This official Illinois state manual provides up-to-date information about state officials, government offices, and an snapshot of Illinois facts and history.

Lured by opportunity or driven by necessity, millions of people made their way to America in the most determined and sustained migration the world has ever known. Initially they left traces of their immigration in scattered records and documents; later, their arrival in this country was documented so minutely that the records resulting from this documentation are among the largest, the most continuous, and the most uniform in the nation's archives...

Presents biographical information, career statistics, and special achievements of people who have been inducted into the baseball, basketball, football, or hockey hall of fame.