Cover of the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Volume 119, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
Black and white photos on a green-gray background: Governor John Peter Altgeld, the “Eagle Forgotten,” courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library; Minnie Vautrin outside the recently constructed Ginling College in Nanking, circa 1923. Image courtesy of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society; Clyde Choate is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Harry S Truman at the White House. Photo courtesy of the National Archives (111-SC-210818); Jane Addams, founder of Chicago's Hull House, and internationally known social activist. Photograph courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
Contents: Volume 119, Number 1, Spring 2026
Editor's Note
Contributors and Cover
Essays on Illinois and America 250
"Stephen A. Douglas and a Nation of Law" by Reg Ankrom
"Rivers, Rails, and Rich Soil: Agricultural Innovations in Illinois" by Jenny Barker-Devine
"America at 250: Illinois Labor" by James R. Barrett
"Lincoln in the Middle of the American Experiment" by James M. Cornelius
"The Illinois & Michigan Canal" by
Wayne Duerkes
“'A Mysterious Fragment of Jetsam from the Lord Knows Where': John Peter Altgeld and the Question of Citizenship" by James A. Edstrom
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