Letters dated April 24, 1833, July 18, 1835, October 21, 1836, and August 14, 1852, concerning Illinois lands.

Printed and typescript materials issued by the national Democratic and Republican parties in connection with the presidential elections of 1940, 1944, 1948, and 1952, focusing especially on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and issues of corruption in the federal government. Includes the official proceedings of the Democratic National Convention of 1944.

Included are pamphlets, timetables, advertisements (some photocopies), broadsides, maps, serials, photographs and negatives, alphabetical files, land laws, newsletters, newspapers, and reprints. Pamphlets concern the following topics: agriculture, art, government, history, politics, religion, social science, industry, transportation, and education; also, airline, bus, boat, and railroad timetables.