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Richard E. Reeves' Oral History
Tags: 1988, Africa, Air Force, airplane mechanics, Annual Conference, April 1988, Architectural Drafting, Architecture, Aviation Cadet, Barnes Hospital, Bert Templeton, Betty Turnell, Building Committee, Burks Pumps, Children, council of ministries, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Company, Dr. Paul Burt, educational wing of church, engineering, Executive Vice-President, Faculty, First United Methodist Church of Decatur, Ghana, interview, Joyce Reeves, jurisdictional conference, Kenya, Liberia, missionary work, Mississippi, mock-ups, national church, nurse's training, official board, oral history, parish relations, pastor, Pentagon, Ploughboy Prom, Rantoul IL, recording, recruitment college tour, Richard E. Reeves, salesman, San Francisco, Sertoma Club, Sierra Leone, St. Louis MO, Student Council, Sunday school teacher, teaching aids, UMCOR, United Methodist Committee on Relief, University of Illinois, US Office of Education, Vice-President of Engineering, Vice-President of Marketing, Washington University, water and sanitation problems, Webster-Cantrall Hall, Weldon IL, Wells, Wesley Foundation, World War II, WWII, Yale University
Board of Trustees Meeting - January 1997
Tags: 1997, annual budget review, board of directors, Board of Trustees, capital, commodities, contractual services, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, government revenue, internet services provisions, investment income, January 1997, John Moorman, Meeting, Minutes, Phillip Swager Associates Presentation, reports, Revenue, trust funds
Board of Trustees Meeting Packet - September 1996
Tags: 1996, ALA code of ethics, ALTA code of ethics, and revenues, August minutes, bills and payroll, bloodborne pathogens, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Bookmobiles, budget, circulation statistics, City Librarian's Report, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, duct work, EPA Phase I Sears Building, Expenditures, Finance and Properties, Foundation, Friends annual book sale, GEAC, grant application, hiring, interlibrary loan statistics, internet, John Moorman, management staff salary, Meeting, Minutes, nursing home stats, personnel, Personnel Policy and Pubic Relations, Public Library Roles: You Neighborhood Store, real property, recycling program, reports, RPLS, September, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, thank you notes, thank you notes and letters, Volunteers
Board of Trustees meeting packet October 1996
Tags: 1996, ALA, approval Sept minutes, bills and payroll, bloodborne pathogens policy, board of directors, Board of Trustees, budget, cd-rom collection, children's division, Circulation Report, City Librarian's Report, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, DOVE, e-mail addresses for staff, equipment reserve fund, Expenditures, Extension Division, Finance and Properties, GEAC, head of adult services, John Moorman, Levy Request, library air quality, library clerk, Library Staff, long range plan review, maintenance division, management salary classification, Meeting, meeting room policy, Minutes, October 1996, personnel policy and public relations, public relations annual report, reports, Revenue, RPLS, RSVP, Sears Building, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report, Sunday hours, thank you notes, Volunteers
Board of Directors Meeting Packet November 1997
Tags: 1996, background, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, budget sheet, building news information, Circulation Report, Decatur Composite Squadron, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, John Moorman, Levy, location new DPL, Meeting, Mental Health Association, Minutes, new building, Niantic Harristown School District, November 1996, other possibilities, project cost, Public Libraries magazine article, renovation, reports, Revenue, Sears Building feasibility, Statistical Report, Study Session
May Board of Trustees Meeting Packet - 1996
Tags: 1996, annual circ report by area, annual report, Annual Report of Board of Directors, April minutes, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, bookmobile, cd collection, children's division, circ stats, citizen's survey, City Council, city librarian's monthly report, committee, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, Extension Division, friends, GEAC, Harristown, Illinois State Library, internet access policy, John Moorman, letter, main library, maintenance division, Mary Lou Dryer, Mayor, Meeting, meeting room activities and programs, Minutes, Mueller Museum, Nims Associates, OCLC, Policy Personnel and Public Relations, real property, reports, Revenue, RPLS, staff training, Statistical Report, trustees' by-laws, Volunteers
Amherst Hardy's Oral History
Tags: 1990, Amherst Hardy, amphibian forces, assembly plants, Associated Press A-Wire, Barracks, bill collector, Blue Book, Bob Barracks, Bob Yoder, Buryl Engleman, Buses, carnivals, CCC Camp, changes to Decatur, Circus, city hall, Civilian Concentration Corp, Comet automobile, David Felts, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Dennis School, destroyer tender repair ship, English major, Espirito Santo, February 1990, flash signals, Football, Forrest Kyle, Great Depression, H. Allen Smith, ham radio, hospital evacuation ship, Howard Millard, interurban line, interview, Jane Lee, Japan, Jeffry automobile, Jitney buses, John Stacey hanging, Kennedy Assassination, Kintner Gymnasium, Layah Riggs, Lincoln Theater, Millikin University, Morse code, Moweaqua coal mine collapse, Mr. Lindsay, Navy, newsboys, newspaper plant, old courthouse, oral history, Otto Kyle, Pan-American automobile, Paul Aird, police beat, prize fights, Prohibition, PWA, radio man, recording, reporter, Robert Williams, Roosevelt Junior High School, Roosevelt New Deal Program, Sam Tucker, SATC, Shellabarger Building, short wave radio, Streetcars, Student Army Training Corps, telegraph reporter, trip to Maine, vaccinating pigs, Veterinarian, wooden block pavement, World War I, World War II, WPA, WWI, WWII
Anthony J. Perry's Oral History
Tags: "The Vigil Never Ceases - Two Miles North", 1988, A.E. Staley Jr., Administrator, Anthony J. Perry, Assistant Adminstrator, Associate Administrator, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, bachelor's degree, Betty Turnell, board rotation, Chief Executive Officer, Decatur and Macon County Hospital, Decatur IL, Decatur Memorial Hospital, DMH Auxiliary, Dr. Will Barnes, early childhood, education, Ethel Goss, Executive Vice-President, family, Graduate Directors' Council, Home Health Care Program, Hospital Administration, Hospital Research and Development Institute, immigrant parents, interview, JFK Airport, June 1988, LaGuardia Airport, Leon Pullen, Lisbon Portugal, malpractice insurance, master's degree, Medicare, Meteorology, Military, Millikin Court, Millikin University, MMI Companies, modernization of hospital, New England, New York University, Norman Bailey, Northwestern University, nurses, off-shore insurance company, oral history, Pan-American Airlines, Peruvian International Airways, president, radiology, recording, School of Nursing, Staley Pavilion, truck farm, TWA International, Visiting Nurses' Association, Voluntary Hospitals of America, Volunteers, Women's Auxiliary, World War II, WWII
Florence Palmer's Oral History
Tags: 1983, Adult literacy, Annual Conference, Asheville NC, ashram, attending the sick, Baroda India, Betty Turnell, Bible woman, bungalow, Carthage IL, Christian education, Christians, class distinctions, Decatur IL, elementary schools, elephant ride, Evanston IL, First United Methodist Church, Florence Palmer, Garrett Theological School, Gujarati language, Hinduism, Housing, India, Indian climate, Indian fashion, Indian food, Indian women, interview, Language School, Mahatma Ghandi, Malaria, master's degree, May 1983, medicine box, Methodist Church, mission hospitals, missionary, missionary education, Nashville TN, Northwestern University, oral history, reception for the Bishop, recording, retired missionaries, retirement, retirement home, Scarritt College, Standard Bearers, teaching, temperate climate, United Methodist Women, village leaders, Village Women's Institute, village work, Vishva Dharma Niketan
Ralph Owen's Oral History
Tags: 1987, Army, Betty Turnell, Chanute Air Field, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Franklin Mall, Franklin Travel Agency, Gebhart family, history of Lake Shore Drive, Hobby House Toyland, ice cutting company, interview, January 1987, Lake Shore Club, Lake Shore Drive, Maffit St. Bridge, Mr. Allen, Mr. Maffit, oral history, Ralph Owen, recording, Sangamon River, World War II, WWII