Chicago Jewish Historical Society

Description

The Society has as its purpose the discovery, preservation and dissemination of information concerning the Jewish experience in the Chicago area. The Society seeks out, collects, and preserves written, spoken, and photographic records, in close cooperation with the Chicago Jewish Archives, Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies. The Society publishes historical information, holds public meetings at which various aspects of Chicago Jewish history are treated, mounts appropriate exhibits, and offers tours of Jewish historical sites.

Though the Society does not have a museum, it does offer lectures and tours of Jewish historic sites in Chicago.

Organization, without a historic site base of its own. May still be worth including, though?

Governor Coles Memorial

Description

Edward Coles was the second governor of Illinois. A former slaveowner from Virginia, Coles became an abolitionist and won the 1822 gubernatorial election as the candidate of the anti-slavery forces. He helped defeat a call for a constitutional convention to consider the legalization of slavery in Illinois. The memorial, which stands at Valley View Cemetery, was erected in 1928 and 1929 and contains a square bas-relief bronze portrait of Coles, sculpted by Leon Hermant. Coles is buried in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Website contains no information about interpretation services available at the site.

Wadeson Cabin State Historic Site [ND]

Description

This hand-hewn oak log cabin stands on the east bank of the Sheyenne River. Built in 1878 by Carl Jensen and his nephew John Bjerke, the cabin served as a community hall, country store, pioneer home, and finally as an icehouse. There is a marker on the site.

The site is open to the public.

Website does not specify any interpretive services available at the site.

Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858, Part Two: The Fate of the American Union

Description

Professor Lucas E. Morel details the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in the 1858 campaign for an Illinois seat in the United States Senate. Morel looks at the discussion of slavery in these debates. He also examines Frederick Douglass's thoughts on the African-American condition at this time. This lecture continues from the lecture "Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858, Part One."