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Audio Broadcasts for MUS 492: The Changing Symphony taught by SSU professor Mark Siebert as Radio Side-band Course during Fall of 1980 and 1981. Each program consists of tapes with a narrative script and the music used. This course covered the changing symphony from its beginnings in the 18th century to the present with emphasis on listening. [Fall 1980: 81 reels stored with tape collection TM] & [Fall 1981: 60 tapes stored 6-M-2]

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Four reels of 35mm color negative film, showing the 1997 UIS graduating class attending the commencement ceremonies of May 10, 1997. The film contains photos of graduates, both individually and with spouses, family members, etc. Includes a 9 page alphabetical index of the graduates showing the roll and frame number. Photos taken by Chappell Studio, Inc., of Fairfield, Iowa.

Scope and Contents Founded by Jane Addams in 1915, the WILPF is dedicated to working by non-violent means for international peace and freedom. The Springfield chapter was founded in 1947 by Francis Blane Hurie. Members have comprised black and white Springfield women, including Mary and Emma Kreider, Docia Ashurst, Martha Tranquilli, Isabel Patrick, Agnes Howarth, Alice Kaige and Mary Johnston. Minutes, constitutions, by-laws, correspondence, newsletters, bulletins, committee records, membership...

Scope and Contents Six reels of 16 mm. color and black-and-white film documenting travels in Europe, the western United States, Canada, Alaska and Mexico. Scenes include the passenger ship Leviathan leaving New York Harbor and entering a British port, London and Paris, ca. 1931-33; South Dakota Badlands; Prince Ruppert, Canada; Juneau, Alaska; Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco, California. Also included are scenes in Ensenada, LaPaz, Mazatlan and Magdalena, Mexico. Of special interest are wildlife...

Scope and Contents Springfield affiliate of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, organized in 1980. Aired half hour programs on WSSR-FM. Associated with SSU's Studies in Social Change Committee. Over 35 audio tapes of Crystal Radio productions. Producers include Harv Koplo, Doug Nicodemus, Cat Feral, Ron Sakolsky, Kathy Mastroddi, David Lasley, and Center for Alternative Education. Topics include home birth, religion, Native Americans, "Grass Roots Group of Second Class Citizens,"...

Scope and Contents When the Illinois Department of Corrections was created in 1970, its Juvenile Division assumed the duties of the Illinois Youth Commission: the annual Governor's Conference on Youth, publications on substance abuse, child abuse and delinquency prevention, the Illinois Junior Sports Jamboree, surveying the detention of juveniles in county jails, and the Chicago Area Project. Series I: includes planning records, programs, meeting minutes, correspondence, memos, clippings, press...

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...

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Tape Collection (1970-current) consists of a variety of topics on video tapes, reel-to-reel tapes and audio cassettes. Topics include the inauguration of President Spencer, the first SSU Commencement in 1972 and other commencement ceremonies, Sangamon River Basin Project, Psychology Today, poetry readings, Festival of Verbal Arts, Gerontology Institute, Black Awareness week, and many others

Note: See Audio/Visual Database (AV db)

Scope and Contents Tape Masters Collection (1970-) contains reel-to-reel audio tape masters on a variety of subjects. These tape masters were used for the production of radio classroom programs. Subjects include the Gerontology Institute (1976), Conference on Law and the Handicapped (1980), Contemporary Perspectives on Abraham Lincoln (1977), Lincoln's Thought's and the Present (1976), Great Literature and Social Problems (1978), course lectures including MUS494 Opera as Drama, MUS 493 Jazz Roots, and HIS421...

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This collection includes proposals, draft of plans, posters, announcements, memos to both the Springfield and the campus community, tapes of speakers and discussions.