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Tags: 11/16/2000, Board of Trustees, Chapter IV Collection Management, Committee Reports, Decatur IL., Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, Friends of the Library, interim city librarian, Mark Gibson, Mary Gladney, Mid-States General Contractor, Rolling Prairie Library System

Tags: 1982, A.G. Webber, A.G. Webber II, A.G. Webber III, A.G. Webber IV, air conditioned courtrooms, Albert G. Webber III, appeals, Appellate Bench, apprentice, bar exam, Betty Turnell, changes to judicial courts, chopping wood, Circuit Bench, Circuit Clerk's vault, class action suits, close friends, confidential advisor, County Board, County Court, Cumberland Charter, Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Decatur IL, Des Moines IA, Dorothy Brown, fourth courthouse construction, Fourth District Appellate Court, general counsel, hangings, Hieronymus Mueller, immigrant, interview, James Millikin, judge, Judge John McCoy, Judge Morthland, judicial amendment, Keokuk IA, law school, lawyer, legal notices, legal work, Macon County Sheriff, Master in Chancery, Millikin Family, Millikin Homestead, Millikin University, Mueller family, Navy, office boy, oral history, public defendants, railroading, recording, Rev. Hawkins, Richard Welsh, Rock Island Railroad, sequestered jury, suppression of confession, third courthouse, trial bench, University of Illinois Law School, World War I, World War II

Tags: "Lost 40", "Old Black Joe", "The Mueller Story", 1982, A.G. Webber, A.G. Webber III, Adolf Mueller, apprentice, Benito Mussolini, Betty Turnell, Canada, Chamber of Commerce trip, counsel for Mueller Co., Decatur IL, Division of labor, double desks, Duke Mueller, employee recreation, Everett Mueller, Frank Mueller, Fred Mueller, gardening, gas piping, grandfather, Great Depression, gun shop, Henry Mueller, Hieronymus Mueller, hiking club, immigrant, interview, Inventions, Jack Banton, judge, lawyer, machinist, Millikin Place, Mueller Company, Mueller factory, Mueller lawyer, Mueller Lodge, Mueller Picnic, Mueller village, office space, oral history, Oscar Mueller, patents, pay phone, Phillip Mueller, Plant, Port Huron MI, prairie forest, Public Relations, railroading, recording, Robert Mueller, Rockford IL, Rome Italy, sales, Sarni Ontario, South Shores, straw hat, tomatoes

Tags: "speedys" letters, 1984, A.G. Webber, Absolum Newland, accounting department, August 1984, automobile tires, bank failure, Betty Turnell, bookkeeping machine, brother's surgery, Brown's Business College, cactus, cafeteria, carbon paper, Caterpillar Co., Caterpillar Military Engine Co., changes to Decatur, Chautauqua, choir, cottonwood tree, crystal radio sets, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Lumber Co., doctor's office, Dr. N.D. Meyers, Dr. William Barnes, Dune School, education, electronics courses, Fairview Park, Faries Manufacturing Co., First Lutheran Church, Flood, Florida, Forest Grove School, Frank Ware, general labor, George W. Keller, Great Depression, greenhouse, grocery store, hauling coal, Helen Harder, Hilltop Greenhouse, interview, Jackson St. School, Jasper County IL, Johns Hill, lap rugs, Leader Iron Works, Lincoln Coop Apartments, Lincoln Flower Shop, Log Cabin, Louisa Newland, Madam Corolla Lous Tuca, McKinley assassination, mortgage, Mound School, Mr. Barber, Mrs. Frank M. Ware, neighborhood picnic, Nelson Park, new pews, oral history, Payroll, perpetual inventory, Postal Service, pottery, purchasing department, radio diagrams, raising plants, ready-made radios, receptionist, recording, retirement, sales department, short-hand, Signal Depot, singing, small business, Snake Hill, St. Mary's Hospital, Staley Company, Streetcars, succulents, T.T. Springer, toolmaker, Transfer House, truck barn, voice lessons, Warren St. School, Weber Fill, William Shorb, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII

Tags: $1000 Sam's grant, Administration, Adult Division, Agenda, Annual Meeting, Annual Report of City Librarian, annual report to city council, annual report to Illinois State Library, April minutes, automation trainer, Baby Talk, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, building division, children's division, circ division, City Librarian's Report, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Donations, DRA, evaluation of city librarian, Expenditures, Extension Division, Foundation, friends, Gates Computer Lab, interlibrary loan fees, lease space, Lee Ann Fisher, Lincoln photo, May 2003, Meeting, Minutes, nomination of officers, personnel policy and public relations, Project Next Generation, Project Read, publicity and programming committee, regular meeting, reports, Revenue, RPLS, SBC, SIRSI, Sunday Closure, volunteer luncheon volunteers

Tags: Administration, Adult Division, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Bookmobiles, children's division, circ division, City Librarian's Report, Communications, conferences, Decatur Celebration, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, Extension Division, friends, Gates Computer Lab, June 2003, lease space, Lee Ann Fisher, letters, management personnel policy, non-resident fee, per capital grant, prevailing wage rate, Project Next Generation, Project Read, reg meeting minutes May, Revenue, RPLS, RPLS governing board, safe deposit box, SBC, SIRSI, special meeting minutes May, Staff, Summer Reading Program, system administration, tech division, thank you, Training, workshops

Tags: 1st floor reorganization, Administration, ADT, Adult Division, Agenda, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, building division, children's division, Children's Museum, CIPA, circ division, City Librarian's Report, computer filter, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, department head report, DMH, Expenditures, Extension Division, friends, Gates Computer Lab, IMRF workshop, July 2003, June minutes, Lee Ann Fisher, Lincoln Program, Meeting, Minutes, Project Next Generation, public notice board meetings, public notice committee appointments, publicity, report, retirements, Revenue, RPLS, SIRSI, Staff, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, statistics, Summer Reading Program, system administration, tech division

Tags: "common man" retirement, "Mr. Republican", "Three Js", accounting firm, accounting major, appendix surgery, Betty Turnell, Campaign Manager, changes to Decatur, Civil Service, college politics, County Chairman, Decatur IL, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Factories, farming, Flat Rock IL, future of Decatur, Gerald Ford, Governor Green, Great Depression, H.G. "Skinny" Taylor, history/political science major, interview, Jake Hill, John Evans, Judge Baldwin, legionaires, media influence, Millikin University, oral history, patronage system, postmaster, precinct committeeman, psychology minor, recording, Republican Party, Richard Lyons, Richard Nixon, State Chairman of the Republican Party, trucking company, unions, World War I, WWI

Tags: 35 ml film projector, aerial photography, algebra class, Assistant Boys Secretary, Assistant Sales Manager, background check, Betty Turnell, Bill Summer, boat races, Bob Hope's State Fair trip, Bob Strongman, Bread Salesman, Buckmeisters Grocery Store, changes at the Herald & Review, changes to photography, childhood, Coal Mines, Decatur Camera Club, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, disasters, E.J. Muffley, Enterprise School District, freelance work, Governor Ogilvie, grammar class, Great Depression, Gunhill Johnson Crippled Children's Room, Harry Truman, horse plow, ice skating, ice wagon, industrial photography, interview, Kennedy Campaign, Lee Pigott, Lincoln School, Marietta School, mid-year graduate, Model T pickup truck, N. Union St., neighborhood grocery stores, one room school, oral history, Parkview Motel, Pfile's Camera Shop, photography, Piggly-Wiggly, polio, Presidential Candidate Whistle Stops, press credentials, processing, Pugh School, recess, recitation bench, recording, retirement, Richard Nixon, Roosevelt Junior High School, Russell Shaffer, Russian Missile Crisis, snow sled, street hockey, student-built boats, swim therapy, Tasty Bread, Truman's visit to Decatur, Truman's Whistle Stop, Victor Borge, weddings, Wooden Shoe Fire, YMCA, YMCA Boys Department

Tags: 1st contract, 8th grade education, Amusement Park, automobile mechanic, bricklayer foreman, bricklayers trade, bull ring, casino, catholic schools, changes in construction, changes to Decatur, childhood, Churches, Construction, Cuba tour, customer loyalty, Decatur IL, Dreamland Park, Fairview Park, family, Florida, freight foreman, future of Decatur, garden, Great Depression, Hawaii, health issues, Indiana, interview, Jasper County IL, Juarez, Linn & Scruggs building, Lodge, Macon School, Mexico, Nassau Bahamas, oral history, Pennsylvania Railroad, photography, recording, retirement, Sarasota FL, shoveling coal, Staley Company, Streetcars, Travel, union, Wabash Railroad, wildcat whistle, World War I, World War II, WPA workers, WWI, WWII