Papers
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 161 Collections and/or Records:
M5. Federal State Partnership Panel Records, 1974-1976
Collection
Identifier: M-05
Scope and Contents
This series consists of working papers. Correspondence, minutes, reports and grant applications. Included are materials on the South Carolina Arts Foundation, the Community Arts Development Panel, and the National Endowments for the Arts - Arts Technical Assistance program. Also included are applications for Chairman's Discretionary Grants.
Dates:
Created: 1974 - 1976; Other: Date acquired: 05/27/1980
M7. Task Force on Future of Illinois Records, 1977-1980
Collection
Identifier: M-07
Scope and Contents
The files of Task Force on the Future of Illinois are divided into five series. Series 1: The Administration & process file, consists of agenda, minutes, correspondence, proposals and applications. Series II: Topic resource file, consists of bibliography, clippings, reports, surveys, etc. Series III: Coordination with other organizations file, consists of agenda, minutes, memos, correspondence, etc. Series IV: Public Participation File, consists of testimony, planning materials,...
Dates:
Created: 1977 - 1980; Other: Date acquired: 03/25/1988
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
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
MC29. Ernest Nielsen Papers, 1976-1983
Collection
Identifier: MC-29
Scope and Contents
Lawyer with Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance, Inc., 1977-1983. Active in Springfield's Eastside neighborhood and energy self-reliance citizens' groups and community organizations. (1) Minutes, correspondence and sub-committee records of the Citizen's Advisory Committee, 1976-1981, regarding the goals, activities and policies of this official citizens' group, and Springfield's citizen participation plan and community development block grant program. (2) Correspondence and other...
Dates:
Created: 1976 - 1983; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1983
MC31. William H. Logan Jr., Papers, 1968-1979
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-31
Scope and Contents
Director of the Community Development and Program Department for the City of Springfield beginning in 1979. Community activities included work with the Springfield-Sangamon County Regional Planning Commission, the Capital City Railroad Relocation Authority and the Springfield East Association. Served as Managing Editor of The Spirit of Black Springfield, a community newspaper affiliated with the Black Action Movement of Springfield and published in the late sixties. Also served as...
Dates:
Created: 1968 - 1979; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1984
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