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Life insurance salesman, 1896-1968. Purchased Franklin Life Insurance Company of Springfield in 1939.

Brochures, letters, pamphlets, stationery, programs, photographs and photographic slides concerning the Franklin Life Insurance Company in Springfield and its growth under Becker, and his induction into the Illinois Business Hall of Fame.

Scope and Contents American Association of University Women Springfield Branch (AAUW-S) records 2007-2016, including meeting minutes, budget documents, membership lists, by-law revisions, branch publicity and publications, lobbying records, and the branch president’s email communications. Also documented are the AAUW-S’s efforts to get the Equal Rights Amendment ratified in Illinois (2014) and publications of the national AAUW organization, 2014-2016, including the magazine ...

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Springfield playwright and composer. Wrote and directed music and opera productions and pageants.

Librettos, music, programs, posters and other materials documenting the operas "Egypt" (1893), "Elijah" (1927-1928), and "Joseph" (1930), and performances in Springfield, IL, Topeka, KS and St. Louis, MO. Sheet music for Chenery's "Flag Ever Glorious" is included.

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Assistant Librarian 1937-54. Member and Executive Secretary of the Vachel Lindsay Association.

Letters, announcements, programs, brochures, and report regarding the activities of the Vachel Lindsay Association, including annual meetings, composition contests; Marquardt's role as a member and Executive Secretary; and the acquisition and restoration of the Lindsay home. Contains recollections of classes taught by Lindsay at the Springfield YMCA in 1909.

Scope and Contents The Springfield World Federalist Association Records, 1948-73, consist of 3.85 cubic feet of minutes, correspondence, newsletters, annual reports, topical files, and collected publications. The collection documents the Federalist philosophy and goals, and the organizational structure, activities, and concerns of the local chapter, particularly fund-raising, membership, and educational efforts, and its relations with the national and regional Federalist organizations.Collection...

Scope and Contents Minutes, articles of incorporation, by-laws, correspondence, grant proposals, reports, newsletters, news clippings, brochures, printed material, photographs, and administrative, personnel, financial and programmatic records documenting the structure, goals, fundraising, publicity and feminist educational, cultural, athletic, and research activities of the Alliance. The controversy surrounding its participation in the Coal Employment Project, and its annual sponsorship of a women's art show...

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The Thea Chesley papers: SSU clerical Employees AFSCME representation election materials, 1983-1985.

Materials consist of letters from AFSCME; SSU president Durwald Long, Carl Long, Chairperson of the advisory committee on Collective bargaining. AFSMCE literature consists of brochures, memeos, flyers and pamphlets.

Scope and Contents Local chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW). Committed to obtaining equal rights for women. Organized in 1971 and chartered in 1972. By-laws, membership lists, correspondence, press releases, clippings, memoranda, photographs, announcements, Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) campaign material, phone bank manual and script, position paper, and business records generated by this chapter documenting its campaign and educational activities, including the 1973 ERA Day, 1980...

Scope and Contents Papers of Barbara Dickerman, SSU/UIS student, UIS admissions councilor, and Springfield housing and equal rights activist. Collection contains correspondence, reports, notes, newspaper clippings, and other memorabilia from Dickerman's work with such organizations as the League of Women Voters, YWCA, Springfield Housing Authority, NAACP, United Way, MOVE, Inc. and various other groups. Of note is Dickerman's work to desegregate Springfield School District #186, achieve fair...

Scope and Contents Member of the UIS history faculty, 2001-2007. Dr. Paludan held the University's first distinguished chair, the Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies, established in 2001. Before coming to UIS, Paludan taught at University of Kansas, Rutgers University, and University College, Dublin. One of the nation's most preeminent American Civil War historians, Paludan wrote several books on the topic including The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln and Victims, a True Story of the Civil...