The Normal School Quarterly • v — Series 5 October, 1906 M umber 21 A Topical Guide to the Study of the History of Illinois By HENRY McCORMIGK Entered August 18, 1902, at Normal, Illinois, as second-class matter, under Act of Congress of July* 16, 1894 PUBLISHED BY THE ILLINOIS STATE NORMAL UNIVERSITY, NORMAL, ILLINOIS NORMAL SCHOOL QUARTERLY Published by the Illinois State J\[ortnal University , Normal , Illinois Series 5 October , 1906 No. 21 A TOPICAL GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF ILLINOIS GEOGRAPHY Principal facts . — Constitutional boundaries; latitude and longitude; length; greatest width; area; population; surface; drainage; climate; soil; chief industries; principal crops; markets; means of transportation. Sources of inf ormation Rolfe: Illinois Supplement in Natural Advanced Geog- raphy. McMurry: Illinois Supplement in Frye’s Complete Geography. McCormick: Illinois Supplement in Appleton’s Standard Higher Geography. Illinois Supplement in the Rand-McNally Grammar-School Geography. Darling: Illinois Supplement to Tarr and McMurry Geographies. Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, pages 14-16*. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, 241-244. Ellsworth: Illinois in 1837 and ’8. ^References are to pages when not otherwise indicated. 2 The Normal School Quarterly GEOLOGY Principal facts . — Formations found in the State; their or- der; economic importance of coal; building stone; clays, etc.; the drift; influence upon the soil, crops, etc. Sources of information Rolfe: Illinois Supplement in the NaturaJ Advanced Geo- graphy. McCormick: Illinois Supplement in Appleton’s Standard Higher Geography. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, 197-200. Geological Atlas of the United States, Danville Folio, Illi- nois-Indiana. Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 1-13. Salisbury and Alden: The Geography of Chicago and its Environs, 8-20. Leverett: The Illinois Glacial Lobe. Worthen: Economical Geology of Illinois. Worthen: Geological Survey of Illinois. Coal Reports of Illinois. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 6-15. PREHISTORIC ILLINOIS Principal facts. — Mounds found in Illinois; different kinds; location of each kind; description of several; supposed pur- pose; theory in regard to the builders; relics found in mounds; conclusions reached from a study of relics. Sources of inf ormation Snyder: Transaction of the Illinois State Historical So- ciety for 1900, 21-29. Reynolds: My Own Times, 147-149. Powell: Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1890-91, 112-163. A Topical Guide to the Study of the History of Illinois 3 Henderson: Aboriginal Remains near Naples, 111., in Smithsonian Report for 1882, 686-721. THE INDIANS OF ILLINOIS Principal facts . — Names and location of tribes; homes; dress; food; occupations; customs; institutions; attitude to- ward the whites; dangers threatening early settlers; effect of the War of 1812 upon the Indians. Sources of information Mather: The Making of Illinois, 21-27. Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 30-52. Reynolds: Pioneer History of Illinois, Chapter I. Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol. I, 36-51. Blanchard: History of Illinois, 102-112. Gatlin: The North American Indians, Vol, II, 87-107. JOLIET AND MARQUETTE Principal facts: — Brief biography of each before entering upon the voyage; purpose of the voyage; Starting point; num- ber of companions; Pox river; Lake Winnebago; portage; Wisconsin river; Mississippi river; first Indian trail noticed; reception by Indians; second trail; reception; return voyage; Illinois river; description of Illinois country; Indian village of Kaskaskia; reception; route to Lake Michigan; Green Bay; disaster to Joliet; return of Marquette; kindness of Indians; death of Marquette. Sources of Information Mather: The Making of Illinois, 33-47. McMurry: Pioneers of the Mississippi Valley, 1-15. Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 59-66. Reynolds: Pioneer History of Illinois, 25-31. Breese: Early History of Illinois, 78-97. 4 The Normal School Quarterly Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 33-44. Brown: History of Illinois, 115-119. Parkman: The Struggle for a Continent, 186-194. Winsor: Cartier to Frontenac, 229-250. Blanchard: Discovery and Conquest of the Northwest, 24-34. Shea: The Catholic Church in Colonial Days, 310-320. Spears and Clark: A History of the Mississippi Valley, 13-24. Parrish: Historic Illinois, 115-119. LA SALLE, TONTI, AND HENNEPIN Principal facts . — Birthplace of La Salle; early life; arrival at Montreal; grant of land; studies Indian languages; sells land; starts for the Ohio river; route; discovery; descends to site of Louisville; erection of Fort Frontenac; returns to France; is made a noble; receives large tract of land in vi- cinity of Fort Frontenac; financial aid from relatives; returns to New France; improves Fort Frontenac; returns to France; authorized to proceed with discoveries; granted monopoly in buffalo skins; returns to Quebec with supplies for building and fitting out vessels, and thirty men, among them Tonti; missionaries associated with La Salle; sends men to Lake Michigan to trade for furs; erects warehouse on Niagara river; builds the Griffin; voyage to Mackinaw; reception; Green Bay; the Griffin starts for Niagara; voyage in canoes to St. Joseph river; Fort Miami; arrival of Tonti; no news of Griffin; portage to the Kankakee; Illinois river; Indian village of Kaskaskia; corn; site of Peoria; reception by Indians; in- triguing of enemies; suspicions of Indians; desertions; Fort Crevecoeur; adventure of Hennepin; La Salle returns to Fort Frontenac; purpose; description of journey; wronged by agents; goes to Montreal; gets supplies; starts for Creve- coeur; bad news from Tonti; from Mackinaw also; scene at Kaskaskia; cause; condition at Crevecoeur; reaches the Miss- A Topical Guide to the Study of the History of Illinois 5 issippi; returns to Fort Miami; unites western tribes; goes to Mackinaw; meets Tonti. When La Salle started to Fron- tenac he left Tonti at Creveceour with fifteen men. Tonti visits Rock of St. Louis, or Starved Rock; some of his men destroy Crevecoeur and desert. Tonti gathers tools and goes to Indian village of Kaskaskia; attack by Iroquois; adven- tures of Tonti; sufferings on the way to Mackinaw; meeting with La Salle; both with their men return to Fort Miami; reach Illinois river by way of Chicago; descend the Miss- issippi; visit Indian village; Taensas village; find mouth of the Mississippi; take possession of the country; return to Mackinaw; to Illinois river; Starved Rock fortified; gather- ing of tribes; troubles with Governor La Earre; returns to France leawing Tonti in command at the Rock; received graciously by the king; furnished with a fleet; emigrants; failure to find mouth of the Mississippi; Matagorda Bay; privations; efforts to find Mississippi; murder of La Salle; his death concealed from Tonti; efforts of Tonti to find him; destruction of emigrants; later career of Tonti. Sources of Information Mather: The Making of Illinois, 48-77. McMurry: Pioneers of the Mississippi Valley, 16-67. Catherwood: Heroes of the Middle West, 44-104. Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 55-58; 67-107. Reynolds: Pioneer History of Illinois, 29-40. Breese: Early History of Illinois, 98-132. Brown: History of Illinois, 119-133. Mason: Chapters from Illinois History, 45-191. Spears and Clark: History of the Mississippi Valley, 25-50. Parrish: Historic Illinois, 54-87. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 45-56. Winsor: Cartier to Frontenac, 251-325. 6 The Normal School Quarterly Blanchard: Discovery and Conquest of the Northwest, 85-67. Parkman: The Struggle for a Continent, 195-222. Parkman: La Salle. Sparks: American Biography, Second Series, Vol. 1, 1-205. La Salle’s Explorations, in Illinois Historical Collection (edited by Beckwith), Vol. I, 106-127. Memoirs of Tonti, in Illinois Historical Collection (edited by Beckwith), Vol. 1, 128-164. Hennepin’s Narrative, in Illinois Historical Collection (edited by Beckwith), Vol. I, 46-105. SETTLEMENT AT KASKASKIA Principal facts . — Removal of the mission from vicinity of the Rock to near mouth of Kaskaskia river; reason for remov- al; settlement at Cahokia; settlements between Cahokia and Kaskaskia; description of Port Chartres; government of these early French towns; Illinois a part of Louisiana; the John Law banking scheme; the Company of the West; Philip Renault and his plans; result; trouble between the French and Spaniards; Boisbriant; French settlements on the Lower Mississippi; trouble with the Chickasaws; land system of the French; intercourse with the Indians; houses; dress; food; occupations; amusements; administration of justice; rebuild- ing of Fort Chartres. Sources of inf ormation Mather: The making of Illinois, 78-90. Perrin: History of Illinois, 47-52. Parrish: Historic Illinois, 129-143. Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 108-136. Reynolds: Pioneer History of Illinois, 41-73. Reynolds: My Own Times, 26-32; 37-39. Breese: Early History of Illinois, 151-209. A Topical Guide to the Study of the History of Illinois 7 Spear: Transactions of the Illinois State Historical So- ciety, No. 9, 445-459. Alvord: Illinois in the Eighteenth Century; Bulletin, No. 1, Illinois State Historical Library. Wallace: Transactions of the Illinois State Historical So- ciety, No. 9, pages 105-117. Brown: History of Illinois, 158-171. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 57-71. STRUGGLE OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND FOR SUPREMACY IN NORTH AMERICA Principal facts . — The French and Indian War; cause; chief events; principal men on each side: part played by the Illinois settlements; result; Pontiac’s Conspiracy; purpose; result of his efforts; attack on several English posts; on the frontiers; Pontiac at Fort Chartres; at Oswego; death; effect of British occupation on Illinois French; land grant by British com- manders; destruction of Fort Chartres. Sources of inf ormation Mather: The Making of Illinois, 86-93. Catherwood: Heroes of the Middle West, 117-141. Davidson and Sfcuve: History of Illinois, 137-172. Reynolds: Pioneer History of Illinois, 74-82. Breese: Early History of Illinois, 226-231. Brown: History of Illinois, 197-202. Hinsdale: The Old Northwest, 55-69. Parkman: The Conspiracy of Pontiac, 2 volumes. Winsor: Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. V, 483 ff. GEORGE ROGERS CLARK Principal facts . — Birth and education; visits Kentucky; civil and military service there; plans expedition against Brit- 8 The Normal School Quarterly ish strongholds in the Illinois country; aided by Governor Henry; collects troops; Corn island; desertions; mouth of Tennessee river; meeting with American hunters; news of Kaskaskia; lands at Fort Massac; march; takes Kaskaskia; size of town (250 houses); Clark’s treatment of the people; expedition against Cahokia; M. Cerre; Father Gibault; Vigo; Captain Helm; Grand Door of the Wabash; council at Caho- kia; affair with the Meadow Indians; Black Bird; Pages; Capture of Vincennes by Hamilton; description of Clark’s march to Vincennes; takes Vincennes; returns to Kaskaskia; relieved of command; importance of his work; his later days; bounty to men. Sources of information Mather: The Making of Illinois, 91-111. McMurry: Pioneers of the Mississippi Valley, 124-149. Parrish: Historic Illinois, 191-206. Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 173-201. Brown: History of Illinois, 228-257. Roosevelt: The Winning of the West (Executive Edition), Part II, 55-120. Thwaites: How George Rogers Clark Won the Northwest. Dunn: Indiana (in American Commonwealths), 131-155. Carpenter and Arthur: History of Illinois, 71-105. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 93-118. ILLINOIS UNDER VIRGINIA Principal facts . — The County of Illinois; John Todd; Gov- ernor Henry’s instructions to Todd; immigration to the West in 1780; means of travel; first American settlers in Illinois; localities; immigration in 1785; negro witchcraft; punishment; Todd’s successor; other states claiming part of territory northwest of the Ohio river; basis of claims; Maryland and the Articles of Confederation; cession to Confederacy. A Topical Guide to the Study of the History of Illinois 9 Sources of information Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 202-209. Perrin: History of Illinois, 83-85. Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol. I, 158-183. Mason: Chapters from Illinois History, 250-279. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 119-123. THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY Principal facts. — Read the Ordinance of 1787; give the substance of articles 3, 4, 5, and 6; show how the Ordinance influenced the history of Illinois; officers appointed to admin- ister the Ordinance; amount of land to be owned by officers; two grades of territories; first capital; the second; visit of governor to Illinois country; organization of first county in Illinois; confirming titles to land; surveys; hardships to French occupants; Indian hostilities; defeat of St. Clair; murders in Illinois by Indians; Wayne’s victory; treaty of Greenville: territory advanced to higher grade. Sources of information Mather: The Making of Illinois, 112-116. Greene: The Government of Illinois, 12-115. Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 210-225. Parrish: Historic Illinois, 214-222. Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical Vol. I, 184-192. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 124-135. Brown: History of Illinois, 259-273. Reynolds: Pioneer History of Illinois, 145-252. AMERICAN PIONEERS OF ILLINOIS Principal facts. — Review immigration to the West in 1780; in 1785; grants of land to heads of families; pitiful condition of immigrants in 1797; houses of early settlers; furniture; 10 The Normal School Quarterly mills; methods of preparing grains for food; clothing; schools; reading material; mail facilities; religions services; amuse- ments. Sources of information Mather: The Making of Illinois, 117-122. Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 226-227. Reynolds: Pioneer History of Illinois, 176-179. Reynolds: My Own Times, 19-24; 40-44; 48-54. Parrish: Historic Illinois, 207-222. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 160-170. ILLINOIS A PART OF INDIANA TERRITORY Principal facts. — Separation of Ohio; limits of Indiana Territory; governor; capital; Louisiana annexed to Indiana; separation; Aaron Burr at Kaskaskia; treaties with Indians; Indiana made territory of second grade; members of the leg- islature from Illinois; laws of the territory. Sources of information Greene: The Government of Illinois, 15-17. Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 232-240. Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol. I, 213-225. Dunn: Indiana (in American Commonwealths), 294-383. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 136-143. ILLINOIS TERRITORY Principal facts . — Separation from Indiana; extent; popu- lation; governor; capital; how governed at first; changed to second grade; election of legislature; John Grammar; laws; modes of punishment; revenue; legislature meddling with courts; retaliation upon hostile Indians; upon Indiana lawyers; parceling out the territory to doctors; currency before close of the War of 1812; banks at Shawneetown, Edwardsville, A Topical Guide to the Study of the History of Illinois 11 and Kaskaskia; regulators in St. Clair County; Cairo bank project; Commerce; Indian hostilities fomented and encour- aged by British; raids upon isolated settlers and detached settlements; blockhouses; plan of location; Fort Russell; rangers; diplomacy of Gomo; Tippecanoe; Fort Dearborn massacre; Captain Wells; campaign of governor Edwards to Peoria Lake; General Hopkins; Captain Craig; second ex- pedition to Peoria; route; Wood river massacre; expedition against Prairie du Chien; troubles; Whiteside and Rector. Sources of inf ormation Mather: The Making of Illinois, 123-131. Greene: The Government of Illinois, 18-20. Davidson and Stuve; History of Illinois, 241-294. Reynolds: My Own Times, 81-106. Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol, I, 242-257. Blanchard: Discovery and Conquest of the Northwest, 269-288. Brown: History of Illinois, 304-316; 343-351. Parrish: Historic Illinois, 223-253. Stevens: In No. 9, Transactions Illinois State Historical Society, 62-197. Kinzie: Wau-Bun, 183-247. Edwards, N. W. : Life of Ninian Edwards. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 144-159. GOVERNOR BOND’S ADMINISTRATION (1818-1822) Principal facts . — Enabling act; amendments by Nathaniel Pope; benefits of amendments; contention of Wisconsin; ad- mission of the State; character of the constitution; brief bi- ography of Governor Bond; description of person; Pierre Menard; first U. S. senators; Supreme Court; number of counties at time of admission; state revenue; banks and banking; removal of capital. 12 The Normal School Quarterly Sources of information Mather: The Making of Illinois, 141-148. Greene: The Government of Illinois, 19-27. Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 295-308. Ford: History of Illinois, Chapter I. Radebaugh: Boundary Dispute between Illinois and Wis- consin. Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol. I, 287-299. Lusk: Politics and Politicians of Illinois, 433-437. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 171-192. ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR COLES (1822-1826) Principal facts . — Brief biography of Coles; attitude to- ward slavery; attitude of the State on the subject; review bringing in of slaves by Renault; bearing of Ordinance of 1787 on slavery; indentured and registered slaves; the ‘ ‘black laws;” kidnaping negroes; the convention fight; describe the campaign; result; prosecution of the governor; visit of La Fayette to America; reception in Illinois; the Monroe Doc- trine; effort to establish free public schools. Sources of information Mather: The Making of Illinois, 149-156 Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 309-334; 611-612 Ford: History of Illinois, 50-58. Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol. I, 307-326. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 208-235. Montgomery: Student’s American History, 322-323. Wheeler: In No. 8, Transactions Illinois State Historical Society, 97-104 Parrish: Historic Illinois, 318~329. Reynolds: My Own Times, 152-155. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, 259-261. Wasburne, E. B. : Sketch of Edward Coles. A Topical Ghuide to the Study of the History of Illinois 13 ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR EDWARDS (1826-1830) Principal facts . — Review career as governor of territory; as senator; Hubbard; national politics in Illinois; Daniel P Cook; finances; charges against bank officers; modification of judicial system; early history of Galena; European colonists; the English settlements in Edwards county; the Irish; Ger- mans; merchandising in early Illinois; mail facilities: news- papers; literature; John M. Peck; manner of conducting poli- tical campaigns; the militia; later career of governor Edwards; death. Sources of inf ormation Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 355-362. Ford: History of Illinois, 62-72. Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol. I, 337-341. Spensley: In No. 8, Transactions Illinois State Historical Society, 31-37. Parrish: Historic Illinois, 162-173. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 236-256. ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR REYNOLDS (1830-1834) Principal facts . — Birth and education; character; politics; judge; campaign; the “Wiggin’s loan;” effect on people; im- peachment of Judge Smith; 4 ‘regulators” in Illinois; the Black Hawk war; cause; place; Keokuk and Black Hawk; descrip- tion of Black Hawk’s village; part taken in the war by the governor; Lincoln in the war; route taken by Black Hawk; Shaubena; Stillman’s Run; Indian depredations around Galena; battle of Wisconsin river; efforts of the Indians to cross the Mississippi; battle of the Bad Axe; General Scott; capture of Black Hawk; imprisonment; liberation; tour in the East; death; Reynolds elected to Congress; Ewing governor for fifteen days; later career of Governor Reynolds; death. 14 The Normal School Quarterly Sources of information Mather: The Making of Illinois, 27-31. Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 363-415. Reynolds: My Own Times, 113-116; 184-192. Ford: History of Illinois, 102-165. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 257-283. Dunn, Mrs: In No. 7, Transactions Illinois State Histori- cal Society, 132-137. Stevens: In No. 7, Transactions Illinois Historical So- ciety, 170-179. Stevens: History of the Black Hawk War. Blanchard: Discovery and Conquest of the Northwest, 373-402. Brown: History of Illinois, 354-385. Parrish: Historic Illinois, 254-270. Snyder: Adam W. Snyder in Illinois History, 109-147. GOVERNOR DUNCAN’S ADMINISTRATION (1834-1838) Principal facts . — Birth and Education; early life; national politics in Illinois; bank; attitude of State toward non-resi- dent land owners: efforts to build up Alton; surplus national revenue (Davidson and Stuve p. 610); financial panic; Elijah P. Lovejoy; internal improvement scheme; result; Illinois and Michigan canal. Sources of information Mather: The Making of Illinois, 176-178. Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 416-440; 474-488. Ford: History of Illinois, 166-244. Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol. I, 400-423; 461-468. Carpenter and Arthur: History of Illinois, 233-242. Parrish: Historic Illinois, 328-332. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 284-332. A Topical Guide to the Study of the History of Illinois 15 GOVERNOR CARLIN’S ADMINISTRATION (1838-1842) Principal facts. — Candidates, attitude of each toward in- ternal improvements; Carlin’s education; personal appearance; next legislature and internal improvements; loan for canal; financial commissioners to Europe; measure of success; debt; work on Illinois and Michigan canal; financial maneuvering; squabble over Secretary of State; ‘ ‘Galena alien case;” mobs. Sources of information Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 441-461. Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol. I, 424-446. Ford: The History of Illinois, 245-251. Reynolds: My Own Times, 323-326. Brown: History of Illinois 413-427. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 333-351. GOVERNOR FORD’S ADMINISTRATION (1842-1846) Principal facts . — Birth and education; judge; why nomi- nated for governor; financial embarrassment of the State; how removed; Trumbull and McClernand squabble; new canal loan; attitude of the governor towards the canal and toward the creditors of the State; (for connected history of canal see Davidson and Stuve, 474-376); the Mormons; Joseph Smith; Vermont; New York; golden plates; Ohio; Missouri: Nauvoo; efforts of politicians to win Mormon votes: trouble with peo- ple of Hancock County; government of Nauvoo; the legion; unwise laws enacted by Nauvoo; spiritual wives; expulsion of Wiliian Law; the governor visits Carthage; the Danite band; gathering of militia at Carthage; Smith declares martial law in Nauvoo; the prophet and his brother, prisoners; Carthage jail; departure of governor for Nauvoo; death of the Smiths; the “Mormon war;” conviction of guilty anti-Mormons im- possible; Brigham Young; journey to Utah; undue advantages 16 The Normal School Quarterly taken by anti-Mormons; sufferings of the Saints on their journey. Sources of information Mather: The Making of Illinois, 165-178. Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 462-520. Ford: The History of Illinois, 166-436. Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol. I, 424-446. Brown: History of Illinois, 386-403. Reynolds: My Own Times, 359-371. Parrish: Historic Illinois, 271-286. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 352-375. ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR FRENCH (1846-1853) Principal facts . — Birth and education; election; new con- stitution; re-election; change in date of election: township organization; homestead exemption; Bloody-island dike; the Mexican war; cause; quota of Illinois; patriotic fervor; the ladies; colonels of the first four regiments; part played by each: weary marches; sickness; Buena Vista; Hardin; Vera Cruz; Cerro Gordo: Shields; return of troops; reception; fifth and sixth regiments, the cavalry; close of the war; effects on state politics; General Shields and the senatorship; the Icari- ans; the Illinois Central Railroad; review previous efforts of the State to build this road; grant of land by Congress to the State; disposition of land by the State; by the company; the seven per cent; importance of road to the State. Sources of information Mather: Making of Illinois, 170-184. Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois. 551-561; 522-542; 571-584. Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol. II, 562-580. Reynolds: My Own Times, 371-376. A Topical Guide to the Study of the History of Illinois 17 Newell: In No. 9; Transactions Illinois State Historical Society, 467-504. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 376-401. GOVERNOR MATTESON’S ADMINISTRATION (1853-1857) Principal facts. — Birth and education; occupations before becoming governor; election; inaugural; free-school law; re- view previous efforts to establish a system of free public schools; rapid growth of the state; the Maine liquor law in Illinois; Douglas and the Kansas-Nebraska bill; reception in Chicago; organization of the Republican party; its elements; the Bloomington convention. Sources ofinformation Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 599-617; 635-655. Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol. II, 582-603. Lusk: Politics and Politicians of Illinois, 10-31. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 402-420. GOVERNOR BISSELL’S ADMINISTRATION (1857-1861) Principal facts. — Birth and education; record in Mexican war; elected to congress; challenged by Jefferson Davis; cause of challenge: outcome; effect on campaign; fight of opposition; first Normal School established; the Lincoln- Douglas debates; where held; the topic; result; apportion- ment bill of 1859; the canal scrip fraud; charged to whom; opinion of the court; how settled; the Macalister and Steb- bins bonds; health of the governor; death; succeeded by lieutenant governor John Wood. Sources of information Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 630-653; 656-678; 691-715. Palmer: Personal Recollections, 332-342. 18 The Normal School Quarterly Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol. II. 603-628. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 421-436. ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR YATES (1861-1865) Principal facts . — Birth and education; lawyer; legislator; 4 ‘War governor”; rebellion; energetic measures; Democratic state convention of January 1861; purpose; result; efforts of Douglas to preserve peace; the Virginia resolutions for peace, attitude of Democrats and Republicans towards secession; extra session of legislature in 1861; appropriations; Douglas’s speech of April 25, 1861; his last speech; death; successor; state sanitary bureau; constitutional convention of 1862; con- duct of convention; result of its labors; Democratic and Re- publican conventions of 1863; nominees; character of the leg- islature that met in January 1863; speeches on conduct of the war; resolutions reported by committee; speeches; mili- tary arrests; suppression of the Chicago Times; secret poli- tico-military societies; prorogation of the legislature; excite- ment; the great Democratic mass convention of June 12, 1863; work of convention; the Chicago conspiracy of 1864; election of state officers; number of men furnished by Illinois in the Civil War; name ten of the most prominent. Sources of information Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 716-722; 866-906. Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol. II, 629-703. Lusk; Politics and Politicians of Illinois, 99-121. Jane: In Number 7, Transactions 111. State Hist. Society, 143-147. Dickerson: The Illinois Constitutional Convention of 1862; Number 9 in Vol. I; University of Illinois Studies. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 455-472. A Topical Guide to the Study of the History of Illinois 19 GOVERNOR OGLESBY’S ADMINISTRATION (1865-1869) Principal facts. — Birth and education; lawyer; traveler; military service; meeting of legislature; election of Yates to U. S. Senate; ratification of the thirteenth amendment; re- peal of “black laws”; assassination of President Lincoln; monument; ratification of the fourteenth amendment; many special laws; appropriations; contest over location of Indus- trial University; the capital; the Southern Penitentiary; Canal enlargement and improvement of the Illinois river; State Board of Equalization; Federal land grant for Indus- trial University; re-election of Trumbull; the Joliet peniten- tiary. Sources of information Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 907-928. Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol. II; 714- 724; 762-873. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 482-489. GOVERNOR PALMER’S ADMINISTRATION (1869-1873) Principal facts . — Birth and education; lawyer; political offices previous to being governor; military career; governor; State rights doctrine in regard to railroads; pernicious special laws; attitude of the governor; the “tax- grabbing” law; lake- front bill; ratification of fifteenth amendment; the constitu- tion of 1870; special and private laws prohibited; the Chicago fire; controversy with the mayor about calling in Federal troops; in the Liberal party of 1872; the Grange movement; Railway and Warehouse Commission; democrat; Gold demo- crat; death. Sources of information Palmer: Personal Recollections, 280-377. Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 929-944. Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Yol II, 774-817. 20 The Normal School Quarterly Perrin: History of Illinois, 198-200. Annual Cyclopedia for 1871, 898-401. Paine: In Number 8 of the University of Illinois studies. Stone: In Scribner’s Magazine for June 1895. Vol 17, 663-679 Goodspeed: History of the Great Fires in Chicago and the West, 121-485. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 490-498. ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR BEVERIDGE (1873-1877) Principal facts. — Oglesby elected governor, Beveridge lieutenant-governor; Oglesby elected to U. S. Senate; Bev- eridge becomes governor; birth and education; lawyer; mili- tary record; political offices; Copperas Creek dam; the “Lexington case;” Illinois State Independent Eeform party; other attempts at reform; Democratic and Republican state conventions; E.M. Haines and his party; his rule as Speaker; exciting election of 1876; Illinois at the Centennial Exposition. Sources of information Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol. II; 818-840. Perrin: History of Illinois, 201. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 499-501. ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR CULLOM (1877-1881) Principal Facts . — Birth and education; political offices pre- vious to becoming governor; Judge Davis succeeds Logan as U. S. Senator; strikes and rioting at Chicago, Braidwood, East St. Louis, etc.; State conventions of 1878; Logan suc- ceeds Oglesby as U. S. Senator; farm drainage law; other important laws; exciting state conventions of 1880. Sources of information. Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol. II, 841-867. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, 125. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 502-506. A Topical Guide to the Study of the History of Illinois 21 ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNORS CULLOM AND HAMILTON (1881-1885) Principal facts. — Re-election of Cullom; special session of legislature, March 23, 1882; State conventions of 1882; Cullom succeeds Davis as U. S. Senator; Hamilton becomes governor; birth and education; soldier; teacher; lawyer; State senator; Harper high-license law; local option; other temperance legislation; partial veto by governor permitted; outbreak among miners at Collinsville, Marissa, etc.; state conventions of 1884. Sources of information Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Yol. II. , 868-899. Perrin: History of Illinois, 203. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 507-510. SECOND ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR OGLESBY (1885-1889) Principal facts. — Elected for the third time; ‘ 'still hunt” resulting in the re-election of Logan to U. S. Senate; law to establish a Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home; regulation of convict labor; labor troubles at Joliet, Lemont, East St. Louis, etc.; the Hay Market Square tragedy; death of Senator Logan; his successor; trustees of the University of Illinois; state conventions of 1888. Sources of information Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol. II, 900-923. Perrin: History of Illinois, 205. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 509-510. GOVERNOR FIFER’S ADMINISTRATION (1889-1893) Principal facts. — Birth and education; soldier; lawyer; State senator; drainage legislation; the Chicago Sanitary 22 The Normal School Quarterly and Ship Canal; Australian Ballot law; compulsory educa- tion law. Sources of information Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol. II, 924-938. Perrin: History of Illinois, 207. Laws of Illinois, 1889, 126-137; 237-238. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 511-515. GOVERNOR ALTGELD’S ADMINISTRATION (1893-1897) Principal facts. — Birth and education; World’s Columbian Exposition; naval militia established; Hay Market Square anarchists; pardoned; Western insane asylum; asylum for incurable insane; insurance department created; Pullman and railway strikes; Northern and Eastern normal schools established; compulsory school law amended; State Board of Arbitration created. Sources of information Perrin: History of Illinois, 208. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, under “Labor Troubles.” Report of the United States Strike Commission, 1894. Laws of Illinois, 1893, 151-152. Laws of Illinois, 1895, 9-11; 18-22. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 516-520. GOVERNOR TANNER’S ADMINISTRATION (1897-1901) Principal facts. — Birth and education; soldier; farmer; po- litical offices previous to being governor; child-labor law; civil rights; judicial circuits; State Board of Pardons; Shaw- neetown flood; new revenue law regulating manner of assess- ing and collecting taxes; the three supreme court districts con- solidated into one; Illinois troops in the Spanish- American war. A Topical Guide to the Study of the History of Illinois 23 Sources of information Perrin: History of Illinois, 210-211. Report of the Executive Relief Committee. Laws of Illinois, 1897, 90-91; 187-138; 188-189; 272-274. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 521-523. ADMINISTRATION OP GOVERNOR YATES, JR. (1901-1905) Principal facts . — Birth and education; appropriation for monument at Stillman Valley; home for delinquent boys; sen- atorial apportionment; Mueller municipal-ownership law; voting- machine law; child- labor law; Illinois at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, industrial progress of the state. Sources of inf ormation Perrin: History of Illinois, 212. The Daily News Almanac and Year Book, 1904, 351 363. Laws of Illinois, 1901, 60 and 67. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 524-527. CHICAGO Principal facts . — Latitude and longitude; origin of name; French fort at mouth of Chicago river; easy portage to Des Plaines river; French missionaries and traders; Potta- watomies; De Sable; treaty of Greenville; land grant of six miles square; John Kinzie; Fort Dearborn built; massacre; Captain Wells; Black Partridge; Billy Caldwell; fate of the prisoners; Fort Dearborn rebuilt; Chicago a village of Pike County (Perrin); in 1830, only seven families lived outside of the fort; route of the Illinois and Michigan canal surveyed; Chicago grows as work on the canal progresses; incorpor- ated in 1837 with a population of 4,170; first railroad toward the northwest in 1848; canal completed; first railroad from the east in 1852; as a railroad center at present; grade of city elevated; the conspiracy; the great fire; area burned; 24 The Normal School Quarterly value of property destroyed; rapid rebuilding of the city; Columbian Exposition; its rank in population; as a market for various products; water supply at present; drainage; park system; boulevards; commerce by water; the harbor; extent of city. Sources of information Steward: In number 9, Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society 460-466. Mather: The Making of Illinois, 209-228. Judson: “Chicago,” in the Encyclopedia Americana, Vol. IV. Kinzie: Wau-Bun, 183-247. Kirkland: The Chicago Massacre. Ralph: Our Great West, 1-63. Ralph: Harper’s Chicago and the World’s Pair. Goodspeed: History of the Great Fires in Chicago and the West. Andreas: History of Chicago. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Principal facts. — Birthplace; date; parentage; description of first home; why his father emigrated from Kentucky; where to; the journey; returns for the family; journey of the family; description of home in Indiana; first teacher; moth- er’s death; Abraham’s grief; books borrowed; learning to write; mother’s funeral sermon; stepmother; her treatment of Abraham; Mr. Crawford’s school; the buck’s horns; “Life of Washington”; favorite with schoolmates; brief schooling; reasons for being a whig; helps his father at outdoor work; first trip to New Orleans on a flatboat; death of sister; re- moval of family to Illinois; description of journey; descrip- tion of Abraham on coming to Illinois; where the family set- tled; helps build cabin;fences land; works for Mr. Armstrong; A Tojoical Guide to the Study of the History of Illinois 25 near Petersburg; another trip to New Orleans; in charge of mill and store at New Salem; called “Honest Abe”; the Clary’s Grove boys; Kirkham’s Grammar; defeated for the legislature; in the Black Hawk war; merchant; postmaster; deputy surveyor; elected to the legislature; reelections; fa- vors internal improvement scheme of 1837; removal of Cap- ital to Springfield; Lovejoy; removal to Springfield; lawyer and politician; stimulating effect of associates; Anne Rutledge; Mary Owens; Mary Todd; rivalry of Lincoln and Douglas in love and politics; the Lincoln- Shields duel; marriage; elected to congress; career there; aroused by repeal of Missouri Com- promise; State Pair speech: helps organize the Republican party; the Bloomington Convention; campaigning for Fre- mont and Dayton; Kansas-Nebraska bill; Lincoln- Douglas debate; question at issue; where held; victor: speeches in Kansas; Cooper Institute speech; speeches in New England; nomination for the Presidency; nominees of other parties; “Rail- Splitter” candidate; “Wide-Awakes;” election; seces- sion; cabinet-making; journey to Washington; inaugural ad- dress; effort to reenforce Sumter; bombardment: effect on the country; call for troops, loyalty of Douglas; Seward’s mem- orandum; Lincoln’s generosity; his mastery in the cabinet; saves the border slave states to the Union; plan of gradual emancipation; conduct of the war; holds all political questions in his own hands; emancipation proclamation; permits the use of negro troops; reelection; visits Richmond; death; effect on the country; burial. Sources of information Putnam: The Children’s Life of Lincoln. Brooks: Abraham Lincoln. Brooks: Abraham Lincoln and the Downfall of American Slavery. Baldwin: Abraham Lincoln. 26 The Normal School Quarterly Baldwin: The Story of Abraham Lincoln, in Four Great Americans. Tarbell: The Early Life of Abraham Lincoln. Tarbell: The Life of Abraham Lincoln. Schulz: Abraham Lincoln. Coffin: Abraham Lincoln. Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 691-715. Morse: Abraham Lincoln, in American Statesmen Series. Nicolay: Abraham Lincoln. Herndon and Weik: Abraham Lincoln. Rice: Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln. Political Speeches and Debates of Abraham Lincoln and Steven A. Douglas. Published by Scott, Foresman and Company, Chicago. Smith: A Student’s History of Illinois, 445-434. STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS Principal facts . — Birthplace; date; parentage; death of father; trade; stopped working at trade; small body; large head; precocity; removal to New York State; academy; law; ability in debate as schoolboy; started for the West; route; arrival at Jacksonville; funds; first employment; school- teacher; lawyer; ideals in politics; prosecuting attorney; elected to legislature; registrar of public lands; acquaintance with Lincoln; rivals; personality; defends the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions; successful advocate; cares more for success than for justice of client’s cause; Secretary of State; a judge of the Supreme Court; earns gratitude of Mormons; elected to congress; U. S. Senator; in Europe; the Illinois Central Railroad; attitude towards the compromise of 1850; Kansas-Nebraska bill; reception in Chicago; the Douglas- Lincoln debate; places; antagonizes pro- slavery men; indif- ferent as to the moral quality of slavery; nomination for the presidency; bolting of the South; attitude toward secession; death. A Topical Guide to the Study of the History of Illinois 27 Sources of information Brown, W. G. : Stephen A. Douglas, in Riverside Biograph- ical Series. Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 691-715. Nicolay and Hay: Lincoln-Douglas Debate, in the Century Magazine, July 1887. Brown, W. G.: Lincoln’s Rival, in the Atlantic Monthly, February, 1902. Hodder: Stephen A. Douglas, in the Chautauquan, Aug. 1899. Political Speeches and Debates of Abraham Lin- coln and Stephen A. Douglas. Published by Scott, Foresman & Company, Chicago. McConnell: Recollections of Stephen A. Douglas, in Trans- actions of Illinois State Historical Society for 1900, 40-50. Gardner: Life of Stephen A. Douglas. Sheahan: The Life of Stephen A. Douglas. ULYSSES S. GRANT Principal facts . — Birth; boyhood; West Point; Mexican War; Molino del Rey; resigns commission; farmer; mer- chant; Colonel of 21st regiment Illinois Volunteers; advanced rapidly to higher commands; brilliant military career: gen- erosity to fallen foe; protects Lee; President; visits Europe, Egypt, and Asia; cordial reception everywhere; unfortunate in business; Memoirs; illness; death; his tomb. Sources of information Davidson and Stuve: History of Illinois, 752. Eddy: Patriotism of Illinois, Vol. II, 173-189. Moses: Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Vol. II, 664-647. Headley: The Life and Travels of General Grant. Grant: Personal Memoirs. Allen: Ulysses S. Grant, in Riverside Biographical Series. 28 The Normal School Quarterly IN LIGHTER VEIN Parrish: When Wilderness was King. Parrish: A Sword of the Old Frontier. Catherwood: Old Kaskaskia. Churchill: The Crossing. Thompson: Alice of Old Vincennes. Reed: In the Shadow of Victory. Carr: The Illini. Churchill: The Crisis. A Topical Guide to the Study of the History of Illinois 29 THE ILLINOIS STATE NORMAL UNIVERSITY Offers superior facilities for the training of teachers. Its equipment includes: A library of 17,000 volumes and 7,000 pamphlets. Physical, chemical, biological, and geographical labora- tories supplied with new apparatus. A school garden with two and one-half acres, and a well- stocked green-house. A shop for manual training. A well-equipped gymnasium. A campus of fifty-seven acres with every advantage for athletic games. Its faculty includes thirty-two teachers, ten of them training teachers. Three programs of study are provided: A two-year program for graduates of superior high schools. A three-year program for graduates of village high schools. A four-year program for students needing longer aca- demic preparation. The regular programs all include a review of the com- mon branches, five terms of psychology and peda : gogy, three terms of practice teaching, and such ad- vanced courses as may be needed. Elective substitutes are provided for students preparing for primary teaching or other specific work. 30 The Normal School Quarterly SUMMER SESSION, 1907 The summer session of the Illinois State Normal Uni- versity will consist of two terms of six weeks each, beginning June 10 and July 22. Thirty -two instructors will be secured for the first term, twelve for the second. Seventy-five courses are offered. Most of these are the regular twelve- week courses. In these students recite twice a day. There are several extra courses offered in Manual Training, Industrial Art, Drawing, Vocal Music, and Nature Study. The primary department of the training school will be in session during the first term. The observation work in these grades will be supplemented by detailed instruction in every species of primary work. Tuition is free to all expecting to teach in the schools of Illinois. Others are charged five dollars per term. The registration fee is one dollar. Board and room can be had at from three and one- half to four dollars per week. There are good accommodations for one thousand students. The railroads of Illinois have given a rate of one and one-third fare for the round trip on the certificate plan. A certificate must be obtained at each point where a ticket is bought en route to Normal. The return trip may be made at any date until September 1. For further information, address David Felmley, President, Normal, Illinois. L 3 01 2 105727462 State Reform «or i . Print,