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This collection contains the personal papers of Dennis Camp relating to his time as an English professor at Sangamon State University (later University of Illinois-Springfield). It includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and published scholarly works. Arranged alphabetically.

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Oral History Illinois General Assembly Research Project consisting of alphabetical index of legislative deliberations, 1935-81, bibliographies, legislative rosters, research notes, and state publications regarding the history, membership and procedures of the Illinois General Assembly. The file was assembled by Horace Q. Waggoner as background material for the Oral History office's project to interview current and former members of the General Assembly.

Scope and Contents Files of former faculty member, Richard Johnston; contains correspondence, annual reports, and information relating to "Community College Frontiers." Collected memoranda, correspondence, clippings, reports, and other papers documenting Johnston's interest in Springfield community organizations and cooperatives and the movement for peace in Indochina. Topics include Montessori School, Spoon River Cooperative, King Harvest Cooperative, the Learning Community, and collective bargaining and...

Scope and Contents There is no retention program for student & faculty writing in the English Program, so these five papers may have been retained for particular interest or simply by accident. Dennis Camp became an enthusiastic proponent of Vachel Lindsay's poetry only after coming to SSU as a faculty member in the Literature Dept. The "Vachel Lindsay Newsletter," which he edited and published during its brief existence documents his interest. The Literature Program became the English program in the...