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Barbara Flynn Currie Papers
Collection
Identifier: BC143
Scope and Contents
The Barbara Flynn Currie Papers consist of 35 cubic feet of bill files, correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, press releases, office records and election information documenting Currieâs career as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, beginning in 1979. The collection included bill files, subject files and correspondence files from both her Springfield and District offices.
Dates:
Created: 1964-2009; Other: Majority of material found in 1977-2009; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1991
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
David Regner Papers
Collection
Identifier: BC539
Abstract
David Regner served as Illinois representative (Republican) from the third district (1967-1972) and State Senator from third district (1973-1980). He was a member of the House Appropriations Committee (chairman, 1971-1972), Legislative Council, and Illinois State Property Insurance Commission (chairman, 1969-1972), Senate Appropriations Committee, Legislative Information System (chairman, 1975-1980), and Illinois Economic and Fiscal Commission (vice-chairman, 1975-1980). The collection contains...
Dates:
Created: 1972-1980; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1979
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Eugene F. Schlickman
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC560
Abstract
Illinois Representative (Republican) from third (1965-1972) and fourth (1973- ) districts.Chairman of Elementary and Secondary Nonpublic Schools Study Commission (1969-1971) andZoning Laws Study Commission (1969-1971)Hearing and meeting minutes, correspondence, public hearing testimony, reports, and printedmaterial documenting work of the Zoning Laws Study Commission and Elementary andSecondary Nonpublic Schools Study Commission.
Dates:
Created: 1969-1973; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1974
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Eugenia Sheldon Chapman Papers
Collection
Identifier: BC107
Scope and Contents
The Eugenia S. Chapman Papers, 1965-1988, consist of 18 cubic feet of correspondence, reports, pamphlets, press releases, newsletters, legislative bills, minutes, womenâs information and clippings. Most of the material dates from 1972 to 1982. The collection documents Chapmanâs career in the Illinois House of Representatives and her interest in womenâs rights, education and health service.
Dates:
Created: 1965-1988; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1984
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Joseph R. Lundy Papers
Collection
Identifier: BC425
Abstract
Joseph R. Lundy, was a Democratic representative to the Illinois state legislature from the eleventh district (1973-1976). He was a member of the Human Resources and Revenue Committees (1973-1974) and Rules, Appropriations II, and Judiciary II Committees (1975-1976), and Chairman of House Subcommittees on Long-Term Care (1975-1976). The collection contains correspondence, proposals, testimony, reports, news clippings, newsletters, press releases, legislative bills, and research materials...
Dates:
Created: 1973-1976; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1976
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Judy Koehler Papers
Collection
Identifier: BC390
Scope and Contents
The Judy Koehler Papers consist of 5 linear feet of materials related to her career in the Illinois House of Representatives, including correspondence, notes, legislative bills and analyses, reports, newsletters, and news clippings documenting Koehlerâs career. Much of the correspondence is with constituents, addressing their concerns and explaining her stand on certain issues, including child pornography, Governor Thompsonâs tax increase, and drunk drivers. Some of the legislation...
Dates:
Created: 1980-1986; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2001
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Lawrence Yates Sherman Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC574
Abstract
Republican U.S. Senator (1913-1921) and League of Nations opponent. Illinois State Representative from twenty-eighth (1897-1902) and thirty-second (1903-1904) districts; Speaker of the House (1899-1902). Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (1905-1908).
Dates:
Created: 1871-1939; Other: Majority of material found in 1912-1920; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1964
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Louie E. Lewis Papers
Collection
Identifier: BC411
Abstract
Democratic State Representative to the Illinois General Assembly (1933-1938) from Christopher (Franklin County), Illinois, Speaker of the House (1937-1938), Illinois State Treasurer (1939-1940) candidate for Lieutenant Governor (1940), Chief Clerk, Motor Carriers Division of the Department of Public Works and Buildings (1949-1952). Married to Flora Agnes Overturf, father of six children.
Materials include correspondence, financial records and reports, employee files, clippings, speeches and...
Dates:
Created: 1927-1968; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1969
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Ninan Wirt Edwards Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC187
Scope and Contents
Papers of Ninian Wirt Edwards, concerning his career as Attorney General of Illinois, his time as a State Representative and State Center, his tenure as Superintended of Public Instruction, and his term as Captain and Commissary of Supplies during the Civil War. Included in the collection are letters, conveyances, legal papers, and his diploma. The letters, 1791-1900, include about fifty items and deal primarily with family or the sale of property. Acopy of a letter from Levi Todd, Mary...
Dates:
Created: 1791-1908; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1956
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Oglesby Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: BC492
Abstract
Richard J. Oglesby, elected governor of Illinois in 1864, 1872 and 1884, appointed to the U.S.Senate in 1873 and his son John G. Oglesby, elected Illinois lieutenant governor in 1908 and 1916,were active in Illinois politics for almost a century. Richard, who was basically self-educated,learned the law and became a lawyer, served in the Mexican War, was a delegate to the WhigConvention in 1852, gave the ârailsplitter speechâ for Lincoln at the 1860 Republican Convention,and after serving in...
Dates:
Created: 1845-1938; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1970
Found in:
Manuscript Collection