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Sangamon State University

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 111 Collections and/or Records:

Intersession Papers and Tapes

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0097
Scope and Contents This collection contains multiple series. Each series will list the topic of the Intersession as well as speakers and other information. This collection contains both paper records as well as recordings in a variety of formats.Series One: “Crisis in Confidence II: Corporate America”. Speakers included Robert C. Spencer, William N. Parker, Thomas Benham, Norman Marcus, William Proxmire, Jerry S. Cohen, Mary G. Jones, Edwin C. Berry, George E. Riddick, Caroline Bord, John Munkirs,...
Dates: 1973-1995

J. Michael Lennon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0017
Scope and Contents The bulk of this collection relates to James Jones: Reveille to Taps, a documentary produced by Lennon and Jeffrey Van Davis for Sangamon State University and the Illinois Humanities Council in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities, copyright 1984. The documentary explores James Jones' life and work, his childhood in Illinois, and his stay at the Handy Colony and his relationship with Lowney Handy. Other materials relate to Lennon’s time as a professor at Sangamon State...
Dates: 1949-2003; Majority of material found within 1973-2003

Jackie Jackson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0014
Scope and Contents This collection consists primarily of student letters and audio tapes and digital media relating to Jackson’s radio shows, as well as a small amount of correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and related material from Jackson’s time at Sangamon State University. Series I: Radio Show Documents, (1970-1992), primarily contains letters written by students for Jackson’s radio programs ‘The Author is You’ and ‘Reading, Writing, and Radio.’ Also included are yearly programs for ‘Reading,...
Dates: 1970-2019

James Worthy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0028
Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal papers of James Worthy relating to his time as a member of the President’s Commission on Campaign Costs, the Illinois Board of Education’s Master Plan Committee N on Governing Structure, and as a Professor of Public Administration and Management at Sangamon State University. It includes meeting agendas and minutes, reports, correspondence, memoranda, class notes, and memoirs on the SSU Management Program written by Worthy. It is divided into three...
Dates: 1956-1978

Legal Studies Program Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0112
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a proposal for a law school, correspondence, working papers, notices of events and brochures. Working papers include course syllabi and the program self-evaluation. Correspondence includes letters from John Keiser, Dean of Public Affairs to various SSU faculties. The proposal is for the William Chamberlain Memorial Law School to be established in Springfield in the late 70s. Additional materials include LES records, correspondence, course schedules, part-time...
Dates: 1974-2006

Library Study Committee Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0111
Scope and Contents

This collection includes agendas, minutes, reports, statistical data, and working papers. Among the reports is that by David Kaser, Consultant.

Dates: 1973-1975

Malcolm Levin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0018
Scope and Contents

This collection contains two depositions given by Malcolm Levin and papers related to those depositions. The depositions pertain to a case brought by Andrew Edwards and Anna Edwards against Alex Lacy and Susan Dezondolet, and concerns Levin’s experiences on the Tenure Decision Committee.

Dates: 1982

Mattilou Catchpole Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0031
Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal papers of Mattilou Catchpole relating to her time as an Associate Professor at Sangamon State University (later University of Illinois-Springfield. Catchpole was hired as an Associate Professor in the Health and Human Services program and later became director of the Nurse Anesthesia Program; after that program was discontinued, she joined the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences as an Associate Professor of Women’s Studies. The collection includes...
Dates: 1923-2012

Michael Townsend Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0027
Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal papers of Michael Townsend relating to his time as an Associate Professor of Human Services and Social Work at Sangamon State University. Materials relate to courses he taught, community activist organizations and student groups, guest speakers at the university, and the sociologist Sidney Willhelm, with whom Townsend maintained correspondence. Formats include student newspapers, course syllabi, student papers relating to Springfield and Sangamon...
Dates: 1958-2017

Nancy Fitch Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0008
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the personal papers of Nancy E. Fitch relating to her time as an Assistant Professor of History at Sangamon State University. It includes records concerning her membership on the Advisory Committee for Public Broadcasting, the History Program, the Literature Program, and other items dealing with advising, affirmative action, the Clayville Rural Life Center.

Dates: 1972-1974