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  • Evarts B. Greene World War I Papers (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Evarts B. Greene World War I Papers consists of the files of Evarts B. Greene (1870-1947). These files are related to the University of Illinois’s response to World War I and include correspondence circulars, reports, and other material.
  • Evolving Archives Initiative Oral Histories audio recordings and transcriptions (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Evolving Archives Initiative Oral Histories audio recordings and transcriptions (Born Digital Records), 2012-, includes oral histories and transcripts from interviews with Anu Murphy, Associate Director of the NetMath program; Jill Gengler, GSLIS Help Desk Manager; Kathryn Luther Henderson, GSLIS faculty; William Henderson, Preservation Librarian; Linda Smith, GSLIS Associate Dean and Professor; and Sue Searing, Librarian for User Services and Associate Dean of Libraries. Materials relate to the interviewees' experiences at the University of Illinois both as a students and as Faculty.
  • Executive Board Transcripts of Proceedings (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital copies of the Transcripts of the Proceedings of the ALA Executive Board meetings from 1909 to 1944. The entirety of boxes 2 through 9 have been scanned.
  • Executive Director Subject File (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates from the Executive Director's Subject File, including files on the Carnegie Corporation grants to the Canadian Library Council (1926-1946), Canadian library survey (1928-38), and a copy of the summary report of the National Advisory Commission on Libraries from December 1967.
  • Exercise Routine Demonstration Film Cartridges and Audio Cassettes (Digital Surrogate)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Exercise Routine Demonstration Film Cartridges and Audio Cassettes contain audio cassettes and 8mm film cartridges to demonstrate therapist administered physical exercise routines related to movements of neck.
  • "Expanding Horizons", the History of Division of Rehabilitation-Education Services at the University of Illinois...
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    "Expanding Horizons", the History of Division of Rehabilitation-Education Services at the University of Illinois (Digital Surrogate), 1998, contains a complete digitized copy of this publication about the first 50 years of the DRES. Covers DRES' history, faculty biographies, photographs, related research projects, achievements and prospective plans. This material was digitized by the Digital Content Creation Unit in 2011.
  • Extension and Program Development Handbooks and Manuals (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records from Extension and Program Development Handbooks and Manuals includes Illinois Crop Pro: A Professional's Guide to Production and Protection. This general file contains significant material on Illinois Agronomy Handbook, Illinois Agricultural Pest Management Handbook, Illinois Crop Protection Technology Conference, and the Pest Management & Crop Development Bulletin, 2002 issues.
  • Extension Audiovisual Materials (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Extension Audiovisual Materials include film and audiotape recordings concerning the Knox County 4-H Show (1956) featuring cattle and sheep showing events; advertisements for the "Mealtime USA: Food from the Field to the Table" extension program at Carl Sandberg Junior College in Galesburg, IL (ca. 1970s) featuring talks including crepe making, pre-natal nutrition, pest prevention, and meat smoker construction. Series includes one 1/4" audiotape, two 16mm films, and DVD copies of each film.
  • External Videotapes Records (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the External Videotapes Records, contains a digitized video relating to the University from outside of University sources. Available online, this series includes a video of Hobo Parade activities, track and field games, and Football games with marching band circa 1923. This series also includes a copy of the Oprah Winfrey Show, "Pompom Squads: Sex Objects?" broadcasted in February, 1990; covers the controversy concerning negative repercussions of college cheerleading and dance team squads, specifically UIUC's Ilinettes, its relationship with sexual crimes on campus, the debate over the University sponsoring the Illinettes dance team; gender debates about sexism, sexual objectification of women's bodies through dance teams and their outfits, Illinettes dance team being a sexual provocation or a sports practice; as well as the relationship between sexual abuse, alcohol problems in campus and practices held in fraternity and sororities organizations. Please contact the archives to gain access to this content.
  • Facilities and Services Project Drawing and Plans Files (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Facilities and Services Project Drawing and Plans Files (Digital Surrogates), 1885-1999, contains digitized drawings, sketches, blueprints, fabric samples, and construction photographs concerning architectural projects and proposals for Campus development and facilities' improvement. This series also include additional digitized material including campus building plans. Access to this material will be provided only with written permission of the University Archivist.
  • Facsimiles Map Collection
    Map Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Map historians have relied on copies (facsimiles) of old maps for more than a century. In some cases, the copies they used were restrikes of images from original printing plates. Beginning in the middle of the 19th century, map collectors, initially individuals but later libraries and learned societies, collected original early maps and reprinted them in facsimile atlases. Nineteenth-century facsimiles were often lithographed prints of hand-traced maps. Not until the early 20th century did photography begin to play a larger role in creating facsimile images. The maps and atlases contained in this digital collection include some of the most important of the facsimiles published in the late 19th century including Wieder’s Monumenta Cartographica and Nordenskiöld’s Facsimile-Atlas to the Early History of Cartography. Please contact the Map Library regarding these items via e-mail at charts@library.illinois.edu or by calling 217-333-0827.
  • Facts for Freshmen Records (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Facts for Freshmen records includes a digitized copy of the 1914 publication "Facts for Freshmen", published by the Dean of Men, Thomas A. Clark, containing suggestions on planning a program of study and descriptions of administrative procedures, organization of the University, regulations and student service.
  • Faculty Minutes (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Minutes of the College of Engineering faculty, 1897-1902, 1918-2008, include correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, reports, resolutions, committee nomination slates and election ballots, and proposals relating to requirements for admission, courses, and graduation; registration procedures; proposed revisions to the curriculum (e.g. the introduction of a master's program in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. program in Industrial Engineering) and college bylaws; faculty committees; petitions; grading; requirements for theses; special guest lectures; and the publication of the Technograph. This series also contains background documents for meetings of Heads, Directors, and Deans as well as memorials for faculty members.
  • Faculty Organization Publications (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Faculty Organization Publications includes Laputa Gazette (1968-70).
  • Faculty Portraits File (Digital Surrogates and Born Digital Images)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates and Born Digital Images from the Faculty Portraits File, contain faculty photographs relating to different University departments and different time periods. Faculty portraits were taken by the Photographic Service, which provides the staff and students of the University with photographers for public relations, instruction, and research, as well as providing portraits, passports, film strips, slides, and film processing.
  • Faculty Reports (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from Faculty Reports of the College of Engineering (1918-1927), include copies of correspondence, course schedules, and minutes concerning proposed revisions to the curriculum, such as the addition of courses pertaining to war issues during World War I; faculty committees; student enrollment statistics; special events and lectures, including efforts to invite the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education to the University of Illinois (1919-1920); the implementation of an engineering aptitude test for college freshman in order to better shape students' course selections (1919); and new faculty at the college.
  • Farm, Field and Fireside Collection
    History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Together with the introduction of rural mail delivery, the telephone, and the automobile, farm newspapers played a key role in the modernization of rural America. The Farm, Field and Fireside collection contains historically significant U.S. farm weeklies published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These titles document a time of transition in American agriculture, politics, family life, and technology.
  • Filbey Family Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Filbey Family Papers includes a digitized copy of "The Early History of the Deans of Women...1897-1923" by Mrs. Mary L. (N.V.) Filbey (1969).
  • Financial Minutes and Reports, 1987-1990 (Born Digital)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of financial and accounting reports, correspondence, and Executive Board documents from 1987-1990.
  • Florence Kelley Letter (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Florence Kelley Letter consists of one letter on Hull House letterhead, dated February 11, 1897, from Florence Kelly to Dr. Braun. Florence Kelley (1859-1932) was a social reformer who campaigned for labor rights. The recipient, Dr. Braun, was most likely Dr. Heinrich Braun (1854-1927), editor of several socialist publications for which Florence Kelley wrote several articles. Hull House, founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr, served as a social and educational hub for immigrants in Chicago. The digitized content contains one letter written on Hull House letterhead. In the letter, Kelley describes her struggle to write objectively on subjects she feels strongly about. She writes, “…it is not easy to write as an interpreter. The temptation is too strong towards writing as advocate of certain measures of reform.” Kelley writes to Braun that she will make an effort to write her articles “strictly scientific.” The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Florence Kelley Letter (MS 1065). The collection was completely digitized in 2020. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Football Games Films and Videotapes (Audiovisual Digital Surrogates), 1942-1990
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Audiovisual Digital Surrogates from the Football Game Films and Videotapes contains digitized video tapes of Illinois football games highlights. Digitized video recordings include the following games: the Rose Bowl game against the University of Washington, 1/1/1964 (2 videos); Illinois vs Great Lakes, 11/ 21/1942 (1 video); Illinois vs Minnesota, 10/15/1955 (1 video); Illinois vs Minnesota, 11/17/1973 (4 videos); Illinois vs Missouri 9/17/1977 (1 video); and Illinois vs Michigan 11/10/1990 (2 videos). The Rose Bowl game video is currently available online. An additional digitized video recording of the same game with a slight variation on the film's length, is available upon request. An access copy of the other digitized videos is available upon request.
  • Forrest I. Peters Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Forrest I. Peters Papers (Digital Surrogates), 1907, includes a digitized program for the Chicago Cubs World Championship banquet (Chicago, 1907). Material includes handwritten notes and autographs
  • Francis G. Wilson Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digtial Surrogates of the Francis G. Wilson Papers includes correspondence, speeches, course material concerning political science, and publications with notes and newsclippings.
  • Franklin H. Price Papers, 1918-1919 (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Papers of Franklin H. Price, agent of the ALA Library War Service Philadelphia Dispatch Office, containing correspondence from Carl Milam, Assistant to the Director of the ALA Library War Service. Correspondence concerns book requests and shipments, reports and instructions and funds and subscriptions. Series also includes a letter from Milam to Mr. Ashurst, Price's supervisor at the Philadelphia Free Library, praising Price's work for the Library War Service.
  • Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs consists of photographs of Abraham Lincoln, dating from 1846 to 1865, that were collected by Frederick Hill Meserve. The photographs were collected in an album that was prepared by Meserve and Carl Sandburg for the creation of "The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln," published in 1944. Frederick Hill Meserve was born in 1865 and was the son of William Neal Meserve, a Civil War veteran. Frederick Meserve began collecting Civil War era photographs in the 1890s to illustrate his father's war diary. He became a prominent collector and historian of photographs from the era, especially photographs of Abraham Lincoln. He worked alongside historian Carl Sandburg to publish "The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln" in 1944. Meserve died in 1962, and his extensive collection of original photographs, amassed with the help of his daughter, Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt, was purchased by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University in 2015. The digitized content consists of over 100 photographs of Abraham Lincoln, dating from 1846 to shortly before Lincoln's death in 1865. The photographs are 20th century reproductions made from original daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and negatives, which were collected in an album to prepare for the creation of "The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln." The bulk of the photographs depict Lincoln during the years of his presidential campaign and the subsequent five years he spent in the White House. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (MS 1027). The collection was partially digitized in 2013. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu. The Library wishes to acknowledge the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation, which gave us permission to digitize the photographs and to reproduce the text of the image captions supplied by Frederick Hill Meserve in "The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln."
  • Frederick Wainwright Perkins Papers (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Frederick Wainwright Perkins Papers consists of architectural drawings prepared for one of Perkins's many commissions, the Charles H. Schweppe residence in Lake Forest, Illinois, in 1914 and 1915. Frederick Wainwright Perkins (1866-1928) was a prominent Chicago architect engaged in active practice from 1886 to 1924. Perkins designed many residences and buildings, mostly in the Chicago area but also in Duluth, Minnesota (where he had an office) and in downstate Illinois. The digitized content contains three sets of architectural drawings for the Charles H. Schweppe residence in Lake Forest, Illinois, one of Perkins's many commissions in the Chicago area. The sets include floor plans as well as exterior views. Note that the drawings digitized represent only a small portion of the documentation physically preserved for this commission, and the Charles H. Schweppe residence is only one of many commissions documented in the Frederick Wainwright Perkins Papers. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Frederick Wainwright Perkins Papers (MS 885). The collection was partially digitized in 2019. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Fred H. Turner Audio-recordings (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Fred H. Turner Audio-recordings (Digital Surrogates), 1967,1975, contains digitized oral interviews with Fred Turner about his years working for longtime Dean of Men Thomas Arkle Clark and the shifting role of faculty and administration during his own tenure as Dean (1967), differing administrative management styles between Clark and Turner, and the history of fraternities (1975), working with Clark and University Presidents Draper and James, the Chief, Founders Day, and other celebrations (1967).
  • French World War I Posters
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    This collection is comprised of 105 digitized posters published in France during the First World War. The selected posters represent a time of national volatility and a visual culture of lithography, illustrations, earlier posters and paintings.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Hess Papers (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Friedrich Wilhelm Hess Papers consists of several letters exchanged between Friedrich Wilhelm Hess, friends and relatives, as well as poems, concert tickets, a birth certificate, and a newspaper clipping. Friedrich Wilhelm Hess (d. 1877) was born in Hamm, Westphalia in the 1830’s. Before immigrating to America, he studied law in Germany. While in America, he studied medicine and served in the medical service during the Civil War. Afterwards, he practiced medicine in Baltimore and Cincinnati. He wrote several essays, novels, and poems, and worked on the staff of various newspapers in Cincinnati, including the “Freie Presse,” “Abend-Post,” “Westliche Blätter,” and “Volksblatt.” He died on August 2, 1877. The digitized content contains forty-three items including letters, poems, concert tickets, a birth certificate, and a newspaper clipping. The letters are dated from the 1870’s and are primarily exchanged between Hess and his sister Emilie Hassel and his mother (signed as “M”). Also included are a birth certificate of Johann Hermann Gerhard Berling, a manuscript poem by Hess titled “Der Brand von Chicago,” an untitled poem by Paula in Emilie’s hand, two concert tickets dated 1875, and a newspaper clipping about the election of President Hayes. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Friedrich Wilhelm Hess Papers as part of the Heinrich A. Rattermann Papers (MS 210). This component of the collection was completely digitized 2020. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Friends of the Observatory Newsletters (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Friends of the Observatory Newsletters contains copies of the newsletters concerning events, contributions, and history of the observatory.
  • Gabriel Guevrekian Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Gabriel Guevrekian Papers (Digital Surrogates), 1923-1936, contains a digitized copy of Guevrekian's scrapbook relating to his architectural plans, designs, sketches and photographs of models. Digitized material includes sketches and completed works designed in France (Paris and Narbonne), Iran (Teheran) and Hungary (Budapest).
  • General Collection Digitization
    Patron Driven Digitization  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Books digitized with no intended Digital Library access at present but possibly will be in the future. Books are digitized via patron request but not under the umbrella of emergency or restricted access programs.
  • General Correspondence of President David Kinley (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of General Correspondence of President David Kinley includes correspondence concerning the design of the Stadium.
  • General Correspondence of the Office of the Dean of Men (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the General Correspondence of the Office of the Dean of Men includes correspondence concerning Repeal of the 18th Amendment.
  • George B. Utley Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the George B. Utley Papers, including files on state library associations.
  • George Durfee Correspondence (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the George Durfee Papers consists of the correspondence of George S. Durfee, a soldier and captain during the United States Civil War and a member of the Illinois Vicksburg Commission. George S. Durfee (1840-1907) was born in Marshall, Michigan. The Durfee family moved to Decatur, Illinois, when George Durfee was seventeen. In 1861, he joined Company A, 8th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He served with the unit until 1866, rising to the rank of captain. He married Sarah A. Powers in 1857, and the couple had four daughters. The digitized content contains the correspondence of George Durfee from 1861-1901, most of which was created during the United States Civil War. The correspondence in this collection describes camp life, various political and military figures, and army policies. Durfee reports on several campaigns and battles, including Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, and the occupation of Texas. The collection also contains papers regarding family matters and Durfee's 1901 appointment by Governor Richard Yates as a member of the commission to determine and mark the positions of Illinois troops in the siege of Vicksburg, the Illinois Vicksburg Commission. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the George Durfee Correspondence and Papers, 1861-1901 (MS 603). The collection was completely digitized in 2021. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • George L. Childress Diaries (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the George L. Childress Diaries consists of duplicate 163-page typescripts of George L. Childress' diaries from January 1, 1862 through July 10, 1865. Childress, who served in Company I, 66th Volunteer Infantry, recorded his daily life in the army in his diaries. George L. Childress was from Bridgeport, Illinois. From the age of 22, Childress served in Company I, 66th Volunteer Infantry, which was mustered in November 1861, at Benton Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri, and reenlisted as a veteran in 1863. Company I was mustered out in July 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky. The digitized content contains a 163-page typescript of George L. Childress' diaries in which he recorded his daily life in the army from January 1, 1862 to July 10, 1865. He described battles and skirmishes as well as camp life and marching. His unit fought at Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Iuka, and in the Atlanta campaign. Childress also recorded a list of items that he purchased while on duty. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the George L. Childress Diaries (MS 536). The collection was completely digitized in 2018. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • George P. Stauduhar Papers, Plans and Pictures (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the George P. Stauduhar Papers, Plans and Pictures contain digitized architectural maps, sketches, plans and pictures of interiors and exteriors of Roman Catholic churches and residences at different locations in the United States, as part of Stauduhar's architectural projects. Access copies of digitized materials are available upon request. Additional images related with this record series are available at the Archives' image gallery.
  • George W. Cole Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the papers of George W. Cole (1850-1939), treasurer of ALA (1893- 96), including correspondence about his beginnings in library work, his year at the Columbia School of Library Economy, the school after it moved to Albany, New York, his inquiries concerning payment of ALA dues (1893-1896) and articles to appear in Library Journal (1901-1906). Correspondents include E.H. Anderson, Martha H.G. Banks, R.R. Bowker, William Brett, Arthur N. Brown, Henry J. Carr, Charles A. Cutter, William Cutter, H.E. Davidson, Melvil Dewey, Theresa West Elmendorf, R.P. Hayes, Helen E. Haines, Frank P. Hill, Annie B. Jackson, Ada A. Jones, Alice B. Kroeger, Josephus N. Larned, Mrs. E.S. Lewis, George T. Little, Margaret D. mcGuffey, Sarah H. Minor, W.E. Parker, Annie Parsons, Frank Patten, Mary W. Plummer, J. Herbert Senter, Thorvald Solberg, Lucy Stevens, Mabel Temple, A.W. Tyler, Henry M. Utley, Beatrice Winser, and Ernest D. Worth. Entire series is digitized.
  • George W. Lienesch Collection (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the George W. Lienesch Collection of Ephemera consists of political ephemera, including trade cards and ballots, as well as various other printed ephemera from the 1880s and 1890s collected by George W. Lienesch, a farmer in St. Clair County, Illinois. George Washington Lienesch (1866-1922) of St. Clair County, Illinois, participated in music and theatre groups as a young adult and was a member of the Shiloh Valley Grange. He lived on a farm near Shiloh and O'Fallon in St. Clair County. The digitized content includes political ephemera Lienesch collected, including election ballots for various parties and newspaper clippings from the 1884 and 1888 elections as well as cards of the candidates. The collection also contains an 1886 almanac advertising the "Seven Barks" patent medicine, several humorous broadsides, and two postcards from the 1893 World's Fair. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the George Washington Lienesch Collection of Political Ephemera and Other Materials (MS 073). The collection was completely digitized in 2017. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.