University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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  • AALS Section on Torts and Compensation Systems Publications (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Torts and Compensation Systems Publications include electronic newsletters concerning the Section's activities and administration.
  • AALS Section on Transactional Law and Skills Publications (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Transactional Law and Skills Publications include electronic newsletter concerning the Section's activities and administration, Section bylaws, and calls for papers for Section's sessions at subsequent AALS annual meetings.
  • AALS Section on Trusts and Estates Publications (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Trusts and Estates Publications contain copies of newsletters concerning the activities and administration of the AALS Section on Trusts and Estates, formerly the Section on Donative Transfers, Fiduciaries and Estate Planning as well as Section bylaws and calls for papers for Section sessions at the next AALL Annual Meeting.
  • AALS Section on Women in Legal Education Publications (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Women in Legal Education Publications include electronic newsletters concerning the Section's activities and administration as well as bylaws, list of Section award winners, and oral history materials.
  • AALS Section Publications and Issuances (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records from the AALS Section Publications and Issuances file contain electronic copies of section officers handbook (1974, 2007, 2009- ) and attachments with budget, program planning, and report forms (2008- ); examples of completed forms (2010); lists of section liaisons (2007, 2010); instructions for joining sections; instructions for using online section area pertaining to the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) sections and their online procedures, administration, and website along with a history of section development in AALS (ca. 2014), Section Counselor newsletter providing useful tips for sections (ca. 2016- ), AALS Executive Committee Regulations pertaining to sections (2017-18), and individual and section-wide award information (2019- ).
  • AALS Statistical Report on Law Faculty (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Statistical Report on Law Faculty contain reports describing full-time faculty members of AALS member and fee-paid law schools in terms of their demographic characteristics; job titles; types of contracts; educational backgrounds; schools attended; and area of expertise.
  • A. Arro Smith "Capturing Our Stories" Oral Histories Program Records, 2008-2013 (Born Digital)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born-Digital video recordings and transcriptions from the A. Arro Smith "Capturing Our Stories" Oral Histories Program Records contain digital video recordings, transcripts, and release forms, concerning "Capturing Our Stories", a national oral history program to gather life histories of experienced librarians as they exit their careers. Interviews include Rita Auerbach, Sanford Berman, Karen Breen, Mary Bushing, Diana Collins, Richard Corson, Connie Corsons, Valerie Feinman, Clark Fogarty, Micki Freeny, Robert Gaines, Anne Gault, Andrew Hansen, Shelia Henderson, Billie Grace Herring, Janet Swan Hill, Irene Hoadley, Gail Hueting, Kathy Kays, Jeannette Larson, Sarah Long, Arlene Luster, Filomena Magavero, Dorothy McGarry, Jay McLaughlin, Bill Mears, Kent Middleton, John Mitchell, Jenifer John Patterson, Peggy Richwine, Dale Rickleifs, Karlan Sick, Ninfa Trejo, Pat Tuohy, and Kenneth Yamashita.
  • Accessibility Standards Project File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Accessibility Standards Project File (Digital Surrogates), 1959-1964, contains digitized meeting minutes, reports, membership rosters, letter ballots rules and responses, memorandums, and published booklets, concerning the progress of the National Program to Eliminate and Prevent Architectural Barriers to the Handicapped, and the activities of the American Standards Association Steering and Sectional Committees, formed in 1959 to work on making buildings and facilities accessible and usable to people with disabilities (Project A 117). Digitized material also concern trends and developments in equipment and devices for people with disabilities, and American Standards Association history. Major correspondents and significant names include Timothy J. Nugent (Assistant Professor and Director of Student Rehabilitation Center), Melvin J. Mass (Major General), David Henry (University President, 1959), Leon Chatelain. Jr, and J. W. McNair (Technical Director of American Standards Association). Materials were digitized by the Digital Content Creation Unit in 2011.
  • ACDIS News (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    ACDIS News (Digital Surrogates), 1989-1994, contain digitized newsletters of the Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS), reporting office news, scholarship awards, ongoing staff research, and upcoming events sponsored by or of interest to the ACDIS office and its staff.
  • ACRL Student Chapter Records (Born Digital and Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Records of ACRL student chapter including petition for establishing chapter (2004). Other records include student surveys, meeting minutes, conference materials, and publicity.
  • Adler and Sullivan Oakland Passenger Station Drawings (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Adler and Sullivan Oakland Passenger Station Drawings consists of 12 drawings of architects Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan's plans for the Oakland Passenger Station, an Illinois Central Railroad Company passenger station located on 39th Street, in Chicago. The plans were prepared in May 1893 to accommodate "local passenger transportation" to the World's Columbian Exposition. Architects Dankmar Adler (1844-1900) and Louis Sullivan (1856-1924) gained prominence through their joint firm, Adler & Sullivan, during the 1880s and early 1890s. Adler emigrated with his family from Germany in 1854, and Sullivan was born in Boston, the son of two immigrant parents. Sullivan is known as the "father of modernism" and mentored Frank Lloyd Wright. After beginning their careers separately, in 1880 Sullivan became a partner in Adler's firm, beginning a productive period for each architect. The digitized content contains twelve drawings signed by Adler and Sullivan, Architects, and by E. T. Jeffrey, General Manager. Only item 12 lacks any signatures, and 7 and 9 lack Jeffrey’s name. The drawings feature floor plans and construction for the Oakland, or 39th St., Passenger Station and surrounding area. The Illinois Central Railroad Company passenger station was intended to provide train transport for local passengers attending the World’s Columbian Exposition, and the plans were prepared in May 1893. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Adler and Sullivan Oakland Passenger Station Drawings (MS 001). The collection was completely digitized in 2019. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Administrative Affairs Resource Directories (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records from the Administrative Affairs Resource Directories includes an organization chart and administrative list of all Colleges and University units, 2005-2015. This list was updated on October 30, 2015.
  • Adult Education Board Conference Proceedings (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the proceedings of the Pre-Conference Adult Education Discussion held under the auspices of the Adult Education Board, Ernestine Rose, presiding.
  • Aerial Photography Index Maps
    Map Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Map Library maintains a comprehensive collection of over 190,000 aerial photographs for all Illinois counties, with the earliest photographs from the late 1930s and the most recent from 2005. Most of the photographs are black-and-white and are either 6 x 9 or 9 x 9 inches. Photographs taken before 1988 are county-based sets and are at an approximate scale of 1:20,000. Each year has its index. Beginning in 1988, photography of the state was created as a state-wide set, at a scale of approximately 1:40,000. These photographs are quarter quadrangle centered. Most of the photographs are products of the United States Department of Agriculture or the United States Geological Survey in cooperation with state agencies. Beginning in the fall of 2018, the University Library is scanning the indexes to all the aerial photography sets in alphabetical order by county name. Library users, especially those at a distance from Champaign-Urbana, are encouraged to use the scanned indexes to identify needed photographs and to request photographs through the web-based request form (https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/1947069). The link to the form appears on each index sheet’s webpage. Once photographs have been retrieved from our files, the Map Library will contact requesters regarding in-library use or scanning. For additional information about the Map Library’s collection of aerial photographs, including a table of the Library’s holdings for each county, please see Aerial Photography in the Map Library (https://www.library.illinois.edu/max/collections/aerial_photographs/).
  • Aerial Stereograms
    Map Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Committee on Aerial Photography began to prepare a set of aerial stereogram photographs to support instruction in aerial photography interpretation in 1959. The stereograms were created primarily from United States government photography. Source image dates range between 1936 and 1970. A stereogram is usually a “3D” picture hidden within a picture; they often appear in Sunday newspaper comic strip supplements. Aerial stereograms are created from pairs of aerial photographs that show the same location but from slightly different angles. By viewing the photo pairs through a stereoscope, the brain can be tricked into seeing or perceiving an impression of heights and depths. The aerial stereograms in the Committee on Aerial Photography collection show a wide variety of features, both natural and man-made, throughout the United States. Brief descriptions of each stereogram are available in a separately published catalog, “University of Illinois Catalog of Stereogram Aerial Photographs.” The catalog is included in the scanned collection. Instructors are encouraged to download and print the images for classroom or laboratory instructional use. Please contact the Map Library with questions regarding reproduction for publication via e-mail at charts@library.illinois.edu or by calling 217-333-0827.
  • Africana Fiche
    Africana Collections and Services  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Part of the National Archives microfilm publications, the collection consists of instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials in African countries. OCLC: 30657310
  • "Against the Wind" Production and Publicity Material (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the "Against the Wind" Production and Publicity Material contains digitized videotapes including video recordings pertaining to Jean Driscoll and the 100th Boston Marathon, Driscoll's workout diaries, and interviews with Jean Driscoll, coach Marty Morse, Angela Driscoll, fellow athletes Maryanna Young, Candace Cable, and Louise Sauvage.
  • Agricultural Extension Service Circulars (Digital Surrogates), 1966
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Agricultural Extension Service Circulars includes a digitized report, concerning the general soil and climatic conditions, as well as land uses in Jo Daviess County. The report is Circular # 927 from February, 1966, and is entitled "Soil Associations of Jo Daviess County, Illinois".
  • Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences Photograph File (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences Photograph File (Born Digital Records), 2015-, includes born digital photographs and digitized images, concerning the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences faculty, alumni, students, awards, research projects, conferences and meetings, social activities, research equipment and infrastructure. A representative portion of the material is available online. Due to this collection's extent, it has gone through minimal processing. For more information, please contact the University Archives. (Record Series 8/1/57)
  • Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences Videotape File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences Videotape File, 1948-2015 includes videotapes related to recruitment and promotion; agriculture including farm processes with soybeans and corn, and animals including swine, sheep, and cows; international farm programs in countries including China and Egypt; food and nutrition instructional information; experimentation relating to crops and soil, insects, insecticides and pesticides; interviews with faculty, conferences, award ceremonies, and parties. This series also includes B-Roll/stock footage including video from farms, offices, and landscapes in Illinois. Boxes 1-36 include promotional b-roll, stock footage that was numbered and inventoried by ACES in a spreadsheet provided to the archives. The information available is from ACES and includes time coded descriptions of what is on the tapes. Boxes 36-82 include other videotapes that are unnumbered. Information for these boxes came from the labels affixed to the videotape. Please note that the videotapes have not yet been viewed and verified to be what the labels describe.
  • Albert Lybyer Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Albert Lybyer Papers (Digital Surrogates), 1919, includes general correspondence, reports, and publications. The series also includes digitized copies of Albert Lybyer's typewritten diary concerning his participation in the King-Crane Commission as a member of the American Peace Delegation to the 1919 Conference of Paris. Digitized material include handwritten side notes in the diary. The diary was split in two files: January 1st - March 30th (87 pages) and March 31st- September 15th (167 pages). Digitized images pertaining to this collection are available at the Archives' image gallery.
  • Alice Latzer Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Papers of Alice Latzer (1882-1954), Special Student 1897-1901, containing blueprints of Residence for the President (S.S. Beman, architect), cottage for William Esty, professor of electrical engineering (1893-1928), (Cyrus D. McLane, architect); House for Lewis A. Rhodes, professor of German (1896-1903), (Seth Justin Temple, architect); Residences for Ira O. Baker (BS 74, CE 77, D Eng 03), professor of civil engineering (1878-1925), Arthur N. Talbot (BS 81, CE 85) professor of municipal and sanitary engineering (1885-1942), and Lester P Breckenridge, professor of mechanical engineering (1893-1909), (James M. White, architect).
  • Allan Chase Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Papers of Allan Chase (Digital Surrogates) 1933-93, include scans of the "Vita and biographical information" folder from Box 1.
  • Allen S. Weller Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of Allen S. Weller Papers contain correspondence, research notes, publications relating to Lorado Taft.
  • Allerton Park Institute
    Scholarship
    Description
    For more than 30 years the Allerton Park Institute conferences have explored areas of emerging or continuing interest to practicing librarians.
  • Allerton Park Institute Publications (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Allerton Park Institute Publications, including printed announcements and proceedings of annual institutes on school library supervision, library personnel programs, library collection, library as a community information center, service to young adults, classification, science literature, Library Services Act, selection and acquisition procedures, school library materials centers, university archives, metropolitan area services and related topics. Also includes 7 cassette tapes of the proceedings from the 36th Annual Institute (1994), and 12 VHS taps of the proceedings from the 32nd and 33rd Annual Institutes (1990-1991).
  • Allerton Park Maps and Air Photos
    Map Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Allerton Park was deeded to the University of Illinois by Robert Allerton in 1946. The property includes woodlands, prairies, and a meadow; a mansion with a variety of formal gardens; and an Illinois 4-H camp. The property very much reflects Allerton’s passions for art and landscape as art. This collection contains maps and air photos of or centered on Allerton Park. Some maps about the planned, but never constructed Oakley Reservoir, are also included.
  • Alpha Phi Omega (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Records (1932) of the Illinois Chapter (Alpha Alpha) of Alpha Phi Omega include minutes; reports (1985-87); correspondence (1932-73); an Alpha Alpha Chapter history notebook (1932-70); pledge manuals and rules; pledge class histories (1966-81); membership rosters; awards and certificates (1962-91); programs, booklets, and flyers (1948-68); photographs; scrapbooks (1933-97); and plaques (1951-91) concerning the fraternity's many service projects and programs, social events, national fraternity activities, membership and pledging, and anniversaries. A substantial portion of service project records include correspondence, photographs, and publicity materical concerning Christmas parties for area children's homes and an annual Ugly Man On Campus (UMOC) fund raiser. Born digital records from Alpha Phi Omega Records contains photographs and videos from Alpha Phi Omega events including banquets, conferences, service activities, national conventions, and retreats.
  • Althea H. Warren Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the papers of Althea H. Warren, president (1943-44), including correspondence on the American Library in Paris and aid to libraries in war areas.
  • 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 Association of School Librarians Subject File (Born Digital)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital born American Association of School Librarians Subject Files, including Board meeting minutes from the Annual Conference and the Midwinter Meeting, committee materials, bylaws, and conference materials.
  • American Empire Maps
    Map Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The United States was an established world presence by the early 20th century. The nation was the world’s leading agricultural producer, dominated world markets for petroleum products, was the world’s largest producer of steel, and had not only expanded across the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific but also had administrative control over remote territories. This collection spans the period immediately before and after the turn of the century, approximately 1890-1910. It includes maps showing events such as the Spanish-American War and United States territorial acquisitions at the end of the war, world fairs, and the Klondike Gold Rush. Please contact the Map Library regarding these items via e-mail at charts@library.illinois.edu or by calling 217-333-0827.
  • 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.