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  • 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 Library Institute Papers
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital copies of the administrative, meeting, and financial records of the American Library Institute, containing reports, papers presented, minutes and agendas, meeting minutes of the Research Board, memoranda, journal (1908-42), checkbook (1935-40), savings book (1934-41), proceedings (1914-15), correspondence (1946-51), and programs.
  • 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.
  • American Samoa - Connecting to Collections
    Scholarship
  • 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
    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 Data Summaries - National Atmospheric Deposition Program
    Scholarship
  • Annual Disease Nursery Reports
    Scholarship
  • Annual Report - Illinois State Geological Survey
    Scholarship
  • Annual Reports
    Scholarship
  • Annual Reports and Administrative Documents - Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
    Scholarship
  • Annual Reports - Illinois Fire Service Institute
    Scholarship
  • Annual Reports - Illinois State Archaeological Survey
    Scholarship
  • Annual Reports - Illinois State Water Survey
    Scholarship
  • Annual Reports - Imperial Valley Rain Gauge and Groundwater Monitoring Network
    Scholarship
  • Annual Reports of the Illinois Natural History Survey
    Scholarship
  • Antenna Applications Symposia Proceedings (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Antenna Applications Symposia Proceedings (Digital Surrogates) consists of a report presented at the 22nd Annual Symposium on Antenna Research and Development titled "Dual Band Reflector Antenna Employing a Frequency Selective Subreflector" by Harry B. Sefton, Jr.
  • 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
  • Archibald W. Anderson Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Archibald W. Anderson Papers (Digital Surrogates), 1959-1962 contains digitized correspondence related to the John Dewey Society Yearbook, Negro Education in America.
  • Architectural Yearbook
    Scholarship
  • Architecture Departmental Letterbooks (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Letterpress copybooks of Nathan C. Ricker's correspondence with presidents, deans, librarians, faculty and students relating to admissions, transfer of credits, enrollment, graduate program, degree requirements, curriculum, class schedules, textbooks, annual reports, materials testing, engineering research, University building plans, supervising architect, attendance at professional meetings and occasions letters of recommendation, staff appointments, employment, purchase and classification of books, slides, equipment, supplies museum exhibits, publications and related topics.
  • 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.
  • Archives & Special Collections - UIS
    Scholarship
  • Area Studies and Outreach Conference 2016: Best Practices in Internationalizing Classrooms and Communities
    Scholarship
  • 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.
  • Arizona - Connecting to Collections
    Scholarship
  • Arkansas - Connecting to Collections
    Scholarship
  • 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- ).