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Tags: 1984, Betty Turnell, board room, Champaign High School, Champaign IL, childhood, construction job, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, family life, farm, freight, Great Depression, Interurban, interview, James Siburt, January 1984, Mahomet IL, one-room schoolhouse, oral history, Railway Express, recording, streetcar, terminal railroad, WPA

Tags: "Iron Man" Joe McGinnity, 1983, A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company, A.E. Staley Sr., Baseball, Betty Turnell, Boy Scout camp, Charlie Dressen, Chicago Bears, corn starch, cream corn starch, David Satterfield, Decatur IL, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur Staleys, DMH, fabric softener, Football, George Halas, interview, January 1983, Lake Decatur, Millikin University, oral history, recording, soybeans, Sta-Puff laundry, Staley Bears, Staley building, Staley Company, Staley Library, Staley Pancake Syrup, staley swimming pool, Staley teams, Staley Viaduct, Staley wing, Wagner fruit drinks, YMCA

Tags: 1980, aldermen, author, Betty Turnell, book, Carrolton IL, changes to Decatur, Charles C. LeForgee, Decatur IL, Decatur in 1914, East St. Louis High School, Fire Department, Harvard, Human Relations Commission, interview, Lake Decatur, law school, lawyer, Lawyer in Action, LeForgee Vail and Miller, Macon County Tuberculosis Sanatarium, November 1980, oral history, race relations, recording, Samuels Miller Schroeder Jackson & Sly, Staley Company, Staley Viaduct, Streetcars, tax law, Thomas W. Samuels, University of Illinois, World War I

Tags: 1997, Agenda, architect, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, children's division, circ stats, City Librarian's Report, civil rights complaints, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, evaluation of city librarian, Expenditures, Finance and Properties, Foundation, friends, fund raising, fundraising cost, John Moorman, June 1997, leasing of space in new building, Library Child Care Connection, May's minutes, Meeting, Minutes, Nims computer training center, per capital grant application, personnel policy and public relations, prevailing wage rate, PURCHASE OF SEARS BUILDING 130 NORTH FRANKLIN STREET, reports, Revenue, RPLS, sale of current library building, staff inservice, staff training and workshops, Standards for Illinois State Libraries, Statistical Report, Summer Reading Program, technology division, thank you letters, Volunteers

Tags: 1979, April 1979, assistant state's attorney, Betty Turnell, Boys' Opportunity Home, childhood, Community Lectures, David Johnson, debating team, Decatur Area Arts Council, Decatur Community concerts, Decatur High School, Decatur Mental Health Center, Departmental School, divorce law, Edwards Hayes, Emanual Rosenberg, Europe, family life, Fortnightly Club, Hannah Gevirtz, Holy Rollers, Horace Garman, interview, Israel, Jackson School, Joseph Rosenberg, Judaism, law school, lawyer, Lincoln Square, Masonic Temple, Millikin building, Mr. Charles Evans, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Northwestern University, oral history, Parlor Market, Point Downing, recording, SATC, Stephen Decatur High School, Student Army Training Corps, Temple B'Nai Abraham, traveling, United Fund, United Jewish Appeal, Wayne Bickes, Webster-Cantrall Hall, World War I, WWI

Tags: 1997, Agenda, Annual Meeting, annual report of city librarians, annual report to city council, annual report to Illinois State Library, April minutes, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, children's division, circ stats, citizen's survey, City Librarian's Report, collective bargaining, contract negotiations, Decatur Foresight INC, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, evaluation of city librarian, Expenditures, Foundation, friends, fundraising, GEAC, hard disc crash, interlibrary loan, John Moorman, maintenance division, May 1997, Meeting, meeting room activities and programs, Minutes, monthly meeting, nominations of officers, personnel policy and public relations, real property, reports, Revenue, RPLS, Sears building property, self checkout machine, staff development, staff inservice, Statistical Report, thank you letters, Volunteers

Tags: 1997, Agenda, April 1997, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, budget, Century of Change, children's division, circ stats, City Librarian's Report, contract bargaining, damaged book committee, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, equipment purchase proposal, Expenditures, Finance and Properties, Foundation, fundraising, Get Help Desk, John Moorman, Kiwanis Information Center, March minutes, Meeting, Minutes, NIMS training center, purchase of real property, reports, Revenue, RPLS, Sears building project, staff in service agenda, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report, technical division, thank you letters, Training, Volunteers, workshops

Tags: 1997, beyond the blueprint, bills and payroll, circulation statistics, City Librarian's Report, equipment purchase proposal, Expenditures, February minutes, Finance and Properties, March 1997, real property, Revenue, RPLS, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report, Thank you letter

Tags: 1997, analysis of city loses, beyond the blueprint, bills and payroll, bloodborne pathogens plan, board of directors, Board of Trustees, bookmobile, budget, budget proposal, Building Technology Accessibility Grant, children'r local network, children's division, circ stats, Circulation, citizen's survey, City Librarian's Report, collective bargaining, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, December minutes, Expenditures, February 1997, Finance and Properties, Foundation, friends, fundraining, hiring, internet expense, January minutes, John Moorman, long range plan, maintenance division, Meeting, Minutes, Nims and Associates, NIMS training center, personnel, personnel policy and public relations, processing, reports, Revenue, risk management division, RPLS, Sears Building, Shilling Local History Room, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report, Storyteller Story Project, tech services, thank you notes and letters, trustees workshop, upgrade on-line catalog, Volunteers, work related injuries

Tags: 1997, analysis of city loses, beyond the blueprint, bills and payroll, bloodborne pathogens plan, board of directors, Board of Trustees, bookmobile, budget, budget proposal, Building Technology Accessibility Grant, children'r local network, children's division, circ stats, Circulation, citizen's survey, City Librarian's Report, collective bargaining, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, December minutes, Expenditures, February 1997, Finance and Properties, Foundation, friends, fundraining, hiring, internet expense, January minutes, John Moorman, long range plan, maintenance division, Meeting, Minutes, Nims and Associates, NIMS training center, personnel, personnel policy and public relations, processing, reports, Revenue, risk management division, RPLS, Sears Building, Shilling Local History Room, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report, Storyteller Story Project, tech services, thank you notes and letters, trustees workshop, upgrade on-line catalog, Volunteers, work related injuries