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MC42. Handy Writer's Colony Collection, 1930-1964
Collection
Identifier: MC-42
Scope and Contents
A writers' colony, located in Marshall, Illinois, opened in 1950 by Lowney and Harry Handy and best-selling novelist James Jones. It supported numerous young writers, many of whose stories and novels were published. The colony dissolved with the death of Lowney Handy in 1964. The collection includes: by-laws, minutes, correspondence, membership, and financial records of the colony regarding its founding, organization, finances, philosophy, and teaching methods; approximately...
Dates:
Created: 1930 - 1964
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
MC43. Cooperative Power, Inc., Records, 1982-1989
Collection
Identifier: MC-43
Scope and Contents
Springfield radical therapy collective and problem-solving group, founded by Dr. Robert Sipe , Becky McGovern and others in the 1976. Incorporated in 1982 as Cooperative Power, Inc., it assumed management of Issues in Radical Therapy, a periodical merging Issues in Cooperation and Power and State and Mind. Organized the Midwest Radical Therapy Conference, 1980-1984. Planning papers, correspondence, minutes, mailing lists, conference programs, workshop descriptions, contracts,...
Dates:
Created: 1982 - 1989; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1986
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
MC44. Taylorville Mine War Scrapbook, 1933
Collection — Container: All
Identifier: MC-44
Scope and Contents
The Taylorville "Mine War" Scrapbook, March l7, l933 - October 11, l933 consists of clippings chiefly from Taylorville, Illinois daily newspapers, the Daily Breeze and the Courier, documenting eight months of the Illinois mine wars which started in 1932 as a wage dispute but soon became a power struggle between the United Mine Workers (UMW) and the Progressive Miners of America (PMA) for control of the mines in central and southern Illinois.
The articles document the violence,...
Dates:
Created: 1933 - 1933; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1984
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
MC45. Black Action Movement Records, 1968-1969
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MC-45
Scope and Contents
A Springfield coalition of black community organizations founded in 1968 "to create a unity aimed at strengthening the bargaining position of the Black Community so as to solve its economic, political and social problems." Rudolph S. Shoultz, pastor of Union Baptist Church, and Charles Young were the primary organizers. By-laws, minutes, letters, financial records, and news clippings documenting the philosophy, structure, activities, goals, and concerns of the Black Action...
Dates:
Created: 1968 - 1969; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1984
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
MC46. First National Bank, Springfield, Illinois Records, 1919-1969
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-46
Scope and Contents
Photographs, glass plate negatives, printing plates documenting the First National Bank of Springfield, particularly the lobby at Sixth and Washington Streets (ca. 1917-1919), interior of the building constructed at Fifth and Adams in 1919, and building exteriors. Includes award certificates from the Associated Colleges Of Illinois, Springfield Association of Commerce and Industry, and Committee for Higher Education in Central Illinois; and an architect's sketch of the building by Hemle and...
Dates:
Created: 1919 - 1969; Other: Date acquired: 11/00/1979
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
MC47. Springfield, Illinois, Citizens Advisory Committee Records, 1973-1976
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MC-47
Scope and Contents
Appointed by the Mayor. Advises City Council on federal and state programs which require citizen input.
Minutes, agendas, reports and newsclippings regarding the Eastside urban renewal project, community development, community development block grants, fire protection and the Neighborhood Facilities Building.
Dates:
Created: 1973 - 1976; Other: Date acquired: 04/00/1980
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
MC48. Oscar L. Ulery, Personal Papers, 1901-1970
Collection
Identifier: MC-48
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of daily diaries and sundry letters, receipts, account books, a Ulery family genealogy, and other personal papers documenting the weather, expenses, daily work and experiences; farming and dairy activities in Macoupin and Christian Counties; and police magistrate duties in Morrisonville.
Topics include Morrisonville's Shiloh Church, its UNO Club, crops, shucking corn, cows' breeding histories and dairy yields, hired hands, and income from sales of eggs, butter, hides,...
Dates:
Created: 1901 - 1970; Other: Date acquired: 03/15/1977
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
MC49. Walt Whitman Collection, 1860-1971
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MC-49
Scope and Contents
Advertising circular, envelopes, offprints, posters, handbills, literary criticism, lithographs, letters, framed pictures and portraits, printed announcement, and lecture program; program and menu for Whitman's seventieth birthday party (1889); proofs of labels and autographs; admission tickets for a Robert Ingersoll lecture (1890); and a facsimile of a Whitman letter. The material was collected by business executive and Whitman scholar, Charles E. Feinberg of Detroit, Michigan....
Dates:
Created: 1860 - 1971; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1983
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
MC50. New American Movement, Mother Jones Chapter, Springfield, Illinois, Records, 1972-1981
Collection
Identifier: MC-50
Scope and Contents
Springfield, Illinois chapter of the New American Movement, organized in 1975. Goal was "to act as a catalyst to bring about a strong, class conscious, working class movement in Springfield." Worked with other organizations such as Citizens for a Representative Government, DES Action Group, Springfield East Association, Springfield Coalition for Fair Electric Rates, People's Institute, and Streetside Boosters. Members included Peter MacDowell, Millicent Quam, Michael Quam, Doug Kamholz,...
Dates:
Created: 1972 - 1981; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1984
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
MC51. Marie Porter Wheeler Papers, 1876-1926
Collection — Container: Oversize Items
Identifier: MC-51
Scope and Contents
Afro-American woman born in Carbondale, Illinois in 1913. Graduated from high school in Metropolis in 1930. Attended Southern Illinois University and Kentucky State University. Taught in secondary schools in Belgrave and Chester, Illinois. Married Luther Wheeler in 1937, and moved to Springfield in 1942. Diplomas, certificates, photograph albums and memorabilia documenting Wheeler's childhood, family members, and educational activities. Also certificate and diplomas documenting...
Dates:
Created: 1876 - 1926; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1984
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
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