Newspaper Clippings
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:
MC 106. American Association of University Women Springfield, IL Branch records
Collection — 1 box
Identifier: MC-106
Scope and Contents
American Association of University Women Springfield Branch (AAUW-S) records 2007-2016, including meeting minutes, budget documents, membership lists, by-law revisions, branch publicity and publications, lobbying records, and the branch president’s email communications. Also documented are the AAUW-S’s efforts to get the Equal Rights Amendment ratified in Illinois (2014) and publications of the national AAUW organization, 2014-2016, including the magazine ...
Dates:
Created: 2007-2016; Other: Majority of material found in 2014-2016; Other: Date acquired: 08/12/2016
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
MC27. Brainchild Collective Records, 1973-1985
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-27
Scope and Contents
The Brainchild collective was a women's writing group founded in 1972 to provide a supportive environment for female writers in Springfield. Initially affiliated with Sangamon State University. Members have included Patin Hilton, Peg Knoepfle, Sandra Martin and Rosie Richmond. Also included are documents from Rosemary F. Richmond's memorial service and business "Richmond Staff Development."
Publications, flyers, news clippings, calendars, postcards, photographs and poetry documenting the...
Dates:
Created: 1973 - 1985; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1982
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
MC47. Springfield, Illinois, Citizens Advisory Committee Records, 1973-1976
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-47
Scope and Contents
Appointed by the Mayor. Advises City Council on federal and state programs which require citizen input.
Minutes, agendas, reports and newsclippings regarding the Eastside urban renewal project, community development, community development block grants, fire protection and the Neighborhood Facilities Building.
Dates:
Created: 1973 - 1976; Other: Date acquired: 04/00/1980
MC58. Sangamon County Conservation District Committee Records, 1972-1974
Collection
Identifier: MC-58
Scope and Contents
Formed in 1972 to campaign for a referendum that would establish a conservation district in Sangamon County, Illinois by levying taxes to purchase undeveloped lands for the purpose of conservation and recreation. Major campaign strategists of the Committee were Madeline Dorosheff and her son, Nicholas Dorosheff. Referendum was defeated in 1974.
Memoranda, correspondence, membership and mailing lists, promotion and campaign notes, organizational plans, speech transcripts, brochures,...
Dates:
Created: 1972 - 1974; Other: Date acquired: 04/00/1986
MC61. Springfield Mobilization for Peace & Freedom, Records, 1982-1984
Collection
Identifier: MC-61
Scope and Contents
Founded in 1982 as the Springfield Peace Coalition by Ed Haber, Phil Salisbury, Alice Kaige, Jarl Tremail, Tom Kinzie, and John Williams. Aligned with the Illinois Nuclear Weapons FREEZE, its purpose was to educate the public about the threat of nuclear war and to secure public support for actions which would reduce the chance of nuclear confrontation between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. In 1985, the Coalition affiliated with the national Mobilization for Survival and changed its name to...
Dates:
Created: 1982 - 1984; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1986
MC62. School Enrollment Composition Study Committee, Records, 1970-1971
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-62
Scope and Contents
Appointed by the District 186 School Board in 1970. More than one hundred members chosen after contacting Springfield churches, clubs and civic organizations. Charged to develop plans to reduce racial imbalance which existed in Springfield public schools. Minutes, agenda, memoranda, membership and committee lists, news clippings and reports documenting the Committee's attempts to plan for equal educational opportunity and racial desegregation of the schools. Also contains a...
Dates:
Created: 1970 - 1971