Letters
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
MC 106. American Association of University Women Springfield, IL Branch records
Collection — 1 box
Identifier: MC-106
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 ...
Dates:
Created: 2007-2016; Other: Majority of material found in 2014-2016; Other: Date acquired: 08/12/2016
MC80. Eugene B. Redmond Papers, 1977-1994
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-80
Scope and Contents
Poet laureate of East Saint Louis, Illinois and professor of English and Africana Studies at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville. Redmond is the author or editor of 18 volumes, founding editor of Drumvoices Revue, and and associate publisher of Literati Internationale and The Original Blues Annual. In 1993 he won the American Book Award for The Eye in the Ceiling and he serves as the literary executor of the Henry Dumas estate. Programs, bulletins, memoranda,...
Dates:
Created: 1977 - 1994; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1995
MC81. Robert Guymon Collection, 1831-1968
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-81
Scope and Contents
Collection of documents and postcards related to the history of Springfield, Illinois, including letters written by Springfield founding father Elijah Iles (1831), Illinois Governor and Senator Shelby Cullom (1880), Illinois Congressman William Springer (1883), Springfield businessman Jabez Capps (1874), and Logan Hay (1942); documents related to the Post #1 of the Grand Army of the Republic in Decatur and the Freemasons of Springfield; sixteen historic postcards of Springfield scenes,...
Dates:
Created: 1831 - 1942; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1995
MC82. Chandler Family Letters, 1850-1874
Collection — MC82
Identifier: MC-82
Scope and Contents
Letters of the Chandler family of Chandlerville, Illinois, largely between Louisa Chandler Frackleton and members of her family. Correspondents include Louisa's father, Dr. Charles Chandler (1806-1879); her mother Clarysa Chandler; her brothers Charles E. and Harrison T. Chandler; and her cousin Calvin E. Child. Also included is one page from an account ledger, a newspaper article, a photograph of Dr. Chandler, and a "Historical Vignette" on Dr. Chandler, the founder of Chandlerville, Cass...
Dates:
Created: 1850 - 1874; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1981
MC94. William Howarth Papers, 1963-1987
Collection
Identifier: MC-94
Scope and Contents
William Howarth is Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. He earned a B.A. at the University of Illinois and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. This collection contains research, notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, and drafts pertaining to travel writings he composed for the National Geographic Society from 1981-1987.Series I (Folders 1-22) St. Lawrence River Research: Research pertaining to Howarth's article, "The St. Lawrence" that...
Dates:
Created: 1963 - 1987; Other: Date acquired: 07/07/2008
MC42/6. James Jones Literary Society Papers, 1978-2008
Collection — Scrapbook
Identifier: MC-42/6
Scope and Contents
James Jones Literary Society, founded in 1991, became a national organization devoted to promoting the general and academic interests in the literary works and life of Robinson, Illinois native - James Jones, author of From Here to Eternity,The Thin Red Line, and others.This collection consists of the James Jones Literary Society records including board meeting minutes, membership rolls, event programs, newspaper articles, photographs of members and events, and copies of the...
Dates:
Created: 1978 - 2008; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2009
NCACSS Accreditation Papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 0068
Scope and Contents
The Accreditation by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (NCACSS) contains self-study reports as well as reports of NCACSS-appointed visiting teams. It also includes memos, history, status, and project status of the institution.
The collection is primarily in reverse chronological order with other reports added in which are mostly in alphabetically by office of origin.
Dates:
1972-1982
President's Office - Board of Regents files
Collection
Identifier: UA 0036
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, memoranda, reports. Correspondence includes interaction between President Robert Spencer and the Board of Regents regarding student fees, campus competition, response to NCA Evaluation teams and accreditation of SSU. Meeting minutes include Board of Regents meetings that pertain to SSU and NIU. Memoranda from President Spencer to include the following: Wilber Moulton, Board of Regents, Edith Terwilliger and individual board members....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1968-1977
President’s Office – Illinois Board of Higher Education records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0043
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials sent to the President’s office from the Illinois Board of Higher Education. It includes minutes, agendas, executive director reports, memos, and presidential annotations. It should be noted that because of how the collection was originally processed and split, some of the meeting minutes are separated into different boxes.The collection has three series. The first series is meeting notes, agendas, and items relating to the meetings. The second...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1968-1984
President's Records - Internal and External Subject Files – Alex Lacy, Jr.
Collection
Identifier: UA 0032
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the subject files related to President Lacy during his 1978-1980 administration. It contains topics such as the general assembly, degree programs, community colleges, individual programs, and clusters; faculty, staff, and student senates, off-campus instruction, tuition, University Relations, and Federal Programs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1976-1981