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  • Women in Science Lecture Series (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Records from the Women in Science Lecture Series (2020- ), includes recorded talks by women scientists and engineers at the university as part of the project "History in the Making: A Women in the Sciences Lecture Series and Preservation Project," funded by the University of Illinois Library Innovation Fund (2020-2021), Humanities Research Institute (2021-2022), Cancer Center at Illinois, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, Center for Social and Behavioral Science, Grainger College of Engineering, and Women and Gender in Global Perspectives (2021-2023). This monthly lecture series is hosted by the University of Illinois Archives from September 2020 to May 2021, September 2021 to May 2022, September 2022 to May 2023, and September 2023 to May 2024. The lectures are stored in MP4 format and include text files of transcripts.
  • Women's Resources and Services Reference File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Office of Women's Resources and Services Reference File (Digital Surrogates), 1959-2005, containing clippings, booklets, articles, and brochures concerning issues of topical interest to women in general and the women's movement in particular including women in higher education, Title IX, Women's Studies, International Women's Year (1975) and Decade (1975-85), women's resources, women's programs at specific universities, women's liberation (1959-88), equal rights amendment (1964-83), careers for women, violent crime/rape, legal matters, affirmative action (1972-82), and library resources.
  • YMCA Governing Board Minutes (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    YMCA Governing Board Minutes (1904-2003), also includes scrapbook volumes (1929-1957), reports, and materials of the Building and Executive Committees.
  • YMCA Scrapbooks (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the YMCA Scrapbooks include a digitized copy of the booklet "The Why of the 'Y' at Illinois".