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This collection contains the newspaper clippings of the Center arranged by city and topic. The cities covered are Decatur, Peoria and Springfield (including the Ice Storm of March/April 1978), Illinois. Included in the collection are some stories about Morton, Illinois and Richland Community College. Topics include a wide range of community concerns: city government, schools, housing, public health, water quality, development, taxes, police/crime, zoning, and others.

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Included in this collection is information that was gathered at several middle-sized cities in central Illinois ranging from demographics of these cities to public opinions on their public services (healthcare, police, etc.). Also included in this collection are things pertaining to social justice and local government/state government observation.

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These are the planning papers and the preliminary data from an unfunded project on Quality of Life Among the Aging. Included in the collection are letters, memos, a bibliography on aging, census statistics on aging for Springfield from 1900 to 1970, characteristics of Older Persons in Illinois, and information about Senior Citizens Commission of Springfield, Senior Citizens of Sangamon County (including the White Cottage of Springfield), and other materials.

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The collection includes the records of the Qualify of Life Project. These records include the surveys of eight Illinois communities on quality of life. These cities included Bloomington-Normal, Champaign-Urbana, Decatur, East St. Louis, Peoria, Rockford, Rock Island-Moline, and Springfield. Also included are what instruments were used in the survey, questionnaires, computer printouts of statistical data and other materials relating to the project.

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This collection contains minutes, reports, grant documents, correspondence and other materials of the Central Illinois Consortium for Health Manpower Education, (CICHME).

Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal papers of Charles A. Schweighauser relating to his time as a professor for the Environmental Studies, Astronomy, and English programs at Sangamon State University (later University of Illinois-Springfield) and as the Director of the university’s observatory. It includes correspondence, memoranda, program and project proposals, meeting minutes, syllabi, assignment and exam prompts, photographs, and audiovisual materials relating to his extremely varied...

Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal papers of Charles Strozier relating to his time as an Assistant Professor of History at Sangamon State University. It includes correspondence, memoranda, research notes, manuscript drafts, meeting minutes, course materials, and related materials concerning the administration of the history program, his research into Polish historiography and the psychology of Abraham Lincoln, and courses he taught at Sangamon State University. There are also a small...

Scope and Contents This collection contains material relating to Christopher Breiseth's work at Sangamon State University and his work with various community action organizations. The collection is divided into six series: Community Action Program Mission Notebooks and Reports, Community Action Program Reference Files, ‘The War on Poverty’ Publications, Springfield Urban League, Sangamon State University, and Correspondence.Series I: Community Action Program Mission Notebooks and Reports,...

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This collection contains the personal papers of Clarence Danhof. Correspondence files largely relate to his work at Sangamon State University and the administrative and curricular management of the Economics and Organization and Management programs. The rest of the collection concerns Danhof’s research on Springfield’s urban development, comprising research notes, official publications, budget reports, maps, and related material. Arranged alphabetically.

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This collection contains minutes, draft reports, reports on graduate assistantship allocations, job descriptions, and other related materials.