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Mrs. Ruth Gibbs' Oral History
Tags: 1983, Betty Turnell, Buddhist Monastery, Camp Milam, Central Jurisdiction, childhood, Christian County, Christian Social Relations, Cleveland Avenue Methodist Church, conversational English, country school, Davidson, Decatur District Women's Foreign Missionary Society, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Dr, Dr. Donald Gibbs, Dr. E.T. Evans, earthquake, Eastern Michigan University, Evangelical United Brethren Church, farm, First Methodist Church, First Methodist Church of Evanston, Garrett Theological Seminary, Great Depression, Harriet Ellis, Illiopolis High School, Imogene Brown, international committee, Interurban, interview, Japan, Jurisdiction Woman's Society, Ladies' Aid Society, Methodist Church combination, Millikin University, Mrs. Conklin, Mrs. E.T. Evans, Mrs. Lucy Oplinger, Mrs. Marksmiller, Mrs. R.C. Augustine, Mrs. Ruth Gibbs, national board, Negro colleges, North-Central Jurisdiction, Northwestern University, November 1983, oral history, president, recording, SATC, School of Christian Mission, Student Army Training Corps, Teacher, teachers' college, United Methodist Church, Wesleyan Service Guild, Women's Home Missionary Society, Women's Society of Christian Service, World War I, WWI, YMCA, Ypsilanti MI
Board of Directors Monthly and Annual Meeting - May 2001
At this meeting the members discussed and reviewed the interim city librarian's report, personnel policy and public relations. finance and properties, RPLS,…
Tags: Agenda, Annual Meeting, annual report of interim city librarian, annual report to city council, annual report to Illinois State Library, April minutes, art gallery, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Bodine Electric, Brinkoetter, circ stats, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, fire dampers, Interior Specialty, Jones and Sullivan ENT. Inc., Karen Anderson, lease space electrical services, lease space fire wall, Meeting, Minutes, Nims Computer Consultant, nomination of officers, reports, Revenue, Security Guard, Statistical Report, upgrade DRA, White Supremacist Sues Library article
Board of Directors Meeting - March 2001
Tags: 3-M self check machine, Agenda, Anthology Booksellers, Associated Constructors, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, canopy roof, children's division, circulation staff, Colorado bookmobile, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, division head report, DRA conversion, DRA Standards Committee, Expenditures, February minutes, Finance and Properties, Foundation, friends, Gardeners Corner, GEAC, Heart Technologies, interim city librarian report, Karen Anderson, lease space, Madden Auditorium, March 2001, Matt Hale, Meeting, Minutes, monthly circ stats, Parking Lot, Personnel positions, Racial Purity, reports, Revenue, RPLS, search committee, Security, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report, thank you letters, website security policy
Mrs. O.L. Myers' Oral History
Tags: "Poor Man's Picnic", 1981, advertising department, August 1981, Betty Turnell, Bookkeeper, caretaker's cottage, Central Junior High School, changes to Decatur, Circus, Corn Carnivals, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Fairview Park, family life, Grand Ave., Great Eastern Tea and Coffee Company, Hartford House, Herkimer St., interview, James Millikin Homestead, Leader Iron Works, Mrs. O.L. Myers, Oakland School, Ofel Etchison, oral history, Polish picnic, Pugh School, Pugh St., Pugh Street School, recording, Red Cross hospital, Spanish flu, Stephen Decatur High School, Streetcars, summer streetcars, the Elms, Wabash Credit Union, Wabash Railroad, wooden paving blocks
Mrs. Jane Lee's Oral History
Tags: "HMS Pinafore", "Little Prince", "Quality Street", "Red Mill", 1990, Alex Van Praag Sr., Armistice Day, Betty Jo Eickenberry, Central Railroad Depot, childhood, classified ad department, DAR, Decatur and Macon County Hospital, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Dr. Jones, Elmer Nickel, Ethel Parkinson, Fires, Freda Douthit, GAR, Glee Club, Governor Oglesby Mansion board, Grand Army of the Republic, Great Depression, grocery stores, H.C. Schaub, Helen Gorham, Herald and Review, home birth, Howard Millard, ice block, Illinois Central Railroad, Indian schools, international traveling, Interurban, Interurban station, interview, January 1990, Jeanette MacDonald, Lake Decatur, Lincoln School, Linn and Scruggs, Louise Fyke, Macon County Conservation District, Macon County Hospital, Macon County Newsletter, Marietta School, Moweaqua mine disaster, Mrs. Jane Lee, Mt. Zion IL, oral history, plays, Poetry, poetry club, recording, Red Cross, Robert Williams, Roosevelt Junior High School, Shellabarger Mansion, St. Mary's Auxiliary, stalker, Stephen Decatur Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, streetcar, Switchboard, Toonerville Trolley, Transfer House, traveling, typing, Westminster Presbyterian Women, Women's Relief Corp, World War I
June 2001 Meeting Board of Directors
Tags: Adult Division, Agenda, Annual Meeting, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, book store lease, bookmobile specifications, Bookmobiles, Children's Department, circ stats, computer training room, database training, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, division head report, DRA, DRA conversion, Expenditures, Finance and Properties, fine structure, fire wall, friends, intergovernmental agreement, interim city librarian's report, June 2001, Karen Anderson, Lee Ann Fisher, Local History, LSTA grant, management benefits, mater gardeners, May minutes, Minutes, New city librarian, nomination of officers, Per Capita Grant Application, prevailing wage rate, Project Read, RCC, regular meeting, report of interim city librarian, report to city council, report to Illinois State Library, reports, Revenue, roof, RPLS, Statistical Report, Summer Reading Program, tech services, web2
Board of Directors of Meeting July 2001
Tags: Administration, Adult Division, Agenda, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, board of trustees contact information, Bookmobiles, CD's, Children's Department, circ division, circ report, City Librarian's Report, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, department head report, DRA, Expenditures, Extension, family literacy grant, friends, GEAC, June minutes, Lee Ann Fisher, Meeting, Minutes, reports, Revenue, RPLS, Staff, staff workshops and training, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report, tech division, technology
Decatur Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting, 5/25/2000.
January Board of Directors Meeting 2001
Tags: 2001 budget, Agenda, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Bookmobiles, Carolyn DeLoach, Censorship Watch, Children's Department, circ stats, Circulation Department, Colorado bookmobile, contractors application for payment, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, December minutes, display cases, Dist #61 6 point funding plan, DRA, Expenditures, Finance and Properties, friends, Illinois First Grant, interim city librarian's report, interlibrary loan fee, January 2001, Karen Anderson, leasing of parking spaces, library closure policy, Long Range Planning, Margaret Meyer Trust, Meeting, meeting room policy, Millikin Trust Fund, minor registration cards, Minutes, personnel policy and public relations, reports, Revenue, RPLS, search committee, staff training and workshops, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report