Memorabilia
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
MC75. Mother Jones Foundation Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-75
Scope and Contents
The Foundation was established in 1986 to present an annual lecture series marking the deadly coal miners' strike in Virden, Illinois in 1898. For many years the Foundation held its annual Mother Jones Dinners at Sangamon State University.
The collection includes financial records, membership lists, minutes, correspondence, posters, flyers, and newsletters; also records of arrangements, donations, ticket sales, entertainment, and speakers for the annual Mother Jones Dinner and lecture...
Dates:
Created: 1976-2010; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1991
MC80. Eugene B. Redmond Papers, 1977-1994
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-80
Scope and Contents
Poet laureate of East Saint Louis, Illinois and professor of English and Africana Studies at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville. Redmond is the author or editor of 18 volumes, founding editor of Drumvoices Revue, and and associate publisher of Literati Internationale and The Original Blues Annual. In 1993 he won the American Book Award for The Eye in the Ceiling and he serves as the literary executor of the Henry Dumas estate. Programs, bulletins, memoranda,...
Dates:
Created: 1977 - 1994; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1995
MC94. William Howarth Papers, 1963-1987
Collection
Identifier: MC-94
Scope and Contents
William Howarth is Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. He earned a B.A. at the University of Illinois and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. This collection contains research, notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, and drafts pertaining to travel writings he composed for the National Geographic Society from 1981-1987.Series I (Folders 1-22) St. Lawrence River Research: Research pertaining to Howarth's article, "The St. Lawrence" that...
Dates:
Created: 1963 - 1987; Other: Date acquired: 07/07/2008
MC100. Ron Peddicord Route 66 Collection, 1912-2012
Collection
Identifier: MC-100
Scope and Contents
This collection of items relating to U.S. Highway 66 was collected by Ron Peddicord from 1991 to 2012. Items in the collection include guidebooks, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, postcards, maps, brochures, photographs, license plates, and various artifacts associated with the people, businesses, roadside attractions, and events along Route 66 in Illinois and other states, but more specifically in Sangamon County, Illinois. Also included are general items about other Illinois...
Dates:
1912-2012; Other: Majority of material found in 1991-2012; Other: Date acquired: 02/15/2012
MC101. W. Russell Arrington Papers
Collection — Scrapbooks
Identifier: MC-101
Scope and Contents
The W. Russell Arrington gift consists of 21 scrapbooks dating from 1946 to 1979, including original newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, programs, and other documents and memorabilia relating to the career of W. Russell Arrington in the Illinois House of Representatives (1945-1954) and Senate (1955-1972).
Dates:
Created: 1946-1979; Other: Date acquired: 05/17/2012
P/Camp. Dennis Camp, Personal Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P-Camp
Scope and Contents
Personal papers of Dennis Camp, Assoc. Dean of Arts & Sciences program and professor of Literature/English (later Faculty Emeritus of English), and noted Vachel Lindsay scholar. Includes Academic Achievement Award Camp received in 1985; "Illinois Historical Journal," Autumn 1987 & Winter 1986; "The Personalist," Summer 1966; 1970-71 Sangamon State University Catalog; "Sangamon" Spring 1973; "The Book-Mart" Sept. 1979; "Prairie State" 2/14/1983, noting Camp as Commencement speaker...
Dates:
Created: 1966-1986; Other: Date acquired: 05/03/2012
P/Dickerman. Barbara Dickerman, Personal Papers
Collection — Item 1
Identifier: P-Dickerman
Scope and Contents
Papers of Barbara Dickerman, SSU/UIS student, UIS admissions councilor, and Springfield housing and equal rights activist. Collection contains correspondence, reports, notes, newspaper clippings, and other memorabilia from Dickerman's work with such organizations as the League of Women Voters, YWCA, Springfield Housing Authority, NAACP, United Way, MOVE, Inc. and various other groups. Of note is Dickerman's work to desegregate Springfield School District #186, achieve fair...
Dates:
Created: 1968-2009; Other: Date acquired: 06/25/2009
P/Lennon. Michael Lennon, Personal Papers & Tapes, 1973-1991
Collection
Identifier: P-Lennon
Scope and Contents
J. Michael Lennon, Professor of Literature and Director of the Office of Public Affairs Communication, papers (1973-91) consists of:Series I: Production tapes for the PBS television documentary "James Jones: Reveille to Taps" (1983-84), including 104 video tapes. 8 reel-to-reel audio tapes, and one audiocassette. The documentary details the life and work of novelist James Jones: his childhood in Illinois, his stay at the Handy Colony, his relationship with Lowney Handy, and his...
Dates:
Created: 1973 - 1991