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P/Dickerman. Barbara Dickerman, Personal Papers

 Collection — Container: Item 1
Identifier: P-Dickerman

Scope and Contents

Papers of Barbara Dickerman, SSU/UIS student, UIS admissions councilor, and Springfield housing and equal rights activist.

Collection contains correspondence, reports, notes, newspaper clippings, and other memorabilia from Dickerman's work with such organizations as the League of Women Voters, YWCA, Springfield Housing Authority, NAACP, United Way, MOVE, Inc. and various other groups. Of note is Dickerman's work to desegregate Springfield School District #186, achieve fair housing for low-income families, and a voting rights lawsuit that eventually led to Springfield changing its form of city government from council to aldermanic. Some files contain written notations from Dickerman regarding their contents.

Dates

  • Created: 1968-2009
  • Other: Date acquired: 06/25/2009

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

None.

Extent

3.00 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement Note

Topical

Source of Acquisition

Donated by Barbara Dickerman

Title
Archon Finding Aid Title
Author
Nicole L. Louis
Description rules
Other Unmapped
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Undetermined
Script of description
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Language of description note
und

Repository Details

Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520