Scope and Contents The UIS Alumni SAGE Society created the Legacy Oral History Project to collect personal stories of individuals which reflect the University's founding and history. While many official documents exist that chronicle the development of SSU/UIS, few personal stories or memorabilia were available until this task was undertaken. Members of the Alumni SAGE Society interviewed some of the first students who attended UIS' predecessor - Sangamon State University. The questions asked included...

Scope and Contents This oral history focuses on the history of home birth advocate Catherine Feral and her memories of her life in Springfield, IL, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. McGregor, a long serving history professor at UIS sought to understand and preserve the story of Cat Feral's contributions to the Women's Health Movement. This story includes a description of her childbirth practice in Illinois and also notes the federal government charges of consumer fraud brought against Feral in 1982 that...

Scope and Contents Collection consists primarily of student created project binders in fulfillment of course requirements (specifically LES 489 Wrongful Conviction of the Innocent) related to the University of Illinois at Springfield's Downstate Illinois Innocence Project. Files include independent research conducted by students as well as court transcripts, police reports, forensics reports, information on legal precedents, correspondence, course handouts and assignments as well as student created papers and...

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Student placement files, 1972-78, of the Career Services and Placement Office, including student career placement forms, student teaching evaluations, grades, resumes, transcripts, and letters of recommendation.

Scope and Contents Transcripts of proceedings of the U.S. District Court case, Rev. Negil L. McPherson et al. vs. School District #186, popularly called the Springfield School Desegregation case. The court ruled in favor of the plaintiff, forcing the desegregation of Springfield schools. The hearings took place September-October 1975. In the United States District Court, Southern District of Illinois, Southern Division, Rev. Negil L. McPherson, Sr., et al (plaintiffs) v School District #186, Springfield,...

Scope and Contents The files of Task Force on the Future of Illinois are divided into five series. Series 1: The Administration & process file, consists of agenda, minutes, correspondence, proposals and applications. Series II: Topic resource file, consists of bibliography, clippings, reports, surveys, etc. Series III: Coordination with other organizations file, consists of agenda, minutes, memos, correspondence, etc. Series IV: Public Participation File, consists of testimony, planning materials,...

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Transcripts of 228 speeches, addresses and remarks delivered by Illinois Governor Adlai E. Stevenson during his campaign for U.S. President in 1952. Topics include domestic policy, off-shore oil deposits, McCarthyism, foreign policy and Korea. Includes his welcoming address at the Democratic National Convention, speeches given during his campaign train tour and his concession speech to President-elect Eisenhower.

Scope and Contents Papers of Mattilou Catchpole, Professor Emeritus at UIS. Catchpole served as director of Sangamon State's Nurse Anesthesia and Nurse Anesthesia Completion programs (1978-1991), within the School of Health and Human Services. Catchpole was employed as associate professor in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences (1991-1994) and later as an adjunct instructor, teaching courses in the Women's Studies program (WMS). Materials include documents related to Catchpole's military service during the...

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...

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This collection includes proposals, draft of plans, posters, announcements, memos to both the Springfield and the campus community, tapes of speakers and discussions.