History | Thursday, August 18,2005

By hook and by Crook

State Museum found a champion in 1906

I don’t know for sure whether history repeats itself, but I do know this: What goes around comes around. Nearly 100 years ago, on Nov. 27, 1907, Professor Alja Robins

History | Thursday, June 30,2005

history talk 6-30-05

By Bob Cavanagh

Last year, Dan Hillis — a local attorney who is originally from Binghamton, N.Y. — purchased a home on South Douglas Avenue that he is now in the process of renov

History | Thursday, June 23,2005

Northern exposure

By Bob Cavanagh

When the family and friends of Olga McAnarney gathered during Christmas week last year to mourn her death, the traditional repast after the burial was an occasion that reunit

History | Thursday, June 9,2005

history talk 6-9-05

By Bob Cavanagh

In the hot summer of 1904, Springfield photographer Guy Mathis sallied forth from his downtown offices above Coe’s Book Store at Fifth and Monroe streets in his

News | Thursday, April 28,2005

Road trip

By Bob Cavanagh

Doug Waterman, a retired teacher from Davis, Calif., plans to visit his son Ryan and daughter-in-law Julie here in Springfield next month. There’s nothing remarkable about that, except

History | Thursday, April 28,2005

history talk 4-28-05

By Bob Cavanagh

The Rev. Dr. James H. Magee (1839-1912) is one of the most interesting, yet obscure, characters in Springfield history. Were it not for a semiautobiographical book he publish

History | Thursday, April 14,2005

The gifts of the Greeks

By Bob Cavanagh

In the summer of 1942, the District Convention of the Order of AHEPA (the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association) was held for three days at the Abraham

History | Thursday, April 7,2005

The man who played Jesus

By Bob Cavanagh

The terrible fire that gutted the Herbert Georg Studio in downtown Springfield in February 1980 was very nearly thorough in its destruction of the studio building and its

History | Thursday, March 24,2005

history talk 3-24-05

By Bob Cavanagh

Two of the most interesting, accomplished, and talented people ever to appear on the Springfield arts scene were Romain and Ellen Proctor, who quite casually fell in love wit

History | Thursday, February 24,2005

history talk 2-25-05

By Bob Cavanagh

Among the many collections that make up the Audio-Visual Department of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, the Guy Mathis photographic collection stands out for its