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Several women study and look for books among the stacks in Monticello College's Reid Building.

An interior view of the Monticello College library shows large 19th century stained glass window, "Praise Angel," and several students studying.

A woodcut shows Reid Chapel, built in honor of William H. Reid's wife, Eleanor Irwin Reid. The Reid's donated large sums of money requested by principal Harriet Haskell to help rebuild the Monticello Female Seminary after the November 4, 1888 fire.…

Franz Reisch established he Reisch Brewery in Springfield in 1849. The brewery existed for 117 years before the property was sold to a nearby hospital in 1966. Several horse drawn carts containing barrels can be seen in the front of the brewery. On…

The remains of a staircase and two arches are all that remain of the Livingston Hotel in Livingston, TX, after a major fire swept through and destroyed much of the downtown area.

A World War I promotion of the Fourth Liberty Loan bond campaign depicts a German soldier abducting a young woman as a town burns in the background.

Edwin J. Foster writes: "I saw Mr. Lincoln first at Freeport Ill. When 9 1/2 years old with my father in his 2nd debate with Douglas 1858" [Signed:] Edwin J. Foster, Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic." Foster served as commander…

Ninety year old Philip Lord Kimball recounts hearing John Wilkes Booth and another man on a horse-drawn bus discuss the murder of an unnamed person. He later comes to understand that they may have been referring to a plot to assassinate President…

Ellen Hopkins writes and signs an account of the opening of Abraham Lincoln's casket in 1887 and again in 1901 noting that he has in his possession the sheet of metal cut from the section of the casket that was over the face of Lincoln. The account…

A landscape view shows a remount station located in the countryside.

Works Progress Administration men remove a dead goat from the intersection of Route 45 and Route 13 in Harrisburg.

Works Progress Administration men work to remove floodwater from the well of S. D. Hill in New Haven.

Three men stand by while a construction worker uses a piece of equipment to remove a tree during road construction.

Robert S. Todd writes and signs this rental agreement regarding the rental of a piece of property, stipulating no timber is to be cut "but for making rails."

RenViviani and General Joseph Joffre meet with a delegation of Illinois officials, including John Oglesby, the 29th and 31st Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 1909-1913 and 1917-1921, Frank Lowden, the twenty-fifth Governor of Illinois, 1917-1921, and…

Works Progress Administration men repair Poplar Street in Cairo that was damaged by a broken water main during flood.

Works Progress Administration men repair a gap on the south levee at Mounds. On verso: "This gap was cut to let flood water out of Mounds."

Works Progress Administration men replace a sanitary toilet after the flood on the property of George Walton in Ridgway.

Works Progress Administration men replace the toilet of Walsh Heath in the village of Ridgway.

William H. Herndon writes a replication for William Campbell in the estate case of Wimple v. Talkington et ux. Clerk P. Wright files the document.

A report of grades from Harvard College for the academic year 1860-1861 lists the marks for the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes with class rank penned beside each student name. Freshman Robert T. Lincoln is ranked #43 in his class of 56 with…