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The SSU Data Book was a continuing report, frequently updated, of enrollment statistics. It contained information about graduate and undergraduate, full-time and part-time, on-campus and off-campus enrollments. Included were sections on enrollment by program, age, race, ethnic group, county, and transfer institution. Enrollment projections and cost studies are also included. Cover memos for the update are present. Publication ceased in 1983.

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Student papers of Richard Wright's winter 1971-72 course in Cell Structure & Function. Each paper is a chapter of the "Structure & Function of Cells" publication issued by SSU in March 1972. See boxlist for complete list of papers and subjects.

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The materials collected here include works written, edited, contributed to, and arranged by Sangamon State University and University of Illinois at Springfield faculty, and are composed of books, journal articles, forewords for books, and music arrangements. These items include textbooks, journals, photocopied writings, sheet music, University informational handouts, and conference and committee publications.

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Student Handbook published by the Office of Student Affairs. Contains information about the campus, such as a calendar of events, pertinent phone numbers, office locations, program abbreviations, building name abbreviations, athletic schedules, volunteering opportunities, and campus policies and codes. Missing years: 1974, 1976, 1981-82, 1983-84, 1989-90, 1994-95, 1996-97, 2004-2005

Scope and Contents A Sangamon County family based in Loami. Descendants of the historically significant Donners whose 1846 emigrant trip to California ended tragically in the Sierra-Nevada Mountains.Photographs, news clippings, memorial books, correspondence, recipes, a scrapbook, and a diary documenting family relationships, reunions, trips, personal events, and group activities in the lives of the Donners descending from Irven and Emma Martin Donner, and of the Hill family, as related to this...

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...

Scope and Contents The Donner Family Collection consists of newspaper articles, artifacts, books, correspondence, photographs, articles, journals, newsletters, brochures, notes, photocopies, posters, land grants and deeds, videocassettes, cassette tapes and CD-ROMs. The material pertains to the family of George Donner, who left Sangamon County, Illinois in 1846 to emigrate to California. After a series of mishaps and delays, they and their emigrant party were trapped by heavy snow and faced starvation in the...

Scope and Contents Harold A. Katz was elected Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from Glencoe in 1964. He served for nine terms from 1965-1983 and was active in many areas. His special interests included civil liberties, public health and safety, criminal law, regional transportation, licensure legislation, "sunset" legislation, legislative rules and procedures, and the convention for a new state constitution. Perhaps, though, his greatest contribution to the legislature was...

Scope and Contents This collection of items relating to U.S. Highway 66 was collected by Ron Peddicord from 1991 to 2012. Items in the collection include guidebooks, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, postcards, maps, brochures, photographs, license plates, and various artifacts associated with the people, businesses, roadside attractions, and events along Route 66 in Illinois and other states, but more specifically in Sangamon County, Illinois. Also included are general items about other Illinois...

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The books in the collection were given to Tinks Howe by Lowney Handy during the period between 1945 and 1950. The collection was donated by Helen Howe, Tink's wife. The letters are in the period of 1949-50 and are between Lowney Handy, Tinks Howe, James Jones, Mitch (Scribner editor for From Here to Eternity), and Willie (another writer). Tinks traveled with Lowney and the group at various times during this period and served as their sponsor on a regular basis to help with expenses.