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The Dirksen Congressional Center

Other Collections

In addition to the five major collections, The Center houses smaller collections of papers, artifacts, oral histories, and miscellany donated by others. Most of these materials related to Dirksen.

A list of collections open to researchers follows:

Collection # Name/Series Title Number of Guide Pages
1 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969) Collection, ca. 1900-1970
1996 linear shelf feet		 See below
  Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Papers, Appointment/Guestbooks, 1965-1970
4.0 linear shelf feet		 4 pp
  Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969) Papers, Chicago Office File, 1880-1972
99 linear shelf feet		 74 pp
  Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Papers, Clippings File, 1930-1970
7 linear shelf feet		 2 pp
  Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Papers, Dirksen Information File, 1933-Current
9.0 linear shelf foot		 1 p
     
  Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Papers, Films, 1951-1969
944 films		 2 pp
  Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Papers, Legislative File, 1933-1970
23.75 linear shelf feet		 104 pp
  Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Papers, Memorabilia, 1918-1974 1 p & index
  Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Papers, National Republican Senatorial Committee Papers, 1949-1959
2.5 linear shelf feet		 9 pp
  Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Papers, Notebooks, 1932-1969
4 linear shelf feet		 43 pp
  Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Papers, Photographs, ca. 1860-1975
ca. 5,000 unique photographs
5 linear shelf feet & 2 linear shelf feet of duplicates		 3 pp
  Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Papers, Public Works File, 1931-1970
55.5 linear shelf feet		 133 pp
  Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Papers, Remarks and Releases, 1941-1969
12.0 linear shelf feet		 230 pp
  Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Papers, Republican Congressional Leadership File, 1952-1969
1.5 linear shelf feet		 15 pp
  Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Papers, Republican National Convention (1968) Papers, 1956-1969
1.5 linear shelf feet		 5 pp
  Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Papers, Working Papers, 1857-1969
41 linear shelf feet		 85 pp
2 Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Papers as President of the United States, 1953-1961 (Ann Whitman), Legislative Meeting Series, 1952-1960
1 linear shelf foot		 39 pp
3 Truman, Harry S. (1884-1972), Correspondence with Everett M. Dirksen (1896-1969), 1945-1969
1 folder		 2 pp
4 Hoover, Herbert Clark (1874-1964), Correspondence with Everett M. Dirksen (1896-1969), 1948-1964
1 folder		 1 p
5 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Oral History Interview Transcripts, 1968-1969
1 folder		 2 pp
6 Johnson, Lyndon Baines (1908-1973), Correspondence with Everett M. Dirksen (1896-1969), 1953-1968
1 folder		 2 pp
7 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Letter to James G. Duggan, 1969
1 folder		 1 p
8 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Letters to Sister M. Ancilla, 1962-1969
1 folder		 1 p
9 Ford, Gerald Rudolph, Jr. (1913-      ), Remarks at the Everett McKinley Dirksen Forum at Bradley University, 1976
1 folder		 1 p
10 Goldman, Sidney J. Collection, 1939-1970
1 folder		 1 p
11 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Letter to W. R. Howard, 1968
1 folder		 1 p
12 “E.M.D.” (A Song)
1 folder		 1 p
13 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), American Legion Membership Record
1 folder		 1 p
14 A History of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite in Illinois, 1966
1 folder		 1 p
15 Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865),  [Returned to donor, July 5, 2005] Death Notice, 1865
1 folder		 1 p
16 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Statue of Dedication, 1976
1 folder		 1 p
17 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), “If a Man Die, Shall He Live Again?,” 1966
1 folder		 1 p
18 “Congressman: A Case History,” 1943
1 folder		 1 p
19 Martin, Vernon, Collection, 1944-75
1 folder		 1 p
20 Ermentrout, J.C., Collection, 1952-67
1 folder		 1 p
21 Beckwith, Robert Todd Lincoln, Autograph, 1977
1 folder		 1 p
22 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969) and Mike Mansfield (1903-         ),
Photograph, 1966
1 folder		 1 p
23 Watson, James Eli (1863-1948), Letters, 1904-40
1 folder		 1 p
24 Menton, Sherman (1890-       ), Letters, 1949-55
1 folder		 1 p
25 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Voting Record, 1942-68
1 folder		 1 p
26 Dirksen Brothers Bakery, Photographs, ca. 1925
1 folder		 1 p
27 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Letter to Virginia M. Sanborn (1907-1977), 1950
1 folder		 1 p
28 Gaither, Otto S. (        -        ), Letter, 1938
1 folder		 1 p
29 Dirksen, Louella Carver (1899-1979),Photograph, 1977
1 folder		 1 p
30 Dredge Boat Insurance Correspondence, 1923
1 folder		 1 p
31 Velde, Harold Himmel (1910-     ), Collection, 1901-1965
10.5 linear shelf feet		 14 pp
32 Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center, Seminar on Congressional Archives, 1976
1 folder		 1 p
33 “A Photographic History: Why America Won the War,” Compiled and Edited by Ray Oscar Randall and John Sydney Baxter.  (Chicago & N.Y.: Union Book and Publishing company, 1921)
1 folder		 1 p
34 Baker, Howard H., Jr., Republican National Convention Remarks, 1976
1 folder		 1 p
35 Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center, Dedication, 1975
11 folders		 1 p
36 “Marigolds: Everett Dirksen,” ABC Radio 1976 1 p
37 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Correspondence with Ethel Gerdes, 1949
1 folder		 1 p
38 Dirksen, Louella Carver (1899-1979), Interview Notes, 1970
1 folder		 1 p
39 The Daily Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), Dirksen Clippings File, 1929-73
4 folders		 1 p
40 Dirksen, Everett, McKinley (1896-1969), Clippings and Postcards, 1966-67
1 folder		 1 p
41 Dirksen, Louella Carver (1899-1979), Photograph, ca. 1978
1 folder		 1 p
42 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Photographs, n.d.
2 folders		 1 p
43 Lucas, Scott Wike (1892-1968), Collection, 1945-50
1 folder		 1 p
44 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Clipping, 1933 1 p
45 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Scrapbook, 1932-75 1 p
46 Arends, Leslie Cornelius (1895-      ), Collection, n.d.-1981
2 folders		 1 p
47 Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center, Cornerstone-Laying Ceremony, 1973
1 folder		 1 p
48 Campaign Memorabilia, 1932-68
1 folder		 1 p
49 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Voting Records, 1953-58
3 folders		 1 p
50 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Letters to Charles J. Blum, 1941-44
1 folder		 1 p
51 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Letter to Mrs. A.H. Aagaard, 1963
1 folder		 1 p
52 Armstrong, Haskell R., Collection, 1932-61
1 folder		 2 pp
53 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Photograph, n.d. 1 p
54 Dirksen, Louella Carver (1899-1979), Clippings, 1930-79
12 folders		 1 p
55 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Scrapbook, 1965
1 folder		 1 p
56 Six, Sybil (Mrs. Fred), Collection, 1938-78
2 folders		 1 p
57 Brodie, Howard, Collection, 1964
1 folder		 1 p
58 Columbia Photograph, ca. 1918
1 folder		 1 p
59 Building the Constitution by Irving Dillard, 1978
1 folder		 1 p
60 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Photograph, n.d.
1 folder		 1 p
61 “Marigold Polka,” 1980
1 folder		 1 p
62 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Letters to Pekin United Way, 1959-1968
1 folder		 1 p
63 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Letter to Robert W. Leu, 1958
1 folder		 1 p
64 McNaughton, F. F., (1890-1982), Collection, 1938-68
1 folder		 1 p
65 White, J. Kay, Collection, 1966-76
2 folders		 1 p
66 Xanos, Ted P., Collection, 1953-70
1 folder		 1 p
67 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Letter to Victor Smith, 1964
1 folder		 1 p
68 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Estate 1969
3 folders		 1 p
69 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Patent, 1918-69
1 folder		 1 p
70 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), “Prayer in Public Schools,” 1966
1 folder		 1 p
71 Gomien, John and Glee, Oral History Interviews, 1980
1 folder		 1 p
72 Hruska, Roman L., Oral History Interviews, 1981
2 folders		 1 p
73 Lohmann, Martin B., ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM: MARTIN B. LOHMANN, MEMOIR (Springfield: Sangamon State University, 1980)
1 folder		 1 p
74 Preston, Roy S., Oral History Interview, 1980
1 folder		 1 p
75 Rainville, Harold, Oral History Interview, 1974
1 folder		 1 p
76 Rainville, Harold, Interview Notes, 1970
1 folder		 1 p
77 Torcom, Jean E., Interviews, 1970-71
4 folders		 1 p
78 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Interviews, 1968-69
1 folder		 1 p
79 Rindone, Lisa, “Everett Dirksen:  Rhetorician, Politician, and Patriot in Civil Rights,” 1981
1 folder		   1 p
80 Dirksen, Louella, Letter to Dorothy Doan, n.d. 1 p
81 Ross, Justina, Collection, n.d. – 1975
1 folder		 1 p
82 Carver, Lillian Bruder, Photograph, n.d.
1 folder		 1 p
83 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Campaign Photographs and Artifacts, 1968
1 folder		 1 p
84 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Pencil Sketch, 1968
1 folder		 1 p
85 Puckett, Herman G., Collection, 1933-69
7 folders		 1 p
86 “Welcome President Ford” Button, 1975
1 folder		 1 p
87 Dirksen Center Cornerstone-Laying Ceremony Photographs, 1973
1 folder		 1 p
88 Lucas, Scott, Campaign Items, 1950
1 folder		 1 p
89 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Slides, 1965-73
1 folder		 1 p
90 Pekin’s Second Reformed Church, Photograph, n.d.
1 folder		 1 p
91 “The Meaning of the Hoover Report,” 1949
1 folder		 1 p
92 “E.M.D.,” Sheet Music, n.d.
1 folder		 1 p
93 O’Connor, Len, Interviews with Everett M. Dirksen, 1964-67
4 folders		 1 p
94 “Bits & Pieces”
1 folder		 1 p
95 Pekin High School Debate Program, 1913
1 folder		 1 p
96 Pekin High School Commencement Program, 1913
1 folder		 1 p
97 Horn, Stephen, Notes on Civil Rights Meetings, 1964
2 folders		 1 p
98 Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Press Conference Audio Tapes, 1963-69
1 folder		 1 p
99 Dirksen Campaign Rain Hat, 1962
1 folder		 1 p
100 Ehrlicher, Virginia, Collection, 1956-73
3 folders		 1 p
101 Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation at the White House, 1963
1 folder		 1 p
102 Cosmopolitan Club of Pekin, 1973
1 folder		 1 p
103 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Miscellany, 1912, 1964
1 folder		 1 p
104 Dirksen, John Frederick, Photograph, ca. 1860 1 p
105 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Photographs, 1956, 1962
1 folder		 1 p
106 Kriegsman, Florence, Collection, 1961-64
1 folder		 1 p
107 Baker, Danice Joy Dirksen, Wedding Announcement, 1950
1 folder		 1 p
108 Republican National Convention, Delegate Pass, 1968
1 folder		 1 p
109 Swibold, Barbara, Collection, 1961, 1967
1 folder		 1 p
110 “Peter Doone” Manuscript, n.d
2 folders.		 1 p
111 Everett M. Dirksen Dinner Program, 1966
1 folder		 1 p
112 Neumiller, Harry J., Collection, 1944-69
2 folders		 1 p
113 “Dirksen for Governor,” Envelope, 1940
1 folder		 1 p
114 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Stamp Items, 1973-75
1 folder		 1 p
115 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Campaign Folders, 1950-62
1 folder		 1 p
116 Michel, Robert H., Christmas Cards, n.d.-1993
1 folder		 1 p
117 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Patronage Files, 1964-68
12 folders		 1 p
118 Peoria Sesquicentennial Celebration Brochure, 1968
1 folder		 1 p
119 Robinson, Joseph Taylor, Materials, 1932-37
1 folder		 1 p
120 “Gallant Men” Performance, 1992
1 folder		 1 p
121 Simpson, H.S., Correspondence, 1933-46
1 folder		 1 p
122 “Dirksen:  The Baker Boy from Illinois”
13 folders		 1 p
123 Meinick, W. Steve, Collection, 1968-81
1 folder		 1 p
124 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Photograph, n.d.
1 folder		 1 p
125 Cushing-Martin Library, Stonehill College, Dirksen Papers, 1938-66
1 folder		 1 p
126 House of Representatives Gallery Pass, 1937
1 folder		 1 p
127 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Graveside Photographs, 1969
1 folder		 1 p
128 Davidson, Sidney D., Collection, 1950-81
6 folders		 1 p
129 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Telephone Conversations with Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-65
2 folders and 51 audio tapes		 1 p
130 Douglas, Paul, Letter, 1965
1 folder		 1 p
131 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Fundraiser, 1967
1 folder		 1 p
132 Houston, Ruth Blanche, Scrapbook, 1926-76
1 folder		 1 p
133 “Everett McKinley Dirksen: Twentieth Century Cicero”
1 folder and 2 audio tapes		 1 p
134 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Miscellaneous
1 folder		 1 p
135 “The Life of Everett Dirksen”
1 folder		 1 p
136 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Interview, ca. 1965
1 folder and 2 VHS tapes		 1 p
137 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Photographs, 1962-69
1 box		 1 p
138 “Salute to Robert H. Michel”
2 folders and oversize proof sheets		 1 p
139 Clark, Robert M., Letter, 1970
1 folder		 1 p
140 Dirksen, Joseph, Receipts, ca. 1900-20
1 folder		 1 p
141 Anderson, Earl L., Collection, 2002-03
1 folder		 1 p
142 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Military Service Record, 1919
1 folder		 1 p
143 Gomien, John, Photographs and Certificate, 1951-68
1 folder		 1 p
144 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Letter to Olga Velde, 1918
1 folder		 1 p
145 Roberson, Everett M., Collection, 1938-45
7 folders		 1 p
146 Michel, Robert H., Campaign Materials, 1979-92
7 folders and approximately 8 linear shelf feet of tapes		 1 p
147 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), FBI Files
0.5 linear shelf feet		 1 p
148 Sawhill, Robert  A.  “Election Eve with Ev,” November 7-8, 1950
1 folder		 1 p
149 “Washington Perspective” Featuring Everett Dirksen, 1967
1 folder		 1 p
150 Rainville, Harold E., Papers, 1939-83
2 linear shelf feet		 2 pp
151 Loevy, Robert D. Civil Rights Act Interview Notes and Related Materials, 1982-2006
3 folders		 1 p
152 Proceedings of the Republican National Convention, 1944
1 folder		 1 p
153 Michel, Robert H. Oral History Transcripts, 2007
2 folders		 3 pp
154 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Correspondence, 1963-1964
1 folder		 1 p
155 Dirksen, Everett M. Sketch [Warren King], n.d.
1 folder		 1 p
156 MacNeil, Neil (1923-2008), Collection, ca. 1940-2008
38.5 linear shelf feet		 40 pp
157 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Interview, 1967
1 film		 1 p
158 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Cartoons, 1964
2 photocopies		 1 p
159 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Filling Station Documentation, 1931
5 pages		 1 p
160 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Newspaper Ad, 1969
1 item		 1 p
161 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Miscellaneous
0.5 linear shelf feet		 1 p
162 Connor, David E., Correspondence, 1950
5 letters		 1 p
163 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Campaign, 1956
2 items		 1p
164 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Commemorative Stamp, 1981
1 item		 1 p
165 Ford, Gerald R. and Governor Dan Walker Slide, 1975
1 item		 1 p
166 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Portrait
1 item		 1 p
167 Dirksen Congressional Center Programs
22 items		 1 p
168 Look, Frank, Collection, 1967-1969
Various		 1 p
169 Oesch, Dan, Collection, 1967-1969
4 folders		 1 p
170 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Campaign Poster, 1950
1 item		 1 p
171 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Postage Stamp
1 item		 1 p
172 Sinclair, Mary Louise O’Malley, Collection
1 folder		 2 pp
173 MacNeil, Neil, Interviews with Everett Dirksen, 1967-1969
1 folder		 1 p
174 Purdum, Todd, Papers, 2013-2014
3 folders		 1 p
175 Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Passes to the White House (1948) and to the Senate (1959)
1 folder		 1 p
176 Dirksen Center Cornerstone Unveiling, 1973
1 folder		 1 p
177 Compton, Mary B. Collection
1 folder		 1 p
178 Mackaman, Frank H., Papers, 1978- 13 p
179 Christmas Cards from Congress Members 1 p
180  Russell and Mona Freed Papers, 1968-1969 1 p
181  Everett McKinley Dirksen Funeral Coverage, 1969 1 p
182 "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" featuring Everett M. Dirksen, December 2, 1966 1 p
183 U.S. Senate Historical Office, Oral Histories, 1976-2013 1 p
184 "Marigolds to Munch On" [cookbook] 1 p
185 Henrichs, Henry F. Letters, 1937-1966 1 p
186 Weber, Oscar C., Letters, 1965-1966 1 p
187 Mansur, Edward E., Jr., Senate Journals, 1948-1955 1 p
188 Fonsino, Frank, Everett Dirksen Oral History Project, 1976-1983 3 p
189 Steger, Lou, Collection 1 p
190 Tolpo, Carl, Everett M. Dirksen Sculpture 1p
191 Dirksen, Everett M., Portrait Sketches 1 p
192 Birdhouse 1 p
193 Dirksen Family Miscellany 1 p
194 Melody Maids, December 1965 1 p
195 Michel, Robert H., Interview, 2000 1 p
196 Pekin Lettes vs. Osaka Japan Women's Softball Team, 1962 1 p
197 Ford, Gerald R., Posters, 1975 1 p
198 Dirksen Family Collection, ca. 1917-1980 2 p
199 Dirksen/Carver/Baker Family Photographs, ca. 1900-1975 1 p
200 Dirksen, Everett M., Ashtrays 1 p
201 Dirksen, Everett M., Letter, 1945 1 p
202 "Stephens vs. Michel" Debate Poster, 1988 2 p
203 Robert  H. Michel Retrospective 4 p
204 Dirksen, Everett M., Portrait Sketch, 1973 1 p
205 Marigold Festival Charm 1 p
206 Schwartz, Randy, Collection, 1959-1981 1 p
207 Press Pass, Everett M. Dirksen Gravesite Service, 1969 1 p
208 Dirksen, Everett M., Letter to William Jacquin, 1943 1 p