The Center promotes research and scholarship to advance the public understanding of the U.S. Congress
Mission Statement
The Dirksen Congressional Center promotes research and scholarship to advance the public understanding of the U.S. Congress.
The current mission as expressed by the Board of Directors
To finance and maintain the creation of a wing of the City Library of Pekin, Illinois, to house, display, and preserve the public letters, books, records, pictures, medals, and other materials associated with the public service of Everett McKinley Dirksen as citizen, soldier, and public servant; and to make such endowments for the study and dissemination of the art and science of public service as shall seem fitting.
The mission as stated in the bylaws of the Everett McKinley Dirksen Endowment Fund, adopted November 14, 1963
Partners
To achieve its mission, The Center partners with allied organizations such as the Association of Centers for the Study of Congress, the American Congress Digital Archives Project, the Institute for Principled Leadership in Public Service at Bradley University, the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association, Pekin Chamber of Commerce, Pekin Community High School Close Up, the University Press of Kansas, and the U.S. Capitol Historical Society.