02/03. Organizational and Institutional Records
Record Group Term
Identifier: 02/03
Record subgroup for the ALPLM Manuscripts Department for collections of records of institutions and organizations, including labor unions, hospitals, churches, banks, and universities.
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Abraham Lincoln Association Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC2
Scope and Contents
Papers of the Abraham Lincoln Association, documenting the association's efforts to promote the life and memory of President Abraham Lincoln.
These files include records for both the Centennial Association and the Abraham Lincoln Associationand contain mostly the business records of the executive secretaries: Warren, Bunn, Angle, Pratt, Barringer, and Basler.
Dates:
Created: 1908-1958
American Baptist Churches of the Great Rivers Region Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC18
Abstract
Organization formed in 1968 to provide support for churches and auxiliary organizations that weremembers of the former Illinois Baptist State Convention and the Missouri Convention ofAmerican Baptists. Chartered as a not-for-profit corporation with headquarters in Springfield,Illinois. Governed by a regional board of directors that is responsible for developing regionalpolicy, financial matters and other business. Areas of interest include Christian education,evangelism, and world mission...
Dates:
Created: 1805-1984; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1964
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Collection
Identifier: BC149
Scope and Contents
This collection contains reports, membership information, correspondence, programs, minutes, financial data and notes concerning the organization. These materials concern local, departmental, and national activities including conventions, establishment of the Past Presidentâs Club, administration of the Maywood Home for Soldiersâ Widows, and alliances with the Grand Army of the Republic and with the Sons and Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War Banquet Association of Cook County,...
Dates:
Created: 1912-1988; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1993
First Presbyterian Church of Springfield Records
Collection
Identifier: BC218
Abstract
Organized, January 30, 1828; principal organizer was John M. Ellis (1793-1855); first pastor was John G. Bergen (1790-1872).
Dates:
Created: 1825-1971
Illinois Constitutional Convention Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC319
Abstract
Sixth Illinois Constitutional Convention called to write a new constitution for Illinois to replace the1870 Illinois constitution. Nine committees studied issues and organization of state government to update the previous constitution. The Constitution Study Commission formed in 1965 to study the need for a constitutional convention is also included in this material. Samuel Witwer was elected president of the convention. The new constitution was adopted in convention September 3, 1970...
Dates:
Created: 1965-1972; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1971
Lincoln National Memorial Highway Committee
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC415
Abstract
The Lincoln National Memorial Highway Committee was appointed in 1929 by Governor Louis Emmerson pursuant to House Joint Resolution No. 32, in which the Governor was requested to collect data regarding the construction of a highway âfollowing wherever practicable the general route traveled by the Lincoln Family, immigrating from Kentucky to Illinois . . .â The collection includes carbon copies of outgoing letters as well as incoming correspondence; affidavits from persons in Clark, Coles,...
Dates:
Created: 1929-1931
U. S. Works Progress Administration Federal Writers Project
Collection
Identifier: BC207
Abstract
The Works Progress Administration (WPA)'s Federal Writers Project (FWP) collection includes materials written about Illinois through the project's duration from 1935 to 1939.
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Virden Mining Corporation Records
Collection
Identifier: BC661
Abstract
The Virden Mining Corporation operated the Virden Coal Mine in Macoupin County, Illinois, from 1939 to 1959. The collection includes board of directors' and shareholders' meeting minutes; financial operating reports, operating journal, and operating ledger; accounts receivable records; stock certificates and records of stock certificates issued; and other payment records.
Dates:
Created: 1922-1959; Other: Majority of material found in 1939-1959; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1985
Women's Club of Springfield Records
Collection
Identifier: BC706
Abstract
Organization dedicated to meeting the philanthropic, social and intellectual needs of the women of Springfield, Illinois. Founded May 26, 1894, as Springfield Womanâs Club. Incorporated March 1927 as The Womanâs Club of Springfield. Collection contains minutes, annual reports, financial records and scrapbooks reflecting the operations and activities of the club. Approximately one linear foot of published material and 119 lantern slides have been transferred out of the collection.
Dates:
Created: 1894-1988; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1972