Scope and Contents The Streetside Boosters Records, 1976-85, consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, by-laws, membership lists, activity schedules, student papers, articles of incorporation, job descriptions, clippings, student papers, employment and legal records, poetry, manuscripts, musical compositions, thank-you notes, research records, newspapers, photographs, film, audio and video tapes, grant applications and financial records documenting the organization's philosophy and goals; civic, cultural...

Scope and Contents Records, collected literature, and audio and videotapes concerning the unlicensed, low-power radio station of Mbanna Kantako of Springfield, Illinois, and the micro-radio movement in general. The efforts of the FCC to shut down Kantako's radio station attracted international press attention. This material was largely collected or created by Michael Townsend, an associate professor of Child, Family and Community Services at UIS. Its primary focus is Mbanna Kantako (originally...

Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal papers of Michael Townsend relating to his time as an Associate Professor of Human Services and Social Work at Sangamon State University. Materials relate to courses he taught, community activist organizations and student groups, guest speakers at the university, and the sociologist Sidney Willhelm, with whom Townsend maintained correspondence. Formats include student newspapers, course syllabi, student papers relating to Springfield and Sangamon...