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Robert Sipe Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0024

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the personal papers of Robert Sipe relating to his time as a professor of Work, Culture, and Society at Sangamon State University. It includes syllabi, brochures, and course planning material related to the Work, Culture, and Society program and correspondence and planning material for the Studies in Social Change program. There are two 16mm films related to the building of geodesic domes, one of which Sipe and his students built on campus in Spring 1973. Arranged alphabetically.

Dates

  • 1973-1984

Creator

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the University of Illinois- Springfield (UIS).

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection are held by UIS.

Biography

Robert B. Sipe was born circa 1945 and attended Thornridge High School. He received his bachelor’s degree from Northern Illinois University in 1968, and remained there to complete his master’s, after which he received his Ph.D from Claremont Graduate School in 1972.

Sipe joined Sangamon State University in 1973 as an Associate Professor of Work, Culture, and Society. In 1980 he started teaching as an Associate Professor of Labor Studies, and in 1988 became a full professor. He later became a Professor of Political Studies.

Robert Sipe married Maria Britton-Sipe in October 2012.

Extent

.33 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Provenance

Transferred to the archives by Robert Sipe on June 25, 1986.

Property Rights

UIS owns the property rights to this collection.

Processing Information

This collection was reprocessed in June 2025.

Creator

Title
Finding Aid to the Robert Sipe Papers
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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