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Board of Directors Meeting - December 2003
Tags: Administration, Adult Division, Agenda, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, bookmobile, building division, children's division, Christmas party, circ division, Circulation, City Librarian's Report, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, December 2003, division head, Dynix, Expenditures, Extension Division, Family Reading Night, Finance and Properties, Foundation, fund raising, Gates Computer Lab, Holiday open house, Illinois Stories, James Millikin Estate, Lee Ann Fisher, Lincoln Program, Meeting, Minutes, November minutes, PBS, Project Next Generation, reports, Revenue, Ronald McDonald, RPLS, Staff, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Sunday hours, system administration, tech division, Training, Village Mall rent
Board of Directors Meeting - August 2003
Tags: 1st floor reorganization, Administration, Adult Division, Agenda, American flag, August 2003, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Bookmobiles, building division, bulls and payroll, Celebration closing, children's division, circ division, City Librarian's Report, contact information for Board and Committees, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, DVDs, Expenditures, Extension Division, Foundation, friends, Gates Computer Lab, July minutes, Lee Ann Fisher, Library Garden, Lincoln, Meeting, Minutes, personnel policy and public relations, Project Next Generation, reports, retirements, Revenue, RPLS, SIRSI, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Step Forward, summer reading club, systems administration, tech division, thank yous, Volunteers
Board of Directors meeting - April 2003
Tags: Administration, Agenda, April 2003, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, building division, children's division, city librarians report, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, eval of city librarian, Expenditures, Extension Division, finance and property, friends, Gates Computer Lab, grievances, job description children's, job description city librarian, lease space, Lee Ann Fisher, March minutes, Meeting, Minutes, personnel, Policy, Public Relations, reports, Revenue, RPLS, SIRSI, Staff, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, system administration, tech division, training and workshops, volunteer appreciation lunch, youth problems
Lee D. Pigott's Oral History #2
Tags: 1982, Baptist Church, basketball, Betty Turnell, boys' club, Cameron MO, Cleveland Avenue Baptist Church, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Ministerial Association, Decatur Public Schools, Dr. Cameron Harmon, Durfee School, education, Epworth League, interview, June 1982, Kansas City MO, ladies' Sunday School class, Lee D. Pigott, Malleable Iron, manual training, McKendree College, Methodist Church, Millikin University, ministry, Missouri Conference, Missouri Wesleyan College, Murphysburo IL, Naval Air Force, Naval Aviation, oral history, Principal, Prof. Cole, recording, religious life, superintendent of schools, U.S. Naval Force, World War I, WWI
Dean Mesnard's Oral History
Tags: 1986, accounting, April 1986, Avon Theater, Bazley's Meat Market, Beach House, Betty Turnell, Bijou Theater, Brintlinger Funeral Home, broken home, Bryn Mawr PA, business major, C.L.U., changes to Decatur, Chartered Life Underwriter, childhood, College of Life Underwriters, contractor, Dean Mesnard, debit company, Decatur Club, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Dr. Beadles, Empress Theater, Fairview Park, family life, financial planning, G.I. Bill, Great Depression, heating engineer, inflation, insurance office, interview, Lake Decatur, life insurance, Life Underwriter's Training Council, Lincoln Apartments, Lincoln Hotel, Mary W. French School, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Millikin University, mow lawns, mutual companies, old gravel pit, oral history, painter, Piggly-Wiggly, Prof. Glen Smith, Pythian Home, rake leaves, recording, Roosevelt Junior High School, salesmanship, Shinner's Meat Market, shovel snow, Steven's Creek, stock companies, swimming, Texaco Light House, Texaco Tower, Transfer House, Williamson Heating Company of Cincinnati, Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, workmen's compensation, World War II
W.T. Layton's Oral History
Tags: "bear" crew, "gandy-dancers", 1982, accidents, Allis Chalmers, Army, Betty Turnell, braking, Conductor, Decatur IL, diesel engines, firing, freight trains, golf, grandchildren, interview, May 1982, Meyers' Brothers, Norfolk and Western Railroad, oral history, passenger trains, pension, politics, recording, retirement, social security, Steam Engines, track maintenance, Travel, W.T. Layton, Wabash Railroad
Mrs. Erma Wait Cook's Oral History
Tags: 1985, Anna B. Millikin Home, August 1985, Betty Turnell, changes to Decatur, childhood, Country Club, Decatur High School, Decatur Hotel and the Arcade, Decatur IL, Erma Wait Cook, fire, Interurban, interview, junior high school, Lincoln Theatre, Mary French School, Millikin University, Morehouse and Wells, Mrs. George Cook, oral history, Packard automobile, recording, St. Nicholas Hotel, stage plays, streetcar, Transfer House, Travel, vaudeville, W. Main St., Wait-Cahill Wholesale Company, Women's Club, Wood Street School
Board of Directors Meeting - September 2001
Tags: Administration, Adult Division, Agenda, August mintues, Baby Talk, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Directors contact information, Board of Trustees, Bookmobiles, building division, children's division, circ division, circ stats, City Librarian's Report, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, division head report, DRA, DRA training, e-mail accounts for staff, Expenditures, Extension Division, Finance and Properties, Friends Book Sale, Gate Foundation Grant, GEAC, Illinois Power, job ads, job description, lease space, Lee Ann Fisher, long range plan, Meeting, Minutes, Personnel Policy and Pubic Relations, power outage, RCC, reports, residency requirement union staff, Revenue, RPLS, September 2001, Staff, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report, system administration, tech division