The Illinois State Historical Society Officers
President: Rand Burnette, Jacksonville
President Pro Tem: David Scott, Springfield
Treasurer: John Howard, Mount Vernon
Directors
Terms Expire in 2002
Marvin W. Ehlers, Deerfleld
Arthur Mead Martin, Chicago
Craig L. Pfannkuche, Wonder Lake
Shirley J. Portwood, Godfrey
Terms Expire in 2003
Michael C. Batinski, Carbondale
Janet D. Cornelius, Penfield
Mary "Happy" Dean, Peoria
Francis Even, River Forest
Warren D. Winston, Pittsfield
Terms Expire in 2004
Norman C. Berger, Chicago
Timothy Draper, Sugar Grove
Mark Sorensen, Decatur
Patricia J. Walton, Hanover
Park John Week, Sycamore
Staff
Tom Teague, Executive Director
William Furry, Assistant Director
Sallie Brittin, Membership Secretary
Advisory Board 2001-2002 Leah J. Axelrod, Highland Park
Dave Bartlett, Park Forest
Herbert S. Channick, Rockford
Stephen Gharry, Oglesby
Charles A. Chapin, Chatham
Alberta Conover, Springfield
Dennis H. Cremin, Naperville
James Davis, Jacksonville
Larry A. Douglas, Belknap
Redd Griffin, Oak Park
Stuart R. Fliege, Springfield
Charlotte E. Johnson, Alton
Gerald Lee Gutek, LaGrange
Russell L. Lewis, Chicago
Barbara Mason, Springfield
Ellsworth Mills, Highland Park
John K. Notz, Chicago
Richard I. Pate, Danville
Kay Marie Rippelmeyer- Tippy, Pomona
Ron Vasile, Downers Grove
Ray Winters, La Grange
Muriel Braxton Wilson, Chicago
Living Past Presidents
Irving Dilliard, Collinsville
Alexander Summers, San Diego, CA
Doris P. Leonard, Princeton
Robert M. Sutton, Urbana
Gunnar Benson, Sterling
Donald F. Tingley, Savoy
Victor Hicken, Macomb
Katie Fiene Birchler, Chester
Samuel Lilly, Downers Grove
David J. Maurer, Charleston
Wilma Lund, Springfield
Patricia Wallace-Christian, Durham, CT
Mark A. Plummer, Normal
John T Trutter, Northfield
E. Duane Libert, Lerna
Raymond E. Hauser, St. Charles
Patricia Grimmer, Carbondale
John Power, Jacksonville
Robert J. Klaus, Chicago
Michael J. McNerney, Carbondale
Robert McColley, Urbana
Barbara M. Posadas, DeKalb
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A Publication of The Illinois State Historical Society
January-February 2002___________________Volume 5 Number 1
3 From the editor
4 Letters
4 News
17 History online
18 Prairie tunes
22 From the archives
7 Plague on the Prairie: The cholera epidemic of 1833 and its effect on one central Illinois town
12 Centennial Awards 2001 still growing at 100
14 Foiled again: How two Illinois men kept Hitler from getting the atomic bomb
16 Picturing Abe: the reprinting of a major work on Lincoln iconography
19 Holiday at the "san"
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