Photographs
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
MC33. Railway Quarterly Photograph Collection, ca 1980
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-33
Scope and Contents
One hundred and nine 8" x 10" black and white photographs depicting railroads in Illinois, including shots of Illinois Terminal Railroad Company, Chicago & Illinois Midland, Illinois Central Gulf and Amtrak railroad cars. Taken by rail photographer Donald Sims. Some were published in the Spring 1980 issue of Railway Quarterly, a copy of which is included.
Dates:
Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1980
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
MC46. First National Bank, Springfield, Illinois Records, 1919-1969
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-46
Scope and Contents
Photographs, glass plate negatives, printing plates documenting the First National Bank of Springfield, particularly the lobby at Sixth and Washington Streets (ca. 1917-1919), interior of the building constructed at Fifth and Adams in 1919, and building exteriors. Includes award certificates from the Associated Colleges Of Illinois, Springfield Association of Commerce and Industry, and Committee for Higher Education in Central Illinois; and an architect's sketch of the building by Hemle and...
Dates:
Created: 1919 - 1969; Other: Date acquired: 11/00/1979
MC51. Marie Porter Wheeler Papers, 1876-1926
Collection — Oversize Items
Identifier: MC-51
Scope and Contents
Afro-American woman born in Carbondale, Illinois in 1913. Graduated from high school in Metropolis in 1930. Attended Southern Illinois University and Kentucky State University. Taught in secondary schools in Belgrave and Chester, Illinois. Married Luther Wheeler in 1937, and moved to Springfield in 1942. Diplomas, certificates, photograph albums and memorabilia documenting Wheeler's childhood, family members, and educational activities. Also certificate and diplomas documenting...
Dates:
Created: 1876 - 1926; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1984
MC53. William DiMarco, Railroad Collection, 1901-1981
Collection
Identifier: MC-53
Scope and Contents
Member of the 1972 graduating class at SSU. Budget analyst of the Phillips Petroleum Corporation. Collector of railroad memorabilia. Chiefly 8" x 10" black and white photographic reprints of railroad engines, cars, and yards documenting electric, diesel and particularly steam railroading in Illinois and the midwest, largely 1930-1942. Railroads include Illinois Terminal; Illinois Central Gulf; Springfield Suburban; Wabash; Illinois Central; Gulf, Mobile and Ohio; Chicago and...
Dates:
Created: 1901 - 1981
MC65. Springfield National Organization of Women, Inc. Records, 1971-1991
Collection
Identifier: MC-65
Scope and Contents
Local chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW). Committed to obtaining equal rights for women. Organized in 1971 and chartered in 1972. By-laws, membership lists, correspondence, press releases, clippings, memoranda, photographs, announcements, Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) campaign material, phone bank manual and script, position paper, and business records generated by this chapter documenting its campaign and educational activities, including the 1973 ERA Day, 1980...
Dates:
Created: 1971 - 1991
MC81. Robert Guymon Collection, 1831-1968
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-81
Scope and Contents
Collection of documents and postcards related to the history of Springfield, Illinois, including letters written by Springfield founding father Elijah Iles (1831), Illinois Governor and Senator Shelby Cullom (1880), Illinois Congressman William Springer (1883), Springfield businessman Jabez Capps (1874), and Logan Hay (1942); documents related to the Post #1 of the Grand Army of the Republic in Decatur and the Freemasons of Springfield; sixteen historic postcards of Springfield scenes,...
Dates:
Created: 1831 - 1942; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1995
MC94. William Howarth Papers, 1963-1987
Collection
Identifier: MC-94
Scope and Contents
William Howarth is Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. He earned a B.A. at the University of Illinois and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. This collection contains research, notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, and drafts pertaining to travel writings he composed for the National Geographic Society from 1981-1987.Series I (Folders 1-22) St. Lawrence River Research: Research pertaining to Howarth's article, "The St. Lawrence" that...
Dates:
Created: 1963 - 1987; Other: Date acquired: 07/07/2008