Box 1
Container
Contains 7 Results:
"The Story of the City Records, Compiled in Honor of the Dedication of Lake Springfield and Spaulding Dam," by Helen V. C. Blankmeyer
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
[typescript carbon, unnumbered pages, inscribed "Property of V. Y. Dallman, Springfield, Illinois"]
Dates:
Created: 1890 - 1937; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1974
History of the Springfield city government and development of city services, 1821 - 1935
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents
Parks, water, electricity, gas, streetcars
Dates:
Created: 1821 - 1935
"Lake Springfield Dedication Celebration", 1935-07-12
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Springfield Superintendent of Water Works, 1909-1911, and Commissioner of Public Property, 1911-1943. Elevated the municipal water plant to one of national distinction, created the electric utility and placed it on a paying basis, and led the movement for the building of Lake Springfield.Typescript carbon of "The Story of the City Records," compiled by Helen V. C. Blankmeyer in honor of the dedication of Lake Springfield and Spaulding Dam, 1935; a letter from playwright William...
Dates:
Created: 1935-07-12
Letter from William Dodd Chenery to Willis J. Spaulding thanking Spaulding for loan of "The Story of the City Records."
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Springfield Superintendent of Water Works, 1909-1911, and Commissioner of Public Property, 1911-1943. Elevated the municipal water plant to one of national distinction, created the electric utility and placed it on a paying basis, and led the movement for the building of Lake Springfield.Typescript carbon of "The Story of the City Records," compiled by Helen V. C. Blankmeyer in honor of the dedication of Lake Springfield and Spaulding Dam, 1935; a letter from playwright William...
Dates:
Created: 1890 - 1937; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1974
Program of the Springfield Centennial Pageant, 1837 - 1937
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents
Inscribed "To Springfield's Premier Benefactor, Willis J. Spaulding, from the author, William Dodd Chenery"
Dates:
Created: 1837 - 1937
Xerograph of "The Story of the City Records"
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Springfield Superintendent of Water Works, 1909-1911, and Commissioner of Public Property, 1911-1943. Elevated the municipal water plant to one of national distinction, created the electric utility and placed it on a paying basis, and led the movement for the building of Lake Springfield.Typescript carbon of "The Story of the City Records," compiled by Helen V. C. Blankmeyer in honor of the dedication of Lake Springfield and Spaulding Dam, 1935; a letter from playwright William...
Dates:
Created: 1890 - 1937; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1974
Biographical matter on Willis J. Spaulding
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Springfield Superintendent of Water Works, 1909-1911, and Commissioner of Public Property, 1911-1943. Elevated the municipal water plant to one of national distinction, created the electric utility and placed it on a paying basis, and led the movement for the building of Lake Springfield.Typescript carbon of "The Story of the City Records," compiled by Helen V. C. Blankmeyer in honor of the dedication of Lake Springfield and Spaulding Dam, 1935; a letter from playwright William...
Dates:
Created: 1890 - 1937; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1974