Learn about Harriet Tubman — the brave and courageous Underground Railroad conductor and her life after the Civil War. Her story after the war may be less well-known, but her work for freedom and justice continued.
Kathryn Harris of Springfield retired in March 2015 as director of library services at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library (formerly the Illinois State Historical Library) after 25 years of service. Harris formerly served as head of reference at the Illinois State Library before joining the staff at the ISHL in 1990. She previously worked for the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. She studied French/secondary education at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.