Easter Holiday Closures

The Library will be closed Friday, March 29th and Sunday, March 31st in observance of Good Friday and Easter Sunday. We will be OPEN Saturday, March 30th. Remember, our online resources are always available! 

Junior League of Springfield Collection

The collection includes organization yearbooks 1950s-2000s, board, financial, and committee materials from the 1960s and 1980s, newspaper clippings about the organization and their events and projects, programs, photos, and newspaper clippings related to their Follies event 1940s-1980s, New Salem Tour program materials 1960s, Lincoln sites tour program materials 1960s, newspaper clippings and correspondence related to the Lincoln Home area and the Survey and Plan.

On March 15, 1939 at the Leland Hotel, 74 women founded the Service League of Springfield. In 1950, the Service League affiliated with the Junior Leagues of America and became the Junior League of Springfield. In 1960 the group adopted “Lincoln Heritage in Our Community” as a project. In the 1960s, they led tours at Lincoln sites including the Lincoln Home, Lincoln Tomb, and New Salem. They also worked on the Lincoln Home Survey, a project to develop a plan for the development of the Lincoln Home area. The members held an annual follies show.