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Faculty Project conducted by Patricia Langley on the subject of pay equity contains court cases, studies of comparatable worth from Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Washington states, national and state legislative information and bibliographies. Files also contain news clippings, journal articles, and statistical figures relation to comparatable worth.

Scope and Contents This is a collection of files donated by Rebecca Veach, former Assistant to the Vice President of Academic Affairs for Sangamon State University. It is split into two major sections, a file of administrative documents from 1978 and early 1979, and a copy of the Operations and Procedures manual for Sangamon State University from 1977.The first section contains a large number of different types of documents relating to the administration of the Academic Affairs department. It...

Scope and Contents Library Technical Services, Collection Statistics consists of binders and folders containing statistics for acquisitions, additions, receiving, holdings, withdrawals, growth, and processing for books, periodicals, and non-paper materials. The collection includes annual statistical reports on the university library's holdings for the fiscal years 1990-2010, featuring charts tracking volumes added and withdrawn, book holdings by Library of Congress classifications, and number of periodical...

Scope and Contents Established by order of the U.S. District Court in March 1977, following the Court's December 1976 order providing for the integration of Springfield public schools. Chaired by Ed Armstrong, editor of the Illinois State-Journal Register. Volunteers monitored classrooms and observed bus routes during the first year of integrating Springfield's public schools, rating student-teacher and black-white student relationships, discipline, and health and safety. Administrative records,...

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...

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...

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...

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Papers of Barbara Hayler, Professor Emerita of Criminal Justice at UIS. Contains reports, articles, flyers, newspaper clippings, and collected publications pertaining to women's rights, the 1970s women's liberation movement, and sexual harassment within the workplace. Includes articles, notes, correspondence, and other material related to a 1980 survey conducted by Hayler regarding sexual harassment of female Illinois state government employees.

Scope and Contents Member of the UIS history faculty, 2001-2007. Dr. Paludan held the University's first distinguished chair, the Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies, established in 2001. Before coming to UIS, Paludan taught at University of Kansas, Rutgers University, and University College, Dublin. One of the nation's most preeminent American Civil War historians, Paludan wrote several books on the topic including The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln and Victims, a True Story of the Civil...

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...