Center for the Study of Middle-Sized Cities – Quality of Life Projects Records
Scope and Contents
The collection includes the records of the Qualify of Life Project. These records include the surveys of eight Illinois communities on quality of life. These cities included Bloomington-Normal, Champaign-Urbana, Decatur, East St. Louis, Peoria, Rockford, Rock Island-Moline, and Springfield. Also included are what instruments were used in the survey, questionnaires, computer printouts of statistical data and other materials relating to the project.
Dates
- 1970-1978
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.
History
The Center for the Study of Middle-Sized Cities started at Sangamon State University in 1972 as a project among faculty members in the Public Affairs department. The center was to study different areas of life in specific sized cities, such as Springfield, Illinois. At some point in the 1890s, the Center changed its name to the Center for Community and Regional Studies. This reorganization didn’t last much longer, and the center was incorporated in the Public Affairs department in the early 1990s.
Extent
.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
Transferred to the Archives on August 8, 1988 by Bob Wesley and the Center for the Study of Middle-Sized Cities.
Property Rights
UIS owns the property rights to this collection.
Processing Information
This collection was reprocessed in February 2026. The order was kept as close to the original as possible.
Source
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Center for the Study of Middle-Sized Cities – Quality of Life Projects Records
- 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
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520
archives@uis.libanswers.com