Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal papers of Barbara Dickerman relating to her time as community and political activist in Springfield, Illinois. It includes correspondence, notes, reports, meeting minutes, financial records, newsletters, brochures, event fliers, and court records relating to her work on fair housing, civil rights, and gender equality. Records document her work with organizations such as Access to Housing, the League of Women Voters, the National Association for the...

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This collection relates to the Board of Education for Springfield Public Schools, of which Jordan was a member from 1976-1982. It primarily contains meeting minutes of Board meetings, with a small amount of correspondence, petitions, court documents, and similar material relating to the desegregation of the Springfield Public Schools. Arranged chronologically.