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Students study measurement in the classroom by sawing wood to create instruction materials.

Lions Club minstrel show performers apply blackface make-up while promoting an upcoming event in Fairfield.

As captain in the 4th regiment of volunteers during the Black Hawk War Lincoln writes this certificate of appointment for William Carpenter as paymaster and signs Col. Samuel Thompson's name to it.

President Chester A. Arthur and Secretary of War Robert T. Lincoln sign the appointment of Benjamin Purssell as Second Lieutenant in the Signal Corps. The elaborately decorated certificate of appointment carries a navy blue seal.

An engraved parchment document signed "Abraham Lincoln," and countersigned by Secretary of War Simon Cameron appoints John J. Sweet to the rank of second lieutenant in the second regiment of cavalry.

Robert Irwin, Joshua Fry Speed and E.C. Blankenship endorse their appraisal of Springfield city lots.

The administrators of the estate of James Greer of Macon County, Alabama, present for the record an inventory of Greer's property and slaves.

Sidney McInstry, an eight year old mulatto girl, is apprenticed to Ninian Edwards for ten years. The ndenture is signed by Edwards and James Adams on behalf of Mcinstry.

Several women fill a student and faculty recreation room at Monticello College that also doubles as a greenhouse.

A tower on one of the Monticello College buildings is visible through the glass ceiling of a student and faculty recreation area that doubles as a greenhouse.

Four adults pose for a photo while readying to shoot an arrow from their longbows.

Monticello College students stand in a row with their bows and arrows during archery class. On verso: "Monticello's 300 acres provide a spacious setting for archery, riding, tennis, field hockey, softball, and other outdoor sports."

An arrow manufacturer puts the final touches on the fletching.

Archibald Blaine Cochran sits for a portrait at the age of 19.On verso: "Related to Wm. G. Cochran"

Archibald Blaine Cochran of Springfield, Illinois, sits for a portrait. On verso: "Son of Judge William G. Cochran (1844-1932) of Sullivan, Illinois."

Archibald Blaine Cochran of Springfield, Illinois, poses for a portrait.On verso: "Son of Judge William G. Cochran (1844-1932) of Sullivan, Illinois."

Archie Roy Griggs of Indiana, an 1893 graduate of Center College, sits for a portrait.

View of the construction of the architectural arches placed on 5th Street in downtown Springfield.