Audio CDs
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
G1/6/2. "Skirting Convention: 12 Women Who Changed Springfield" Program
Collection — Tapes
Identifier: G-01/06/02
Scope and Contents
Consists of material relating to the WUIS/WIPA FM radio program "Skirting Convention: Twelve Women Who Changed Springfield" which premiered on March 8, 2007 and ran on-air for several months; a CD of the program was released on September 27, 2007. The program, authored by Kavitha Cardoza, profiled twelve women who influenced history and worked for social change in Springfield. The file contains background research materials on each of the women as well as a press release and a program that...
Dates:
Created: 2007; Other: Date acquired: 10/03/2007
J9/5/50. History Program, Oral History, Tapes & Memoirs, 1972-
Collection — Memoir Files/Tapes
Identifier: J-09-05/50
Scope and Contents
Oral History Tapes & Memoirs, consisting of oral history interviews recorded on cassette tapes and conducted by the the Oral History staff and others since 1972. The memoirs are edited typed transcripts of the taped interviews.
The master copies of the tapes and memoirs are stored in the Oral History Master Manuscript and Collateral file (file cabinets).
Most typed memoirs are open for research, but some are closed and a few others may not be copied.
The collateral files contain...
Dates:
Other: Date acquired: 10/00/1989
MC86. Michael Townsend, Micro-Radio Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC-86
Scope and Contents
Records, collected literature, and audio and videotapes concerning the unlicensed, low-power radio station of Mbanna Kantako of Springfield, Illinois, and the micro-radio movement in general. The efforts of the FCC to shut down Kantako's radio station attracted international press attention. This material was largely collected or created by Michael Townsend, an associate professor of Child, Family and Community Services at UIS. Its primary focus is Mbanna Kantako (originally...
Dates:
Created: 1989 - 2002; Other: Date acquired: 10/26/1998
MC90. Jim Grubbs Armed Forces and Small Market Radio Collection, 1951-2001
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-90
Scope and Contents
Jim Grubbs, Assistant Professor of Communication at UIS, was a radio broadcaster for the Far East Network (FEN), stationed in Tokyo, Japan during the 1960s. Later Grubbs was an announcer for WSMI in Litchfield, Illinois. In 1976, Grubbs and several other SSU employees and community members were granted a license for a station (98.7-WNNS) in Springfield. He was recognized by Billboard Magazine as one of the outstanding small-market DJs in the United States in 1971. The...
Dates:
Created: 1951 - 2001; Other: Date acquired: 01/10/2005
MC92. Robert P. Crawford Chicago City Hall Radio Collection, 1968-2003
Collection
Identifier: MC-92
Scope and Contents
The Robert P. Crawford Audio Archives contains 58 hours and 47 minutes of tape recorded radio broadcasts, copied onto 63 audio CDs. Robert P. Crawford (b. 1936) was the City Hall Correspondent for WBBM radio in Chicago from the 1960s until his retirement in 2001. The central figures are six Chicago mayors from Richard J. Daley to Richard M. Daley. There are 2148 separate speeches, news conferences, and interviews. There is also an "Archives Preview" disk narrated by Crawford. The collection...
Dates:
Created: 1968 - 2003; Other: Date acquired: 11/20/2004
MC102/1. Recycling Archives: Blue Mountain Center Interviews
Collection — 3 folders
Identifier: MC-102/1
Scope and Contents
This disk contains a collection of interviews of recycling activists who met at the Blue Mountain Center at Blue Mountain Lake, New York on June 1-3, 2007. The interviews were held in a chain format with each interviewer/ interviewee pair switching roles and performing a second interview after the first. The participants include 14 prominent members of the recycling field with discussions held in 22 separate audio tracks. Each participant is asked a series of questions from an established...
Dates:
Created: 2007; Other: Date acquired: 06/05/2011
P/Catchpole. Mattilou Catchpole, Personal Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P-Catchpole, Series I
Scope and Contents
Papers of Mattilou Catchpole, Professor Emeritus at UIS. Catchpole served as director of Sangamon State's Nurse Anesthesia and Nurse Anesthesia Completion programs (1978-1991), within the School of Health and Human Services. Catchpole was employed as associate professor in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences (1991-1994) and later as an adjunct instructor, teaching courses in the Women's Studies program (WMS). Materials include documents related to Catchpole's military service during the...
Dates:
Created: 1946-2010; Other: Date acquired: 08/18/2010
P/Schweighauser. Charles Schweighauser, Personal Papers, 1985-2008 Series IV
Collection — Box 4
Identifier: P-Schweighauser Series IV
Scope and Contents
Papers of Charles Schweighauser:Box 1 includes correspondence, memos, course proposals, lecture notes, syllabuses and examinations.Box 2 includes correspondence, memos, course proposals, lecture notes, syllabuses and examinations. It also contains information regarding the UIS Observatory. Of particular interest are press releases, articles, and photographs pertaining to the University's telescope specifically designed to accommodate people in wheelchairs (the...
Dates:
Created: 1985 - 2008; Other: Date acquired: 05/28/2009