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President Richard J. Oglesby of the National Lincoln Monument Association appoints W.B. Rochester as an agent to collect funds on behalf of the association. Secretary O.M. Hatch countersigns the official letter. This letter along with other…

H.W. Marble receives a printed form letter from the Committee of the National Lincoln Monument Association appointing him as their agent for the collection of funds. The committee is composed of Jesse K. Dubois, Sharon Tyndale, Or.H. Miner, and Jas.…

Richard J. Oglesby, President of the National Lincoln Monument Association, signs an official commission authorizing Benjamin F. Russell of Will County to receive contributions on behalf of the association. Secretary O.M. Hatch signs as witness.

Natioinal Lincoln Monument Association President Richard J. Oglesby signs an authorization of H.W. Marble to receive contributions on behalf of the association. Secretary O.M. Hatch countersigns and affixes the association's raised seal.

Charles Carlos Hewitt poses for a portrait next to a bicycle. Charles was the eldest brother of Eva H. Stricklin.

Portrait of a John Charles Black in his later years. Black was a Union Army Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet-Brigadier General during the American Civil War, a U.S. Congressman, and a U.S. District Attorney at Chicago.

Illinois Industrial University Professor Parker poses for a portrait.

Professor Ambrose Pascal Sevilon Stuart served as Chair of Chemistry at Illinois Industrial University from 1868-1874.

Thomas Jonathan Burrill served as Professor of Botany and Horticulture from 1868-1882, University Vice President from 1882-1891, and acting president from 1891-1894 at Illinois Industrial University.

An unidentified professor from the Illinois Industrial University poses for a portrait.

Colonel Samuel W. Shattuck served as professor of mathematics Illinois Industrial University beginning in 1868 after resigning his position as acting president of Norwich University. In 1873, Shattuck became acting regent of the school for six months…

Professor Stillman Williams Robinson taught Mechanical Engineering and Physics at Illinois Industrial University from 1870-1878, serving as Dean of the College of Engineering in 1878. He also taught at the University of Michigan (1866-1870) and Ohio…

Don Carlos Taft, professor of Geology at Illinois Industrial University, poses for a portrait.

Professor J. Burkitt Webb taught Civil Engineering at Illinois Industrial Universityfrom 1873-1880.

Student Miles Fayette Hatch of Burton, poses for a portrait. Hatch was a member of the class of 1872, the first graduating class of the Illinois Industrial University.

Agricultural student Howard Silver of Springboro, Ohio, poses for a portrait. Silver was a member of the class of 1872, the first graduating class of the Illinois Industrial University.

Charles Wallace Silver of Springboro, Ohio, poses for a portrait. Silver was a member of the class of 1872, the first graduating class of the Illinois Industrial University.

Civil engineering student John Augustus Ockerson of Skane, Sweden, poses for a portrait. Ockerson graduated from the Illinois Industrial University in 1873.

Jared Teeple of Ingersoll, Ontario, poses for a portrait. Teeple was a member of the class of 1872, the first graduating class of the Illinois Industrial University.

Mining engineering student Jacob Norton Wharton of Pennsylvania, poses for a portrait. Wharton was a member of the class of 1872, the first graduating class of the Illinois Industrial University.

Charles Wesley Rolfe of Arlington Heights, Illinois, poses for a portrait. Rolfe was a member of the class of 1872, the first graduating class of the Illinois Industrial University.

Joseph Corson Llewellyn of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, poses for a portrait. Llewellyn graduated from Illinois Industrial University in 1877.

Augustus L. Hennessey, of Eureka, poses for a portrait. Hennessey graduated from Illinois Industrial University in 1873.