Papers
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 145 Collections and/or Records:
K9/45. Black Awareness Week, Papers & Tapes (Spring), 1973
Collection
Identifier: K-09-45
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...
Dates:
Other: Date acquired: 05/11/1973
M2. Springfield Area Neighborhood Organization, Records, 1973-1974
Collection
Identifier: M-02
Scope and Contents
Springfield Area Neighborhood Association (SANO) was a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to improving neighborhood conditions in south-central Springfield (Second Street to Ninth Street and Cook to South Grand Avenue). Founded in 1973 by Ron Huelster. Dissolved in 1974. Minutes, correspondence, incorporation papers, flyers, press releases, newsletters, clippings and reference files, financial records and other materials documenting the founding and activities of SANO,...
Dates:
Created: 1973 - 1974; Other: Date acquired: 12/17/1974
M4. Democratic National Convention Committee Records, 1972-1976
Collection
Identifier: M-04
Scope and Contents
Illinois' delegate to the 1976 Democratic National Convention and member of the Platform Committee. Platform Committee hearing testimony, correspondence from witnesses, constituents and presidential candidates, and drafts and final copies of the 1976 Democratic Platform. Includes letters from constituents urging support of Common Cause "Making Government Work" plank; and urging reversal of the decision to oppose a Constitutional Amendment to prohibit abortion.
Dates:
Created: 1972 - 1976; Other: Date acquired: 08/31/1978
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
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
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