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Fourth Floor Frieze

The names of 35 distinguished Illinois authors are etched into the 4th floor frieze of the Illinois State Library Building.

  • Portait of Lorraine Hansberry
    Lorraine Hansberry
    A Raisin in the Sun; To Be Young, Gifted, and Black; The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window...
  • Portait of Sherwood Anderson
    Sherwood Anderson
    Beyond Desire; Dark Laughter; Certain Things Last...
  • Portait of Nelson Algren
    Nelson Algren
    America Eats; Chicago, City on the Make; Somebody in Boots...
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Authors arranged by town of birth

Albany Albion Alma Altamont
Alton Anchor Anna Annapolis
Annawan Arcola Arlington Arlington Heights
Armington Ashland Athens Atlanta
Aurora Ava Barry Bartonville
Batavia Bath Beards Belgium
Belleville Belvidere Bement Benson
Benton Berkeley Berlin Berwyn
Bingham Bloomington Blue Island Blue Mound
Bluffs Bradford Bridgeport Brooklyn
Browns Buffalo Burlington Cairo
Calumet City Cambridge Camden Canton
Carbondale Carlinville Carmi Carol Stream
Carrollton Carterville Carthage Cary
Cedarville Centralia Champaign Charleston
Chatham Cherry Chester Chicago
Chicago Heights Chrisman Cicero Cisco
Clarendon Hills Clayton Cleveland Clifton
Clinton Collinsville Columbia Columbus
Concord Cuba Dakota Danville
Darien Darmstadt Dayton Decatur
Deer Creek Deerfield DeKalb Delavan
Des Plaines Detroit Donovan Downers Grove
Du Quoin Dwight Earlville East Alton
East Carondelet East Peoria East St. Louis Edinburg
Effingham El Paso Eldorado Elgin
Elizabeth Elmhurst Emden Erie
Evanston Evansville Evergreen Park Fairview
Fairview Heights Farmer City Farmington Fayetteville
Flanagan Flossmoor Frankfort Franklin
Freeport Galesburg Galva Geneseo
Geneva George German Gibson City
Girard Glasgow Glen Ellyn Golconda
Granite City Grayslake Greenville Hamburg
Hamilton Hammond Hampshire Hampton
Hanover Hardin Harris Harrisburg
Harrison Hartford Harvard Harvey
Havana Henderson Henry Herrin
Highland Highland Park Hillsboro Hinsdale
Hoffman Hoffman Estates Home Hoyleton
Hudson Humboldt Hume Hurst
Ina Irving Jacksonville Jerseyville
Johnston City Joliet Kane Kankakee
Kansas Kewanee Kingston La Grange
La Grange Park Lake Forest Lanark Lansing
LaSalle Lawrenceville Lebanon Lee
Lexington Liberty Libertyville Lima
Lincoln Litchfield Liverpool Lombard
Louisville Lovington Macomb Madison
Mahomet Manchester Manhattan Manito
Mansfield Marengo Marietta Marion
Mark Marshall Maryville Mason
Mason City Matteson Mattoon Maywood
McCook Melrose Park Metropolis Millstadt
Milton Moline Momence Monmouth
Montgomery Monticello Morris Morton
Morton Grove Mount Carmel Mount Vernon Murphysboro
Naperville Nashville Neponset New Athens
New Haven Newark Niles Noble
Nokomis Normal Norris Norris City
North Chicago North Riverside Norwood O'Fallon
Oak Brook Oak Lawn Oak Park Oakland
Oglesby Ohio Olney Omaha
Oregon Oswego Ottawa Palatine
Palos Heights Palos Hills Palos Park Pana
Paris Park Forest Park Ridge Paw Paw
Pawnee Paxton Payson Pekin
Peoria Peru Petersburg Philo
Phoenix Pittsburg Pittsfield Plainfield
Pocahontas Pontiac Princeton Prospect Heights
Quincy Raleigh Rantoul Richmond
Rio River Forest Riverside Robbins
Robinson Rochester Rock Island Rockford
Rome Royal Rushville Russellville
Salem Savanna Schaumburg Shabbona
Sheffield Shelbyville Sheridan Sidney
Silvis Skokie Sparta Spring Grove
Springfield St. Anne St. Charles St. Joseph
St. Peter Staunton Sterling Stockton
Strasburg Streator Sublette Sycamore
Tamms Tampico Taylorville Tennessee
Tilton Toledo Topeka Toulon
Trenton Troy Tuscola Ullin
Union University Park Urbana Vandalia
Venice Vernon Vienna Villa Park
Virden Virginia Walnut Warren
Warrensburg Washington Waterloo Watseka
Waukegan Wayne West Chicago West Point
West Salem West Union Westchester Western Springs
Wheaton Wheeling White Heath Wilmette
Wilmington Wilsonville Winchester Winfield
Winnetka Winslow Witt Woodstock
Worth Wyoming Xenia Yale
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