University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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  • 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.
  • Geotechnical Engineering
    Scholarship
    Description
    Research and publications from the Geotechnical Engineering area of CEE@UIUC
  • Gibbs Family Papers (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Gibbs Family Papers consists of the papers of the Rowley family, a family related to the Gibbs family. Materials include correspondence, and legal and financial papers from 1838-1863. Justus A. Gibbs was born in Florence, New York, and moved to Illinois in 1836. He became a teacher in Harkness Grove, and then purchased a farm in Elmwood, Illinois. He soon after married Betty Smith in 1838. Ichabod Rowley was one of twelve children of Justus and Betty Gibbs. The digitized content contains the correspondence, and legal and financial papers of the Rowley family from 1838-1863. Most correspondence is between Dexter M., Eliza H., Helen Rowley, and their Pulsipher family cousins. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Gibbs Family Papers (MS 053). The collection was partially digitized in 2019. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Gizz Kids/Ms Kids Wheel Chair Basketball Teams File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Gizz Kids/Ms Kids Wheel Chair Basketball Teams File, 1948-1986, contain correspondence; newspaper clippings; press releases; events schedules, programs and itineraries; biographies and rosters, concerning the Gizz Kids/Ms Kids Wheel Chair Basketball Teams history, activities, development, achievements, wheel chair sports rules, and accessibility issues at UIUC and other locations hosting sports events. Digitized materials also include information related with other sport teams for students with disabilities. Major correspondents include Timothy J. Nugent (Counselor of rehabilitation), C.C. Loew (Superintendent of Schools) and Major General Leo M. Boyle, Adjutant General. Materials were digitized by the Digital Content Creation Unit in 2011
  • Global Education Symposia
    Scholarship
    Description
    Proceedings of the University of Illinois Global Education Symposia
  • Global InfoTech 2007 Conference
    Scholarship
    Description
    Presentations and Posters for the Global InfoTech 2007 Conference
  • Global Midwest Initiative
    Scholarship
    Description
    Files from the Global Midwest Initiave-Videos, Papers, Photographs
  • Global Midwest Project Wiki
    Scholarship
    Description
    Global Midwest Project Wiki files, including projects proposal
  • Gold Star Illini Book (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Gold Star Illini Book include index card of former student killed during World War II.
  • Grace T. Stevenson Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the Grace T. Stevenson Papers on the American Heritage Project statistics and reports (1951-55).
  • Graduate Dissertations and Theses at Illinois
    Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS)  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    This community contains the collection for dissertations and theses produced by students in masters and doctoral programs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. If you are a graduate student depositing your thesis or dissertation, please do this through the Graduate College at http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/submit-etd. If you deposit electronically, once your degree is conferred, your dissertation or thesis will appear in this collection. If you have authored a dissertation or thesis in the past at the University of Illinois and would like to see it appear here, please contact ideals-gen@illinois.edu for more information.