University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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  • Richard K. Cook Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Richard K. Cook Papers includes correspondence and manuscripts concerning absolute calibration of microphones.
  • Ricker Reader/Ricker Notes (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Duplicated copies of Ricker Reader, (1953-1982), including Ricker Notes, (1982-2004), the Department of Architecture paper, edited and published by Architecture students with faculty advisor and including feature articles, news, poetry, drawings, book reviews and quotations. Of special interest are articles on graduate study and Louis Sullivan (March, 1964).
  • RKO Studios Orson Welles Collection (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    RKO Studios Orson Welles Collection contain radio and motion pictures scripts, contracts, correspondence, reports, budgets, call sheets, shooting schedules, preview evaluations, literary material, copyright material, publicity material, exhibition material, set designs, and notes concerning the production of films by Orson Welles for RKO Radio Studios relating to hiring and payment of actors; studio personnel; film budgets; relations with actors and producers; unfinished films; script editing process; film set design; copyright acquisitions. Types of scripts include narration, estimating, outline, and continuity scripts. This series also includes contracts, correspondence, floorplans, and sketches pertaining to facilities and employees of Orson Welles’ Mercury Theatre (1937-1946). Significant projects include Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Journey into Fear, Cyrano De Bergerac, and unfinished film projects such as Smiler with a Knife, Heart of Darkness, Way to Santiago, and It’s All True. Significant material includes a statement of purpose for Citizen Kane written by Orson Welles.
  • Robert D. Carmichael Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Robert D.Carmichael Papers includes an autobiography "On the Growth of My Life for Eighty Years."
  • Robert E. Cushman Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Papers of Robert Eugene Cushman (1889-1969), political science instructor (1915-19). Contains seven digitized letters (June 7 and 8, 1918) concerning future employment, financial matters, publishing solicitations and personal matters.
  • Robert E. Stake Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
  • Rodrick Lee "Rick" Schmidt Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Consists of photographs from a college album depicting student life from 1971-75.
  • Roger Adams Papers and Audio Recordings (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Roger Adams Papers and Audio Recordings contain research reports, articles, institutional correspondence, resolutions, meeting minutes, symposium papers, and newspaper clippings, concerning research, products, and organizational decisions of the International Sugar Research Foundation. Subjects include industrial sweeteners, diet-related diseases, sucrochemistry, nutrition habits, and food technology. This Series also includes digitized audiorecordings of interviews with Roger Adams conducted by John B. Mellecker, Historian of Chemists on November 20th 1964 and Febrary 12th, and March 15th 1965, and ca. July and October 1965. Original documents can be found at record series 15/5/23,box 49, and tape from the interview is located at box 9. An access copy of all material is available upon request
  • Roger Ebert's Film Festival Audiovisual Materials (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Roger Ebert's Film Festival Audiovisual Materials includes video recordings made during the annual Ebertfest held in Champaign Illinois. Recordings include introductions to films, Q&A sessions, and panel discussions concerning independent films, film criticism, film production, directing, acting, and film awards. Significant appearances include Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, Brie Larson, Shailene Woodley, Patton Oswald, Tilda Swinton, and Tim Blake Nelson.
  • Rosalie F. Gehant Scrapbook (Digital Surrogate)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Rosalie F. Gehant Scrapbook (Digital Surrogate), 1912-1916, contains digitized I-Books (1912-15), letters, memorabilia (buttons, cigars, fans, pins, purses, tickets), newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, and programs concerning Alpha Delta Pi Sorority; Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity; concerts; commencement (1916); dances and theater plays; Dixon, IL; The Dope Sheet (1914); family; First Methodist Episcopal Church; Homecoming (1913); May Day (1913); Harry L. Owen (BS Engineering 1916); Post Exam Jubilee (1915-16); Water Carnival (1913); YWCA; and other campus activities and events.
  • Rose Oltusky Edelson Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Papers of Rose Oltusky Edelson (AB LAS 1922) include artifacts, books, correspondence, dance cards, a flapper dress, jewelry, newsclippings, photographs, programs, publications, and sheet music from both her time as a student and her life after relating to A Century of Progress (the 1933 Chicago World Fair), Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alumnae News, Campus Scout, Chicago politics, commencement, Daily Illini, Follies, Illinois loyalty pledges, Jane Addams memorial, Memorial Stadium, Mortar Board, National Council of Jewish Women, Press Club Riot, Roosevelt College, ROTC, World War I, World War II, and the Young Women's Patriotic League. Notably, Oltusky wrote the music for "Fight Illini! The Stadium Song" and her papers include a number of manuscript copies and published editions of the work.
  • Round Barn Architectural Drawings (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Round Barn Architectural Drawings showing cutaway elevation and floor plan copies of Gilbert W. Lynch's tracings (1981) of Horace Duncan's 1911 plan for a round barn on R.R. 5, Arcola, Illinois.
  • Samuel A. Kirk Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Papers of Samuel A. Kirk (Digital Surrogates), includes papers related to special education of the mentally handicapped from box 2.
  • Scandinavian Club Records (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Scandinavian Club Records (Born Digital Records) includes photographs and a video concerning the Scandinavian Club, the Julfest Lucia Choir, and the Arctic Program (2012-2013, 2015-2016).
  • School of Chemical Sciences Noyes Laboratory Centennial Celebration File (Born Digital Records and Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records and Digital surrogates of School of Chemical Sciences Noyes Laboratory Centennial Celebration File contains photographs, digital images and data files, notes, presentations, and publications related to chemistry buildings and other campus buildings; distinguished faculty and alumni; workshops; exhibits; planning for the Centennial Celebration of Noyes Laboratory (2002) and nomination of the building into the American Chemical Society's National Historic Landmark Program. Access to additional material is provided upon request.
  • Scripts, Talks and Program Notes (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the duplicated scripts for programs in the "Road to Peace" and "The Good Earth" series for the WILL music programs.
  • Secretary's File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Secretary's File include correspondence and board meeting notes concerning Japanese American students receiving admission to the University of Illinois.
  • Section on Art Law Publications (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Art Law Publications contain bylaws and webinar material pertaining to the activities and administration of the Section on Art Law.
  • Section on Environmental Law Publications (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Environmental Law Publications contain bylaws concerning the activities and administration of the Section on Environmental Law and a call for papers to be presented at the Section's next session at the AALS Annual Meeting.
  • Senate Committee on the Library Annual Reports (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Senate Committee on the Library Annual Reports (Digital Surrogates), 1913-1995, includes digitized annual reports of the University Senate Committee on the Library, including narrative reports; tables and lists relating to the Library's growth; departmental fund allocations and book fund assignments; notable acquisitions and gifts; cataloging; serials; public services; use of the Library and circulation; reference work; lost materials; medical library; Chicago Undergraduate library; and personnel. Materials include minutes and reports of a special committee on Library Program (1931) and a report of the Subcommittee on a Bindery (April 8, 1931). Digitized material was created during a large-scale digitization project, conducted by the University Library in 2007.
  • Seward C. Staley Papers (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from the Seward C. Staley Papers includes a bibliography listing sports bibliographies. The bibliography is divided in three files.
  • Shaft Magazine Records (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Shaft Magazine Records (Digital Surrogates), 1947-1955, contains digitized issues of Shaft magazine from 1947-1955, published monthly during the school year as a college humor magazine, written and edited by students, including cartoons, stories and advertising. Note: some of the issues are undated.
  • Small Homes Council Research Publications (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Small Homes Council Research Publications contains digitized construction manuals prepared by the Small Homes Council-Building Research Council. Manuals include: "Manual Basic Construction Materials Takeoff Workshop", prepared by Professor Rudard A. Jones (1965); "Technical Study. Fastening Surfacing Materials in Rehabilitation Operations" (1968) and "Performance-Based Space Criteria for Low-Cost Housing", by professors Rudard Jones and William Kapple (1968).
  • Small Homes Council Technical Notes (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Small Homes Council Technical Notes, includes digitized technical Notes issued by the Small Homes Council-Building Research Council including Prevention and Treatment of Construction Damage to Shade Trees (TN-1: 1965); Built-up Roofing Details (TN-2: 1966, 1970, 1981); Insulation for Heating (TN-3: 1969, 1977); Converting a Concrete Slab to a Wood Subfloor (TN-4: 1969); Planning for More Space (TN-5: 1969); Investigation of the Mechanical Characteristics of Truss Plates on Fire-Retardant-Treated Wood (TN-6: 1971); Application of Treated Poles and Posts for House Construction (TN-7: 1972); Residential Swimming Pools (TN-8: 1972); Construction for Attic Ventilation (TN-9: 1974); Home Heating and Cooling with Electricity (TN-10: 1974); Gusset Plates from Plywood and Hardboard Scrap (TN-11: 1974); Influence of Heel Wedges on the Stiffness and Strength of Wood Roof Trusses with Metal Plate Connections (TN-12: 1975); Modernization of Hydronic Systems (TN-13: 1976); Details and Engineering Analysis of the Illinois Lo-Cal House (TN-14: 1979); Wood-Frame Construction-Do It Right! (TN-15: 1983); Speaking of Windows (TN-16: 1984, 1990); Flat Roof Conversions (TN-17: 1985); and Ceiling-Floor Partition Separation: What Is It and Why Is It Occurring? (TN-18: 1989).
  • Society for the Preservation of Greek Housing Records (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Society for the Preservation of Greek Housing Records (Born Digital Records), 2004, 2008, 2010, contains born digital images of Newman House, Alpha Sigma Phi House, Sigma Chi House, Sigma Nu House, Theta Xi House, and other chapter houses in Champaign-Urbana.
  • Sonya Salamon Papers (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Sonya Salamon Papers (Born Digital Records), 1978-1997, 2000, 2005-2006, contains field notes, research notes, survey notes, survey codes, survey instruments, forms, and spreadsheets, relating to rural communities in the US, including ethnic backgrounds, farming practices, land ownership and transfer, rural households, sustainable agriculture, farms organization and operation, family/community interface, religion, marriage patterns; as well as women and family in Japan and Germany. Materials include handwritten and typewritten documents that were digitized by the creator, NOT by the University Archives. Note: Some materials are restricted. Access copies of non-restricted materials are available upon request.
  • The Sophograph (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digitized surrogate of the Sophograph published by the sophomore class in an annual commentary on students and university life, featuring articles, poetry, cartoons, photographs, quotations describing personalities, class rolls, directories of student officers, class histories, class rivalries, athletic activities, military drill, social events, jokes and advertisements. The 1883 issue was titled The Saturnian. In 1894, the Illio replaced the Sophograph as the student annual. http://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=736&q=Sophograph+
  • Special Program Announcements (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the printed announcements of special programs on WILL radio and TV. Contains two digitized programs on anti-communism and southern American history.
  • Staff Appointments File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Staff Appointments File includes recommendations for appointments, resignation or change in rank forms, correspondence, and news clippings regarding documentation filed in the President's Office for faculty and staff appointments.
  • Staff Memoranda (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of Staff Memoranda include handbook of WILL governing policies (1939), V-E Day program schedule (1945), list of radio programs schedule (1945, 1957), Broadcast News newsletter (1995).
  • Stanley Smith Papers (Born Digital Records, Digital Surrogates and Audio Visual Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Stanley Smith Papers (Born Digital Records, Digital Surrogates and Audio Visual Digital Surrogates), 1989-2011, 2014, contains presentations, images, web tutorials, audio and video concerning chemistry curriculum and instruction. Digital materials involve topics as web-based instruction, Falconsoft, PLATO, course materials and Chemistry Department equipment and facilities. Streaming access to video material containing PLATO screenshots and chemistry experiment demonstrations, is available at this link: https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/playlist/dedicated/59489761/1_set2aamg/1_ehngnnti Complementary material available upon request; includes computer programs, additional presentations, pictures, maps, audio and video files, concerning chemistry curriculum, instruction and research, Falconsoft, PLATO, course materials, Chemistry Department Faculty and the renovation of Noyes Hall.
  • Star Wars Club Records (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Star Wars Club Records include correspondence, photographs, administrative documents, membership rosters, and promotional materials related to the club from its beginning in 2017.
  • Steven Salaita Controversy Reference File (Born Digital Records and Clippings Index)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records and Clippings Index from the Steven Salaita Controversy Reference File (2007-2015), documents publicly-available resources regarding the decision by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees to deny an offer of employment to Steven Salaita on August 1, 2014. The preserved materials comprise an index of textual documents from the records of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and or/other public (i.e. Internet-accessible) resources such as news articles, blog postings, and public tweets. The index organizes these materials by type of material, and chronologically by date of creation thereunder. Phys. Desc: Contains preservation copies of publicly available documents, websites, blogs, social media postings, and audio and video streams stored in the Internet Archive or other preservation systems managed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Files have undergone minimal processing, and may require the use of specialized software for display and access. Formats include DOC, PPT, PDF, AVI, MPG, MP4, MHTML and WARC. Additional Digital Materials include 3.05 GB of files. Files have undergone minimal processing, and may require the use of specialized software for display and access.
  • Stuart Sherman Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Stuart Sherman Papers includes correspondance concerning Albert Bigelow Paine and Samson Raphaelson.
  • Student Advocate (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Issues of the Student Advocate (1975-1977), an alternative student newspaper of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Includes articles on current events in Champaign-Urbana, student life, and opinion/reflection pieces.
  • Student and Faculty Org. Constitutions & Registration Cards (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Student and Faculty Org. Constitutions & Registration Cards includes constitutions concerning the Philomathean Literary Society of the University of Illinois.
  • Student Organizations Publications (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Student Organizations Publications (1871-) includes digitized copies of organizational documents, newsletters, promotional brochures, bulletin board announcements and related issuances by student organizations.
  • Students' Architectural Drawings (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Student's Architectural Drawings includes color plates of Architectural designs by N. Clifford Ricker including floor plans and sectional views of building for which there is no front elevation (1870-72); from elevation of Corn Exchange, London (1872); design for a villa - front elevation and floor plans (1872); Exchange Building in Romanesque style (1872); building in Gothic style (1872) and a plate of the Loggia of the Lions, Villa Borghese, Rome - not signed by Ricker.
  • Student Senate Files (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records from the Student Senate Files include a born digital flyer, photograph, and two videos showing the #NotOurMascot protest held during the Homecoming Parade on October 27, 2017.
  • Study Abroad File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Study Abroad File includes reports concerning Undergraduate study abroad.