Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 141 Collections and/or Records:
MC15. Springfield World Federalist Association Records, 1948-2001
Collection
Identifier: MC-15
Scope and Contents
The Springfield World Federalist Association Records, 1948-73, consist of 3.85 cubic feet of minutes, correspondence, newsletters, annual reports, topical files, and collected publications. The collection documents the Federalist philosophy and goals, and the organizational structure, activities, and concerns of the local chapter, particularly fund-raising, membership, and educational efforts, and its relations with the national and regional Federalist organizations.Collection...
Dates:
Created: 1948 - 2001
MC17. Center for Alternative Education Records, 1970-1982
Collection
Identifier: MC-17
Scope and Contents
Not-for-profit alternative secondary school founded in Springfield in 1970 as the The Learning Community. Name changed to the Center for Alternative Education in 1980. In its early years, many students were children of Sangamon State University professors. Directors included Joe McHugh and Nancy Ranyard. Due to financial problems, the Center closed in 1982.
Minutes, by-laws, articles of incorporation, reports, contracts, applications, correspondence, schedules, journals, student...
Dates:
Created: 1970 - 1982; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1983
MC20. Different Drummer, School Records, 1971-1972
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-20
Scope and Contents
Records of A Different Drummer, 1971-72, include a collection of philosophical statements and proposals, membership lists, public announcements, correspondence, financial statements, notes and research papers documenting the school's organization, philosophy and curriculum.
A Different Drummer was an alternative school founded in Springfield for students aged 10-18.
Dates:
Created: 1971 - 1972; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1982
MC24. Springfield Coalition for Fair Electricity Rates, Records, 1976-1981
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-24
Scope and Contents
A coalition of individuals and representatives of community formed in 1976 in response to the proposed rate hike by the municipally-owned utility, City Water, Light and Power (CWLP). Dedicated to electric rate reform.Correspondence, announcements, press releases, clippings, reports, pamphlets, position papers, rate schedules, minutes and agendas, comsumer cost comparisons, and sundry other documents concerning the proposed rate hike by CWLP and the oppositions to it by SCFER. ...
Dates:
Created: 1976 - 1981; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1983
MC25. DES Action Group Records, 1972-1976
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-25
Scope and Contents
The DES Action Group Records, 1972-76, consists of letters, brochures, timetables, newsletters, news clippings, planning and meeting notes, and collected research material documenting the Group's planning, purpose, and publicity efforts; its public hearing on DES; and its preliminary application to the American Cancer Society for a grant. Also includes some materials of the local "Action Faction" of the New American Movement, including notes and newsletters documenting its relations...
Dates:
Created: 1972 - 1976; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1983
MC28. Sunflour Bakery Collective Records, 1981-1982
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-28
Scope and Contents
Not-for-profit bakery collective committed to producing goods containing only pure, natural ingredients. "A worker-owned and democratically managed enterprise" founded by Kay Weyland in 1982. Used ovens at Crows Mill School and sold baked goods at the King Harvest Food Cooperative. Advertisements, recipes, log, minutes, receipts and applications regarding the Collective's philosophy, finances, agreements with Crows Mill School, sales and efforts to incorporate. Also includes...
Dates:
Created: 1981 - 1982; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1983
MC37. Alice Kaige Papers, 1965-1986
Collection
Identifier: MC-37
Scope and Contents
Springfield pacifist, community organizer and professional librarian. Member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Co-founder of the West Side Neighborhood Association, 1977. Minutes, notes, reports, program proposals, newsletters and correspondence of the Central Illinois American Friends Service Committee, 1974-1980, and area committee of the Midwest Regional Office, established in 1972. Documents its establishment as a full-time office in 1976, its...
Dates:
Created: 1965 - 1986
MC40. Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, Springfield Branch, Records, 1954-1989
Collection
Identifier: MC-40
Scope and Contents
Founded by Jane Addams in 1915, the WILPF is dedicated to working by non-violent means for international peace and freedom. The Springfield chapter was founded in 1947 by Francis Blane Hurie. Members have comprised black and white Springfield women, including Mary and Emma Kreider, Docia Ashurst, Martha Tranquilli, Isabel Patrick, Agnes Howarth, Alice Kaige and Mary Johnston. Minutes, constitutions, by-laws, correspondence, newsletters, bulletins, committee records, membership...
Dates:
Created: 1954 - 1989
MC41. Women's Alliance Records, 1978-1983 RESTRICTED
Collection
Identifier: MC-41
Scope and Contents
Minutes, articles of incorporation, by-laws, correspondence, grant proposals, reports, newsletters, news clippings, brochures, printed material, photographs, and administrative, personnel, financial and programmatic records documenting the structure, goals, fundraising, publicity and feminist educational, cultural, athletic, and research activities of the Alliance. The controversy surrounding its participation in the Coal Employment Project, and its annual sponsorship of a women's art show...
Dates:
Created: 1978 - 1983; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1984
MC42. Handy Writer's Colony Collection, 1930-1964
Collection
Identifier: MC-42
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...
Dates:
Created: 1930 - 1964