Records
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 221 Collections and/or Records:
M2. Springfield Area Neighborhood Organization, Records, 1973-1974
Collection
Identifier: M-02
Scope and Contents
Springfield Area Neighborhood Association (SANO) was a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to improving neighborhood conditions in south-central Springfield (Second Street to Ninth Street and Cook to South Grand Avenue). Founded in 1973 by Ron Huelster. Dissolved in 1974. Minutes, correspondence, incorporation papers, flyers, press releases, newsletters, clippings and reference files, financial records and other materials documenting the founding and activities of SANO,...
Dates:
Created: 1973 - 1974; Other: Date acquired: 12/17/1974
M4. Democratic National Convention Committee Records, 1972-1976
Collection
Identifier: M-04
Scope and Contents
Illinois' delegate to the 1976 Democratic National Convention and member of the Platform Committee. Platform Committee hearing testimony, correspondence from witnesses, constituents and presidential candidates, and drafts and final copies of the 1976 Democratic Platform. Includes letters from constituents urging support of Common Cause "Making Government Work" plank; and urging reversal of the decision to oppose a Constitutional Amendment to prohibit abortion.
Dates:
Created: 1972 - 1976; Other: Date acquired: 08/31/1978
M9. Meteorological Records, Springfield, Illinois, 1879-1994
Collection
Identifier: M-09
Scope and Contents
Daily weather observation records compiled in Springfield, showing barometric pressure, temperature, daily highs and lows, relative humidity, dew point, wind direction and velocity, amounts of sunshine, cloud types, precipitation amounts, and sunset observations. Also includes sums and means of observations, and monthly and annual summaries. In the years before 1948, written descriptions of unusual phenomena (frosts, halos, heavy precipitation, droughts, auroras, meteor showers,...
Dates:
Created: 1879 - 1994; Other: Date acquired: 09/07/1990
MC40. Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, Springfield Branch, Records, 1954-1989
Collection
Identifier: MC-40
Scope and Contents
Founded by Jane Addams in 1915, the WILPF is dedicated to working by non-violent means for international peace and freedom. The Springfield chapter was founded in 1947 by Francis Blane Hurie. Members have comprised black and white Springfield women, including Mary and Emma Kreider, Docia Ashurst, Martha Tranquilli, Isabel Patrick, Agnes Howarth, Alice Kaige and Mary Johnston. Minutes, constitutions, by-laws, correspondence, newsletters, bulletins, committee records, membership...
Dates:
Created: 1954 - 1989
MC41. Women's Alliance Records, 1978-1983 RESTRICTED
Collection
Identifier: MC-41
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...
Dates:
Created: 1978 - 1983; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1984
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
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
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
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
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