Center for the Study of Middle-Sized Cities - Quality of Life Among the Aging Project Records
Scope and Contents
These are the planning papers and the preliminary data from an unfunded project on Quality of Life Among the Aging. Included in the collection are letters, memos, a bibliography on aging, census statistics on aging for Springfield from 1900 to 1970, characteristics of Older Persons in Illinois, and information about Senior Citizens Commission of Springfield, Senior Citizens of Sangamon County (including the White Cottage of Springfield), and other materials.
Dates
- 1975-1977
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 1980s, 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
.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
Transferred to the archives on May 19, 1980 by Sue Ann Schleder.
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 Among the Aging Project 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