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The Illinois Centennial Commission was created by a joint resolution of the General Assembly in 1913. It was composed of five members each from the House and Senate, three representatives of the University of Illinois, and two representatives of the Illinois Historical Society. Its duty was to prepare plans for the celebration of Illinois' centennial anniversary as a state in 1918 (L. 1913, p. 619). In 1916 it further was charged with arranging for the compilation of a commemorative history of the state. It expired in 1919 at which time it made a final accounting of its activities and expenditures to the General Assembly (L. 1916, p. 72).
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COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES. August 1, 1915-January 23, 1919; June 13-September 19, 1919. 1 vol. and 0.5 cu. ft. No index.
Minutes of monthly meetings of the Illinois Centennial Commission include a copy of the act creating the commission and reports of subcommittee activities.
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES. July 23, 1913-February 4, 1915. 1 vol. No index.
Monthly minutes concern centennial celebration project, publicity, and administration.
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DIRECTOR'S CORRESPONDENCE FILES. 1917-1918. 2 cu. ft. No index.
Correspondence includes suggestions for celebrations, applications for employment, requests for centennial materials and information concerning meetings, a constitutional convention campaign, participation of blacks in the centennial celebration, and administrative matters. Files also include newsletters, speeches, press releases, and a program from a centennial meeting of the Illinois State Historical Society.
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR'S CORRESPONDENCE FILES. 1917-1918. 1.5 cu. ft. No index.
Correspondence concerns role of counties in centennial celebrations, celebration events, and expenses. Files also include calendars for each county showing county celebration organization and officers, scrapbooks of school children's drawings of events in Illinois history, and copies of assistant director's speeches.
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SECRETARY'S ADMINISTRATIVE FILES. 1913-1919. 3.5 cu. ft. No index.
Files include correspondence, reports, and supporting materials. Correspondence concerns civil service permits, commission meetings and expenses, centennial celebrations in other states, and the publication of a memorial history of the state. Reports are from the commission and its committees. Also included are lists of commission and committee members, copies of minutes and resolutions, the commission's newsletter, scripts used in the celebration, and invitations.
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SECRETARY'S CORRESPONDENCE FILES. 1915-1920. 4.5 cu. ft. No index.
Correspondence concerns requests for copies of a memorial history of Illinois, meetings, celebrations, centennial coins, production of the memorial history, attendance of invited guests at events, and the commission's budget and administration. Files also include names and addresses of commission members, a report on the Illinois State Historical Library, a list of members of the Chicago Equal Suffrage Association, and newspaper clippings concerning the celebration.
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PUBLICITY MANAGER'S CORRESPONDENCE FILES. 1917-1918. 1 cu. ft. No index.
Correspondence concerns centennial publicity, a press clipping service, centenarians, a motion picture about Illinois industries, and requests for centennial materials.
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FINANCIAL FILES. 1917-1919. 0.1 cu. ft. No index.
Files include a statement of commission expenditures showing the amount budgeted and distributed from each fund, account balances, itemization of 1917 voucher record, quarterly expense reports, monthly encumbrance reports, tentative budgets, and lists of appropriations and balances remaining from the 48th to the 50th General Assemblies. Also included are reports on commission activities, memorial history, publicity, and historical statues and markers.
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EXPENSE JOURNALS. August 13, 1917-September 30, 1919; May 27, 1921. 2 vols. No index.
Entries include the voucher number, the date, the amount, to whom paid, from what account, the balance, and occasionally the reason for payment.
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VOUCHERS. 1915-1919. 1.5 cu. ft. No index.
Entries include the number, to whom paid, payee's address, reason for payment, from what account paid, amount, and occasionally the date.
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ACCOUNT BOOK. July 23, 1913-August 14, 1917. 1 vol. No index.
Record includes a numerical list of vouchers, a committee expense account, and a publication fund account. Each entry includes the date, voucher number, name of account, and amount. Record also includes a guest register from a Centennial Day luncheon.
These records are available at the Illinois State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State.
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