MC. Manuscript Collections
Record Group
Identifier: MC
Found in 103 Collections and/or Records:
MC 104. Eva Humphrey Lacey Postcard Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-104
Scope and Contents
A collection of approximately 500 postcards received and collected by Eva M. Humphrey of Athens and Chandlerville, Illinois. They were sent to Eva by family and friends and were postmarked between the years of 1906-1913. Many feature photographic scenes from towns and cities around Illinois and other parts of the United States. There are also general greeting cards, romantic cards, holiday greetings, as well as "Best Wishes" cards for Eva’s wedding to her husband Pascal ("Pack") Lacey in...
Dates:
Created: 1906-1913; Other: Date acquired: 01/07/2014
MC 105. Bart Jan Bok Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-105
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the original cassette tapes and CD's of Bart Jan Bok's lectures and classes while on the campus of Sangamon State University. Bok was a nationally known visiting astronomer with astronomy Professor Charles Schweighauser.
Dates:
Created: 1972-1978; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2013
MC 106. American Association of University Women Springfield, IL Branch records
Collection — 1 box
Identifier: MC-106
Scope and Contents
American Association of University Women Springfield Branch (AAUW-S) records 2007-2016, including meeting minutes, budget documents, membership lists, by-law revisions, branch publicity and publications, lobbying records, and the branch president’s email communications. Also documented are the AAUW-S’s efforts to get the Equal Rights Amendment ratified in Illinois (2014) and publications of the national AAUW organization, 2014-2016, including the magazine ...
Dates:
Created: 2007-2016; Other: Majority of material found in 2014-2016; Other: Date acquired: 08/12/2016
MC 107. Grayton Mansion (Taylorville, IL) Photos
File — 1 box
Identifier: MC-107
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a wide variety of interior and exterior views of Grayton, a mansion that stood in Taylorville, Illinois, from 1911 to 1962. Grayton was built (1911-1913) by Taylorville banker Eugene A. Vandeveer (1853-1915) and designed by Chicago architect Frederick Wainwright Perkins (1866-1929).The three story, 27-room, stucco and timber Tudor style house stood on twenty acres, including formal gardens, a swimming pool, biergarten, garage house, carriage house, and stables....
Dates:
Created: 1915-1960; Other: Date acquired: 05/22/2017
MC 111. Victor Pearn Poetry Collection
Collection — 8 Boxes, Box: 1-8, Folder: 1-49
Identifier: MC -111
Dates:
Publication: 1976-2020
MC20. Different Drummer, School Records, 1971-1972
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-20
Scope and Contents
Records of A Different Drummer, 1971-72, include a collection of philosophical statements and proposals, membership lists, public announcements, correspondence, financial statements, notes and research papers documenting the school's organization, philosophy and curriculum.
A Different Drummer was an alternative school founded in Springfield for students aged 10-18.
Dates:
Created: 1971 - 1972; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1982
MC21. Richard Phillips Photo Collection, 1963-1976
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-21
Scope and Contents
Editor and publisher of Iliniwek, a newspaper devoted to early Illinois history published 1963-1976. Phillips was a resident of East Peoria, Illinois, and received a B.S. from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1930.
Thirty-six thousand (36,000) black and white photographic negatives with corresponding contact sheets documenting unusual and historical rural and town architecture in Illinois and other midwestern sites. Topics include transportation,...
Dates:
Created: 1963 - 1976; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1982
MC22. Springfield Consumer Protection Association Records, 1968-1973
Collection
Identifier: MC-22
Scope and Contents
Not-for-profit corporation dedicated to resolving consumer complaints received from the Springfield public. Incorporated on December 28, 1972. Founded by SSU student John J. Jewett as an Applied Study project. Correspondence, consumer complaints, organizational documents, financial records, newspaper clippings, and research materials documenting the Association's foundation, services, organizational structure, finances and research. Includes a research report on market and...
Dates:
Created: 1968 - 1973; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1976
MC23. King Harvest Food Cooperative Records, 1973-1981
Collection
Identifier: MC-23
Scope and Contents
Consumer cooperative founded in Springfield in 1972. Joined the Flatland Federation of Cooperative and Community Organizations in 1978.Minutes, correspondece, by-laws, newsletters, work manuals, inventories, financial records, research materials documenting the Cooperative's philosophy, and documents detailing the goals and organizational structure of the Co-op are included. Also included are docuements detailing membership activities and responsibilities and the day-to-day...
Dates:
Created: 1973 - 1981; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1983
MC24. Springfield Coalition for Fair Electricity Rates, Records, 1976-1981
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-24
Scope and Contents
A coalition of individuals and representatives of community formed in 1976 in response to the proposed rate hike by the municipally-owned utility, City Water, Light and Power (CWLP). Dedicated to electric rate reform.Correspondence, announcements, press releases, clippings, reports, pamphlets, position papers, rate schedules, minutes and agendas, comsumer cost comparisons, and sundry other documents concerning the proposed rate hike by CWLP and the oppositions to it by SCFER. ...
Dates:
Created: 1976 - 1981; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1983