Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal papers of Alice Kaige relating to her involvement in pacifist and women’s rights movements and the West Side Neighborhood Association in Springfield, Illinois. It is divided into five series: American Friends Service Committee, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Peace Movements, Other Activism, and West Side Neighborhood Association.Series I: American Friends Service Committee, 1969-1978, contains materials relating to the...

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...