The Illinois State Historical Society
Officers
President: Rand Burnette, Jacksonville
President Elect: David Scott, Springfield
Treasurer: Arthur M. Martin, Chicago
Directors
Directors, Terms Expire in 2003
Michael C. Batinski, Carbondale
Janet Cornelius, Pinfield
Mary "Happy" Dean, Peoria
Francis Even, Chicago
Warren D. Winston, Pittsfield
Directors, Terms Expire in 2004
Norman C. Berger, Chicago
Timothy Draper, Sugar Grove
Mark Sorensen, Decatur
Patricia J. Walton, Hanover Park
John Weck, Sycamore
Directors, Terms Expire in 2005
Leah J. Axelrod, Chicago
Herbert Channick, Rockford
Redd Griffin, Oak Park
Russell Lewis, Chicago
John Power, Jacksonville
Staff
Tom Teague, Executive Director
William Furry, Assistant Director
Sallie Brittin, Membership Secretary
Advisory Board 2002-2003
Charles E. Burgess, Bethalto
Charles A. Chapin, Esq., Chatham
Stephen Charry, Oglesby
James P. Coble, Springfield
Alberta Conover, Springfield
Larry A. Douglas, Belknap
Marvin W. Ehlers, Deerfield
Stuart R. Fliege, Springfield
Wolf D. Fuhrig, Jacksonville
Gerald Lee Gutek, LaGrange
John Howard, Mount Vemon
D. Bradford Hunt, Chicago
Charlotte E. Johnson, Alton
Ellsworth Mills II, Highland Park
Mitchell Newton-Matza, Oak Park
Richard I Pate, Danville
Craig Pfannkuche, Wonder Lake
Shirley Portwood, Godfrey
Theodore H. Wachholz, Arlington Heights
Joan B. Willenborg, Effingham
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 Elbert, Forrest
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
4 Letters
4 News
22 From the Archives
6 Love and Justice Marital Dissolution in antebellum Illinois
9 Legacies of Pullman
12 Recent research at the French Village of Peoria
18 Planning Chicago's future
21 Past president Doris Leonard dies
22 Tamsen: a poem
23 New members
In the field of history, we've barely scratched the surface in Illinois, as readers of the January/February issue of Illinois Heritage will discover. Abraham Lincoln, the most written about American of all time, still gives researchers acres to plow, as Stacy Pratt McDermott reveals in her feature story, "Love and Justice: Marital dissolution in antebellum Illinois." Likewise, archaeologist Robert Mazrim uncovers the lost foundations of the oldest continuously inhabited city in North America in his article, "Recent Research at the Old French Village of Peoria, Illinois." And the history of African-American Pullman Porters has yet to be fully appreciated, as Tom Teague tells us in his story, "The Pullman Legacy."
In addition to these fascinating articles, Heritage explores Chicago history on-line and remembers the Society's first woman president, Doris P. Leonard, of Princeton. It's all good reading and great Illinois history. Share it with a friend.
Very best wishes,
William Furry editor
Illinois Heritage!
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