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MC37. Alice Kaige Papers, 1965-1986

 Collection
Identifier: MC-37

Scope and Contents

Springfield pacifist, community organizer and professional librarian. Member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Co-founder of the West Side Neighborhood Association, 1977.

Minutes, notes, reports, program proposals, newsletters and correspondence of the Central Illinois American Friends Service Committee, 1974-1980, and area committee of the Midwest Regional Office, established in 1972. Documents its establishment as a full-time office in 1976, its relations with the Midwest Office and activities in Springfield, Decatur and Champaign-Urbana, particularly with draft counseling, juvenile justice work and the operation of a Peace Booth at the Illinois State Fair.

Correspondence, clippings, flyers, notices, announcements and other records of the West Side Neighborhood Association, 1977-1984, documenting this group's efforts to preserve that Springfield neighborhood's historic, residential quality against the "encroachment of business and commercial interests." Of note are planning documents of the Springfield-Sangamon County Regional Planning Commission and a slide show of historic neighborhood homes by photographer James Woodruff. Topics include architectural and neighborhood preservation, community organizing, zoning issues, walking tours, and MacArthur Boulevard. Correspondents include William E. Feurer, Jim Henneberry, and Mayor J. Michael Houston.

Also clippings, articles and other material collected by Kaige on pacifists in Illinois, 1971-1983.

Dates

  • Created: 1965 - 1986

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

None

Extent

7.49 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement Note

Alphabetical

Source of Acquisition

Alice Kaige - Gifts of 1983, 1986, and 1987

Related Materials

SEE ALSO: MC 40 Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

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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