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Included in this collection is correspondence between the project leaders and Lincoln experts about the remodel of the Lincoln home as well as the other sites around Springfield. Also included in this collection are interviews with Lincoln experts that would be used in the documentary. There are also scripts and drafts of various speeches, presentations, and pamphlets. There are also various articles about Lincoln and his time in Springfield/Illinois.

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,...

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Appointed by the Mayor. Advises City Council on federal and state programs which require citizen input.

Minutes, agendas, reports and newsclippings regarding the Eastside urban renewal project, community development, community development block grants, fire protection and the Neighborhood Facilities Building.

Scope and Contents Founded in 1982 as the Springfield Peace Coalition by Ed Haber, Phil Salisbury, Alice Kaige, Jarl Tremail, Tom Kinzie, and John Williams. Aligned with the Illinois Nuclear Weapons FREEZE, its purpose was to educate the public about the threat of nuclear war and to secure public support for actions which would reduce the chance of nuclear confrontation between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. In 1985, the Coalition affiliated with the national Mobilization for Survival and changed its name to...

Scope and Contents Appointed by the District 186 School Board in 1970. More than one hundred members chosen after contacting Springfield churches, clubs and civic organizations. Charged to develop plans to reduce racial imbalance which existed in Springfield public schools. Minutes, agenda, memoranda, membership and committee lists, news clippings and reports documenting the Committee's attempts to plan for equal educational opportunity and racial desegregation of the schools. Also contains a...

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Local anti-apartheid organization founded by Rich Miller and Brian Monahan as a project for the SSU class "Organizing for Peace," 1985.

Constitution, leaflets, flyers, agendas, journal articles, receipts, and notes documenting SAFE's fund raising, educational and protest activities. Of note are materials concerning a demonstration to protest the appearance of Kurt von Schirding, South African Ambassador to the United Nations, at Lincoln Land Community College in 1986.

Scope and Contents James Jones Literary Society, founded in 1991, became a national organization devoted to promoting the general and academic interests in the literary works and life of Robinson, Illinois native - James Jones, author of From Here to Eternity,The Thin Red Line, and others.This collection consists of the James Jones Literary Society records including board meeting minutes, membership rolls, event programs, newspaper articles, photographs of members and events, and copies of the...

Scope and Contents A collection of materials from the personal papers of Tania Levy during her time as a Recycling Analyst for the City of Berkeley, California. These papers range from the late 1980s to her retirement in July of 2011. This collection contains a wide variety of materials including personal correspondence, financial records, contact lists, recycling public relations publications, manuals, training videos, and other assorted documents. The subject matter of the documents primary lies in ares of...

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This collection contains Enrollment Projection 1972-73, Academic Computer Use Committee, Academic Budget for 1975-76, the correspondence with J.C. Scheuerman, Vice-president, Planning & Development 1971, the Handbook of Standardized procedures and the President's Report working file 1975. This collection also includes the Monthly Operating Fund Status RPT for the Division of Planning & Development 1974, and for the budget division, 1971-72.

Scope and Contents This collection includes reports, studies, surveys and planning documents prepared by the Planning and Development Division and the Office of Institutional Research, 1970-. Subjects covered include buildings, budget enrollment, faculty projections, long range planning, non-instructional facilities, planning, parking, registrations, student housing, and student profiles. This collection also includes documentation of SSU relations with North Central Association, American...