1999 Inside the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln by Harry Hahn
William Tecumseh Sherman by Theodore Kachel
Louisa May Alcott by Gayle Stahlhuth
August Burleigh by Hasan Davis
Elisabeth Van Lew by Annette Baldwin
Sojourner Truth by Alice McGill
2000 Jacksonville, Illinois, 1825 to 2000
Harriet Tubman by Shirley Pettit
Dorothea Dix by Harvey & Patsy Mack
William Jennings Bryan by Theodore Kachel
Jonathan Baldwin Turner by Karl Bockemeier
Vachel Lindsey by Bob Large
Peter Cartwright by Joel Catlin
2001 American Humor
Will Rogers by Doug Watson
H.L. Mencken by Chuck Chalberg
Mark Twain by Tom Gilding
James Thurber by Carrol Peterson
Music by Ken Bradbury
Music by Chris Vallillo
Music by the Good Times Quartet
Music by the Jane Hartman Jazz Trio
Music by Anna Belle Blue
Music by the Prairie Grass Ensemble
Music by the Lee Pondell Trio
2002 The Jazz Age
Henry Ford by Doug Mishler
Edna Ferber by Gayle Stahlhuth
Harry Emerson Fosdick by Arnold Wettstein
Bix Beiderbecke by Frank Trompeter
Harry Truman by William Worley
Coco Chanel by Annette Baldwin
Civilian Conservation Corps in Illinois by Kay Rippelmeyer-Tippy
Music by the Jane Hartman Trio
Music from Showboat by Stephanie Smith-Jarrett
Music by Ken Bradbury and David Zink
Music by the Prairie Grass Ensemble
Music by the Lee Pondell Trio
2003 American Women
Lucy Parsons by Alma Washington
Susan B. Anthony by Annette Baldwin
Abigail Adams by Rebecca Bloomfield
The Grimke Sisters by Tara McAndrew & Linda Schneider
Ladybird Johnson by Rebecca Bloomfield
Josephine Baker by Vernice Jackson
Calamity Jane by Leah Schwartz
Music by Three is Company
Music by the Jane Hartman Jazz Quartet
Harp music by Betty Kay
Music by the Upstart Quartet
Music by the Good News Quartet
Texas melodies by Stephanie Smith-Jarrett
Music of Tin Pan Alley by Cat Catalani
2004 Westward Bound: the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Meriwether Lewis’ mother by Dianne Moran
Sacagawea by Dianne Moran
Thomas Jefferson by Patrick Lee
William Clark by Patrick Lee
Andrew Jackson by Ted Jackson
Creole Music of Missouri by Dennis Stroughmatt
Negro Spirituals by Rita Warford
2005 Pioneering Educators in Central Illinois
Julian Sturtevant by John McCord
Catharine Beecher by Wendy McCarty
Owen Lovejoy by William F. Moore
Harriet Beecher Stowe by Ruth Pangrace
Jonathan Baldwin Turner by Karl Bockemeier
Stephen Douglas by Fred Krebs
William Jennings Bryan by Fred Krebs
Abraham Lincoln by Fritz Klein
Music by the Brad Floreth Quartet
Music by Stephanie Smith-Wilkey
Ring the Bell, a Play by Ken Bradbury
Music by the Crimson Strings
Music by Ann Marie Stahel and Rudolf Zuiderveld
Music by Ken Bradbury and David Zink
2006 Movers and Shakers in Illinois
John Wesley Powell by Bill Steinbacher-Kemp
Jane Addams by Annette Baldwin
Philip Bliss by John McCord
Mother Jones by Betsey Means
Ernest Hemingway by Redd Griffin
Frank Lloyd Wright by Lyman Shepard
Vachel Lindsey by Bob Large
Carl Sandburg by Barry Cloyd
Music by the New Goat Ensemble
Music by the Lee Pondell Klezmer Band
Banjo music by Mark Dvorak
Abraham Lincoln Songs by Chris Vallillo
Music by Diana Dietz
Music by the Prairie Grass Ensemble
Music by Ken Bradbury
2007 Voices for Freedom and Justice
Sojourner Truth by Annette Jefferson
Henry Clay by George McGee
John Ross by Michael Hughes
Frederick Douglass by Charles Everett Pace
Patrick Henry by John Chalberg
Bert Williams by Ann Ommen
William Lloyd Garrison by Michael Hughes
Paul Robeson by Joel Tinsley
William Wilberforce by John McCord
Theodore Roosevelt by John Chalberg
Music by Stephanie and John Wilkey
Music by Angela Sanders
Music by Nathan Carls
Music by the Capital Chamber Singers
2008 The Age of Lincoln
Lincoln Tales by Brian “Fox” Ellis
Peter Cartwright by Joel Catlin
Walt Whitman’s Lincoln by Brian “Fox” Ellis
General “Stonewall” Jackson by John McCord
Gustav Koerner by Wolf Fuhrig
Stephen Foster by Chris Vallilo
Colonel John J. Hardin by Ron Tendick
Lincoln and Illinois College by Loreli Steuer
The Lincolns by R.F. and Dorothy McClerren
Church hymns by Stephanie & John Wilkey
Folk songs by Clark Halker
Music by the Pondell Trio
Negro spirituals by Joel Tinsley
Civil War songs by Ken Bradbury
2009 Pioneers of Science and Invention
John James Audubon by Brian “Fox” Ellis
Isaac Newton by John McCord
George Washington Carver by Paxton Williams
Charles Darwin by Brian “Fox” Ellis
Alexander Graham Bell by Michael Hughes
Thomas Edison by Hank Fincken
Story of the Transcontinental Railroad by Amy Lowe
Music by the Brad Floreth Band
Music by Joel Tinsley
Music by Lee Murdock
Music by Ken Bradbury
2010 American Originals
Johnny Appleseed by Hank Fincken
W.C. Fields by Hank Fincken
Edgar Allan Poe by Brian “Fox” Ellis
Walt Whitman by Brian “Fox” Ellis
Daniel Boone by Patrick Lee
Thomas Jefferson by Patrick Lee
Charles Fuller by John McCord
Mother Jones by Nancy Huse
Music by the Rob Killam Trio
The Carter Family by Stephanie and John Wilkey
Music by Joel Tinsley Hall
Music by the Pondell Trio
Music by the Jane Hartman Jazz Trio
Music by Ken Bradbury
2011 Heroes of the Civil War
Mathias Stritt by Brian “Fox” Ellis
Drummer Boy of Shiloh by Barry Cloyd
Henry Detweiler by Brian “Fox” Ellis
General Ulysses S. Grant by George Dauler
Abraham and Mary Lincoln by Michael Krebs and Debra Ann Miller
Sojourner Truth by Annette Jefferson
General Robert E. Lee by Richard Crozier
Music by Ben Bedford
Music by the T-Tones
Music by Stephanie and John Wilkey
Music by Joel Tinsley Hall
2012 Women Who Made History
Margaret Mitchell by Debra Conner
Violet Jessep, Titanic stewardess by Leslie Goddard
Harriet Tubman by Kathryn Harris
Mother Jones by Karen Vuranch
Belle Starr by Karen Vuranch
Mary Walker, Civil War surgeon by Debra Connor
Ellen Hardin Walworth by Loretta Widdows
Music by Ben Bedford
Music by Sherry Mitchell
Music by Terri Benz
2013 E Pluribus Unum
Andrew Carnegie by George Dauler
Stephen Foster by Chris Vallilo
Thomas Edison by Hank Fincken
General Ulysses S. Grant by George Dauler
Henry Ford by Hank Fincken
Mary Todd Lincoln by Pam Brown
Abraham Lincoln by Fritz Klein
Music by Ben Bedford
Music by Rob Killam’s Band
Music by Sherri Mitchell
Music by the MacMurray College Choir
Music by Ken Bradbury
2014 Uniquely American
Black Jack Logan by Brian “Fox” Ellis
Meriwether Lewis
Amelia Earhart
Estee Lauder by Leslie Goddard
Adlai Stevenson by Joe Bean
Abraham and Mary Lincoln by Max and Donna Daniels
2015 All American Showcase
Millikin University Guitar Ensemble
Black Hawk by Brian “Fox” Ellis
Historic Instruments of Illinois by Chris Vallillo
Jackie Kennedy by Leslie Goddard
Chris Talley Trio Bluegrass
Eleanor Roosevelt by Leslie Goddard
Edgar Allan Poe by Brian “Fox” Ellis
Mike Anderson Stories & Sounds
Mary Anderson by Sherri Mitchell
Music by Stan & Judy
Cyrus Thomas and the Mound Builders by Robert Seufert
2017 America and the Great War
Birth of the Modern by Chris McDonald
Sergeant York by Justin Rexrode
General Black Jack Pershing by Dane Coffman
Ellen LaMotte by Sherri Mitchell
Songs of the Era by Amy McDonald
Jim Europe and the Hellfighters by Kess Roberson
Carl Sandburg by Chris Vallillo
Woodrow Wilson by Judd Bankert
Over There in Story and Song by Barry Cloyd
From Ragtime to Jazz by Paul Asaro
Teddy Roosevelt by Adam Lindquist
2018 Illinois' Bicentennial
Inventing Statehood by James Davis
Martha Jane Tolten by Mettazee Morris
Illinois Music by Chris Valillo
Lincoln in early Illinois by Fritz Klein
Noble Women of Illinois by Tom Emery
Clarence Darrow & William J. Bryan by Gary Anderson
Burl Ives by Barry Cloyd
The Chicago Jazz Babies Band
John Deere by Brian "Fox" Ellis
Jane Addams by Sherri Mitchell
2019 One of a Kind
The Genius of Frank Lloyd Wright by Timothy Totten
Walt Whitman: A Song of Myself by Brian Ellis
Woody Guthrie: Dust Bowl Troubadour by Barry Cloyd
My Jacksonville Friend: Stephen A. Douglas by Reg Ankrom
D.R. Miller: Mr. Circus by Jay Jamison
Chaplin: The Silent Years & The Talkie Years by Walter Metz
The Guitars of Illinois by Chris Vallillo
Georgia O'Keeffe: the Inspiration of Nature by Leslie Goddard
The Music of Doris Day by Amy McDonald
Fats Waller by Paul Asaro
Clare Boothe Luce by Sherri Mitchell