Newspapers
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
G1/1/6. University Relations, Subject File, 1981-2005
Collection
Identifier: G-01/01/06
Scope and Contents
The University Relations subject File, 1981-2001 consists of memos, correspondence, reports, speeches, meeting notes, news clippings, and other material between the UIS campus community and internal and external entities.
This file contains recruitment reports, including the search for a new Chancellor when Naomi Lynn retired and Richard Ringeisen was selected; the expansion of the campus with the construction of the Health and Sciences Building; the implementation of the Capital Scholars...
Dates:
Created: 1981 - 2005; Other: Date acquired: 03/11/2009
K8/2/3. International Festival Records, 1979-2014
Collection — Poster
Identifier: K-08-02/03
Scope and Contents
The International Festival is an annual program that highlights the cultural diversity at Sangamon State University/University of Illinois at Springfield. Organized by the International Student Organization, the festival features exhibits, food, and entertainment provided by international students and featuring their home countries. Each yearly festival is centered on a theme that explores the unique differences between the featured countries. Examples of themes include wedding...
Dates:
Created: 1979 - 2014; Other: Date acquired: 09/16/2008
MC07/1. Old Salem Chautauqua Newspaper, 1920, 1923
Collection — Microfilm Reel
Identifier: MC-07/1
Scope and Contents
Copies of the Old Salem Chautauquan newspaper from August 8, 1920 - August 19, 1920. Also included is one issue of the Petersburg Democrat (August 17, 1923). On Microfilm. This paper was published by the Petersburg (Illinois) Observer newspaper for the Old Salem Chautauqua Association.
Dates:
Created: 1920 - 1923; Other: Date acquired: 08/20/1979
MC74. Polly (Silver) Myers, Newspaper Clippings & Scrapbook, 1945-1976
Collection
Identifier: MC-74
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of newspapers dealing with the assassination of John K. Kennedy (1963), Martin Luther King (1968) and Robert F. Kennedy (1968), the death of Winston Churchill (1965), the first lunar landing (1969), the reconstruction of the Old State Capitol in Springfield (1968) and the U.S. Bicentennial (1976). Newspapers include the Illinois State Register, the Illinois State Journal-Register, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, and others. ...
Dates:
Created: 1945 - 1976
MC78. Springfield's Voice, Newspaper, 1972-1980
Collection
Identifier: MC-78
Scope and Contents
Bi-monthly, alternative newspaper, edited by Ken McNeil, Virgil Rhodes and William Washington, featuring coverage of the black community in Springfield, Illinois, including politics, black organizations, churches, and businesses. The collection also contains two issues of The National Black Monitor (1977), five issues of The Voice of the Black Community (Springfield, 1977-80), and The Voice, History Supplement, 1979.
Dates:
Created: 1972 - 1980
MC95. Donner Family Collection, 1835-2010
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-95
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...
Dates:
Created: 1835 - 2010; Other: Date acquired: 09/03/2008
MC98. Springfield Record Newspaper - Race Riot Issues
Collection — Folders
Identifier: MC-98
Scope and Contents
This record series includes original issues of the Springfield Record newspaper between August 15 and August 20, 1908 during the Springfield Race Riots. While the newspaper contains articles on a variety of subjects, ranging from sports to local and national new, the primary significance of these issues are the articles that pertain to the Race Riots. These articles include stories about mob lynchings, mob prosecutions, stories pertaining to survivors, and the trial that instigated the...
Dates:
Created: 1908
MC100. Ron Peddicord Route 66 Collection, 1912-2012
Collection
Identifier: MC-100
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...
Dates:
1912-2012; Other: Majority of material found in 1991-2012; Other: Date acquired: 02/15/2012
N1. SSU/UIS Student Newspapers and Publications
Digital Record
Identifier: N1
Dates:
Digitized: 1969-
Found in:
UIS Archives/Special Collections
N1. Student Newspaper and Publications, 1969-
Collection
Identifier: N-01
Scope and Contents
This press file contains the official and underground student newspapers, newsletters, flyers, and other periodical publications. It includes: the Monthly Rag (1971-73), The Weekly Spenserian (1970-71), the Spectrum (1970-77), the Sangamon Gazette (1970-71), the Phoenix (1971-74), the Atlantis (1969-70), the Authoritarian Times (1981-85), the SSU Pipeline (1976-79), the SSU Prairie Star (1979-84), Sangamon Slate (1984), the SSU News (1985-94), the Sangamon Star (1995-96), and the UIS Journal...
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date