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GENSKOW, JACK.
Member of SSU/UIS Human Development Counseling Faculty since 1978. Former director of the Decatur Evaluation Center, a residential facility operated by the Illinois Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, which opened in 1965. Reports, clippings, memoranda, bulletins, program guides, correspondence, contract, charts, brochure, photographs, counselors' handbook and work sample concerning the Decatur Evaluation Center under Genskow's directorship. Also includes a master's thesis by University of Illinois student Dennis Hoffman, "An Appraisal of a Vocational Education Program: The Decatur Evaluation Center." Gift of Jack Genskow, 1985. Finding aid available. P/Genskow
GIESECKE, G. ERNST.
(1908-1995)
Papers of G. Ernst Giesecke, SSU Professor of Humanities and Higher Education, 1970-76, Director of Educational Relations 1971-1976, and Professor Emeritus from 1976, including notes on American and German literature (1940-1951), files on campus unrest (1969-1971), correspondence, research and conference notes on the development of an alternative system of Higher Education in Illinois (1971-1977), speeches (1951-1956), publications (1938-1951), research files on the Trinity College "degree mill" (1948-1976) and its prosecution by Illinois Attorney General William J. Scott in 1976, and general correspondence, and course material regarding the community college system in Illinois and issues related to higher education. Gift of G. Ernst Giesecke, 1976-77, 1983
GREATER SPRINGFIELD CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE.
1972 Annual Report of the Chamber of Commerce, including executive director's and committee reports and an officer list, with descriptions of the year's activities and accomplishments. Also Springfield, Illinois: All America City (1970) and You'll Love Living in Springfield, Illinois (1975), photographic promotional guides to Springfield, Illinois featuring services, attractions, institutions, businesses and government. Also a 1980 Classified Membership Roster and Buyer's Guide. Source unknown. LHC 18, 38, 39,
62
Armed Forces and Small Market Radio Collection, 1951-2001 30 audio CDs (.16 cu. ft.) 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 collection includes audio CDs of broadcasts from the Far East and Armed Forces Networks as well as broadcasts from small market radio stations. The CDs from FEN and AFN document the types of radio entertainment military personnel and their dependents listened to during their time in Japan and Alaska. These broadcasts, dating from 1959 to 1971, include comedy, interviews, literature, a children's program, and music ranging from "Big Band" and Country to Top 20. Also included is an oral history of Private Shelby Newhouse, one of the first FEN announcers. Notable broadcasts include a 1972 interview with boxer Muhammed Ali, a 1960 broadcast featuring recordings by Elvis Presley, and a 1981 program detailing the history of WSMI in Litchfield, Illinois. The CDs from the Illinois small market radio collections feature jingles, news, market reports, and music. Also included is the "1971 Billboard Entry" that Grubbs submitted to Billboard Magazine.
Gift of Jim Grubbs, 2005. Finding aid available. MC 90
GUYMON, ROBERT.
Collection of documents and postcards related to the history of Springfield, Illinois, including letters written by Springfield founding father Elijah Iles (1831), Illinois Governor and Senator Shelby Cullom (1880), Illinois Congressman William Springer (1883), Springfield businessman Jabez Capps (1874), and Logan Hay (1942); documents related to the Post #1 of the Grand Army of the Republic in Decatur and the Freemasons of Springfield; sixteen historic postcards of Springfield scenes, 1877-1911; a 1901 menu from Springfield's Leland Hotel; and color snapshots of graves of noted Springfield figures in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Gift of Robert Guymon, 1995.
HAGLER-MILNER FAMILY.
Two Springfield families with social, political and marital ties, who were leaders in American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary activities. Walter Hagler was Treasurer of Sangamon County in 1938, and County Sheriff from 1942 to 1946. Photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, minutes, and memorabilia chiefly documenting the activities of the Walter Hagler and James Milner families in the activities of Springfield's American Legion (1937-51), the American Legion Auxiliary (1939-40), the Junior Auxiliary (1939), the Eight and Forty (1935-40), and the Illini Girls' State (1948-56); local politics; church and social activities in rural central Illinois; and the exploits of a World War II aviator, and life on the home front. Of particular note are two photographs of Charles A. Lindbergh's visit to Springfield in 1937 (Box 2, File 7). Gift of David Hagler, 1983.
HANDY COLONY.
A writers' colony, located in Marshall, Illinois, opened in 1950 by Lowney and Harry Handy and best-selling novelist James Jones. It supported numerous young writers, many of whose stories and novels were published. The colony dissolved with the death of Lowney Handy in 1964. The collection includes: by-laws, minutes, correspondence, membership, and financial records of the colony regarding its founding, organization, finances, philosophy, and teaching methods; approximately 2,000 letters written by Lowney Handy, Harry Handy, James Jones, colony members, relatives, publishers, editors, friends, and fans; military records, and other personal papers of James Jones; commonplace books, memorabilia, and other papers of Lowney Handy; class notes, journals, and poetry of colony member Charles Robb; an extensive clipping file concerning the colony and Jones's career; photographs and negatives of the Handys, Jones, the colony and its members. Also included are about 100 published and unpublished manuscripts of Lowney Handy, and colony writers, including Rex Bollin, Tom T. Chamales, Edwin Daly, William Duhart, Edward Kurtz, Jere Peacock, Charles Robb, Jerry Tschappat ("Gerald Tesch"), Charles Stevenson Wright, and others. The collection includes an extensive collection of notes, manuscript drafts, and galleys of James Jones's 1951 novel From Here to Eternity, as well as some of his early essays, short stories, and his first, unpublished novel, "They Shall Inherit the Laughter." Gift of Margaret C. Turner, 1983-1984. See Thomas J. Wood and Meredith Keating, James Jones in Illinois: A Guide to the Handy Writers' Colony Collection (Springfield: Illinois Issues, 1989). PDF, 11.7 mb. See alsoMC 42/1 Stephen Carter Papers, MC 42/3 Charles T. Robb Papers, P/Lennon J. Michael Lennon Papers. See the separate pages for the Handy Colony Collection. MC 42
HAVANA, ILLINOIS. PUBLIC
LIBRARY.
Annual reports for the years 1899-1900 and 1900-1901 concerning salaries, income, donations, book expenditures, attendance, circulation, the library's benefits to "juveniles," and negotiations for a new building funded by Andrew Carnegie. Transfer from IRAD, 1978. LHC 12
HAWES, EDWARD.
Professional papers of Edward L .Hawes, professor of History and Environmental Studies at SSU/UIS, 1971-1991, including research files and correspondence pertaining to the development and operation of Clayville Rural Life Center. Also included are copies of Dr. Hawes's publications and writing, workshop material, course syllabi and notes, personal files, records of the Association for Living Historical Farms and Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM), and consulting files for the Harraskeet Bay Project and for Merrymeeting Bay. A collection of tape recordings includes a 1977 interview with Mary Pearson, Clayville music and narratives, NEH consultant meetings, and research on inns and taverns. Gift of Edward Hawes, 1976, 1984, 1990, 1991 Finding aid available. P/Hawes SEE ALSO: D1/1/4 SSU Foundation Records; D1/2/1 Clayville Rural Life Center Records; H6 Elizabeth Weir Papers; MC 76 Clayville Folk Arts Guild Records.
HOFFMANN, GEORGE C. (1903-1993) Papers, 1960-1991 15.2 cu. ft. Springfield lawyer beginning practice in 1928; Chairman of the Springfield Committee for Higher Education (1960-1967); attorney for Sangamon State University on a retainer basis; and Springfield civic leader. Correspondence, memos, news clippings, reports, receipts, contracts, maps, and studies, chiefly 1965-1975, documenting the struggle to establish Sangamon State University and the university's legal transactions. The substance of the collection concerns higher education in Springfield, the acquisition of land for the campus, university governance, the physical development of the campus, and other university legal matters. Includes reports, correspondence, minutes and agendas of the Springfield Committee for Higher Education, a committee of business and professional figures who lobbied the State of Illinois for the establishment of a public, four-year college in Springfield (1960-1968); records regarding the acquisition and operation of the Clayville Rural Life Center (1972-1984); correspondence, reports, minutes and agendas of the SSU Foundation (1970-1989); programs, memos, minutes and agendas relating to Convocam (an educational television service) and the development of its satellite technology (1970-1990); correspondence and records regarding building contractors and the Gerald Schaflander case; correspondence, deeds, and maps regarding the purchase of lands for the SSU campus (1968-1983); and and news clippings, correspondence, and plans for the development of student housing (1970-1980).
Gift of Fred and John Hoffmann, 1998.
HOWARTH, NELSON O. (1911-1991) Papers, 1944-1989 2.3 cu. ft. Papers of Nelson Howarth, Assistant State's Attorney for Sangamon County, Illinois 1948-1949, Mayor of Springfield 1955-1959 and 1963-1971. Born in Green County, Indiana and raised on farms in Illinois, he received a law degree from the University of Illinois in 1934 and was an attorney in private practice when not in public office. Correspondence, transcripts of speeches and radio broadcasts, court records, clippings, photographs, brochures, programs and memorabilia documenting Howarth's activities combating vice as Assistant State's Attorney, his mayoral campaigns, and his efforts as Mayor to promote civil rights and develop the recreational facilities and historical sites of Springfield. As Mayor, Howarth championed civil rights and impartial law enforcement. He strove to integrate the police department, fire department, municipal band and choir. Howarth urged the annexation of Springfield suburban developments, and added 10,000 acres to the city during his terms. Under his leadership, the city expanded Capital Airport, built the Prairie Convention Center, and added Riverside Park and Lincoln Greens Golf Course to the park system. He also played active roles in the restoration of the Old State Capitol, the establishment of Sangamon State University, and the creation of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site. Also included are memorabilia of Howarth's service during WWII on the U.S.S. Lexington, 1944-1945, including a copy of the ship's log and his letters home to Mrs. Howarth. Also published statements, briefs, arguments and abstracts presented by Howarth before the Illinois Supreme Court, 1950, 1953. Of note are photos, clippings and other material relating to the visit of Martin Luther King to Springfield, October 7, 1965. Gift of Mrs. Nelson Howarth, 1994.
See also: finding aid in Archon SEE ALSO: Oral History Collection: H837, H837.2* Nelson Howarth Memoir
HUESER, HARRY.
(1890-1978).
Free lance and commercial artist. Resided in mental hospitals and other institutions since 1931. One hundred and fifty-five drawings with annotations in pencil and ink depicting Hueser's early memories of growing up in Chillicothe, Illinois and Fort Madison, Iowa; his education at the University of Illinois and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts; career as a commercial artist with studios in Chicago and Mt. Vernon, New York; and family life with wife, Edith Marjorie Paradise. Drawings done while in a nursing home. Gift of Mary Travis, 1978.
ILES, ELIJAH. (1796-1883)
Essay regarding the home of Elijah Iles, one of the founders of Springfield, at 1825 South Sixth Street. The oldest surviving house in Springfield, constructed ca. 1827. Author unknown. Source unknown. LHC 36
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS, JUVENILE DIVISION.
When the Illinois Department of Corrections was created in 1970, its Juvenile Division assumed the duties of the Illinois Youth Commission: the annual Governor's Conference on Youth, publications on substance abuse, child abuse and delinquency prevention, the Illinois Junior Sports Jamboree, surveying the detention of juveniles in county jails, and the Chicago Area Project. Series I: includes planning records, programs, meeting minutes, correspondence, memos, clippings, press releases, and attendance lists of the annual Governor's Conference on Youth (1961-1972); reports, brochures and newsletters of the Chicago Area Project (1943-1976); copies of legislation on juvenile justice and of juvenile court actions; and collected literature on juvenile delinquency, drug abuse and related topics from Illinois and other states, from the 1930s to the 1970s. Series II: 32 audio tapes from the Governor's Conference on Youth, 1965-1971. Speakers include Governor Otto Kerner, Jackie Robinson, and Beto. Series III: Ten 16 mm and one 8 mm film regarding juvenile delinquency and its causes and prevention, 1944-1966. Of note are two films made by the Illinois Department of Public Welfare, "Our Most Precious Possessions," and "Big Brother" (ca. 1947). Other films were produced by the Illinois Youth Commission, National Women's Christian Temperance Center, Wheaties Sports Federation, Athletic Institute Press, and the National Welfare Association. Titles include "That Boy Joe" (1944), "Make Way for Youth" (1947), and "Boy With a Knife," (1956). Gift of Anthony Sorrentino and John Lovelock, 1976. SEE ALSO: MC 73 Chicago Area Project
ILLINOIS STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER,
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.
Anniversary editions of Springfield newspaper which began as the Sangamo Journal in 1831: October 7, 1956, "125 Years of Publication," featuring "The Growth and Development of Springfield's Transportation and Finance," including articles on the establishment of railroads, the rise and decline of the streetcar, the rise of the automobile and associated problems, and the growth of Springfield banks. November 10, 1981: "Our 150th Anniversary Edition": includes the news of the day, as well as sections devoted to the history of Springfield, the history of the presidency from Lincoln to Nixon, WWII, and the construction of the Illinois Statehouse. Includes are numerous reprints of photographs and articles from early issues of the newspaper. Source unknown. LHC 108, LHC 109
ILLINOIS STATE REGISTER,
SPRINGFIELD,
ILLINOIS.
Reprinted photographs from Illinois Capital Illustrated, "an art album of Springfield," published by the Illinois State Register newspaper in 1898. Includes shots of the Illinois Watch Factory, Franklin Life Insurance Association Building, City Hall, the Sangamo Club, Springfield High School, the post office, the Governor's Mansion, Myers Brothers Store, the German Methodist Episcopal Church Orchestra, Cokey's Mill, surgery at St. John's hospital, the agricultural museum in the Capitol building, and an electric trolley party. Gift of Michael Townsend, 1985. LHC 85
ILLINOIS STATE REGISTER,
SPRINGFIELD,
ILLINOIS.
Issue of the Illinois State Register, dated Friday, January 17, 1845. Included are the minutes and constitution of the Illinois Colonizaton Society, proceedings of the Illinois State Legislature, a listing of lands in Montgomery County on which taxes were due, legal notices, notices of escaped livestock, and advertisements for Springfield businesses, public events, and entertainments. Transfer from IRAD, 2000. LHC 118
ILLINOIS OBSERVER.
A magazine on Illinois politics published in Springfield. Only two issues were produced: Oct.-Nov. 1975, Dec.-Jan. 1975-76. Gift of Michael Townsend, 1978. LHC 11
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY,
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.
Annual catalogue of Illinois State University, including lists of trustees, faculty, students (including Robert T. Lincoln), and alumni; also descriptions of the courses of instruction and the academic calendar for 1859-60 (Springfield: B.A. Richard & Co., 1859). Also, the program of the "Third Annual Literary Contest of the Utilior and Philomathean Societies of the Illinois State University, Feb. 29, 1860" (Springfield: Booraem, Bacon & Co., 1860) showing the order of events, topics of speeches and debates and names of participants of an event held in Springfield's First Presbyterian Church. Illinois State University (see picture) opened in Springfield in 1852 and closed in 1867. It has no connection with the current university in Normal, Illinois. Gift of Springfield College, 1983. LHC 94
IMPROVED ORDER OF RED
MEN, GREAT COUNCIL OF ILLINOIS.
Three panoramic group photos taken at conventions of the Improved Order of Red Men, Great Council of Illinois, in Springfield, Jacksonville, and Mattoon in 1912, 1913 and 1915 respectively. The Improved Order of Red Men is a patriotic fraternal organization founded in Baltimore in 1834, tracing its origins to secret liberty societies formed before the American Revolution, such as the Sons of Liberty who dressed as Indians and dumped English tea into Boston Harbor in 1773. The I.O.R.M peaked around 1920, when its membership included over a half-million men in 46 states. Photo 1: outside the Illinois Statehouse in Springfield,
May 21, 1912, 44” x 8”, by Vermillion Photo of Springfield.
Gift of Michael Townsend, 2000. LHC 114
IRWIN, GEORGE M.
b. 1921
Official and personal papers of a Quincy, Illinois business executive and patron of the arts. Chairman of the Board of the Quincy Compressor Division of Colt Industries, and Chairman of the Board of the Irwin Paper Company. Founder of the Quincy Symphony Orchestra (1948), first chairman of the Illinois Arts Council (1963-1971), founder and chair of the Associated Councils of the Arts (1962-1972), consultant for the National Endowment for the Arts (1960s-1970s), president of the Quincy Foundation, and active member of Community Arts Councils, Inc. Contains correspondence, photographs, minutes, publications, clippings, minutes, agendas, financial statements, grant requests, brochures, and newsletters relating to Irwin's involvement in local, state and national arts organizations. Items of interest include material promoting the U.S. Bicentennial in 1976, files on arts activities in Illinois towns and cities in the 1960s, correspondence regarding Irwin's replacement as head of the Illinois Arts Council, material regarding Irwin's activities in the Quincy Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and annual reports from state arts councils in the 1960s and 1970s. Gift of George M. Irwin, 1997.
JACKSON, JACQUELINE
DOUGAN.
SSU/UIS professor of English since 1970. Papers written by primary and secondary school children, submitted to Jackson for possible inclusion on her Reading, Writing and Radio show, aired on WSSR-FM beginning in 1975. Arranged by radio program, except for a separate collection of "gems." Also included are the best submissions for a similar program in Wisconsin, 1970-1972. Also includes a set of a newsletter, "Empty Nest," composed by Jackson for her family and friends. Gift of Jacqueline Jackson, 1984.
JOHN HAY TENANTS' RIGHTS
ASSOCIATION.
Formed in 1986 to improve the standard of living and quality of life for the residents of the John Hay Homes public housing project in Springfield, and to promote athletic, artistic, charitable and civic activities. Articles of incorporation documenting the organization's founding, the leaflet and press release distributed at a Voting Rights Rally on July 4, 1986 protesting Springfield's commission form of government and actions by the City Council and Illinois State Journal-Register. Gift of the John Hay Tenants' Rights Association, 1986. Finding aid available. MC 59.
JOURNAL-COURIER,
JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS.
A special supplement to the Journal-Courier, published September 3, 2000, commemorating the 175th anniversary of the founding of Jacksonville, Illinois in 1825. The 156-page illustrated newspaper includes thirteen sections covering the history of Jacksonville in the 19th and 20th centuries, the 10 most important events in the town's history, public institutions, businesses, fires and other disasters, the town's historic architecture, churches, educational institutions, sports, and the 10 most influential persons in the town's history. Gift of Thomas J. Bell, 2000. LHC 117.
KAIGE, ALICE TUBB.
(1922-2007) Springfield pacifist, community organizer and professional librarian. Member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Co-founder of the West Side Neighborhood Association, 1977. Minutes, notes, reports, program proposals, newsletters and correspondence of the Central Illinois American Friends Service Committee, 1974-1980, and area committee of the Midwest Regional Office, established in 1972. Documents its establishment as a full-time office in 1976, its relations with the Midwest Office and activities in Springfield, Decatur and Champaign-Urbana, particularly with draft counseling, juvenile justice work and the operation of a Peace Booth at the Illinois State Fair. Correspondence, clippings, flyers, notices, announcements and other records of the West Side Neighborhood Association, 1977-1984, documenting this group's efforts to preserve that Springfield neighborhood's historic, residential quality against the "encroachment of business and commercial interests." Of note are planning documents of the Springfield-Sangamon County Regional Planning Commission and a slide show of historic neighborhood homes by photographer James Woodruff. Topics include architectural and neighborhood preservation, community organizing, zoning issues, walking tours, and MacArthur Boulevard. Correspondents include William E. Feurer, Jim Henneberry, and Mayor J. Michael Houston. Also clippings, articles and other material collected by Kaige on pacifists in Illinois, 1971-1983. Gift of Alice Kaige, 1983, 1986, 1987 Finding aid available. MC 37 SEE ALSO: MC
40 Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
KAMM, ALFRED. (1903-1991)
Long-time employee of the Illinois Office of Public Instruction, chair of the Sub-committee on Special Education of the Springfield Board of Education's School Survey Committee, 1962-63. Kamm, a native of Latvia, received a B.S. from the University of Illinois in 1926, an M.A. from the Teachers College of Columbia University in 1931, and an Ed.D. from New York University in 1944. Chiefly announcements, correspondence, clippings, printed material, reports, research files and surveys of the Special Education Sub-Committee, documenting its activities and survey findings regarding services being offered to handicapped children in District 186 by community agencies, public schools and school health units. Reports and recommendations of the Springfield Citizens Committee for School Improvement, a city-wide community group independently formed in 1971 to address problems in the school system, concern problems in the school system, particularly the physical facilities of the schools. Transcripts of WMAY radio talk shows presented by Springfield Mayor Nelson Howarth, 1968-1971, are also included. Gift of Alfred Kamm, 1984.
KEISER, JOHN. b.
1936
Member of SSU History faculty, 1970-1978, and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, 1971-1978. Manuscript drafts, outlines, research notes, and graphs for Keiser's book, Building for the Centuries: Illinois, 1865-1898, published in 1977 by the University of Illinois Press as part of the Sesquicentennial History of Illinois series. Also collected pamphlets, clippings, reports, correspondence, newsletters, journals and other publications concerning labor history and unions, particularly the United Mine Workers, Missouri Teamsters and Harold Gibbons, dating from 1920-1977. Also manuscript drafts, clippings and correspondence regarding Keiser's syndicated Illinois history newspaper column, "Looking Back," and speeches, letters and clippings concerning SSU and its University Assembly. Gift of John Keiser, 1977-78.
KING HARVEST FOOD COOPERATIVE.
Consumer cooperative founded in Springfield in 1972 "to provide low-cost, nutritious food to the community." Joined the Flatland Federation of Cooperative and Community Organizations in 1978. Minutes, correspondences, by-laws, proposals, newsletters, work manuals, inventories, financial records and research materials documenting the Cooperative's philosophy, goals and organizational structure; membership lists, activities and responsibilities; and day-to-day operations and business transactions. Records concerning the participation of King Harvest in the Flatland Federation of Cooperative and Community Organizations, 1977-1980; and a call log of the Full Circle Resource Exchange, 1977-1980, a telephone service dedicated to free learning, are also included. Of note are the King Harvest newsletters (Garbanzo Gazette, Tulip Times, and King Harvest News), and the Federation's newsletter, Cornland Infrequenter. Gift of the King Harvest Food Cooperative, 1983, 1989.
KLASSEN, CLARENCE W.
(1903-1997)
Chief Sanitary Engineer for the State of Illinois, 1935-1970, first director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and environmental consultant. Served as an expert witness at a trial, 1979-1994, regarding the dumping of toxic wastes at Love Canal in Niagara Falls, New York. Love Canal was dug in the 1890s, used as a chemical dump, and later filled in and developed for housing. The area was declared unsafe and 239 families were evacuated in 1978. The Federal Government, State of New York and other interested parties went to court in 1979 to recover the costs of tests, the purchase of homes, clean-up, and other expenses. Includes material from the trial United States et al vs. Occidental Chemical Corporation et al, held in U.S. District Court in Buffalo, New York, 1979-1994, including memoranda, depositions, transcripts of examinations and testimony, exhibits, and reports. Klassen was an expert witness for the State of New York. Also includes a scrapbook of clippings, articles and other material on the history of the Love Canal incident, other collected articles and reports, a book on the subject, (Craig E. Colton and Peter N. Skinner, The Road to Love Canal (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996)), and information on toxic waste dumps in Calumet City and Winnebago County, Illinois. Gift of Clarence W. Klassen, 1997.
SEE ALSO: Oral History Collection, K666 Clarence Klassen Memoir.
KNOEPFLE, JOHN. b.
1923
Poet, member of the the SSU/UIS English faculty beginning in 1972. Fifty-two audio reel-to-reel tapes with cassette copies, documenting the experiences of pilots, captains, deckhands, a cook, musicians, roustabouts, a newspaperman, and a wharfmaster, who worked and lived along the Ohio River and its tributaries, as well as the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers, from the late nineteenth century to the 1950s. Knoepfle collected the interviews while living in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1956-1959. Topics include steamboats, packet boats, showboats, ferries; wrecks, explosions and fires; river life, lore, and towns; jazz music, saloons and Prohibition; freight, locks and dams, navigation lights and techniques; logging, salvage operations, floods, fog and ice jams; barge and boat construction, government regulations, licensing and duties of steamboat crew members, wages, salaries and living conditions; river wildlife, hunting and fishing; minority groups; the Amazon River and the Spanish-American War. Also included is a transcript of a 1986 interview with Knoepfle about the origin of the collection, specific narrators, and the effect it has had on his life and work. Gift of John Knoepfle, 1986.
SEE ALSO: transcripts of the interviews in the Oral History Collection. The interviews are indexed and abstracted in the Guide to the Oral History Collection of the University of Illinois at Springfield.
KOPLO, HARVEY.
SSU Alumnus. Former sound technician and coordinator of The Bean, a coffee house for SSU students, founded in 1974 as Rudolph's Bean. Publisher of a "Springfield Coops and Community News." Helped organize Creative Music Inc. in 1979, which sponsored jazz concerts. Includes by-laws, minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and financial records for The Bean coffee house, 1974-1978, documenting its organization, activities, publicity and finances; SSU class material, 1974-1978, particularly concerning the Twentieth Century Homesteading Institute; incorporation certificate, correspondence, issues and financial records of "Springfield Coops and Community News," and newsletters and records of Springfield cooperatives such as the King Harvest Food Cooperative and Spoon River Cooperative, 1974-1976 Also publicity material, financial and organizational records of Creative Music, Inc., 1977-1980, regarding its sponsorship of jazz and other concerts. 80 reel-to-reel audio tapes, 1977-1981, of local blues, jazz and folk music events sponsored by Rudolph's Bean, the SSU Student Activities Committee, Creative Music, Inc. and Crow's Mill School. Musicians include Finnegan's Wake, Jim Brewer, Eddie Jefferson, Miss Jessie, Utah Phillips, Jean Redpath, and Sam Rivers. Includes copies of the locally-produced Buhoon Brothers comedy show featuring Koplo, Michael Sakolsky, Stu Kainante, Neil Shargel, Doug Kamholz and David Lasley. Also correspondence, memoranda, newsletters and other material related to Koplo's student activities at SSU, 1973-78, relating to the Student Union and Student Senate, and the "Mini-Revolution" of 1975, regarding President Robert Spencer, John Keiser and the retention of Ron Ettinger on the faculty. Gift of Harvey Koplo, 1982, 1986.
SEE ALSO: MC 67 Crystal Radio, Inc.
KOZELISKI, ROBERT E.
Buttons, pins, medals, ribbons and other realia related to Illinois and national political campaigns, collected by Robert E. Kozeliski, formerly of Springfield. Includes medals, keys and floor passes from Democratic National Conventions (1964-1976); replicas of historic buttons (1896-1968); a Spiro Agnew wristwatch (1973); signed, original political cartoons by Pat Oliphant and others (1972-1982). Gift of Robert E. Kozeliski, 1987.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
OF SPRINGFIELD, INC.
Study examining the availability of low and moderate income housing in Springfield and the factors controlling the supply. Source unknown. LHC 87
LENNON, J. MICHAEL.
Professor of English at SSU and director of its Institute for Public Affairs. Production tapes for the television documentary "James Jones: Reveille to Taps," produced by J. Michael Lennon and Jeffrey Van Davis and the Sangamon State University Television Office and aired on PBS in 1984. The documentary explored the life and work of novelist James Jones, author of the acclaimed From Here to Eternity (1951) and other novels. Included are videotaped interviews conducted in 1983 by Lennon of friends of Jones from his early years in Illinois, including John Bowers, Mary Ann Newlin Crank, Annis Skaggs Fleming, Tinks and Helen Howe, Earl and Belva Turner, and Margaret Turner, who discuss his childhood, early writing, relationship with his mentor Lowney Handy, and the Handy Writers Colony. Also interviews of Jones' family, and friends and colleges from his later years in Paris and New York, including his wife Gloria Jones and daughter Kaylie Jones, as well as James Giles, Joseph Heller, Willie Morris, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Bud Schulberg, Irwin Shaw, William Styron, Clem Woods, and others. Also cut-aways of scenes in Robinson and Marshall, Illinois and Long Island, New York, and stills of archival photos and manuscripts. Also included are taped copies of the films From Here to Eternity, Some Came Running, an unfinished film based on John Bowers' book The Colony; a taped copy of a film made in Robinson in 1937 showing scenes and townspeople, including Jones; and the master tapes of the finished documentary. Also audio tapes of Jones reading excerpts of From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line, and a radio tribute to Jones by Irwin Bazelon. Gift of J. Michael Lennon, 1986.
SEE ALSO: MC 42 Handy Colony Collection.
LEWIS, FLORENCE.
Member of the SSU Library faculty begining in 1972. Planning documents, correspondence, and research materials concerning a proposal for an alternative public high school in Springfield, prepared by Lewis and Mark Heyman. Also includes correspondence, reports, memoranda and other materials concerning the history of the SSU Library. Gift of Florence Lewis, 1974, 1976. Finding aid available. P/Lewis
LIONS CLUB OF SPRINGFIELD,
ILLINOIS.
Includes brief histories of Lions International and the Lions Club of Springfield, a chronology of club activities, rosters of officers and board members, and the constitution and by-laws of the club. Lions International is a service club founded by Melvin Jones in Chicago in 1917. The Lions of Springfield was formed in October, 1919. Source unknown. LHC 111
LOGAN, WILLIS H., JR.
Director of the Community Development and Program Department for the City of Springfield beginning in 1979. Community activities have included work with the Springfield-Sangamon County Regional Planning Commission, the Capital City Railroad Relocation Authority and the Springfield East Association. Served as Managing Editor of The Spirit of Black Springfield, a community newspaper affiliated with the Black Action Movement of Springfield and published in the late sixties. Also served as Associate Director of Springfield's Progressive Movement of Youth, a coalition of local activists responsible for publishing The Springfield Progressive in the late sixties. Papers include complete set of issues of The Spirit of Black Springfield (seven issues dating from August 1968-October 1969); photocopies of statement regarding purposes of the Progressive Movement of Youth and one issue of The Springfield Progressive (vol. 1, no. 6), ca. 1968, including Logan's article, "Black Power;" a statement on the proposed City, Water, Light and Power rate increase by the Springfield East Association, the Ministerial Alliance and Frontiers International, n.d.; and a 1979 news clipping announcing Logan's appointment as Director of Springfield's Community Development and Program Department. Gift of Willis H. Logan, Jr., 1984. Finding aid available. MC 31
MACK, A. W.
Speech of Hon. A. W. Mack on the Slavery Question in the State Senate. (Springfield: Baker and Phillips, 1865). Published speech of Illinois State Senator Alonzo W. Mack of Kankakee County, urging "the complete destruction of the military power of the rebel government" and "the complete abolition of the system of domestic slavery," delivered in the State Senate on January 20, 1865. Gift of Springfield College, 1983. LHC 95
MARQUARDT, HELENE ROGERS,
d. 1968.
Assistant State Librarian, 1937-1954. Member and Executive Secretary of the Vachel Lindsay Association. Letters, announcements, programs, brochures, and report regarding the activities of the Vachel Lindsay Association, including annual meetings and composition contests; Marquardt's role as a member and Executive Secretary; and the acquisition and restoration of the Lindsay home. Contains recollections of classes taught by Lindsay at the Springfield YMCA in 1909. Gift of Dean DeBolt, 1979.
MOSKOFF, WILLIAM.
Member of SSU Economics faculty, 1972-1983. Correspondence, manuscripts, drafts, syllabi, student papers, research notes, survey data, and other research and curricular material concerning Moskoff's research, publications,, and teaching on trade, manufacturing and women in the former Soviet Union; women's athletics in Illinois public universities; women, work and child care; and pro-natalist policies and child care in Romania. Gift of William Moskoff, 1980. Finding aid available. P/Moskoff
MOTHER JONES FOUNDATION.
The Foundation was established in 1986 to present an annual lecture series marking the deadly coal miners' strike in Virden, Illinois in 1898. The Foundation holds an annual Mother Jones Dinner at Sangamon State University. The collection includes financial records, membership lists, minutes, correspondence, posters, flyers, and newsletters; also records of arrangements, donations, ticket sales, entertainment, and speakers for the annual Mother Jones Dinner and lecture series (1986-1990). Also includes collected articles and clippings on the Virden mine strike, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones (1830-1930), Eugene V. Debs, and labor history in general; copies of the United Mine Workers Journal (1976-1990), posters, memorabilia from the 1986 Haymarket Centennial celebration, a Proclamation of Mother Jones Week by the City of Springfield (1989), press releases, copies of In These Times (1976-1978), protest buttons, and a videotape of the 1989 Mother Jones Dinner. The material was largely produced and collected by the Foundation Presidents, Ralph Stone, professor of History at SSU, and Jack Dyer, AFL-CIO Community Service Liaison Gift if Jack Dyer, 1991.
SEE ALSO: P/Stone Ralph Stone Papers
MYERS, POLLY SILVER.
Includes copies of newspapers dealing with the assassination of John K. Kennedy (1963), Martin Luther King (1968) and Robert F. Kennedy (1968), the death of Winston Churchill (1965), the first lunar landing (1969), the reconstruction of the Old State Capitol in Springfield (1968) and the U.S. Bicentennial (1976). Newspapers include the Illinois State Register, the Illinois State Journal-Register, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, and others. Also includes a scrapbook from 1945 of clippings on Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, Vice-President and presidential candidate. Includes a 1945 letter from Wallace to Myers. Gift of Polly Silver Myers, date unknown.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR
THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE.
Reprinted 8" x 10" photograph of the NAACP's Lincoln Banquet in Springfield, 1923. Loaned for reproduction by Jessie Mae Finley, 1984. LHC 74
NATIONAL UNION EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.
"Who Shall Be Vice-President? Shall He Be a Loyal or Disloyal Man?", contrasting the political views and histories of George H. Pendleton of Ohio and Andrew Johnson of Tennessee as candidates for Vice President in the 1864 Presidential Election. Transfer from IRAD, 1978. LHC 8
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN. ILLINOIS CHAPTER. Records, 1974-2000 8 cu. ft. The Illinois chapter of the National Organization for Women was founded in 1971. The first organizational meeting was held in the Chicago area and Irene Bennet was elected State Coordinator; the chapter's by-laws were passed in 1974. The purpose of NOW is “to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men.” This collection was compiled by Luellen Laurenti (1939-2000), a professor of Foreign Languages and Women's Studies at Illinois State University in Normal. She served as president of the Bloomington-Normal chapter of NOW and served as Illinois NOW president from 1985-87. Laurenti served in various other Illinois NOW positions including treasurer (1983-1985) and lobbyist (1988-2000). The collection consists of records, audio-visual material, photographs, publications and artifacts relating to Illinois NOW, the McLean County Women’s Political Caucus and other feminist organizations. The Illinois NOW records contain national and state initiative or action plans, 1986-1998, correspondence, newspaper articles pertaining to feminist issues, legislative materials, conference and meeting programs and agendas, 1982-1999, state and local NOW newsletters, 1986-1995, and a national and state timeline of NOW activities. Also included are buttons, banners, posters, signs, songbooks and bumper stickers promoting the Equal Rights Amendment campaign in Illinois, “IS IT FAIR?” protesting the 3/5ths vote needed to pass the ERA in the Illinois legislature and the “WE’LL REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER” campaign used to gather support for the Stevenson/Stern gubernatorial ticket in 1982. This collection also contains information about the founding and activities of the McLean County Women’s Political Caucus, 1974-1979, the 1999 Citizen ACTION/Illinois Convention and the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform. Gift of Glenda Bailey-Mershon, 2001, 2004. Finding aid available. MC 89
NEEDHAM FAMILY.
Legal documents including mortgages and warranty deeds for land in Cass County, Illinois, relating to several generations of the Needham family of Virginia, Illinois. Names included are David Needham, James Needham, Cecilia Needham, George S. Needham, Jannett Needham, and Nancy E. Needham. Others include Robert D. Taylor, William Henry Taylor, David and Ann Wight, and Thomas S. Williamson. Gift of David M. Dodds, 1978.
NEW AMERICAN MOVEMENT.
MOTHER JONES CHAPTER, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.
Springfield, Illinois chapter of the New American Movement, organized in 1975. Goal was "to act as a catalyst to bring about a strong, class conscious, working class movement in Springfield." Worked with other organizations such as Citizens for a Representative Government, DES Action Group, Springfield East Association, Springfield Coalition for Fair Electric Rates, People's Institute, and Streetside Boosters. Members included Peter MacDowell, Millicent Quam, Michael Quam, Doug Kamholz, Larry Golden, Lynn Novotnok, Sue Croteau, David Lasley, Kathy Wood, Ron Sakolsky, Becky McGovern, Ron Ettinger, Ted Cloak, and Ralph Stone. Correspondence, minutes, agendas, notes, membership lists, constitution, advertisements, and strategy statements documenting efforts to recruit members, to organize the people of Springfield with issues such as electric rate reform and the reorganization of city government, to sponsor speakers and movies with a socialist perspective, and create alliances with other community organizations. The group's use of self-criticism and concern that is was a "clique" of "SSU radical intellectuals" are documented. Individual members' personal goals and activity statements, and copies of the NAM Discussion Bulletin (1973-1980) are included. Gift of Ralph Stone, 1984.
NIELSEN, ERNEST.
Lawyer with Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance, Inc., 1977-1983. Active in Springfield's Eastside neighborhood and energy self-reliance citizens' groups and community organizations. (1) Minutes, correspondence and sub-committee records of the Citizen's Advisory Committee, 1976-1981, regarding the goals, activities and policies of this official citizens' group, and Springfield's citizen participation plan and community development block grant program. (2) Correspondence and other records regarding a 1978 complaint submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development by Nielsen on the behalf of Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance's "low and moderate income" clients, objecting to Springfield's 1978 application of Community Development Block Grant funds. (3) By-laws, minutes, correspondence, personnel and financial records of Community Energy Systems, 1978-1982, an organization dedicated to combating community deterioration through energy conservation and solar sales and contracting, founded in 1979. (4) By-laws, minutes, correspondence and committee records of the Springfield Energy Coalition, 1980, a coalition dedicated to promoting energy self-reliance. (5) Minutes, correspondence, grant applications and other records of the Access to Housing Committee, 1979-1982, documenting the activities of this organization dedicated to working against housing discrimination, particularly for low-income blacks of Springfield's Eastside. (6) Minutes, correspondence, proposals, reference materials and other records of the Springfield Community Development Credit Union Task Force, 1978-1981, regarding this organization's research on redlining and efforts to promote community economic development by seeking to establish a federally-chartered community development credit union task force. Gift of Ernest Nielsen, 1983, 1984.
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