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Illinois Central Railroad Proposed Subway at S. Main St. - General Filing Plan (9/20/1930)

This is the general filing plan for the ICRR's proposed subway on S. Main St. This subway was approved and later constructed.

Erik C. Brechnitz' Resignation Letter - July 3, 1972

This is Erik C. Brechnitz's resignation letter to H. Hugh Butler, President of the Board. Brechnitz was not comfortable with new legislation from the State about filing statements of economic interest, and decided to resign from the Library Board. …

Tags: 1972, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Erik C. Brechnitz, H. Hugh Butler, July 1972, letter, resignation letter

O-12 in Dry Dock

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Photograph of O-12 submarine in dry dock during World War I.

Tags: Eugene R. Roberts, O-12, Roberts Family Collection, Submarine, U.S. Navy, US Navy, World War I, WWI

Gene Roberts and Pat O'Connell

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Photograph of Gene Roberts and Pat O'Connell at the U.S. Navy dock during World War I.

Tags: dock, Eugene R. Roberts, Gene Roberts, Pat O'Connell, U.S. Navy, US Navy, World War I, WWI

Gene with a Monkey

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Photograph of Gene Roberts with a monkey on his shoulder. The back of photo is labelled: "Is Darwin's theory correct? Evidently."

Tags: Eugene R. Roberts, Gene Roberts, monkey, Roberts Family Collection, U.S. Navy, US Navy, World War I, WWI

Gene in Washington D.C.

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Photograph of Gene Roberts with the US Capitol Building behind him in Washington D.C. The back of the photo is labelled: "Trying to keep a straight face."

Tags: Eugene R. Roberts, Gene Roberts, Roberts Family Collection, US Capitol Building, Washington D.C.

Goals and Evaluation committee - December 1985

These are the minutes of the evaluation and goals committee in December 1985. Items discussed were goals for 1986, staff development, staff relations, recruitment of staff, retention of staff, public relations, question of measurement, output…

Tags: Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, December 1985, Evaluation and Goals Committee, goals 1986, input measure, Meeting, Minutes, output measure, Public Relations, question of measurement, recruitment of staff, retention of staff, Robert Dumas, staff development, staff relations

Helen Ferguson

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Photograph of Helen Ferguson (b. 7/23/1901, d. 3/14/1977), actress and publicist. She was born in Decatur, IL, and attended Nicholas High School and the Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago. Her first motion picture was in 1914, and she was a WAMPAS…

Tags: 1928, actress, Barbara Stanwyck, biography, Clearwater FL, Decatur IL, Evans Studio, Helen Ferguson, Henry Fonda, Loretta Young, Los Angeles CA, Photo File: Biography, publicist, Robert L. Hargreaves, Robert Taylor, suppress agent, William Russell