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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