UIHistories Project: A History of the University of Illinois by Kalev Leetaru
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THE UNIVERSITY AND STATE

They were all that had been preserved of the records of Cahokia, one of the earliest settlements within the State's present borders. So impressed was the Library that in the autumn an advisory commission of professors of history in six of the leading colleges and normal schools of the State was formed under Prof. Greene, and a plan for the publication of historical materials in series was adopted. Shortly afterwards, Prof. Alvord was given general editorial supervision of the Illinois Historical Collections, as the series were to be called. Under Prof. Alvord 'a direction, volumes II to XII, inclusive, of the Collections were published in the nine years following 1907, thirteen more were brought into active preparation, and plans were made for others. Another important discovery, that of the records of the old French settlement at Kaskaskia, was made by Prof. Alvord in the courthouse of Randolph County at Chester, and a third in the papers of Pierre Menard at Fort Gage. Volumes II and V of the Collections contain these " Cahokia Records," and "Kaskaskia Records," edited by Alvord, and volumes X and XI, documents on I British Illinois," edited by him and C. E. Carter. Prof. Greene, Prof. Alvord, and Dr. C. M. Thompson have edited the Governors' Letter-Books from 1818 to 1853; Prof. Scott a bibliography of newspapers and periodicals in Illinois, 1814-1879; Dr. S.*J. Buck, formerly of the University, a bibliography of travel and description, 1765-1865; Dr. T. C. Pease a volume on County Archives; and other men other units in the Collections. All this work was greatly stimulated when in 1909 the University organized the Illinois Historical Survey under Prof. Alvord as a department of the graduate school, to facilitate research and to encourage the writing of monographs in Illinois history* The