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MC87. George C. Hoffmann Papers, 1960-1991
Collection
Identifier: MC-87
Scope and Contents
Springfield lawyer beginning practice in 1928; Chairman of the Springfield Committee for Higher Education (1960-1967); attorney for Sangamon State University on a retainer basis; and Springfield civic leader. Correspondence, memos, news clippings, reports, receipts, contracts, maps, and studies, chiefly 1965-1975, documenting the struggle to establish Sangamon State University and the university's legal transactions. The substance of the collection concerns higher education in...
Dates:
Created: 1960 - 1991
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
MC88. George M. Irwin Papers, 1955-1982
Collection
Identifier: MC-88
Scope and Contents
Official and personal papers of a Quincy, Illinois business executive and patron of the arts. Chairman of the Board of the Quincy Compressor Division of Colt Industries, and Chairman of the Board of the Irwin Paper Company. Founder of the Quincy Symphony Orchestra (1948), first chairman of the Illinois Arts Council (1963-1971), founder and chair of the Associated Councils of the Arts (1962-1972), consultant for the National Endowment for the Arts (1960s-1970s), president of the Quincy...
Dates:
Created: 1955 - 1982; Other: Date acquired: 10/23/1997
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
MC89. Illinois National Organization for Women, 1974-2000
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-89
Scope and Contents
The Illinois chapter of the National Organization for Women was founded in 1971. The first organizational meeting was held in the Chicago area and Irene Bennet was elected State Coordinator; the chapter's by-laws were passed in 1974. The purpose of NOW is "to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men." This collection was compiled by Luellen...
Dates:
Created: 1974 - 2000; Other: Date acquired: 01/16/2001
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
MC90. Jim Grubbs Armed Forces and Small Market Radio Collection, 1951-2001
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MC-90
Scope and Contents
Jim Grubbs, Assistant Professor of Communication at UIS, was a radio broadcaster for the Far East Network (FEN), stationed in Tokyo, Japan during the 1960s. Later Grubbs was an announcer for WSMI in Litchfield, Illinois. In 1976, Grubbs and several other SSU employees and community members were granted a license for a station (98.7-WNNS) in Springfield. He was recognized by Billboard Magazine as one of the outstanding small-market DJs in the United States in 1971. The...
Dates:
Created: 1951 - 2001; Other: Date acquired: 01/10/2005
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
MC91. Don Springer Historical Financial Documents Collection, 1717-1967
Collection — Container: All
Identifier: MC-91
Scope and Contents
Historical financial instruments, such as bonds, stock certificates, treasury notes, checks and a land patent, many bearing decorative engraved vignettes and associated with prominent events and persons in financial and political history. Some of the items include: a 1782 bond issued by France's King Louis XVI, secured by taxes on alcohol and salt, which were bitterly resented by the common people and contributed to the outbreak of the French Revolution; a 1795 certificate for...
Dates:
Created: 1717 - 1967; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2003
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
MC92. Robert P. Crawford Chicago City Hall Radio Collection, 1968-2003
Collection
Identifier: MC-92
Scope and Contents
The Robert P. Crawford Audio Archives contains 58 hours and 47 minutes of tape recorded radio broadcasts, copied onto 63 audio CDs. Robert P. Crawford (b. 1936) was the City Hall Correspondent for WBBM radio in Chicago from the 1960s until his retirement in 2001. The central figures are six Chicago mayors from Richard J. Daley to Richard M. Daley. There are 2148 separate speeches, news conferences, and interviews. There is also an "Archives Preview" disk narrated by Crawford. The collection...
Dates:
Created: 1968 - 2003; Other: Date acquired: 11/20/2004
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
MC93. Illinois Central Blues Club Records, 1986-2006
Collection
Identifier: MC-93
Scope and Contents
The Illinois Central Blues Club was founded in 1986 by Vicki Biddle to promote public education and appreciation of Blues music as a cultural art form, to sponsor live Blues performances, to publicize the significant cultural contributions of Blues musicians, songwriters, and performers, and to promote and participate in Blues festivals in central Illinois. The ICBC collection contains organizational documents such as Articles of Incorporation, lists of founding members, board...
Dates:
Created: 1986 - 2006; Other: Date acquired: 05/00/2006
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
MC94. William Howarth Papers, 1963-1987
Collection
Identifier: MC-94
Scope and Contents
William Howarth is Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. He earned a B.A. at the University of Illinois and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. This collection contains research, notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, and drafts pertaining to travel writings he composed for the National Geographic Society from 1981-1987.Series I (Folders 1-22) St. Lawrence River Research: Research pertaining to Howarth's article, "The St. Lawrence" that...
Dates:
Created: 1963 - 1987; Other: Date acquired: 07/07/2008
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
MC95. Donner Family Collection, 1835-2010
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-95
Scope and Contents
The Donner Family Collection consists of newspaper articles, artifacts, books, correspondence, photographs, articles, journals, newsletters, brochures, notes, photocopies, posters, land grants and deeds, videocassettes, cassette tapes and CD-ROMs. The material pertains to the family of George Donner, who left Sangamon County, Illinois in 1846 to emigrate to California. After a series of mishaps and delays, they and their emigrant party were trapped by heavy snow and faced starvation in the...
Dates:
Created: 1835 - 2010; Other: Date acquired: 09/03/2008
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
MC96. Harold A. Katz Papers, 1965-1983
Collection
Identifier: MC-96
Scope and Contents
Harold A. Katz was elected Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from Glencoe in 1964. He served for nine terms from 1965-1983 and was active in many areas. His special interests included civil liberties, public health and safety, criminal law, regional transportation, licensure legislation, "sunset" legislation, legislative rules and procedures, and the convention for a new state constitution. Perhaps, though, his greatest contribution to the legislature was...
Dates:
Created: 1965 - 1983; Other: Date acquired: 11/19/2009
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
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