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  • Alumni and Faculty Biographical (Alumni News Morgue) File (Digital Surrogates and Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates and Born Digital Records from the Alumni and Faculty Biographical (Alumni News Morgue) File, includes digitized material and born digital records pertaining to the biographical file from deceased and living alumni, faculty members, trustees, and former students. The file was created by the Alumni Association, but University Archives staff have added and continue to add materials to the file. Only a few materials from this file have been digitized or include born digital content. Online records from this series include: 1. A doctoral Dissertation (ca.2007) by Marvin E. Latimer Jr and is entitled "Harold A. Decker (1914-2003): American Choral Music Director". 2. Photographs concern Maudelle Bousfield's plaque on the Bronzeville Walk of Fame along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Chicago, IL. Photographs were taken on April 25, 2015. 3. Three digitized letters from Jim N. Matthews to his family dated October 3 1868, September 15 1868, September 20 1871. 4. University news and documentation concerning Professor Carl Woese's research and achievements Additional digitized material is available upon request, including: 1. Gabriel Guevrekian's biographical file. 2. Audio visual documentation of news broadcast concernign Professors' Fred A Kummerow's research on trans fats. 3. News stories from different academic journals and media, concerning Professor Carl Woese's research and achievements. Indexes available online for specific Alumni Biographic Files can be viewed here: http://archives.library.illinois.edu/social-media-archives/alumni-and-faculty-biographical-alumni-news-morgue-file/ For more information about the Alumni Biographical File, see this Series' main record in Archon. A complete list of alumni who are included in the file does not exist. Please contact the archives if you would like us to search for information on a particular individual.
  • Alvin French Papers (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Alvin French Papers consists of typed transcripts of the correspondence of Alvin French, a Union soldier from Springfield, Illinois. The correspondence is dated from 1861 to 1864. Alvin S. French, born circa 1840, was the son of Alonzo W. French of Pittsfield, Illinois. He lived in Springfield with his uncle, Dr. Amos Willard French, a dentist and early resident of the city. Alvin French enlisted as a corporal in the 114th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in 1862, and served as a hospital steward and then as First Assistant Surgeon for the regiment. He was killed in action in June 1864 at Guntown, Mississippi, reportedly while tending to wounded soldiers on the field. The digitized content contains transcripts of Alvin French's correspondence dating from 1861 to 1864. The incoming letters are from French's friends and family, and discuss the war, troop activities, or news from home. Outgoing correspondence, typically from French to family members, details the activities of the 114th on the front, his work in the regiment hospital, or other personal matters. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Alvin French Papers (MS 641). The collection was partially digitized in 2018. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Alwin Schaller Scrapbook (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Alwin Schaller Scrapbook, includes a digitized copy of the 3rd Annual Electric Show Program, 1910. The original program is item 129 from the scrapbook as listed in this Series' finding aid.
  • American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    This digitization project contains digitized photographs from the Faxon Collection from the Conference Photographs series (99/1/14) and the Library Building Photographs series (99/1/15), held at the University of Illinois Archives. Some photographs and postcards from the Library Building Photographs collection (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, and California) have also been digitized.
  • American Library in Paris Correspondence (Digital Surrogate)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the correspondence of The American Library in Paris contains reports, budgets, organization charts, book lists, and other papers relating to the American Library in Paris and the Paris Library School (Ecole de Bibliothecaires), includes detailed accounts of the founding of the American Library in Paris and the Paris Library School, the American Library and Parisian life after the liberation, and debates on the role of women as librarians. Primary correspondents include Milton E. Lord, Flora Ludington, Carl H. Milam, Edward A. Sumner, H. M. Lydenberg, and Jessie Carson.
  • American Popular Entertainment Collection
    History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The American Popular Entertainment collection contains digital facsimiles of historic newspapers and trade journals published for the entertainment industry in the US between 1853 and 1929. These works include trade perspectives, features, and travel information on vaudeville, music performance, burlesque, and other popular forms of entertainment of the period. Digitization of this collection made possible through the generous support of Library Friend Robert O. Endres.
  • Amos Kennedy Collection
    Rare Book & Manuscript Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., Collection in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign contains artists’ books, postcards, and posters. Kennedy is a letterpress printer, papermaker, book artist, and teacher who currently lives and works in York, Alabama. He was the first artist in residence at The Coleman Center for Arts and Culture, an organization founded in 1985 to further the arts in York. Through his strong graphics and bold typography, Kennedy addresses passionately issues of race, freedom, and equality, often incorporating proverbs and tales of the Kuba and Yoruba people of Africa, as well as the work of African-American poets such as Paul Laurence Dunbar.
  • The Amplifier (Education Justice Program) (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Amplifier (Education Justice Program) (Digital Surrogates) includes PDF digital surrogates of newsletters published by the Education Justice Program (EJP) at the University of Illinois, concerning education; interviews with EJP members; general issues; descriptions of EJP Programs; book reviews; cartoons; guidelines for submissions to the newsletter; and calendars of programs at the Danville Correctional Center.
  • Andrew V. Nalbandov Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Andrew V. Nalbandov Papers (Digital Surrogates), ca. 1920-1945, includes digitized handwritten journals, personal memoirs, correspondence, postcards & documents of Vladimir S. Nalbandov (father of Andrew V. Nalbandov) relating to the Nalbandov, Schlee & related families, landowners in the Simferopol region of the Crimea; agricultural practices; education; social life; business; politics; ethnic groups; the Russian Revolution in the Crimea; emigration to western Europe (1920-27) and the United States (1936, 1945-48). Digitized journal include attached photographs. Electronic records pertaining to this Series include Nalbandov's digitized handwritten journal in Russian and its translation to English (2013-2014) by his granddaughter, Olga Griminger. Digitized materials pertain to box 2 from the original material held at the Archives.
  • Annette Feldman Autobiographical Volume (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of this collection consists of an autobiography authored by Annette Feldman, a Jewish resident of Hoopeston, Illinois. Annette Feldman (née Yonkelowitz) was born in Hoopeston, Illinois, in 1916 to a family of Lithuanian immigrants. The family practiced Orthodox Judaism until she reached high school, when they began attending Temple Beth El, a Reform congregation in Danville, Illinois. Annette Feldman enrolled at Northwestern University in 1934 and then transferred to the University of Chicago, where she studied Home Economics and met her husband, Jerry Feldman (1911-1986). The two married in 1941. During the war, Jerry Feldman volunteered with the U.S. Army Medical Corps, while Annette Feldman worked as a food and nutrition specialist as part of the Home Economics Extension Service at the University of Illinois. In 1946, the Feldmans moved to Hayward, California, where they raised two children, Jill (born 1949) and Robert (born 1952). Annette Feldman died in 1995. "Remember Me" contains Annette Feldman's recollections of life (work, marriage, and family) in Hoopeston, Illinois; Richmond, Virginia; and Hayward, California; among other locations. This collection also includes diary entries that reflect daily life and travels to Europe and South America, a short biography for Jerry Feldman, as well as family trees. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Annette Feldman Autobiography, "Remember Me" (MS 1115). The collection was completely digitized in 2023. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Announcements and Pamphlets (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records from the Announcements and Pamphlets includes press releases, images, events publications, logos and wordmarks, and document drafts from the Spurlock Museum concerning the Knowledge at Work exhibit, Cahokia exhibit, Third Thursday events, Spurlock Sundays events, pre-doctoral institute, international student and faculty outreach, museum workshops, local school outreach, open houses, and concerts.
  • Annual Conference Correspondence, May 18 - October 20, 1876 (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    File of the ALA Librarians' Conference, including correspondence (May 18 - October 20, 1876), letters of invitation, individual responses, conference discussion suggestions, program requests and hotel arrangements. Corespondents include Melvil Dewey, William E. Foster, Daniel W. Fine, R.B. Anderson, Charles Cutter, Christopher Little, Luther Holmes, George S. Williams, Theodore M. Osborne, Edward M. Hall, Ezra Abbot, the Franklin Hotel manager (Philadelphia), Oran W. Morris, Louise W. Roose, Otis Robinson, Charles Evans, M.B. Coolidge, Thomas Karney, M.A. Bean, W. Carrington Button, William Dunn Macray (Bodleian Library, Oxford), F. Saunders, James Reed, Edward A. Noyes and Pat Rufas. The series includes a description of the holdings of the library of the Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts (now Peabody Essex Museum) and shorthand notations by Melvil Dewey on the respondents' letters.
  • Annual Disease Nursery Reports
    Scholarship
  • Annual Reports - Illinois Fire Service Institute
    Scholarship
  • Anthony J. Janata Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Papers of Anthony J. Janata, executive secretary (1921-23) and assistant to the president (1923-66) and secretary of the Board of Trustees (1950-66), contain tape recorded recollections, correspondence, photographs, manuscripts and publications related to University Hall, literary societies, David Kinley, Harry W. Chase, College of Fine and Applied Arts, the president's house, Arthur H. Daniels, Arthur C. Willard, the Illini Union, Galesburg and Navy Pier, World War II programs, dormitories, Lloyd Morey, financing the building program and the functions of the Board of Trustees.
  • Antoinette Burton
    Scholarship
  • Architecture Department Subject File: Manuscript by Nathan C. Ricker (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Architecture Department Subject File: Manuscript by Nathan C. Ricker (Digital Surrogates), 1922, contains a digitized autobiographical manuscript entitled "The story of a life" by Nathan C. Ricker. The original manuscript can be found in record series 12/2/1, Box 15. See the finding aid of this record series for more information. Additional information about Ricker can be found in record series 12/2/22, "Nathan C. Ricker Papers, 1875-1925". See also Record Series 12/2/21 for "Nathan C. Ricker Transcripts & Textbooks"; and the Archives' Image Gallery for photographs and architectural drawings by N.C. Ricker.
  • Aretas W. Nolan Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Aretas W. Nolan Papers includes typescript drafts of publications including "Nolan Screenings" (1923-1939), a column appearing in the newsletter Fan-Mill, (for Illinois teachers of vocational education), and "My Country School Days," published in the Phi Delta Kappan (1951).
  • A. Richard Williams (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the A. Richard Williams collection include photographs, architectural design drawings, articles, and purchasing documents concerning the architectural design and construction of a particular house in Urbana-Champaign.
  • A. R. Kelly Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the A. R. Kelly Papers contain research project abstracts, correspondences, and survey questionnaires concerning research, ethnography, and archeology of the southern Illinois Indians. Subjects include southern Illinois Native American population research, archeology, ethnography, and anthropology. Significant correspondences include Bishop Joseph F. Schlarman, Fay-Cooper Cole, Roland B. Dixon, A. V. Kidder, Donald Goodchild, A. H. Daniels, and H. W. Chase.
  • ARLIS/NA Academic Library Division File (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from the file of the Academic Library Division of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) include the division's State of Academic Law Libraries report (2019).
  • ARLIS/NA Administrative Publications (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from ARLIS/NA Administrative Publications include articles of incorporation and bylaws, strategic plans, policy manuals, chapter affiliation documents, conference planning materials, a management calendar, and an organization chart detailing the relationships among offices in ARLIS/NA.
  • ARLIS/NA Advocacy and Public Policy Committee File (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from the ARLIS/NA Advocacy and Public Policy Committee File contain ARLIS/NA Public Policy Committee announcements and statements (2013-15) and its monthly online publication Public Policy Committee News Alert (2015-18) as well as the ARLIS/NA Advocacy and Public Policy Committee successor monthly online publication Advocacy and Public Policy Committee News Alert (2018- ).
  • ARLIS/NA Art Documentation (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)'s Art Documentation journal contain digital copies of the publication's tables of contents, some with abstracts, for issues 2008- relating to articles on visual resource preservation, digitization, and other topics of interest to art librarians.
  • ARLIS/NA Canada Chapter File (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Canada Chapter File contain annual reports, the essay collection History of Art Libraries in Canada, and a Statement of Concern derived from to the activities and administration of ARLIS/NA's Canada Chapter.
  • ARLIS/NA Cataloging Advisory Committee File (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Cataloging Advisory Committee File contain publications NH Classification Schedule for Artistic Photography (rev. ed., 2004) and Attribution Qualifiers for Artists' Names (ca. 2005) as well as "Title and Statement of Responsibility," "Subject Headings," Notes," and "Name and Title Access Points" publications from the Committee's Cataloging Exhibition Publications: Best Practices series (2008-10) pertaining to best practices in cataloging publications that accompany and document exhibits.
  • ARLIS/NA Cataloging Section File (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Cataloging Section File contain discussion paper pertaining to potential changes in MARC coding.
  • ARLIS/NA Central Plains Chapter File (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Central Plains Chapter File include annual report (2004) pertaining to the activities and administration of ARLIS/NA's Central Plains chapter along with group photograph of chapter members (2013).
  • ARLIS/NA Chapter Publications (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Chapter Publications contain affiliation agreements between chapters and the national organization, bylaws for the Twin Cities chapter of ARLIS/NA, and materials from the national organization pertaining to special project funding for chapters.
  • ARLIS/NA Conference Publications (Born Digital Records and Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from ARLIS/NA Conference Publications include ARLIS/NA annual conference programs and schedules, final reports, business meeting agenda, call for papers, chair list, contact list, and speaker biographies as well as Distinguished Service Award (DSA) winners list and DSA Convocation introductions and remarks. Digital surrogates from ARLIS/NA Conference Publications include 40th Annual Conference commemorative historical artifacts.
  • ARLIS/NA Delaware Valley, DC-MD-VA, and Mid-Atlantic Chapter Files (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records of the Delaware Valley, DC-MD-VA, and Mid-Atlantic Chapter Files contain Delaware Valley bylaws, nominating committee and officer lists, and ARLIS/NA affiliation material along with annual reports pertaining to the activities and administration of the Delaware Valley and District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia (DC-MD-VA) chapters of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA); records continue with bylaws and history and mission statement from the Mid-Atlantic chapter of ARLIS/NA, into which these chapters merged in 2014. Born digital records from Delaware Valley, DC-MD-VA, and Mid-Atlantic Chapter Files also include election, insurance, participation, and contact/directory information as well as agenda, minutes, and internal reports; to access these files, please contact an archivist.
  • ARLIS/NA Discussion Group, Working Group, and User Group Issuances and Publications (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from ARLIS/NA Discussion Group, Working Group, and User Group Issuances and Publications contain the Artist File Working Group's publication Artist Files Revealed: Documentation and Access (2009, 2010), the ARTbibliographies Modern and Design and Applied Arts Index Users Group's meeting presentation (2007), and minutes of discussion group, working group, and user group meetings from Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) conferences (2005, 2007).
  • ARLIS/NA Diversity Committees File (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from the ARLIS/NA Diversity Committee include final draft of charge to Committee's planning grant task force and preliminary census findings pertaining to Committee's efforts toward ensuring the inclusion of underrepresented groups in ARLIS/NA activities and in the profession.
  • ARLIS/NA Executive Board, Officers, and Executive Director Publications (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from ARLIS/NA Executive Board, Officers, and Executive Director Publications include the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Executive Board tribute to Wolfgang Freitag (2012) and advocacy statement regarding Anti-Black Racism and Violence (2020) as published on the ARLIS/NA Web site and annual messages from ARLIS/NA presidents concerning the state of the Society.
  • ARLIS/NA George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award Committee File (Born Digital Records and Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records and digital surrogates from the file of the George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award Committee of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) include calls and guidelines for submissions and list of award recipients from 1973 through 2015. Digital surrogates from the George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award Committee File also include committee correspondence, draft documents, and recommendations for committee improvement.
  • ARLIS/NA Gerd Muehsam Award Committee File (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from the file of the Gerd Muehsam Award Committee of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) include list of recipients of this award from 1977 through 2015.
  • ARLIS/NA Humanities Commons Planning Task Force File (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Humanities Commons Planning Task Force File contain final report of the task force engaged in exploring whether to associate ARLIS/NA with the Humanities Commons project.
  • ARLIS/NA International Relations Committee File (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from the ARLIS/NA International Relations Committee File contain program and list of participants from the Committee-arranged 2019 tour to Venice, Italy.
  • ARLIS/NA Joint Taskforce on Visual Resources Professional Issues File (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Joint Taskforce on Visual Resources Professional Issues, convened in conjunction with the Visual Resources Association, contain report on hiring and retention criteria.
  • ARLIS/NA Membership Committee (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Membership Committee include Committee project presenting interview profiles of various individual ARLIS/NA members on the ARLIS/NA webpage.