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Adlai E. Stevenson II Collection
Collection
Identifier: AV-01-06-Stevenson II
Dates:
1900 - 1965
Found in:
Audiovisual Collection
Adlai E. Stevenson II Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC612
Scope and Content
The Adlai E. Stevenson Papers, 1880-1965, consist of 170 cubic feet of campaign materials, county records, card indexes, lists, financial statements, correspondence, voting records, speeches, advertising, minutes, news releases, memoranda, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, legislative bills, resolutions, genealogical records, blueprints, maps, reports, vouchers, scrapbooks, and postcards documenting Stevenson’s career as governor of Illinois. The bulk of the material dates from 1948 to...
Dates:
1880 - 1965; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1952
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Adlai E. Stevenson III Collection
Collection
Identifier: AV-01-06-Stevenson III
Dates:
1930 - 2000
Found in:
Audiovisual Collection
Adlai Ewing Stevenson III Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC614
Scope and Content
The Adlai E. Stevenson III Papers, 1890-2000, consist of 323 linear feet of papers pertaining to Stevenson's family, political career, public service, and business interests. The papers include personal, constituent, staff, political and business correspondence and memoranda; campaign documents and artifacts; speeches and manuscripts; legislative reports and reference material; legislation; schedules and travel agendas. The collection is arranged in six series: Personal and Family Files, Early...
Dates:
1890 - 2000
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Adolph Berger scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: BC52
Abstract
German-born physician who practiced medicine in Lebanon, Illinois.Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings relating to international and national events, local politics, famous personalities, and family matters. Topics include the Franco-Prussian War, Russo-Japanese War, Boer War, Spanish-American War, Cuba, Panama Canal, German unification, the Dreyfus case, McKinley assassination, San Francisco earthquake, the silver issue, temperance, Missouri machine politics, and the 1897 murder of...
Dates:
1854 - 1912
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Aetna Foundry and Machine Company records
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC7
Abstract
Incorporated in 1891 in Springfield, Ill. as a foundry and engine building and repair business. The first president was E. F. Smith. Ca. 1900 George N. Black became president of the company until his death in 1908. The company ceased to exist under that name shortly after that.Cash book, ledger, trial balance sheets and engine orders. Cash book includes entries from 1899-1908. Trial balance sheets covers from January 1906 through April 1907 and incomplete entries for 1908 and...
Dates:
1899 - 1909
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
AFL-CIO, Region 1, Office of Regional Director records
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC8
Abstract
Regional office of the AFL-CIO, the national federation of labor unions formed by the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955. The regional directors are appointed by the president of the AFL-CIO to represent him by administering staff and regional organizations in carrying out the policies set forth by the national organization. Reorganization in 1974 redrew geographic regions, changing Region 14 (Illinois and Iowa) to Region 1...
Dates:
1952 - 1981
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Afro-American Studies and Research Program records
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC9
Abstract
Program begun in 1969 at the University of Illinois in Champaign, not as a specific department or a major but with twenty five classes offered in various programs, then received a grant in 1981, under the leadership of Dr. Gerald McWhorter, to develop a core curriculum. Although the program had been in existence for ten years when McWhorter took over as director, very few students were taking it as a minor and budgetary cuts had prevented it from growing. Under McWhorter, a curriculum grant...
Dates:
1980 - 1984
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Agnes Crosier Wright papers
Collection — Box: 100
Identifier: MS-SC1691
Scope and Contents
Collection includes papers regarding Agnes Wright's service at Camp Grant as hostess of the soldiers' club, such as clippings, official papers, and the camp guest book.
Dates:
Created: 1919 - 1923
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Agniel Family papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-SC11
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of family and business papers, including accounts with New Harmony (Ind.) post office, ferriage bills, medical and education expenses, an 1828-1831 recipe book and correspondence of the younger Charles Agniel.
Dates:
Created: 1828 - 1899
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
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