TO SUPPORT A PROJECT TO PRESERVE, DIGITIZE, AND PROVIDE ONLINE ACCESS VIA THE ILLINOIS DIGITAL ARCHIVES TO 21,000 PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE DOC HELM COLLECTION. BETWEEN 1943 AND 1992, EDDIE WINFRED ?DOC? HELM SERVED AS THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ILLINOIS PHOTOGRAPHER, AND THE COLLECTION PROVIDES A ONE-OF-A-KIND VISUAL HISTORICAL RECORD OF POLITICS, GOVERNMENT, ENTERTAINMENT AND SOCIETY IN A MIDWESTERN STATE CAPITAL DURING THE MID-20TH CENTURY.