Forgotten Illinois 200

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This website is a digital gallery of the projects funded by Forgotten Illinois, a grant program of Illinois Humanities created to celebrate the Illinois Bicentennial in 2018 and to highlight lesser-known aspects of Illinois history and identity.
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Projects

By Tara McClellan McAndrew – Directed by Aasne Daniels
October 27, November 1-3, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.
November 4, 2018 at 2 p.m.

Driftless in Illinois

Galena-Jo Daviess County Historical Society

Votes for Women

Zachary Michael Jack

A Documentary Record of the Hanging of the First Woman in Illinois

Lawrence County Historical Society

Illinois’ First Road: Tour Booklet

Kaskaskia Cahokia Trail Coalition

A Journey in Time

Les Amis de Fort de Chartres

Lessons of Place: Photographing Endangered Historic Sites in Illinois

Liz Chilsen

Exploring Two Faces of Illinois History

Fox Tales International

Windows Into Our Past

The Village of Elkhart Illinois

Film on Mexican Boxcar Communities

Antonio Delgado

Andrew Carnegie’s Benefaction of 207 Pipe Organs in Illinois, 1901-1919

Paula Pugh Romanaux

African Americans in Early Illinois

Lincoln Land Community College Foundation

People Saving Places: The Underground Railroad in Illinois

Landmarks Illinois

Jens Jensen: The Living Green

Friends of Hauberg Civic Center Foundation

Illinois’ Role in US Vegetarian History: A Story Map

National Vegetarian Museum

The Garage: An Oral and Visual History of Forgottonia, IL

Western Illinois Museum

Archaeology Discoveries at the 19th Century Hallock-Shearer Farmstead in Wabash County, IL

Wabash County Museum

Ray Bradbury: 2020 Centennial Poster Series

Ray Bradbury Experience Museum

Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project

Bronzeville/Black Chicagoan Historical Society