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  • Campus Folksong Club Oral Histories Project (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Campus Folksong Club Oral Histories Project (Born Digital Records), 2006-2007, includes interviews of Doyle Moore, Archie Green, Judy McCulloh, Fritz Plous, Viktor Lukas, Jarvis Rich, Glenn Ohrlin, Jonathan Allen, Neil Rosenberg, and Lyle Mayfield, who are former students, faculty and associates, and performers with ties to the University Folksong Club. Interviews concern these individuals' academic and professional backgrounds; their valuable perspective on the Campus Folksong Club; the Club's role in the folksong movement of the 1960s and the role it played in their lives. Materials also include consent forms, and working notes taken by project director Tracie Wilson. For more information about the Campus Folksong Club, see the CFC Oral History Summary in the Reference Materials folder. Audio recordings are available in the Club's website through the link provided above, and interview transcripts are available upon request.
  • Campus Folksong Club Records (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Campus Folksong Club Records (Digital Surrogates), 1961-1970, contains digitized copies of the newsletter Autoharp, the Organ of the Campus Folksong Club. Digitized material involves Folksong Club description and constitution statement; news and announcements; folksong music sheets and lyrics; varied articles; events postings and programs.
  • Carl Stephens Manuscript, History of the University of Illinois (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Carl Stephens Manuscript, History of the University of Illinois (Digital Surrogates), 1946-1947, contains a digitized manuscript by Carl Stephens that recounts the history of the University of Illinois and its students from its founding in 1867 to 1947. Digitized material contains penciled marginal notations and a handwritten revision note.
  • Carl Woese Papers (Born Digital Records and Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Electronic records from the Carl Woese Papers (1960, 1988-2012), include digital surrogates and born-digital drafts of manuscripts, correspondence, biographical sketches, laboratory notes and notebooks, and genomic research data concerning Carl R. Woese's career as Professor of Microbiology, his research on evolution, microbiology, genetic code, and ribosomal RNA sequencing, winning the Craaford Prize in Biosciences in 2003, and the legacy of Archaea. Also includes digital surrogates of Professor Woese's laboratory notebook from General Electric (1960).
  • La Casa Cultural Latina Publications (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Publications of La Casa Cultural Latina including: La Carta Informativa newsletter (1979-85, 1991-1993, 1998), La Carta newsletter (1986-1990, 1994-1996 2000, 2002-2004, 2006), El Boletin (1992-1993, 1995-97), The Literary Magazine (1982-91, 2004), Nuestra Carta (1994), Llamado de Alerta (1998), newsclippings, and other publications.
  • La Casa Cultural Latina Records (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the La Casa Cultural Latina Records includes digitized interviews from the Latino Input with Roberto Hernandez, Dan Perrino, and Dr. Henry Trebaj, 1974-75
  • CAS/MillerComm Lecture Recordings (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of CAS/MillerComm Lecture Recordings includes digitized audiocassette recordings of lectures given at the University of Illinois part of the CAS/MillerComm series.
  • CEMREL Aesthetic Education Program Audio Recordings (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    CEMREL Aesthetic Education Program Audio Recordings include reel-to-reel and cassette tapes used by aesthetic educational programs and projects in the research and development of curriculum packages and final production copies of audio recordings that formed part of published curricular packages. Digtized audio recordings include "Critical Audience" interviews with Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert (in New York City on October 1, 1974), Cecil Smith, and Charles Champlin (1974).
  • Center for Advanced Study Audiovisual Materials (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Center for Advanced Study Audioviual Material includes digitized tapes of music regarding the Tiananamen Square Protests.
  • Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society (Born Digital Records), 2002-2011, includes grant submissions, newsletters, brochures, budgets, minutes, reports, presentations, publications, and photographs concerning racial diversity on campus, student voting, hate crimes, civic diversity, health disparities, and racial discrimination. The files include a copy of the CDMS production website and office files organized into the following folders: Access-for-Students; Current-GRANTS; EWI; files; and web. A snapshot version of the CDMS website is available at the URL listed below. A .zip file containing files that cannot be placed online due to copyright or other reasons is available from the University Archives upon request. The files in the zip packet include a copy of the CDMS production website and office files organized into the following folders: Access-for-Students; Current-GRANTS; EWI; files; and website.
  • Champaign County Greenways and Trails Committee Plan and Maps (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Champaign County Greenways and Trails Committee Plan and Maps (Born Digital Records), 2004, contains the Champaign County Greenways and Trails Plan, prepared by the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission. The plan includes Champaign- Urbana - Savoy greenways and trails system maps in relation to recreation-based places of interest, the transportation system and frequent traffic generators.
  • Chancellor's Issuances (Digital Surrogates and Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates and Born Digital Records of the Chancellor's Issuances includes Strategic Plans of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a message from Chancellor Richard Herman.
  • Chancellor's Office Subject File
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Chancellor's Office Subject File, 1967-86, includes reports, memoranda, policy statements, minutes, publications, programs and correspondence received from or sent to the President, Trustees, administrators, deans, faculty, students and the public regarding admissions and enrollment, Allerton Park, the Assembly Hall, Athletic Association, business affairs, and University's Centennial (1967-68), Clabaugh Act, commencement, copyrights and patent's, Daily Illini, data processing, the George A. Miller Lecture Committee, fees and tuition, relations with the federal , state and local governments (Chicago & Urbana-Champaign), financial aid, foreign students, fund drives, grants, housing, health service, human rights and equal opportunity, international programs, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Illini Union, student demonstrations and moratoria, rumor control center, sabbatical leaves, the Urbana-Champaign senate, SEOP Project "500", traffic and parking, travel policy visitation, the academic departments and educational organizations including AAUP, AAUW, ACE, Council of Ten, MUCIA, National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, and Illinois Board of Higher Education. 1972-74 files include material dealing with academic credit for religious foundation courses; planning, construction, and dedication of the Levis Faculty Center; the revised Code on Student Affairs; Department of Accountancy Administrative problems, Graduate College and women's athletics. 1975-76 files include material dealing with the Council on Program Evaluation (COPE) and copies of Directives to Deans, Directors, and Department Heads from the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellors (1967-79). 1982-83 files include material on the Liberty Bowl; restrictions imposed on writers at the Daily Illini; Third Annual Black Women's Conference at Levi Faculty Center, creation of radio station WMBL. The 1983-84 file includes material relating to the Athletic Association and David Wilson; Chicago Campus consolidation and reorganization of the medical campus, Ad-Hoc Committee on the Future of International Programs; and COPE reports for Colleges of Agriculture, Education, LAS, and Law, and the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations.
  • Channing-Murray Foundation Records (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Channing-Murray Foundation Records includes A History of Channing-Murray Foundation by Jane Anderson.
  • Charles C. Stewart Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Charles C. Stewart Papers contain digitized manuscripts in Arabic, pertaining to the Mauritanian Manuscripts Collection. This material is part of Professor Stewart's research material and was digitized by the University Archives. An access copy of the digitized manuscripts is available upon request.
  • Charles E. Osgood Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Charles E. Osgood Papers includes correspondence with Wilbur Schramm.
  • Charles Meyerson Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Consists of Charles Meyerson's photographs of campus life, WPGU, the Urbana City Council, the dance marathon, U of I bands, and Unit One/Allen Hall in 1975. Also includes a paper written by Meyerson for LAS 210, "The Sense of the Unit," (1974) an analysis on the Unit One experiment, which serves as a companion to this radio documentary: https://archive.org/details/UnitOneWPGUInDepth
  • Charles M. Thompson Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Charles M. Thompason papers includes The Lincoln Way, 1913.
  • Charles Robertson Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the papers of Charles Robertson (1858-1935) including two bound volumes containing all of his publications and his specimen collection log books. The log books document insect specimens collected by Charles Robertson. Recorded information includes specimen number, scientific name of specimen, sex of specimen, date of collection, locality, insect order, host plant scientific name, and notes.
  • Charles Zeleny Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Charles Zeleny Papers include correspondence and publicesions related to zoological research.
  • Chester P. Siess Papers
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Papers of Chester Paul Siess (1916-2004), 1933-2004, M.S. 1939, Ph.D. 1948, including the American Concrete Institute Committee 318 files on the ACI Building Code Requirements for reinforced concrete, meeting minutes, membership lists, and subjects such as materials and testing, shear and bond, flexure, and columns. Dr. Siess served as a committee member from 1953-1997. Additions include files concerning Dr. Siess' work with the Chicago Parks District on the Grant Park Garage, Erico Cadweld rebar splices, Midwest Prestressed Concrete, Laclede Steel Company, Proctor and Gamble, and other companies as well as his involvement with the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM), the American Concrete Institute (ACI), and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Materials concerning his tenure at the University of Illinois include class rosters, schedules, and notes. Correspondents file materials include letters, newspaper articles, greeting cards, business cards, and corporate publications. Correspondents include H. M. Newmark, Mehte Sozen, Joseph Colaco, and others. Personal materials include Dr. Siess' retirement scrapbook, photographs, and memorials. Also included in the collection are Dr. Siess' fieldbooks.
  • Chicago Library Annual Reports (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Chicago Library Annual Reports (Digital Surrogates), 1947-1974, contains digitized copies of the Chicago Library summary reports on the progress of the library, staff and organizations acquisition program, cataloging program, physical changes, gifts and important acquisitions, change of location, library improvements and difficulties, and supplementary statistical information.
  • Chronology of Campus Protests (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Chronology of Campus Protests (Digital Surrogate) contains a 10 page anonymous typescript held by the Library bookstacks listing campus and community events from 1948 through 1972 relating to free speech, political protests, civil rights and anti Vietnam war demonstrations, and community, union, and voting initiatives. Political and social issues include the Clabaugh act, DuBois Club, Leo Koch case, Dow Chemical recruitment on campus, police and National Guard action in response to student protests, Black Students Association, Project 500, Students for a Democratic Society, Jenner hearings, Earthworks cooperative, tenant union, and voter registration.
  • CIC-AID Rural Development Research Project File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    CIC-AID Rural Development Research Project File (Digital Surrogates), 1961-1963, contains end-of-tour, consultant, executive visit, progress, annual & final project reports; expenditure summaries; training proposals. The project covered 68 rural development contracts in 39 countries undertaken by 35 land grant universities. Contracts included overseas advisory service to host institutions by American university staff members, study in the U.S. by host institution staff (participant training) & commodity assistance to the host institution. The digital surrogates are the Utah and Iran end-of-tour and evaluation report files.
  • Clarence A. Berdahl Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Clarence A. Berdahl Papers includes correspondence concerning the American Political Science Association (APSA).
  • Clinical Law Review, 1994- (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from the Clinical Law Review files include PDF versions of the Clinical Law Review journal, a peer-edited journal published semi-annually that focuses on the theory of the practice of law and clinical legal education. Issues 19.1 (fall 2012) - 28.1 (Fall 2021) are available online.
  • College of Business Communications Office Photograph File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the College of Business Communications Office Photograph File contains digitized CDs concerning faculty, conferences, events, publications, promotional materials, and alumni including photos used in Alumni News and Notes (Record Series 9/1/830)
  • College of Engineering Annual Reports (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    College of Engineering Annual Reports (Digital Surrogates, 1906-1959, 1970-1971, 1987-1988, contains digitized type-written and printed annual reports of the Dean and Assistant Dean of the College of Engineering, and the Director of the Engineering Experiment Station, concerning educational developments, the activities of faculty, staff, and student societies and committees; financial requests and expenditures; research initiatives and investigations; institutional relationships; academic procedures; and student attendance and placement, especially national and international enrollment statistics by department.
  • College of Engineering Historical File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    College of Engineering Historical File (Digital Surrogates), 1908-1996, includes a select portion of correspondence and related materials, reports, programs and brochures, and newsletters relating to the Engineering Open House, the renaming of the Engineering Research Laboratory as the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (1996) and the Department of Aeronautical Engineering to the Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering (1961), the dedication of the William L. Everitt Laboratory (1987-1988), and speeches of Dean Daniel C. Drucker. Additional digitized material is available upon request, including correspondence between Van Valkenburg and alumni from the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (TAM) regarding the dissolution of the department. Materials also include digital surrogates from four audiocassette tapes pertaining to a memorial symposium dedicated to Mac Van Valkenburg Dean of the College of Engineering (1984 -1988). Audio recordings highlight Van Valkenburg's primary contributions in the engineering education, main transformations in electrical engineering program as well as future expectations regarding engineering education. Audio recordings are available online at: http://archives.library.illinois.edu/e-records/av/?searchString=mac%20van%20valkenburg
  • Colloquia Tapes (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Library School Colloquia tapes; Windsor Lectures (1972, 1974); presentations to LIS 300 Class (1980); a Cooper Union forum on mass communications (1950), and interviews and lectures relating to librarianship; careers and placement; information science; reference; cataloging; censorship; academic public and school libraries; and library administration, automation history and research.
  • Commencement and Convocation Addresses (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Commencement and Convocation Addresses include copies of published addresses delivered at commencements, convocations and public ceremonies by educational administrators, public officials and distinguished visitors.
  • Commencement Program File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Commencement Program File, includes a digitized list relating to the Commencement Ceremony speakers from 1949 to 1995.
  • Commencement Programs (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from the Commencement Programs, inlcudes PDF versions of university-wide convocation and commencement programs (2012-13, 2016-17) and from the Department of Landscape Architecture.
  • Commerce Alumni Newsletters (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Commerce Alumni Newsletters includes Alumni News and Notes (2008-09).
  • Committee on Belgian Relief Correspondence (Digital Surrogate)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Letters from communities and schools in Belgium expressing gratitude for assistance during the war (1919) addressed to Professor T. A. Oliver, Professor E. B. Greene and W. W. Donfas.
  • Communicable Disease Materials: Smallpox notice (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Communicable Disease Materials: Smallpox notice (Digital Surrogates), 1938, includes a digitized notice posted on campus in late February of 1938 concerning vaccination requirements for students after 10 cases of smallpox appeared in the Twin Cities. Original print in record series 33/1/806.
  • Community and Parents Issuances (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Community and Parents Issuances (Digital Surrogates), 2011-, includes digitized copies of "Postmarks" (Spring 2011- ), a Newsletter for Parents and friends of the University concerning student academic and student life activities, faculty teaching and research projects.
  • Computational Science and Engineering Subject File (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records from the Computational Science and Engineering Subject File include emails and lists concerning the formation of the Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) concentration through the Center for Supercomputing Research and Development (CSRD). Electronic files have a size of 13.7 MB. Files have gone through minimal processing and may need specialized software for display and access. Archives staff created derivatives of some material in TXT file format to facilitate access to users. Material is also available in its original file format.
  • Computer Science Alumni News (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Department of Computer Science Alumni News includes alumni magazine editions from 1991 through 2016. The magazines include articles concerning departmental research, projects, faculty, personnel changes, alumni careers, memoria, and awards. In 2011, the CS Alumni News became click! magazine.
  • Computer Science Audiovisual Materials(Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Description: Computer Science Audiovisual Materials include Betacam and VHS recordings concerning promotional material for the Computer Science Department; campus scenes; scenes of the Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science; an interview with Dave Muller (6/19/2002); a recorded lecture by Linda Krute; clips of Bill Gates; a retrospective on the Computer Science program (9/21/2004); and promotional films "Join Us... On the Leading Edge" (Spring 2004) and "Tom Siebel and the Next Computer Revolution".