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...

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...

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Optometrist James Abrams and his wife, Edith, collected newspapers after moving to Arthur, Illinois in 1916.

The collection includes copies of the Chicago Daily Tribune and other Illinois and Midwestern newspapers featuring historical headlines, particularly World War II, D-Day, and the Korean War.

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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.

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. ...

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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.

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 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...

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...