University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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  • Annual Conference Correspondence, May 18 - October 20, 1876 (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digitized copies of microfilm of the planning file of ALA Librarians' Conference, the first ALA Conference in October 1876, including correspondence (May 18 - October 20, 1876), letters of invitation, individual responses, conference discussion suggestions, program requests and hotel arrangements. Correspondents 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 Conference Programs (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital copies of the Programs of Annual conference programs contains advance attendance registers, official programs, announcements, preliminary conference programs, convention packets (1964 -), proceedings (1950-), lists of exhibits and meetings, ballots, travel and post-conference tour information, invitations to local libraries and social events, conference newsletters, newspaper clippings, convention notebooks, and advertisements.
  • Annual Reports
    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.
  • Anthropology Colloquium Recordings (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Anthropology Colloquium Recordings include lectures by Dr. Doris Derby in October 2016 concerning her experience as U of I student and cultural activities that integrate the civil rights movement, and by Dr. Krystal Smalls in November 2016, entitled "Black Survival and Signification in Digital Space."
  • 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), group photograph of chapter members (2013), and editions of the Central Plains Irregular, the chapter's newsletter (2002-2018).
  • 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.