Society members have contributed to the collection and preservation of local history through the Sangamon Valley Collection of Springfield's Lincoln Library, the oral history program at the University of Illinois at Springfield, and with various publications on area history.

Members have enjoyed a variety of special programming on the varied and important history of Sangamon County. These programs include the monthly guest speaker programs, the "Annual Walk Through Oak Ridge Cemetery," and the Annual Lincoln Colloquium, a conference on Abraham Lincoln.

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The mission of the Sangamon County Historical Society is to perpetuate and create interest in the history of Springfield and Sangamon County, and promote educational and literary purposes. 

Research

The Sangamon County Historical Society does not maintain a research library.  All inquires about Sangamon County histories are referred to the Sangamon Valley Collection at Lincoln Library in Springfield, Illinois.  The SVC is the local history and genealogy collection for the city of Springfield and Sangamon County. 

Save the Dates!

• September 16:    Monthly Program, 7 pm at Elijah Iles House: A different look at the early history of Springfield will be the topic of the Society’s September program to be held in the Elijah Iles House. The House’s Farrell and Ann Gay Museum of Springfield History is currently hosting an exhibit called “Springfield As Urban Frontier” which was created by the Sangamon Valley Collection in cooperation with Sangamon Researchers. The purpose of the exhibit is to show how much more urban Springfield was in its early years. The city offered a number of amenities that one would expect to be found only in older and larger communities. Curtis Mann, manager of the Sangamon Valley Collection, will discuss various elements of the display and provide further details about Springfield’s commerce, tradesmen, and transportation.
• October 5: “Echoes of Yesteryear,” the Sangamon County Historical Society’s 12th annual cemetery walk, will be held at Oak Ridge Cemetery from noon to 4:00. The walk will commemorate the hundredth anniversaries of both the Abraham Lincoln Association and the 1908 race riots in Springfield.
• October 21: The Society’s monthly meeting will be “Statehouse Statuary.” Beginning at 5:30 p.m. Members only will tour the Capitol grounds looking at the commemorative art work and ending at the Pasfield House. The tour will be led by Carl and Roberta Volkmann, authors of the recently published Springfield's Sculptures, Monuments, and Plaques.

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