Scope and Contents Papers of John Keiser, member of SSU History faculty, 1970-1978, and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, 1971-1978. Speech drafts, official memos, letters, tenure self-evaluations, and clippings concerning Keiser's career as a SSU history professor and in SSU administration. Includes Keiser's hard-bound compilation of his addresses to faculty (1971-1978), a hard-bound, unpublished manuscript describing faculty unrest at Eastern Illinois University (where Keiser taught before his career at...

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This series is comprised of University events which are not provided for in other records groups or series such as: retirement flyers for Tom Goins, Curt Carlson, Jim Ford (nd), the Third Annual Employee of the Year Recognition dinner, December 11, 1985. The First Annual Governor's Cup Forensic Tournament flyer, Dec, 1980. Also included are flyers and posters announcing campus events sponsored by Student Life, 2005-2014.

Scope and Contents File contains information pertaining to athletics at SSU/UIS from 1978-2006. Sports included are Men's Soccer, Men's Tennis, Men's Basketball, Women's Tennis, Women's Basketball, Women's Volleyball and Women's Softball. Documents include team schedules, rosters, and records as well as tournament programs and team and sport guides. Also contains newspaper clippings from each sport. Documents included in the oversize file are NAIA certificates, publicity posters for Prairie Star teams and...

Scope and Contents The International Festival is an annual program that highlights the cultural diversity at Sangamon State University/University of Illinois at Springfield. Organized by the International Student Organization, the festival features exhibits, food, and entertainment provided by international students and featuring their home countries. Each yearly festival is centered on a theme that explores the unique differences between the featured countries. Examples of themes include wedding...

Scope and Contents Papers and tapes including schedules, programs, posters and other materials of Black Awareness Week (Spring 1973) which was held March 24-31, 1973. Sponsored by the Black Student Union, the week was subtitled, "A Journey Into the Black Culture." Speakers and groups included the Tony Zamora Combo, Alex Haley, Dick Gregory, and Aliza Thnadeka Ngono. Other group participants were: a panel discussion on affirmative action with Arnold Jones, Lowell Turley, John Flamer, William Jacobs and...

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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.

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 The Brainchild collective was a women's writing group founded in 1972 to provide a supportive environment for female writers in Springfield. Initially affiliated with Sangamon State University. Members have included Patin Hilton, Peg Knoepfle, Sandra Martin and Rosie Richmond. Also included are documents from Rosemary F. Richmond's memorial service and business "Richmond Staff Development." Publications, flyers, news clippings, calendars, postcards, photographs and poetry documenting the...

Scope and Contents The Foundation was established in 1986 to present an annual lecture series marking the deadly coal miners' strike in Virden, Illinois in 1898. For many years the Foundation held its annual Mother Jones Dinners at Sangamon State University. The collection includes financial records, membership lists, minutes, correspondence, posters, flyers, and newsletters; also records of arrangements, donations, ticket sales, entertainment, and speakers for the annual Mother Jones Dinner and lecture...

Scope and Contents The Guild is a not-for-profit organization incorporated in 1968, dedicated to promote interest in the arts, crafts and culture of early Illinois. It sponsors Folk Life Festivals at the Clayville Tavern near Pleasant Plains, Illinois and operated a crafts shop and other activities there. Articles of incorporation, by-laws, statement of purpose, master plans, interpretive guidelines, membership lists and list on contributors to the tavern restoration. Also included are agreements...