,
www.presidentlincoln.illinois.gov. To register, click on "Special
event tickets and reservations." The price is $90 to attend both
days and $50 for a single day, although students can attend the full
conference for just $40.
A detailed
schedule (PDF) is available at
www.illinoishistory.gov/conference.htm.
The conference is sponsored by the Illinois Historic Preservation
Agency and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation.
[Text from file received from the
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency]
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