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- Tags: Decatur Public Library
Loren Boatman's Oral History - Recording
Tags: "live line" truck, 1986, August 1986, Betty Turnell, Bill Cecil, boating, cable television, cameras, Carl Hickerson, Carlinville IL, changes to broadcasting, changes to meteorology, Channel 17, childhood, Decatur Celebration, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Don Foreman, government weather observer, Indiana State Teacher's College, interview, J. Giles, Korean War, Lake Decatur, Lakeview High School, lights, live broadcasts, live commercials, Loren Boatman, MacArthur High School, master's degree, meteorologist, Meteorology, microphones, microwave dishes, Navy, Northwestern Midshipman School, Northwestern University, OH77, oral history, Pacific Ocean, photography, piano, recording, sound recording, sound recordings, Southern Illinois University, Teacher, Television, transcription, travelling, University of Illinois, WAND
Richard Rodgers' Oral History #1 - Recording
Tags: 1984, air conditioning, automobiles, Baseball, Betty Turnell, Bijoux Theatre, Blue Book, board room, childhood, chimes, Clothing, Coal Mines, cook's stove, Decatur Civic Orchestra, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Downtown, electricity, Empress Theatre, family orchestra, February 1984, Federal Home Loan Act, Feltman and Curm, FHA, First Methodist Church broadcast, Great Depression, Gushard Building, Gushard store, homogenization, Interurban, interview, John Philip Sousa's band, Lincoln Square, Lincoln Theatre, Linn and Scruggs, marimba, Millikin Orchestra, Millikin University, Music, Musician, Newspapers, oboe, OH75, oral history, out houses., pasteurization, public transportation, Pugh School, Radio, recording, refrigeration, Richard Rodgers, Roosevelt Junior High School, salt water taffy, shoe repair, Shoe Store, Shoes, shopping, sound recording, Stephen Decatur High School, Street Cars, Swarthout Brothers, telephones, The Anvil Chorus, transcription, Transfer House, triangle, unpaved streets, vaudeville theatre, vitaphone programs, WJBL station, World War I, WWI, xylophone
Edward J. Seymour's Oral History - Recording
Tags: 1986, A.G. Edwards Company, accounting firm, Air Force, airplanes, Army, Army Specialized Training program, B-29s, Belleville IL, Betty Turnell, board room, bombs, broker, Carnegie Tech, Chicago IL, childhood, construction company, CPA, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Edward J. Seymour, engineering, family life, gasoline, Globe Balls, Himalayas, home building, housing collapse, India, industrial engineering, interview, investment counselor, link trainer instructor, Loyola University Chicago, North China, Oberweiss Securities of Chicago, October 1986, OH72, oleo capsule, oral history, polio, polio vaccine, Quebec Canada, recording, rehabilitation, sound recording, sound recordings, spinal tap, supplies, Tampa FL, theatre usher, transcription, University of Illinois, Webber-Costello Company, world globe, World War II, WWII
September Board of Directors Meeting - 1998
Tags: 1998, 3M self check machine, Adult Services, Agenda, art acquisition and display policy, August minutes, bad checks, Baker and Taylor, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, bookmobile schedule, Bright Ideas Grant, budget, children's division, Christmas closings, circ division, circ stats, City Librarian's Report, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Decaturnet, Expenditures, finance and property, Foundation, friends, John Moorman, Law and You, Levy Request, library visits, maintenance division, Meeting, Minutes, Parking Lot, personnel policy and public relations, reports, Revenue, RPLS, Sears renovation, September 1998, SOS volunteers, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report, Summer Reading Program, Tech service, thank you notes, Wasson collection, YWCA
October Board of Directors Meeting - 1998
Tags: 1998, Agenda, Baby Talk, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, budget, children's division, circ stats, City Librarian's Report, database search policy, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, Extension Division, exterior lights new building, Finance and Properties, furniture design, goals and objectives for city librarian, John Moorman, Kwaniannes, levy payment, library visits, Meeting, Millikin, Minutes, moving committee, October 1998, parking new building, personnel policy and public relations, policy reviews, receiving of Sears Building, reports, reproduction agreement policy, Revenue, review of by laws, RPLS, September minutes, signage, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report, tech services, Volunteers, workshops and training
November Board of Directors Meeting - 1998
Tags: 1998, Agenda, bills and payroll, budget, Cardwell Assoc., Children's Book Week, circulation policy, City Librarian's Report, comments and suggestions, contractors payment, Danville Public Library, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, Finance and Properties, friends, health insurance, ILA conference, Illlinois State Archives, John Moorman, library writing contest, Meeting, Millikin, Minutes, monthly circ stats, November 1998, November special minutes, October minutes, personnel policy and public relations, PSA, reports, request for space in new building by city, Revenue, RPLS, Sears building renovation, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, star inservice, Statistical Report, thank you notes, Volunteers
May Board of Directors Meeting 1998
Tags: 1998, Adult Division, Agenda, annual report, April's minutes, art collection inventory, asbestos abatement method, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Bookmobiles, by-laws, children's division, circ stats, City Council, City Librarian's Report, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, finance and property, friends, GEAC, glass plate negatives, John Moorman, maintenance division, May 1998, Meeting, Minutes, nominating committee, periodical subscription, personnel policy and public relations, reports, Revenue, RPLS, staff inservice, staff recognition committee, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, State Library, Statistical Report, storyteller's story project, tech division, thank yous, Volunteers, weeding
March 1998 Board of Directors Meeting
Tags: 1998, Adult Division, Agenda, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, bookmobile, budget, CATME software, children's division, circ stats, city librarian's reports, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, February minutes, First Search, friends, GEAC, Info Trac, John Moorman, maintenance division, March 1998, Meeting, Minutes, NWRAPS, PLA conference, reports, resolution expenditures of funds, Revenue, Sears building renovations, Sears project schedule, staff inservice, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report, universal service discount program, Volunteers
July 1998 Board of Directors Meeting
Tags: 1998, Adult Division, Agenda, ALA conference, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, children's division, circ division, City Librarian's Report, Committee Appointments, construction bids, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, family literacy grant, Finance and Properties, Foundation, friends, fund drive, GEAC software, John Caldwell, John Moorman, July 1998, June minutes, lease space, library security policy, Local History Room, Meeting, Minutes, monthly circ stats, performance eval of city librarian, periodical subscription bids, personnel policy and public relations, report, Revenue, RPLS, Sears renovation project, Statistical Report, Summer Reading Program, tech division, thank you notes
Board of Directors Meeting - February 1998
Tags: 1998, Agenda, Baby Talk, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Bookmobiles, budget, children's division, circ stats, circulation division, City Council, City Librarian's Report, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, design phase Sears Building, downtown council brochure, Expenditures, February 1998, finance and property, form 470, Foundation, GEAC, Grace Veech, H&R negatives and prints, Head Start, internet user policy, January minutes, Jeapardy, John Moorman, library move Augsut 1999, library sale proposal, Meeting, Minutes, personnel policy and public relations, preservation award, pubic book list, reports, Revenue, RPLS, SPARK, staff training, Standard for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report, tax return help, tech division, union contract, Volunteers
