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This series is comprised of University events which are not provided for in other records groups or series such as: retirement flyers for Tom Goins, Curt Carlson, Jim Ford (nd), the Third Annual Employee of the Year Recognition dinner, December 11, 1985. The First Annual Governor's Cup Forensic Tournament flyer, Dec, 1980. Also included are flyers and posters announcing campus events sponsored by Student Life, 2005-2014.

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Student Services Housing Records includes correspondence of Dean of Students, Homer Butler and housing coordinators Ernie Eden, Barbara Paiton, and Ted Rucker; applications, contracts, and resident lists for student housing units; brochures, guides, surveys, reports and rent projections for student housing. Also includes material relating to the Springfield Cooperative Housing Association and literature and slides relating to student housing at other universities.

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The Athletics & Recreation Offices Subject File contains correspondence, budget material, program, memos and photographs concerning intramural basketball, the University YMCA, softball, martial arts, tennis, flag football, and soccer. The file was primarily created by Aydin Gonulsen & Homer Butler.

Scope and Contents File contains information pertaining to athletics at SSU/UIS from 1978-2006. Sports included are Men's Soccer, Men's Tennis, Men's Basketball, Women's Tennis, Women's Basketball, Women's Volleyball and Women's Softball. Documents include team schedules, rosters, and records as well as tournament programs and team and sport guides. Also contains newspaper clippings from each sport. Documents included in the oversize file are NAIA certificates, publicity posters for Prairie Star teams and...

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File contains information pertaining to the origination Friends of the Prairie Stars. Founded in 1979, this non-for-profit athletic booster club has sought to provide financial support to the athletic teams at SSU/UIS. Documents include meeting agendas and minutes, membership lists, financial reports and tax documents as well as records of athlete scholarships, fundraisers and membership drives.

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Robert Marsh was the first registrar for SSU and this collection documents the occasion of the first day of registration (September 1970) at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, among other early university milestones. This collection consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, original registration documents, memos and newsletters regarding SSU, and the donor's letter written on the first SSU letterhead (pre-cloverleaf SSU logo).

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...

Scope and Contents This collection mainly consists of photo albums created by the International Students Association. The photographs are students and faculty at many events on and off campus that include the following: Annual International Celebration, Honors Breakfast, Commencement, field trips, food sale days, welcome for new international students, summer picnics, fall wiener roasts, and sporting events. There are also many loose photographs, boxes of slides, 2 VCR tapes, plus an award to the...

Scope and Contents Papers and tapes including schedules, programs, posters and other materials of Black Awareness Week (Spring 1973) which was held March 24-31, 1973. Sponsored by the Black Student Union, the week was subtitled, "A Journey Into the Black Culture." Speakers and groups included the Tony Zamora Combo, Alex Haley, Dick Gregory, and Aliza Thnadeka Ngono. Other group participants were: a panel discussion on affirmative action with Arnold Jones, Lowell Turley, John Flamer, William Jacobs and...

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Life insurance salesman, 1896-1968. Purchased Franklin Life Insurance Company of Springfield in 1939.

Brochures, letters, pamphlets, stationery, programs, photographs and photographic slides concerning the Franklin Life Insurance Company in Springfield and its growth under Becker, and his induction into the Illinois Business Hall of Fame.