University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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  • WILL Radio and Television Scripts (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of WILL Radio and Television Scripts include scrapbook of listener opinions.
  • WILL Sound Recordings (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Sound Recordings, including disks and magnetic tapes of lectures, convocations, symposia, sports and musical events and public ceremonies, recorded by radio station WILL and news and feature programs rebroadcast by the station concerning the University, higher education, international relations, politics, fine arts, humanities, literature and science.
  • Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.), 10th Congressional District of Illinois, Records (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.), 10th Congressional District of Illinois, Records consists of a record book, dated 1883-1901, for the annual conventions of the group as well as records from executive committee meetings for the organization in select years. The Illinois W.C.T.U was founded in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1874 with the aim of promoting total abstinence from alcohol. In the decades that followed, county and local unions were established across the state. Annual Conventions for the 10th congressional district brought together representatives from both local and county unions in the area. These included the W.C.T.U. of Peoria County, Knox County, Stark County, Fulton County, and Marshall County, as well as numerous local unions. The digitized content documents the substance of the conventions, including devotions, discussions and proposals, paper presentations, reports of county and local unions, and resolutions passed. Specific efforts to engage the youth, such as "Bands of Hope" and "Y's" [Young W.C.T.U.] are also noted. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.), 10th Congressional District of Illinois, Records (MS 405). The collection was completely digitized in 2020. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Women in Computing and Information Technology Oral History Project (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Women in Computing and Information Technology Oral History Project includes interviews conducted with women faculty in the U of I Department of Computer Science and IT professionals on campus as part of the ACM-grant funded project "From Margin to Center: Reframing the History of Women in Computing and Information Technology through Oral Histories." The interviews are stored in WAV and MP3 formats. Also included are interview questions and transcripts.
  • 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 Printers Digital Collection
    Rare Book & Manuscript Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Women Printers Project illustrates women’s contributions to print culture from 1478-1715. It currently surveys the materials printed by five printers: the collective of the Ripoli Nuns in Florence, Charlotte Guillard in Paris, and Tace Sowle, Anne Maxwell, and Elinor James in London. The fifty volumes that make up our examples of their work run the gamut of early modern production practices in genre, length, quality, and size. This digital collection provides a valuable snapshot into the world of early print with women at the lens.
  • 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.
  • Work With the Blind Program File
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital copies of the file of Work With the Blind Program, contains correspondence of Gertrude T. Rider, Director of War Services Committee Work With the Blind Program, includes requests to authors and publishers for permission to transcribe works into Braille, and solicitations of contributions.
  • World War II National Defense Subject File (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of World War II National Defense Subject Files of Carl Milam including correspondence on book drives (1941) and campaigns (1942-45); camp libraries (1940-41); U.S. government documents (1942-43); ALA committee activities; national defense activities of libraries in 29 states (1940-41); Japanese Relocation Centers (1943); U.S. Office of Education (1941); devastated libraries (1940-45); Office of War Information (1943-44); Surveys of Public and University Library needs (1941), and destruction of National Socialist literature by the Allies in 1946 and protests against such destruction.
  • World War I Maps
    Map Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The World War I maps collection contains maps and atlases published shortly before, during, and after World War I. The maps included cover all areas of the world showing the course of the war and its economic, political, and social contexts. Types of maps encompass propaganda maps, trench maps and other maps of battles and fronts, ethnographic and economic maps, maps and atlases for citizens at home, and maps created to support work of the United States delegation to the Paris Peace Conference. Please contact the Map Library with questions regarding these items via e-mail at charts@library.illinois.edu or by calling 217-333-0827.
  • World War I Sheet Music from the James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music
    Sousa Archives and Center for American Music  ·   Digital Special Collections
  • 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".
  • Young Adult Library Services Association Officers' Correspondence (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the Officers' Correspondence relating to the official business of Young Adult Services Division and Young Adult Library Services Association officers during their terms of office.