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  • Great Lakes Quality Improvement Center for Disabilities Records (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Great Lakes Quality Improvement Center for Disabilities Records (Digital Surrogates), 1998-2003, contains pictures, presentation slides, and conceptual guidelines concerning Head Start programs for Americans with disabilities; inclusion and educational programs for children with disabilities; as well as training of health and education professionals. Digital materials also include interagency agreements and information resources about legislation, institutions, care and learning about promoting inclusion of children with disabilities in several states. These files are a copy of a CD from the Quality Improvement Center for Disabilities.
  • Greek Chapter History Project Records (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Records of the Greek Chapter History Project (2000-16), a project funded by the Society for the Preservation of Greek Housing and administered by the University of Illinois Archives' Student Life and Culture Archival Program, include histories written by graduate research assistants Jon Coit, Kate Pedrotty, Eric McKinley, Bao Bui, and archivist Fran Becque of University of Illinois fraternities and sororities: Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Phi, Chi Omega, Delta Tau Delta, FarmHouse, Gamma Zeta Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Mu, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Chi, Sigma Phi Delta, and Zeta Tau Alpha. Also included are alumni interview notes and survey questions, correspondence, reports, publicity articles concerning the project, and a history of the University of Illinois Greek system.
  • The Green Observer (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Green Observer, a student run publication, contains articles, interviews, recipes, community calendars, and other features related to environmental issues. Topics include the Student Sustainable Farm, Beyond Coal Campaign, Keystone XL Pipeline, environmentally-friendly local businesses, and tips for living an environmentally-conscious lifestyle. Born Digital Records from The Green Observer contain born digital issues of The Green Observer from 2015 to 2017 and a 2017 Earth Week Calendar of Events.
  • Gregorio Weber Papers: Biographical Information (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Gregorio Weber Papers: Biographical Information (Born Digital Records), 1948-2000, contains the curriculum vitae of Gregorio Weber, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics (1962-86), and a chronologically ordered compilation of his published work. Digital materials were produced by Edward and Virginia Voss in a CD-ROM entitled "Gregorio Weber: A Fluorescent Lifetime".
  • Guide For New Students (Digital Surrogates and Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Guide For New Students (Digital Surrogates and Born Digital Records), 1938-1946, 2014-, contains electronic copies of Your First Year at Illinois, a printed guide for freshmen involving information on University educational programs, admission, financial aid, housing, services and student life. Guides from 1938 to 1946 were digitized by the University Library, and the 2014 guide was produced electronically.
  • Gustave Koerner Papers (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Gustave Koerner Papers consists of printed and hand-written speeches given by Koerner during his time as a democrat in the Illinois Legislature from 1842-1844. Also included is a signed cabinet card photograph of Koerner. A native of Gemany, Gustave [also spelled “Gustav”] Koerner (1809-1896) moved to St. Clair County, Illinois in 1833. He became an influential state and national political figure, especially amongst the German American settlers of St. Clair. Koerner became a member of the Illinois General Assembly in 1842, and later served as the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (1853-1857). This collection contains items relating to Koerner’s years in the Illinois legislature (1842-1844), including two printed copies of his July 5, 1842 speech voicing support of the Illinois Michigan Canal Bill; a handwritten speech on the nature of the current government, the National Bank, the depreciation of money, and anti-Van Buren views; and a cabinet card photograph of Koerner with his signature. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Gustave Koerner Papers (MS 044). The collection was partially digitized in 2019. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Gwendolyn Brooks Digital Collection
    Rare Book & Manuscript Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The literary archives of Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) are part of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Ms. Brooks was an Illinois Poet Laureate as well as the first Black writer to win the Pulitzer Prize. The collection is comprehensive and spans more than half a century. It includes Ms. Brooks’ youthful poetry and prose, scrapbooks of pieces she published as a young woman, and extensive correspondence with a significant roster of other writers. The correspondence section alone has more than 100 boxes filled with letters, envelopes, and other items that were sent to and by Ms. Brooks. Also in the collection are manuscript drafts and proofs, especially material from after she left mainstream commercial publishing to produce her works with small presses and Black-owned imprints. Providing more insight into the daily life of Ms. Brooks, the collection also contains a profusion of notes documenting her observations on current events and daily life, her personal library of books, and a plethora of scrapbooks and other photographs – many of them detailed with extensive notes about their subjects. Ms. Brooks’ papers preserve and illuminate her creative process, sometimes across decades. Ms. Brooks’ meticulous preservation of and commentary on all aspects of her life is, at heart, a deeply archival pursuit, beckoning us to uncover networks of support and influence, make connections among her many interests and activities, and, ultimately, come to a deeper understanding of the person and the poet. A portion of this digital collection was conserved and digitized through a Save America’s Treasures grant. (https://www.nps.gov/subjects/historicpreservationfund/save-americas-treasures-grants.htm) “The Save America’s Treasures grant program was established in 1998 to celebrate America's premier cultural resources in the new millennium. After more than 20 years, this grant program has awarded more than 1,300 grants totaling more than $300 million to projects across the United States. Funded projects, selected from 4,000-plus applications requesting $1.5 billion, represent nationally significant historic properties and collections that convey our nation's rich heritage to future generations. The National Park Service administers Save America's Treasures grants in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.” Collection photograph by Roy Lewis.
  • HackCulture
    Scholarship
    Description
    A hackathon for the humanities
  • Handbooks (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Handbooks describing the facilities, collections and regulations governing use of the library designed for undergraduates (1941- ) and for graduates and faculty (1952- ). The series includes handbooks for the use of departmental and public service departments of the library (1942-47), and script (2002) and audio cassette (ca.1990) for the audio library tour.
  • Hans Frauenfelder Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Hans Frauenfelder Papers includes indvidual correspondence.
  • Hardy Cross Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Hardy Cross Papers (Digital Surrogates), 1930, contains a digitized copy of Cross' paper "Analysis of Continuous Frames by Distributing Fixed-end Moments" included in the May 1930 Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers. This paper contributed refining and simplifying the mathematical work required to analyze elements of statically indeterminate buildings and bridges. It was one of Cross' major contributions to the field of structural engineering, and reshaped formal structural analysis for the next 30 years until computers started to enter the scene; his paper of eight pages on moment distribution led to 144 pages of discussion. The digitized copy includes an autograph of Hardy Cross in the front page. Materials also include .JPG images of Cross' article, divided by page. Access to these images is available upon request.
  • Harold C. M. Case Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Harold C. M. Case Papers includes manuscript of Foreign Trade Problems of China; correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and typewritten notes concerning the China-United States Agricultural Mission.
  • Harold F. Brigham Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital copies of the Papers of Harold F. Brigham (1897-1971), member of Executive Board (1938-42), research assistant (1925-27), and member of the Committee on Salaries, Insurance and Annuities (1924-29), contains statements, correspondence, minutes, memoranda, circulars, requests, plans, reports, pamphlets, announcements, questionnaires, addresses, lists, proceedings, programs, studies, statistics and surveys, includes the reorganization of ALA, informal education through libraries, cooperative projects, book selection, the national book drives, status of libraries and library projects, book selection, the national book drive, status of libraries and library education in the South, annual and midwinter ALA conferences, the citizens library movement, classification of libraries and pay plans for libraries, headquarters personnel study, activities of committees and conferences, the Librarian of Congress appointment, pension plans for headquarters staff, publications and publicity and the training class debate and correspondence with Carl H. Milam, Executive Secretary, Julia Wright Merrill of the Public Library Division and Library Extension Board, Hazel B. Timmerman, Personnel Division, Sarah C. N. Bogle, Assistant Secretary, Charles H. Compton, Chairman of the Committee on Salaries, Insurance and Annuities, Ola Wyeth, President of South Eastern Library Association, R. E. Dooley, Comptroller, Louis R. Wilson of the University of North Carolina, and Gratia A. Countryman, President.
  • Harold M. and Margaret Osborn Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Harold M. and Margaret Osborn Papers (Digital Surrogates) include photographs and a book of correspondence kept by Margaret (Bordner) Osborn that includes letters from Harold M. Osborn and genealogical information.
  • Harold R. Wanless Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Harold R. Wanless Papers includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, and field notes concerning research and field work in the Badlands of South Dakota.
  • Harriet C. Long Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the Harriet C. Long Papers, ALA Librarian in the Mexican Border Traveling Library Service (1918) ALA War Service Librarian in France and Germany (1919), and State Librarian of Oregon (1930-41), containing correspondence from when Long was stationed in France.
  • Harris F. Fletcher Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of Harris F. Fletcher Papers include correspondence relating to publications, John Milton, Jewish history and literature.
  • Heinz Von Foerster Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Heinz Von Foerster Papers (Digital Surrogates), 1943, 1947, 1968-1971, 1974, contains digitized published papers and correspondence between Professor Heinz Von Foerster and the experimental architect Lebbeus Woods concerning letters of recommendation on Woods' projects for different grants and fellowships, personal handwritten notes, and institutional correspondence. Digitized articles include "Uber das Leistungsproblem beim Klystron" Berichte der Lilienthal Gesellschaft fur Luftfahrtforschung 155, 1943; and "Von Pythagoras zu Josef Matthias Hauer", Jedermann: Eine Wochenschrift (1:1), 1 August, 1947. Digitized images pertaining to this record series, are available at the Archives image repository. The digitized interview "Understanding Complexity", broadcasted by the Old Dominion Univeristy Television, with Dr. Von Forester, and Humberto Maturana, by Dr. Fred Steier from the American Society for Cybernetics and the Old Dominion Univeristy can be accessed here: https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/playlist/dedicated/59489761/0_4bs8ano4/1_woyjvifj
  • Hennepin County Library Catalog Files (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Hennepin County Library Catalog Files (Born Digital Records), 2001-2002, is a resource that provides a rudimentary method to browse the bibliographic and authority control files of the Hennepin County Public Library current as of February 2002 and October 2001, respectively; and MARC21 records for materials in the Hennepin County Public Library, including locally developed authority control subject headings developed by Sanford Berman and associates. Access to this material requires login credentials.
  • Henning Larsen Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Henning Larsen Papers includ clippings, manuscripts, correspondence, family trees, and other genealogical data concerning the Larsen and Astrup families, particularly Peder Larsen Froen and Ingebog Astrup Larsen.
  • Henry B. Ward Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Henry B. Ward Papers include correspondence, newsclippings, and publications concerning zoological research and retirement.
  • Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence consists of letters written in 1863 and 1865 between Sallie Pattison and Henry Van Sellar. Henry Van Sellar lived in Edgar County, Illinois, as a teacher before enlisting in the 12th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in 1861. There he served as Captain for about a year. He was then assigned to the staff of the Fourth Division of the 15th Army Corps, later commissioned to Lt. Colonel in 1864. He was discharged on July 10th, 1865. After the war, Henry moved to Paris, Illinois, and became a lawyer. Sallie Pattison was living in Paris, Illinois while writing to Henry. Their relationship began through correspondence. The two married in February 1864 and continued to write to each other until Henry came back from war in August 1865. The digitized content contains 44 letters between Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison from 1863 and 1865. During this time, Sallie was living at home in Paris, Illinois and Henry was in the 12th Illinois Infantry. These letters detail the effects of war not only on the front lines, but also on the home front. Earlier letters (1863) establish the love between Henry and Sallie, while later letters (1865) detail the anxieties and cruelties of conflict, reactions to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and hopes for life after war. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (MS 360). The collection was partially digitized in 2020. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Henry W. Funk Letters (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Henry W. Funk Letters consists of the personal correspondence of Henry W. Funk, and his family and friends, from 1862-1900. Henry W. Funk was a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) from Danville, Illinois, who enlisted as a private in Company E of the 149th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Funk was mustered out of Danville on February 6, 1865. He spent the remainder of the Civil War stationed in Chattanooga and Tyners Station, Tennessee. He was then stationed at Dalton and LaFayette, Georgia, from June 1865 until the beginning of 1866. There, he often preached to the enlisted men. The digitized content contains the correspondence of Henry W. Funk, mostly with his wife, Nannie. Other correspondents include Funk's sisters, Kate Brenner, Barbara Funk, and Fanny Funk, his brothers-in-law, Rufus Humphrey and John H. Gibson, and other family and friends. Topics of correspondence include Henry's experiences preaching to enlisted men and his attempt to establish a Sunday school at Camp Butler (Springfield, Illinois), Nannie's struggles with her faith, Nannie's reports on the fall of Richmond and Lee's surrender, John H. Gibson's report on the poor conditions at Camp Butler, reflections on Lincoln's assassination and its aftermath (letter to Funk from Rufus Humphrey, April 20, 1865), and family news. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Henry W. Funk Letters, 1862-1900 (MS 987). The collection was completely digitized in 2022. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.