Papers
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 157 Collections and/or Records:
MC32. Hagler-Milner Family Papers, 1935-1971
Collection
Identifier: MC-32
Scope and Contents
Two Springfield families with social, political and marital ties, who were leaders in American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary activities. Walter Hagler was Treasurer of Sangamon County in 1938, and County Sheriff from 1942 to 1946. Photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, minutes, and memorabilia chiefly documenting the activities of the Walter Hagler and James Milner families in the activities of Springfield's American Legion (1937-51), the American Legion Auxiliary...
Dates:
Created: 1935 - 1971; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1983
MC34. Charles Herbert Spaulding, Personal Papers, 1927-1972
Collection — 1 water module
Identifier: MC-34
Scope and Contents
Chemical engineer and water purification expert. Came to Springfield in 1926 to start the operation of the water softening plant which he helped design for the Sangamon River Station. Designed the Springfield Water Purification Plant built in 1936. Noted internationally for his invention of the Spaulding Precipitator, used internationally in water treatment plants. During World War II, designed a mobile water filtration unit for use by troops. Technical article, manuscripts and...
Dates:
Created: 1927 - 1972
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
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
MC48. Oscar L. Ulery, Personal Papers, 1901-1970
Collection
Identifier: MC-48
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of daily diaries and sundry letters, receipts, account books, a Ulery family genealogy, and other personal papers documenting the weather, expenses, daily work and experiences; farming and dairy activities in Macoupin and Christian Counties; and police magistrate duties in Morrisonville.
Topics include Morrisonville's Shiloh Church, its UNO Club, crops, shucking corn, cows' breeding histories and dairy yields, hired hands, and income from sales of eggs, butter, hides,...
Dates:
Created: 1901 - 1970; Other: Date acquired: 03/15/1977
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
MC55. Alfred Kamm Papers, 1962-1971
Collection
Identifier: MC-55
Scope and Contents
Long-time employee of the Illinois Office of Public Instruction, chair of the Sub-committee on Special Education of the Springfield Board of Education's School Survey Committee, 1962-63. Kamm, a native of Latvia, received a B.S. from the University of Illinois in 1926, an M.A. from the Teachers College of Columbia University in 1931, and an Ed.D. from New York University in 1944. Chiefly announcements, correspondence, clippings, printed material, reports, research files and...
Dates:
Created: 1962 - 1971; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1984
MC56. Harvey Koplo Papers, 1974-1981
Collection
Identifier: MC-56
Scope and Contents
SSU Alumnus. Former sound technician and coordinator of The Bean, a coffee house for SSU students, founded in 1974 as Rudolph's Bean. Publisher of a "Springfield Coops and Community News." Helped organize Creative Music Inc. in 1979, which sponsored jazz concerts. Includes by-laws, minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and financial records for The Bean coffee house, 1974-1978, documenting its organization, activities, publicity and finances; SSU class material, 1974-1978,...
Dates:
Created: 1974 - 1981
MC57. Thea Chesley Papers, AFSCME Representation Material, 1983-1985
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-57
Scope and Contents
The Thea Chesley papers: SSU clerical Employees AFSCME representation election materials, 1983-1985.
Materials consist of letters from AFSCME; SSU president Durwald Long, Carl Long, Chairperson of the advisory committee on Collective bargaining. AFSMCE literature consists of brochures, memeos, flyers and pamphlets.
Dates:
Created: 1983 - 1985; Other: Date acquired: 02/00/1990
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