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 are related to Dirksen.

A list of collections open to researchers follows:

COLLECTION NO.	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 1 folder	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