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P/Townsend. Mike Townsend, Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-Townsend

Scope and Contents

This series contains personal correspondence, memos, course materials, lecture notes, syllabuses, student papers and examinations, press releases, sociology articles, photographs, videotape and audiocassette recordings. This collection also contains material from the Chicago Area Project, the nation's first community-based delinquency prevention program; Ron Sakolsky's Free Speech Case; United Students for Africa; Citizens Against Prostitution, a Springfield-based community organization; and The Alternative, a student newspaper. Of special interest are the collected articles, early publications and correspondence composed by Dr. Sidney M. Willhelm, a Political Science Professor in the Department of Sociology at the State University of New York, Buffalo, regarding racism.

Dates

  • Created: 1955-2013
  • Other: Majority of material found in 1979-1995
  • Other: Date acquired: 05/15/2009

Creator

Extent

1.16 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

A number of additions (box 2) were collected piecemeal and added to the collection at one time. Chris Schnell 7/24/2017.

Source of Acquisition

Mike Townsend

Accruals and Additions

05/27/2009, 06/09/2010, 10/3/2013.

Title
Archon Finding Aid Title
Author
Rochelle M. Joseph; Chris Schnell
Description rules
Other Unmapped
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
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Language of description note
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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