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"The Official Song of the City of Jacksonville, Illinois" Lyrics depict pride in Jacksonville with lyrics focusing on the city's sesquicentennial as well as friendship, patriotism, and support of the future. Front cover includes the City of…

"Sung in the chorus at the Jacksonville Historical Pageant; Greek Theatre-1925" Here Puritan and Cavalier met in convergent streams; Together planned, together wrought the city of their dreams." Lyrics depict pride in the city of Jacksonville, IL…

Three election judges certify the November 2, 1840, election results from Jacksonville in which Lincoln received 155 votes for presidential elector.

Lowell B. Mason (far left) and other individuals, including Governor Otto Kerner (kneeling), greet students at the Jacksonville School for the Blind.

The Jacksonville State Hospital Band forms up. Opening in 1851, the Jacksonville State Hospital became the state's first asylum for mentally ill and developmentally disabled patients. It was later renamed the Jacksonville Developmental Center, and…

Jacob Strawn was an early settler of Morgan County, moving from Ohio in 1831, and becoming a successful farmer in the Jacksonville area.

Jacob Frederick Slagle of Ohio, an 1890 graduate of the University of Wooster sits for a portrait.