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  • 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).
  • Caroline Webster Papers, 1917-1921 (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the Papers of Caroline Webster as assistant to the director of the Library War Service head of the Hospital Library Service, and member of the Committee on an Enlarged Program for American Library Service containing correspondence with the American Red Cross (1918-1921); with Gertrude Rider of the committee on Work with the Blind, the New York Association for the Blind, and the Perkins Institute for the Blind (1919-1920); with dispatch offices (1919- 1920); concerning the establishment of public libraries in the Virgin Islands (1917, 1919-1920); with the Hospital Library Service personnel (1919-1921); postwar library service correspondence with national organizations (1919-1921); postwar library service records (1919-20).
  • Carrie E. Ober Letter (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Carrie E. Ober Letter consists of one letter from Carrie Ober to her cousin, Isa. Carrie E. Ober and her husband, Albert Ober, moved from Beverly, Massachusetts, to Three Oaks, Michigan, around 1870. The recipient of her letter, Carrie’s cousin Ida, lived in Massachusetts. Three Oaks is a village in Southwest Michigan that had a stop on a high-traffic route of the Michigan Central Railroad. The digitized content contains one letter dated October 14, 1871, from Carrie Ober to her cousin, Isa. The letter describes the outbreak of fires in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Illinois, including the Great Chicago Fire, and recounts details such as causalities and acres of land burned. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Carrie E. Ober Letter (MS 1059). The collection was completely digitized in 2020. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • 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.
  • Cavagna Sangiuliani Collection
    Rare Book & Manuscript Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani (1843-1913) was a public official, book collector, and recognized authority on the history of the Lombardy and Piedmont regions in northern Italy. His library contained tens of thousands of books on history, genealogy, biography, and law, including city statutes and organizational bylaws. The manuscripts in the collection especially reflect the study of local history and include charters, chronicles, investitures, leases, and other legal instruments relating to Italian cities, organizations, and families. All aspects of Italian history, from the Middle Ages to the first years of the twentieth century, are prominently represented in the Cavagna Sangiuliani Collection. Other topics which are heavily represented include art and architecture, church history and hagiography, engineering and fortification, military and religious orders, monasticism and religious life, Roman history and antiquities, and Italian academies and universities. Primarily in Italian, the collection also contains works in Latin, French, and German. Among the books in the collection are incunables, rare and early printed books, pamphlets, and ephemera. Many of the historical documents are unique and found in no other library worldwide. In addition, the Cavagna Sangiuliani Collection also contains several thousand maps, both printed and manuscript.
  • 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.
  • Champaign-Urbana Historic Built Environment
    Champaign County Historical Archives (Urbana Free Library)  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Illinois Built Environment collection provides to the public a first-hand view of select original documents used to shape the Campus. Among others, items include hand sketches of campus plans, original trace and linen drawings of many of the Central Quadrangle buildings, four separate proposed sketches for the original Library, now known as Altgeld Hall, and watercolor renderings for the display of the Alma Mater and many buildings. This collection will grow over time as more original drawings, sketches and renderings are released for public use. Collection size: approximately 270 items. Digitization of this collection was conducted by The Urbana Free Library, with funding provided by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, an Office of the Secretary of State, with funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act. Access the full collection here: http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/search/collection/ufl
  • 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 Chiniquy Collection (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Charles Chiniquy Collection (1878-1909) consists of correspondence from Charles Chiniquy, John Carroll Power, and others to Edwin A. Sherman; one from Sherman; and a small collection of leaflets and broadsides. Subjects include the Roman Catholic Church, Abraham Lincoln, and the activities of the Lincoln Grand Guard of Honor, an organization founded to protect the tomb of Abraham Lincoln. Charles Chiniquy (1809-1899) was a Canadian Catholic priest who left the Catholic Church in 1858 and became strongly anti-Catholic. In 1885 he wrote a book entitled Fifty Years in the Church of Rome, in which he charged that the Vatican was behind the Confederate cause and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Edwin A. Sherman was an American soldier, miner, and resident of the Western states, notable for serving as the Commander in Chief of the Lincoln Grand Guard of Honor and for being vigorously anti-Catholic. His book, The Engineers of Hell: or, Rome’s Sappers and Miners (1883), purported to uncover and tell the story of the secret code of the Jesuits and their plans for world domination. The digitized content contains letters, primarily from Charles Chiniquy, but also from others, addressed to Edwin A. Sherman. It also contains a few letters from Sherman to members of the Lincoln Grand Guard of Honor. Also included are a few broadsides, leaflets, and circulars related to the books published by Sherman and Chiniquy. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Charles Chiniquy Collection (MS 134). The collection was completely digitized in 2023. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Charles E. Mudie Papers, 1816-1897
    Rare Book & Manuscript Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Charles E. Mudie Digital Collection is comprised of correspondence, visual materials, and documents. This gathering of materials shed light on the management of Mudie’s Select Library, an innovative library that pioneered the concept of a circulating system operated by membership, as well as Mudie’s wide network of subscribers. The correspondence between Mudie, his family, and prominent 19th century literary English figures provides an ample view of the literary and publishing milieu during the Victorian era.
  • 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 R. Green Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogests of the Charles R. Green Papers, relating to Green's service as Assistant Librarian at the Camp Library, Camp Johnston, Florida, contains photographs of the library and its interior floor plans, a map of the camp showing proposed sites for the library with comments written on the map describing the functions of the buildings and the areas, official camp orders, camp handbook, and correspondence with the ALA Library War Service Headquarters.
  • 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.
  • Chinese American Librarians Association Subject Files (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital copies from the Chinese-American Librarians Association Subject File, including the 1985-88 conference programs, and 1982-2000 newsletters.
  • 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.
  • Chuck Olin Digital Film Archive
    History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Chuck Olin Digital Film Archive consists of production elements from two PBS-broadcast documentaries: "In Our Own Hands: The Hidden Story of the Jewish Brigade in World War II," and "Is Jerusalem Burning? Myth, Memory and the Battle of Latrun." Both films, relying primarily on first-person accounts, tell the story of critical episodes in the formation of the nation-state of Israel. The unedited versions of the first-person accounts contained in the collection offer the student or scholar a unique set of primary-source material. Collection size: 8 interviews. BibID: 5791425
  • 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.
  • Civil War Maps
    Map Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Civil War Maps collection contains maps of the entire United States, regions, individual states, and specific locations. Maps showing actions, events, and situations during the war as well as maps created immediately before and after the war are included. Please contact the Map Library with questions regarding these items via e-mail at https://go.library.illinois.edu/EmailMapLibrary or by calling 217-333-0827.
  • 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).
  • Clarendon Van Norman Jr. Collection of Ephemera (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Clarendon Van Norman Jr. Collection of Ephemera consists of printed ephemera dating from 1828 to 1939, related to Illinois. The digitized content contains Illinois broadsides and printed ephemera primarily from the nineteenth century. The materials include a variety of works from the pre-Civil War era such as prospectuses, periodicals, advertisements, newspaper clippings, government documents, and financial records. The items cover topics in Illinois history such as politics and government, construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and business transactions. Also contained within the digitized content are college commencement programs, religious sermons, materials from fraternal organizations, correspondence, sheet music, carrier addresses, and other printed works. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Clarendon Van Norman, Jr. Collection of Lincoln and Illinois Ephemera (MS 852). The collection was partially digitized in 2016, 2017, and 2018. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Collection of Marcel Proust papers, 1870-1950
    Rare Book & Manuscript Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Papers of the French novelist Marcel Proust (1871-1922) provide a look at the man and his times. Proust had a large and varied number of correspondents, and his letters include an important source of information about Parisian life and French culture at the turn of the century.
  • 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
  • College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching Collection
    Ricker Library of Architecture and Art  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The content of this collection is developed around the teaching needs of members of the College of Fine and Applied Arts, and includes material related to Art and Design, Architecture, Dance, Landcsape Architecture, Music, Theater, and Urban and Regional Planning.
  • Collegiate Chronicle Collection
    History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Collegiate Chronicle presents U.S. college newspapers from different regions and time periods. Included are The Eagle from American University and the Hoya from Georgetown University, both in Washington D.C., newspapers from colleges in Pennsylvania such as the F&M College Reporter from Lancaster, the Lincolnian from Oxford, and the Weekly Gettysburgian from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Also featured are the Ithacan from Ithaca College in New York, and the University's own Daily Illini.
  • Collins Collection of Irish Political Cartoons
    Rare Book & Manuscript Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    This is an online collection of political cartoons from the University of Illinois Library Collins collection of books, pamphlets, newspapers, maps and cartoons; it was purchased by the Library in 1917. The collection consists of cartoons drawn primarily from the Weekly Freeman and National Press and United Ireland newspapers. The cartoons address the subject of Irish politics of the late 1800s and early 1900s, and, in particular, Ireland's relationship with England. Collection size: approximately 75 cartoons.
  • 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.