MC101. W. Russell Arrington Papers
Scope and Contents
The W. Russell Arrington gift consists of 21 scrapbooks dating from 1946 to 1979, including original newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, programs, and other documents and memorabilia relating to the career of W. Russell Arrington in the Illinois House of Representatives (1945-1954) and Senate (1955-1972).
Dates
- Created: 1946-1979
- Other: Date acquired: 05/17/2012
Creator
- Arrington, W. Russell (Person)
Extent
4.00 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Chronological.
Source of Acquisition
Michael Arrington
Accruals and Additions
The empty scrapbooks are all boxed separately and located in Room 140C.
Processing Information
When received, most of the original scrapbooks were in poor condition due to highly acidic and brittle pages. Many of the contents had come loose from the pages. The newspaper clippings were acidic and brittle and the correspondence, photographs and other material in the scrapbooks were suffering from acid migration from the scrapbook pages and newsclippings. We scanned the scrapbooks in their original condition to preserve their original appearance and arrangement. Then, we removed the newspaper clippings that were loose to acid-free envelops and other types of material to acid-free folders and boxes. We kept the original scrapbooks because some newspaper clippings were glued to the pages and could not be removed without damage.
Creator
- Arrington, W. Russell (Person)
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Author
- Sean Bruce, Thomas J Wood
- Date
- 12/20/2012
- Description rules
- Other Unmapped
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- und
Repository Details
Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520
archives@uis.libanswers.com