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ForFor thethe PeoplePeople A Ne w s l e t t e r of th e Ab r a h a m Li n c o l n As s o c i a t i o n Volume 2, Number 4 Winter, 2000 Springfield,

Abraham Lincoln Association Endowment Progress

by Dr. Robert S. Eckley This may provide an enhancement in Committee are Robert S. Eckley, current income. Chairman, Judith Barringer, Treasurer, he new Assistance is available in gift ALA, Donald H. Funk, Richard E. Association Endowment Fund design from any members of the ALA Hart, Vice President, ALA, and Fred Tis nearing the end of its first full Endowment Committee who are will- B. Hoffmann, and they may be con- year with contributions from ten ing to work with prospective donors tacted through the ALA address at donors. An endowment procedure is or their legal counsel. The Association One Old State Capitol Plaza, in place, and the initial investment board members who serve on this Springfield, IL 62701. placements have been made. We invite all ALA members and friends to con- sider gifts that will enable it to fulfill the Association’s stated mission when Make Your Reservations Now established in Springfield in 1908 to prepare for the centennial of Lincoln’s for February 12 birth. The purpose of the endowment is to strengthen the financial resources of ark your calendars now for sium is “Abraham Lincoln, History, the ALA and to assist in its budgetary February 12. In addition to and the Millennium.” The speakers and planning functions. Increasingly, Mthe usual morning events at and the titles of their talks are, John the Association is viewed as the leader the Lincoln Home and Lincoln Tomb, Patrick Diggins, City University of in coordinating and assisting Lincoln a groundbreaking ceremony for the New York, “Abraham Lincoln: Politi- organizations and activities through- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library cal Philosopher,” Barry Schwartz, out the nation and world. There is and Museum will occur. Beginning at University of Georgia, “Lincoln at the immediate need to participate in the 11:30, authors of recent Lincoln Millennium,” Stewart Winger, Ameri- revision and enlargement of Lincoln scholarship will be available in the Old can University in Cairo, “‘To the Day By Day (revised in 1959) and the State Capitol to sign copies of their Latest Generations’: Lincoln’s Use of new Papers of Abraham Lincoln. books. Among the confirmed authors Time, History and the End Time in Recently, the Association has made a available for signing will be John Historical Context.” Comments will grant of $5,000 for a student Outreach Patrick Diggins, Barry Schwartz, and be by John Ashworth, University of Initiative, utilizing the newly pub- John Ashworth. The Symposium will Nottingham. lished resources of the Lincoln Legal feature the announcement of the First The Abraham Lincoln Association Papers research project. Annual Hay-Nicolay Dissertation is honored to have Michael Beschloss, There are many diverse methods Prize. The prize will be offered to the award-winning historian of the presi- in which assistance and support may best dissertation published in Lincoln dency and the author of six books, as be provided. Gifts of cash or appreci- studies within the past five years. The the banquet speaker. He is a regular ated stock would enable us to reach Abraham Lincoln Association in part- commentator on PBS’s The News Hour our goal most rapidly. Various forms nership with the Abraham Lincoln with Jim Lehrer and a contributor to of bequest by will or other deferred Institute of the Mid-Atlantic will each ABC News. He is currently working giving arrangements may be more award a prize in 2001. Beginning the on a book on the Lincoln assassina- convenient in many cases. Charitable following year, the prize will alternate tion. The symposium is free of charge. remainder unitrusts offer an opportu- between the organizations and will be Banquet reservations are $50 per per- nity for the donor to gain an immedi- awarded either in February by the son. Seating is limited to 380 persons ate tax deduction, while retaining an ALA or in March/April by the so make your reservations now by call- income flow from an invested asset. ALIMA. The theme of the sympo- ing Cathy LeConte at 217.747.5502. 2 For the People

Jacksonville Dinner a Great Success

by Molly Becker one hundred and seventy-five-year most interesting summary of the ALA anniversary. before introducing Professor Douglas ctober 15, 2000, found 110 Daughters of the American Revo- L. Wilson of the Lincoln Study Center Lincoln enthusiasts gathered lution members, attired in period at Knox College. Professor Wilson’s Oat a gala reception in the his- dress, were our gracious guides at the topic was, “Still Learning about toric Joseph Duncan home in Duncan Mansion. Joseph Duncan was Lincoln.” Jacksonville, Illinois, to begin our the sixth , and We are most grateful to John third annual membership event. served from December 3, 1834, until Power and the Journal-Courier for Hosted by the ALA, the Morgan December 7, 1838. The reception was underwriting the reception and mail- County Historical Society, and followed by dinner at Cummings Hall ing expenses. As a result both the Jacksonville’s Journal-Courier, this on the campus of Illinois College, and D.A.R. and the Joseph Duncan Lincoln Evening enhanced Jack- culminated in historic Beecher Hall. Association benefited from the $1,250 sonville’s yearlong celebration of their Here Don Tracy gave a succinct and profit that was made from the event.

Member News

r. Earl J. Hunt displayed President,” at the Northern Indiana Haynie was present at the Petersen pieces from his Lincoln collec- Center for History, South Bend, House the night of Lincoln’s assassina- Dtion at the Community Arts Indiana. The exhibit, guest curated by tion and transcribed the testimony of Center of Cambria County in Illinois State Historian Thomas F. witnesses in his diary. The diary is part Johnstown, Pennsylvania. “My Life Schwartz, has broken all attendance of the Isham Nicholas Haynie Papers with Lincoln,” ran from February 9 records at the center. A symposium at the Illinois State Historical Library. through 27. An optometrist by pro- featuring Lerone Bennett, Jr., Mark E. Plummer’s Lincoln’s Rail-Splitter: Gov- fession, Hunt’s interest in Lincoln Neely, Jr., , Jonathan ernor Richard J. Oglesby, is forthcom- began when his sister Kay gave him a Nashel, and Tom Vander Ven, will be a ing from the University of Illinois Lincoln bust for his birthday in 1967. special feature of the exhibition on Press. Robert French donated his exten- March 30 and 31. For reservation sive library of Lincoln and Lincoln- information, call 219.237.4261. related books to Lawrence College in Daniel Stowell, Director of the Appleton, . The collection Lincoln Legal Papers, has obtained a remains intact with a special bookplate $100,000 grant from the Cromwell Unless otherwise indicated, designating the “Robert French Legal Foundation to place copies of photographs are courtesy of the Lincoln Collection.” the DVD-ROM edition of the Lincoln Illinois State Historical Library, Kenneth J. Winkle’s The Young Legal Papers in law school libraries Springfield Eagle, The Rise of Abraham Lincoln throughout the . describes Abraham Lincoln’s life up to Allen Guelzo, Douglas L. Wilson, For the People (ISSN 1527-2710) is the 1860 election will be published in Garry Bunker, and William Gienapp published four times a year and is a March by Taylor Publishers. have contributed essays for the benefit of membership of the Charles Strozier is revising and Lincoln issue of the Illinois History Abraham Lincoln Association expanding his Lincoln psychobiogra- Teacher. This publication provides sec- 1 Old State Capitol Plaza phy, Abraham Lincoln’s Quest for ondary educators the latest scholarship Springfield, Illinois Union. with accompanying curriculum mate- 62701 Jack Smith has been featured in rials on significant topics in Illinois numerous news articles reporting on history. Edited and Designed by his Lincoln print and photograph col- Mark Plummer will publish an William B. Tubbs lection. Smith’s collection is currently article, “The Last Hours of Lincoln: [email protected] one of the major features of the exhi- The Haynie Diary,” in the spring issue bition “Picturing Lincoln: The of the Journal of Illinois History. Illinois Changing Image of America’s 16th Adjutant General Isham Nicholas For the People 3

THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN ASSOCIATION DONALD R. TRACY President MOLLY BECKER RICHARD E. HART RICHARD MILLS Vice-Presidents THOMAS F. S CHWARTZ Secretary JUDITH BARRINGER Treasurer DAN W. B ANNISTER Immediate Past-President Board of Directors R-Lou Barker Roger D. Bridges Michael Burlingame Sheldon S. Cohen John Daly Brooks Davis Rodney O. Davis Robert S. Eckley New Books on Lincoln Donald H. Funk Allen C. Guelzo Edith Lee Harris ALA is grateful to the Illinois Historic Norman D. Hellmers he following titles are available Earl W. Henderson, Jr. at a discount to ALA members Preservation Agency’s Marketing Unit Fred B. Hoffmann until March 31, 2001. This is for providing this service to the ALA. Barbara Hughett T Please make checks payable to “IHPA”. Robert W. Johannsen part of an ongoing effort to make Lewis E. Lehrman available significant Lincoln works at Illinois residents must add 7.25% sales Susan Mogerman reduced prices to ALA members. The tax. Georgia Northrup Phillip S. Paludan Please send me ____ copy(s) of Michael Beschloss, ed., American Heritage James W. Patton III Mark Plummer Illustrated History of the Presidents Gerald Prokopowicz Retail: $35.00 ALA members: $28.00 IL/Sales Tax $2.03 James A. Rawley Brooks D. Simpson Robert A. Stuart, Jr. Please send me ____ copy(s) of John Patrick Diggins, On Hallowed Ground: Louise Taper Abraham Lincoln and the Foundations of American History John T. Trutter Retail: $27.95 ALA members: $22.36 IL/Sales Tax $1.62 Andy VanMeter Margaret VanMeter Daniel R. Weinberg Please send me ____ copy(s) of David Herbert Donald, Lincoln At Home Robert Willard Retail: $30.00 ALA members: $24.00 IL/Sales Tax $1.74 Douglas L. Wilson Kenneth J. Winkle Please send me ____ copy(s) of Harry V. Jaffe, A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Honorary Directors Governor George H. Ryan Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War Senator Richard Durbin Retail: $35.00 ALA members: $28.00 IL/Sales Tax $2.03 Senator Peter Fitzgerald Congressman Ray LaHood Congressman John Shimkus Please send me ____ copy(s) of Barry Schwartz, Abraham Lincoln and the Forge of Justice Benjamin K. Miller National Memory Mayor Karen Hasara Retail: $27.50 ALA members: $22.00 IL/Sales Tax $1.60 Emeritus Directors Willard Bunn, Jr. Send my order to: John R. Chapin Cullom Davis Name: ______Irving Dilliard Address: ______James Myers City: ______Sally Schanbacher State: ______Zip Code: ______Distinguished Directors Mario M. Cuomo My total order including shipping costs is ______David Herbert Donald John Hope Franklin Shipping Costs: $25.00 to $50.00 add $7.00 Garry Wills $50.00 to $75.00 add $8.00 $75.00 to $100.00 add $11.00 4 For the People

Groundbreaking for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum to Occur on February 12

he much awaited groundbreak- Senator Richard Durbin, Speaker Library collections. Quarters for the ing ceremony for the Abraham , and noted presidential library will be built first with construc- TLincoln Presidential Library historian Michael Beschloss. The Air tion of the museum to follow in the and Museum will take place on Force Band, the Union Baptist Choir, block area directly north of this site. February 12, 2001, in the Atrium of and the Springfield Children’s Choir Planning is underway to convert the National City Bank, Springfield. will provide musical selections. old Union Station into a Visitor’s Those who attended the February 12, Immediately following the indoor cer- Center (see map on p. 3). The three- 2000, banquet will remember that emony, a brief outdoor groundbreak- building complex will serve as the Doris Kearns Goodwin gave a memo- ing will take place in the area where gateway for individuals and families rable talk in this same space. The cer- the old Coney Island building stood. interested in Abraham Lincoln and his emony will feature Governor and Mrs. The three-quarter-block area will times. The public is invited to attend , with brief remarks from house the Illinois State Historical and be part of this historic occasion. For the People 5

2000 Membership

Corporate Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Archer, West Chester, PA Leslie Lee, Elk Rapids, MI Mr. & Mrs. Dan Bannister, Springfield, IL Robert J. Lenz, Bloomington, IL Ameren CIPS, Springfield, IL , , IL Claude B. Lilly, Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Morton D. Barker, Springfield, IL Mrs. Floyd Barringer, Springfield, IL Kevin C. Lust, Springfield, IL Hanson Engineers, Inc., Springfield, IL Judith W. Barringer, Springfield, IL Marshall R. Martinez, La Habra, CA Journal Register, Springfield, IL Benjamin Benadum, College Park, GA Mike McGeever, Bloomingdale, IL Louise & Barry Taper, Beverly Hills, CA Sue & Chuck Bingaman, Springfield, IL William K. Miller, Duluth, MN Richard C. Bjorklund, Chicago, IL Judge Richard Mills, Springfield, IL Benefactor Mrs. Joseph L. Block, Chicago, IL J. Gerald Moore, Marshall, MI Marvin W. Block, Tinley Park, IL James E. Myers, Springfield, IL Mr. & Mrs. Fred Blythe, Springfield, IL Michael Myers, Springfield, IL Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Becker, Springfield, IL Thomas J. Booth, Springfield, IL James J. Nance, Loveland, CO Duane Downey, Avon, CT Edward M. Bredin, Q.C., Calgary, Alberta, CANADA R. Davis Packer, Sierra Madre, CA Robert S. Eckley, Bloomington, IL Mrs. Walter F. Brissenden, Springfield, IL James Wm. Patton III, Springfield, IL Benjamin I. Green, Boulder, CO David F. Brown, Evansville, IN Barbara Peper, St. Louis, MO Richard E. Hart, Springfield, IL Eleanor H. Bussell, Lacon, IL Senator James “Pate” Philip, Addison, IL Fred B. Hoffmann, Springfield, IL James R. Butcher, Kokomo, IN Jeanne & Glen Pittman, Springfield, IL Robert R. & Janice O. Irwin, Springfield, IL Dan Cadigan, Springfield, IL Mark Plummer, Bloomington, IL Lewis E. Lehrman, Mechanicsburg, PA Sheila Riley Callahan, Dunstable, MA Larry Pulley, Springfield, IL John R. Power, Jacksonville, IL Norman Callan, Altoona, PA James A. Rawley, Lincoln, NE Benjamin Shapell, Beverly Hills, CA Thomas Campbell, Chicago, IL Mr. & Mrs. D. G. Raymer, Springfield, IL Mark E. Steiner, Pearland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Charles Chapin, Chatham, IL Joseph J. Rembusch, Palatine, IL Robert M. Stephenson, Glenview, IL Archie D. Chelseth, Cloquet, MN Ralph S. Riffenburgh, M.D., Claremont, CA Mrs. A. D. Van Meter Jr., Springfield, IL Stephen P. Coco, Jennings, LA Thomas Rosenbaum, Mamaroneck, NY Sheldon Cohen, Washington, DC Dr. Randall Lee Saxon, Peoria, IL Sustaining John E. Conway, Naperville, IL Catherine A. Schaller, Columbus, OH Dr. John E. Daly, Rochester, IL Molly M. Schlich, Springfield, IL Kenneth L. Anderson, Highland, IN Brooks Davis, Chicago, IL Mel & Dinah Smith, Los Angeles, CA Lawrence Appel, New York, NY Cullom Davis, Springfield, IL Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Sneller, West Des Moines, IA Norman B. Arnoff, New York, NY Drew Davis, Springfield, IL Cornell C. Stamoran, Somerville, NJ Donald Bacon, Tabbernash, CO Rodney O. Davis, Galesburg, IL Brandt N. Steele, Greencastle, IN Stephen P. Bartholf, Springfield, IL Duane Norman Diedrich, Muncie, IN Harvey & Judy Stephens, Springfield, IL Dr. Carl R. Bemiller, Pottsville, PA Nicholas DiGiovanni Jr., Wayland, MA Adlai E. Stevenson III, Chicago, IL Dr. Roger D. Bridges, Fremont, OH Philip M. Dripps, St. Charles, IL Nicky Stratton, Springfield, IL John R. Chapin, Springfield, IL Charles Eberle, Springfield, IL James Sullivan, Springfield, IL John R. Christian, Phoenix, AZ Mrs. Robert D. Edwards, Lincoln, IL Bruce Tap, Grand Rapids, MI Linda Culver Mr. & Mrs. William R. Enlow, Springfield, IL F. John Taylor, Virginia, IL David Herbert Donald, Lincoln Center, MA Thomas Farrish, Tolland, CT Robert T. Taylor Family, Baton Rouge, LA Richard Dyke, M.D., Indianapolis, IN Paul Findley, Jacksonville, IL Edmund B. Thornton, Ottawa, IL Mr. & Mrs. Donald H. Funk, Springfield, IL Tom Forgue, Washington, DC Bruce Tobis, Farmington Hills, MI Scott C. Helmholz, Springfield, IL Malcolm Garber, Seattle, WA John M. Tracy, Des Peres, MO Earl W. Henderson Jr., Springfield, IL Joseph E. Garrera, Newton, NJ Frank Ullman, Washington, DC David R. Herndon, East Alton, IL Craig C. Gilbert, Atlanta, GA University of Chicago Library, Chicago, IL Walter Hill, Beverly Hills, CA Clifford & Shirley Greenwalt, Springfield, IL A. D. Van Meter Jr., Springfield, IL Daniel W. Hynes, Chicago, IL Mrs. Margaret L. Guard, Evansville, IN Carl Volkmann, Springfield, IL Richard A. Jamison, Downers Grove, IL Wilmer E. Hall, Akron, PA Mrs. Clyde C. Walton, San Jose, CA Mr. & Mrs. Norman P. Jones, Springfield, IL Norman F. Hampton, St. Louis, MO Daniel R. Weinberg, Chicago, IL Robert F. Kincaid, Williamsburg, MI William Hanchett, San Diego, CA Dr. & Mrs. H. A. Wellons, Earlysville, VA Ms. Georgia Northrup, Springfield, IL William F. Hanna, Taunton, MA Robert F. Wernle, Crawfordsville, IN Jack Nutt, Lincoln, IL Thomas J. Harbinson, Savage, MN Ronald C. White, La Canada, CA Nicholas J. Paola, Fanwood, NJ Shelby Harbison, Springfield, IL Sheri A. Wilhelm, Leesville, LA Mr. & Mrs. Paul Schanbacher, Springfield, IL William C. Harris, Raleigh, NC Harlington Wood Jr., Petersburg, IL Logan H. Schlipf, Springfield, IL Mark S. Heaney, Schererville, IN Frank C. Yerbic, Canton, IL Thomas F. Schwartz, Springfield, IL Dale Hershey, Pittsburg, PA Thomas L. Shriner Jr., Shorewood, WI Bob Higley, Thornton, CO Individual Mr. & Mrs. William A. Simpson, Springfield, IL Robert W. Hoffman, Columbia, MO Jack L. Smith, South Bend, IN Jack Huber, Loves Park, IL ABC-CLIO Library, Santa Barbara, CA Michael & Cathleen Snyder, Springfield, IL Lynn N. Hughes, Houston, TX Charles W. Adams, Springfield, IL Richard Wm. Thomas, Springfield, IL Mr. & Mrs. C. Richard Hullihen, Painesville, OH Rev. Russell H. Allen, Clinton, CT Adm. N. R. Thunman, Springfield, IL Mr. & Mrs. John Irwin, Pleasant Plains, IL Mrs. William J. Alley Don Tracy, Springfield, IL Dr. Todd J. Janus, Gurnee, IL James D. Alt, Edina, MN John T. Trutter, Northfield, IL Dave Joens, Springfield, IL Patrick Ambrose, Cleveland, OH Gregory N. Van Winkle, Brookfield, WI Dr. Robert W. Johannsen, Champaign, IL Darrel R. Anderson, Springfield, IL Mrs. Louise F. Wollan, Springfield, IL Robert J. Johnson Jr., Brooklyn, NY Bryon C. Andreasen, Springfield, IL Charles Keaton, Indianapolis, IN John H. Archer, Springfield, IL Patron Daniel F. Kennedy, Sarasota, FL Raymond Archer, Abingdon, IL Robert J. Killewald, Ypsilanti, MI Norman B. Arnoff, New York City, NY Edwin Allard III, New York, NY Robert & Jeanne Lanphier III, Dawson, IL Wayne Arthurton, Webster, NY Dennis Antonie, Mequon, WI Robert M. Lawless, Columbia, MO Aaron R. Bachstein, Bethlem, PA 6 For the People

Robert W. Bachstein, Stewartsville, NJ Ted A. Chuman, D.D.S., Bellevue, WA John R. Gehlbach, Lincoln, IL James S. Backer, Valencia, CA Tammy Clark, Springfield, IL Joseph George Jr., Bristol, RI Bruce S. Bailey, Akron, OH A. C. Clyne, Waukegan, IL Thomas M. George, Kalamazoo, MI Greg Bailey, St. Louis, MO Patrick Coburn, Springfield, IL Jeff Gibbs, Springfield, IL David Baker, Oswego, IL Zane Cohn, Chicago, IL William E. Gienapp, Cambridge, MA Larry Baker, Royal Oak, MI Philip W. Collins, Springfield, IL John Glen, Elsah, IL Mark R. Barletta, North Haven, CT Steven J. Cologne, Rancho Sante Fe, CA Eric J. Glover, Washington, DC Dwight L. Barr, Midvale, UT E. C. Conley, Birmingham, MI Vincent J. Gnoffo, West Chicago, IL John M. Barr, Kingwood, TX Clare Connor, Chicago, IL Anne L. Goff, Tampa, FL Douglas M. Barringer, Springfield, IL Linda J. Cook, Idaho Falls, ID David A. Gorak, Lombard, IL William E. Bartelt, Newburgh, IN Albert B. Cooper, Tucson, AZ Dr. Robert M. Gorin Jr., Garden City, NY Daniel Bassuk, Neshanic, NJ D. L. Coulter, Grand Rapids, MI William J. Gorski, Arlington Heights, IL Kim Bauer, Decatur, IL George M. Craig, Cambridge, NY Margaret J. Graddy, Springfield, IL Donald E. Baumis, Lafayette, IN Edward & Caroline Cunningham, Springfield, IL Dr. Kent Gramm, Wheaton, IL Jeffrey Beckner, St. Louis, MO Barbara J. Dale, Island Lake, IL Kurt Granberg, Centralia, IL Wilson H. Beebe Jr., Rumson, NJ Walter Dallow, Sacramento, CA William B. Grant, Oakland, MD Daniel Bellemare, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA Marvin Datz, Brooklyn, NY Ned W. Grauel, Littleton, CO Herman J. Belz, Rockville, MD Don Davenport, Monroe, WI Garry Greenberg, Tucson, AZ Martha L. Benner, Elkhart, IL Dr. Glen W. Davidson, Las Vegas, NM Jonathan B. Greenberg, M.D., Eastham, MA Mark H. Bennett, Portage, WI Dr. & Mrs. John A. Davidson, Springfield, IL Sarah Greer, Kingwood, TX Ray Bennett, Pace, FL Dr. Burnet V. Davis, Alma, MI James L. Gregg, Gainesville, FL Mitchell S. Berger, Decatur, GA Gentry Davis, Clinton, MD Eugene Griessman, Marina Del Rey, CA Robert A. Berghoff, Chicago, IL James E. Davis, Jacksonville, IL Karl M. Grisso, Charleston, IL Fran Berman, Plainview, NY Spencer Davis, Peru, NE Richard Grosboll, San Francisco, CA Steven Berusch, Woodmere, NY Dolores Debenedictis, Penn Valley, CA Harold Gross, Flushing, NY Karl Betz, Springfield, IL Marie Decator, Haslett, MI Michael Gross, Arlington, TX Dr. E. Mark Bezzant, Pleasant Grove, UT Andrew J. Dempsey, Atlanta, GA Dr. Allen C. Guelzo, Paoli, PA W. Victor Bielinski, Muskegon, MI Steven DePasquale, Boubonnais, IL Burnell R. Gulden, Lafayette, IN June R. Bingham, Bronx, NY Parkes C. Dibble, Dallas, TX Mr. Maksim Gumeni, Tirana, ALBANIA Michael Bingham, Ashland, OR Robert W. Dickerman, Springfield, IL Dr. Gerald Gutek, LaGrange, IL Nora Bishop, Bowdoinham, ME Mr. George J. Dietz, Springfield, IL Nancy M. Hahn, Springfield, IL Robert Blaemire, Bathesda, MD Senator Kirk W. Dillard, Westmont, IL Allen O. Hale, R.Ph., Dupont, WA Denise Blaze, Manitowoc, WI Charles R. Disque, Indianapolis, IN Kelly D. Hall, St. Louis, MO Mr. & Mrs. John F. Blythe, Springfield, IL Mrs. John B. Dixon, Springfield, IL Don Hamblin, Sullivan, IL Norman F. Boas, M.D., Mystic, CT Chriss H. Doss, Birmingham, AL Irene Hammerslough, Springfield, IL Mark R. Boeche, Janesville, WI Jonathan D. Drake, Danville, IL Mrs. Jean M. Hammond, Portland, OR Dan Bonner, Muskegon, MI Daniel Ray Dunham, Columbia, MO Richard Hanks, Riverside, CA Gabor S. Boritt, Gettysburg, PA James S. Dunn, Springfield, IL William F. Hanna, Taunton, MA Glen L. Bower, Chicago, IL Jo Dzombak, Latrobe, PA Mr. Walter E. Hanson, Springfield, IL Nathan Boyer, Quincy, IL George R. Eberle, Evanston, IL Chris T. Hardy, Springfield, IL Lynn A. Brand, Barrington, IL Lloyd H. Efflandt, Moline, IL Verne Hargrave, Arlington, TX Walter Bransen, Park Ridge, IL David J. Eicher, Waukesha, WI Walter Hartsfield, Murray, KY Terrance Brennan, Normal, IL Thomas D. Eilers, Winnetka, IL Darrell L. Hartweg, Bloomington, IL Shawn L. Briese, Ormond Beach, FL Judge Bruce J. Einhorn, Agoura Hills, CA James Hashman, Mt. Vernon, OH Susan Brown, Bryon Center, MI E. Duane Elbert, Forrest, IL John Hays, Santa Fe, NM Miles A. Browne, Urbandale, IA Thomas G. Eldred, Union Springs, NY David Hedrick, Petersburg, IL Davis C. Bruce, Hingham, MA Lawrence Elliott, LUXEMBOURG C. David Hein, Frederick, MD Patrick Brumleve, Cobden, IL Paul F. Ellis-Graham, Highland Mills, NY Norman D. Hellmers, Springfield, IL Theodore E. Bruzas, Avon, IN Luann Elvey, East Tawas, MI Robert F. Henderson, Orleans, IN Willard Bunn Jr., Springfield, IL Gary Erickson, Wauwatosa, WI Edward J. Hensch, Anderson, SC Willard Bunn III, Lake Forest, IL Harry Estill, St. Louis, MO Gerald A. Heon Robert S. Burdick, Green Bay, WI Robyn J. Fancett, Victoria, AUSTRALIA Stan Herrin, Springfield, IL Michael Burlingame, New London, CT Dr. Lenore Farmer, Pittsburgh, PA Frank Hill, Ontario, CANADA Rand Burnette, Jacksonville, IL John Farrish, North Las Vegas, NV Rev. Gary D. Hinkle, Bremen, IN Shirley J. Burton, Chicago, IL Mrs. Don E. Fehrenbacher, Stanford, CA Jean S. Hoefer, Freeport, IL Lawrence Bussard, Springfield, IL Daniel Feingold, Chicago, IL Gary L. Hoffman, Omaha, NE James R. Butcher, Kokomo, IN Vernon R. Fernandes, Jacksonville, IL George G. Hoffman, West End, NC Dana Butler, Carthage, IL Norman B. Ferris, Murfreesboro, TN John Hoffmann, Champaign, IL Tom Butler, Ft. Wayne, IN John M. Field, Winnetka, IL Elizabeth Hogan, Washington, DC Kenneth Buzbee, Springfield, IL Irwin Paul Fields, Lynbrook, NY William G. Holland, Springfield, IL Robert Buzzard, New Holland, PA James Finch, Oklahoma City, OK Edward B. Holloway, Wilson, NC Edmund J. Cantilli, West Hampstead, NY Roger A. Fischer, Duluth, MN Curt Holquin, Los Angeles, CA John Cappabianca, Lancaster, PA Mark Fishbein, Springfield, IL , Rye, NY James Carley, Stillwater, OK Elbert F. Floyd, Battlement Mesa, CO Homer Township Library, Lockport, IL Martin C. Carlino, East Patchogue, NY Steve Forbes, Bedminster, NJ Clifford R. Hope Jr., Garden City, KS Carlinville Public Library, Carlinville, IL Michael Fowler, Franklin, TN Thomas A. Horrocks, , MA Thomas J. Carlisle, Springfield, IL Guy C. Fraker, Bloomington, IL Ira C. Houck Jr., Pittsburgh, PA Donald S. Carmichael, Lyme, NH Jon M. Franchino, Denver, CO Mark R. Hoyt, Jackson, MI Burrus M. Carnahan, McLean, VA David B. Franco, Chicago, IL Mary C. Hudspeath, Carol Stream, IL James R. Carter, Peoria, IL John W. Frank, Batchtown, IL Raymond G. Hughes, Petersburg, KY Richard J. Carwardine, Sheffield Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Frank, East Peoria, IL Dr. Earl J. Hunt, Johnstown, PA Craig M. Chambers, Danville, IL Michael D. Freda, Belleville, NJ T. Willard Hunter, Claremont, CA Herbert S. Channick, Rockford, IL Robert S. French, Appleton, WI Edward Hutchinson, Bridgewater, MA Alan Chevat, Brooklyn, NY Alan H. Friedman, New York, NY Christopher Lincoln Imhoff, Louisville, KY Patrick Chop, Kansas City, KS James S. Frost, Seguin, TX Illinois State University, Normal, IL Timothy J. Chorvat, Glenview, IL Ralph Gary, Grapevine, TX Jon Innes, Bethlehem, PA For the People 7

Julia Jackson, San Diego, CA Alfred J. Lipsey, M.D., Chicago, IL Susan Mogerman, Springfield, IL William H. Jacques, East Dummerston, VT Patricia Logan, Chattanooga, TN Lee C. Moorehead, Batavia, IL Dr. Allen Jayne, Santa Monica, CA John Long, Troy, IL Lucas Morel, Lexington, VA Robert G. Jeffers Jr., Vernon, CT Robert E. Long, Columbia, SC Charlotte Morgan, Lakeland, FL Roger Jenot, Carey, OH Peter M. Lowry, Austin, TX Michael R. Morrell, Columbia, MD Harold Jensen, Urbana, IL John A. Lupton, Springfield, IL Larry Morris, Evansville, IN David N. Johnson, Chicago, IL David Lusty, Chicopee, MA James C. Mould, Mishawaka, IN Geoffrey Johnson, Chicago, IL Nancy MacDonald, Champaign, IL David R. Murph, Grapevine, TX Richard Johnson, Middleport, NY Laurie A. Maddox, St. Charles, IL Daniel R. Murphy, Albany, OR John H. Jones, Springfield, IL Daniel Madsen, Aurora, CO Victor A. Myers, Barberton, OH Kurt M. Kausler, St. Louis, MO Jon Maier, M.D., St. Cloud, MN James Michael Neal, Lawrenceville, IL Oliver J. Keller, Atlanta, GA Dr. Eugene I. Majerowicz, Los Angeles, CA Michael J. Needham, Truckee, CA William E. Keller, Anna, IL Lewis P. Mallow Jr., Eau Claire, WI John R. Neff, Oxford, MS Daniel E. Kepner, Springfield, IL Michael Malorny, Lake Forest, CA Peter H. Nelson, Princeton, IL John Kincaid, Wheaton, IL Jonathan H. Mann, New York, NY James Nethery, Northbrook, IL Vilma Kinney, Peoria, IL Neal S. Mann, Merrick, NY Robert D. Neuleib, Normal, IL W. Gerald Klingler, M.D., Springfield, IL Larry D. Mansch, Missoula, MT Larry M. Newell, Springfield, IL Mrs. Elizabeth N. Kloppenburg, Chatham, IL Darwin W. Mara, Dallas, TX Edward H. Nichols, Jefferson City, MO Lawrence J. Klos, Baltimore, MD Saul Markowitz, Framingham, MA Randall L. Nickell, Wheaton, IL Gerald D. Kluetz, Weston, WI Richard E. 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