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11/03/09 - Oral History of Illinois Agriculture Website Launched Features 300 hours of audio and video interviews with
more than 130 people SPRINGFIELD – Anyone with a computer can now see and hear the history of Illinois agriculture told by the people who lived it. Today, during a news conference, the Illinois State Museum launched the Audio-Video Barn website (http://avbarn.museum.state.il.us), featuring 300 hours of interviews with more than 130 people involved with agriculture in Illinois over the past 129 years. The website is the culmination of a two-year Oral History of Illinois Agriculture project led by the Illinois State Museum and Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. 05/20/09 - A taste of the old life Pioneer Life Summer Day Camp at Lincoln’s New Salem gives students a chance to experience life in the 1830s 05/15/09 - Chicago’s Inland Steel Building, Spiegel Office Building, and Independence Park listed in National Register of Historic Places CHICAGO – The Inland Steel Building, Spiegel Office Building and Independence Park in Chicago were listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 18, 2009 by the National Park Service.
The
Illinois History News section provides access to all State of Illinois
press releases that have been published about Illinois history and
historical sites.
