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Student papers acquired by University Archives on a variety of subjects. Many deal with Springfield and other local topics. Separate folder J52 contains a copy of the Boxlist/Inventory of authors and titles for the individual J52/(name) files.

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The papers in this series are centered on Springfield, Illinois. Topics include: desegregation of schools, operation of the Regional Planning Commission; housing; hospital care; the Park District; planning for Southwest High School; coal mining; Lake Springfield; Sangamon Electric; the Exposition and Auditorium Authority; Concordia Seminary; City, Water Light & Power , massage parlors.

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The student papers in this series were prepared for "Toward Racial Equality" (1972), "Personalities of Revolutionaries" (1972), History Colloquium (1972), and "Melting Pot Reconsidered" (1972,1975, 1976). Subjects include ethnic cultures (Mexican Americans, Indians, blacks, etc.), racism, Illinois and U.S. history, and biographies of revolutionaries (Castro, Marx, etc.).

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Student papers produced for Summer Institute on Interracial Education, PAC 425. Taught by Chris Breiseth, Judy Everson, Gus Stevens, and James Pancrazio during the summer semester, 1974. Areas of study and research included athletics, minorities, Afro-American studies, black history, black poetry, Springfield Illinois, Washington Middle School, and interracial education.

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Student papers produced for Public Economics, Economics of Development, School and Community, the Budget of the U. S Government, Economics of Education and other courses taught by Bernard Brown, SSU Professor of Economics, 1970-74. See detailed boxlist for particular subjects.

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Student papers prepared for Labor-Management Relations & Organizational Dynamics classes taught by Herschel Chait, Assistant Professor of Administration, in the fall of 1977 and the Spring of 1978, respectively.

Scope and Contents Student project compiled by Lynda Thompson for a tutorial with Gary Combs, includes; a catalog of the Illinois State Museum 1973 exhibit, "Art of the 1930's"; an audio tape of an interview with Robert Evans of the Art Department of the Illinois State Museum with Lynda Thompson as interviewer; selected slides of various projects done during the New Deal Art Years, including a detailed listing; a catalog of an art exhibit at Southern Illinois University entitled "WPA revisited"; a reference...

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Student papers prepared for Entrepreneurship and Organization classes, 1973-74, taught Clarence Danhof.  Each paper is a history of a corporate industry or a comparison of industries in an identical market.

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Student papers prepared for History of Springfield classes taught at SSU by Cullom Davis and others. Papers cover a variety of subjects and periods of Springfield & Sangamon County History including histories of institutions, civic groups and politics in Springfield. See detailed boxlist for more specific authors, titles, and subjects.

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Student papers and projects of Nelson Howarth's Spring 1972 class on Local Governmental Problems. The student papers were published together into a booklet entitled "An Analysis of Five Poblems of Local Governments in the Springfield (Illinois ) Statistical Metropolitan Area." Subjects include annexation, housing, implementation of the Emergency Employment Act, proliferation of local governments, and recreation.