Also included are reports of the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Work Projects Administration. August 12, 1911-April 7, 1917. Also included are Attorney General opinions on land titles, reports of appraisers, contract bids and specifications for goods and services, inventories of park property, and related correspondence. Record primarily concerns Starved Rock State Park and Fort Chartres State Park. Record includes originals and copies of maps, tracings, and blueprints of historic sites registered by the National Register of Historic Places and owned and maintained by the Department of Conservation.
Documents generally concern the reconstruction, restoration, and rehabilitation of historic sites.
Occasionally documents concern park maintenance, reconstruction of furnishings and implements, installation or repair of utility systems, and grounds surrounding sites. Subjects include such topics as acid rain, attendance at conventions, land acquisition and development, barge fleets, hunting blinds, interstate water boundary lines, boating regulation, hiking and equestrian trails, the state wildlife income tax check-off program, fish hatcheries, commercial fishing, hunting and fishing regulation, environmental protection, pollution, forestry, prairie preservation, historic sites, park law enforcement, state fair exhibits, lead shot, surface mining, snowmobile regulation, and departmental reorganization. Also included are policy manuals, membership lists, resolutions, meeting notices, agenda, annual reports, newspaper articles, and related correspondence. Files concern nominations of Illinois historic sites to the National Register of Historic Places. Files include National Register of Historic Places nomination forms, photographs, location maps, blueprints and drawings, plans and specifications, property photograph forms, background historical narratives, newspaper and magazine articles, interim progress reports, annual reports, federal assistance applications, archaeological surveys, site pamphlets and other publications, summaries of Illinois Historic Places Advisory Council actions, and related correspondence.