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Tags: 1984, Austin family history, Benjamin Austin, Betty Turnell, Blue Mound IL, Bookkeeper, cashier, childhood, Decatur IL, Dennis School, Dorothy Austin, Eleanor Warnick, family history, February 1984, first automobile, former students, George Muirhead, Hieronymous Mueller, interview, J.C. Penney Store, Longview Housing Project, Mary W. French School, Millikin University, Mr. J.C. Penney, Mr. Ullrich, Mrs. Ewing, Oakland School, oral history, Principal, recording, retirement, Roosevelt Junior High School, Stephen Decatur High School, Teacher, teaching, Ullrich School, University of Illinois, William Austin

Tags: 1997, Agenda, Biennial survey of depository libraries, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, book return drops, budget, children division, circ division, circ stats, City Librarian's Report, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, December 1997, Expenditures, finance and property, Foudation, Foundation, fundraising activities, GEAC, internet access guidelines and policy, internet user policy, John Moorman, Meeting, Minutes, November minutes, OSHA regulations, personnel policy and public relations, real estate firms, reports, Revenue, RPLS, schematic design Sears project, standards for Public Libraries, Statistical Report, tech services, technology plan, thank you letters, Volunteers, workshops and training

Tags: "para-archaeologist", 1984, archaeological surveys, archaeology, Betty Turnell, Bob Hall, Bruce McMillan, Buses, C.G. Holland, Civil War Roundtable, community transportation, construction business, County Board of Supervisors, cultural interpreter, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, environmentalism, Florence White, Fort Daniel Regional Park, Friends Creek Regional Park, G.I. Bill, Great Depression, Griswold Conservation area, Illinois State Museum, impersonation, interpretive naturalist, interview, January 1984, Korean War, letter for gasoline, Longbons Roofing and Sheet Metal Company, Macon County Conservation District, Macon County Historical Society, Melody Arnold, Millikin University, Navy, Norman Greenberg, Oakley Reservoir, oral history, pre-historic Indian sites, R. Lee Slider, recording, Rock Springs, Rock Springs Center for Environmental Discovery, Rommel's African Corps, ROTC, Sand Creek Reservation, Smithsonian Institute, The Illinois Conservation Act, Trobaugh log house, vice-president, war trophies, World War II

Tags: 1997, Adult Division, Agenda, annual report to printer, architect, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Bookmobiles, budget, campaign fund division, capitol fund drive, children's division, circ stats, City Librarian's Report, contract for architectural services, damaged books, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, Extension Division, Finance and Properties, Foundation, GEAC, insurance rate increase, John Moorman, Levy Request, library brochure, library building grant, Local History, Meeting, Minutes, news paper article, OCLC, October 1997, Per Capita Grant, Poets in Person, Preston Jackson, PSA agreement, reports, resolution application state, Revenue, RPLS, Sears Building, September minutes, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, star inservice, Statistical Report, technology division, thank you letters, video cabinet, Volunteers, Wasson Photo Project

Tags: 1997, adult services division, Agenda, August minutes, Baby Talk, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, book list, brochure, budget, capitol fund drive, children's division, circ stats, City Librarian's Report, construction grant application, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, Extension Division, Foundation, friends, GEAC, John Moorman, Library Child Care Connection, long range plan, Meeting, Minutes, Personnel Policy and Pubic Relations, Poets in Person, Preston Jackson, report, Revenue, RPLS, September 1997, software policy, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report, Summer Reading Program, tech services, technology plan, thank you letters, Volunteers

Tags: 1997, Agenda, August, bills and payroll, board contact information, board of directors, Board of Trustees, bond for officers, Bookmobiles, campaign contribution policy, children's division, children's network, circ stats, City Librarian's Report, Collection Development, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, DPS#61, Expenditures, Extension Division, Finance and Properties, Foundation, GEAC, gift acceptance policy, gift recognition policy, John Moorman, July minutes, library solocitations policy, Local History, Meeting, Minutes, NOW checking account, Poets in Person, reports, Revenue, RPLS, staff in-service, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report, Summer Reading Program, thank you letters, Volunteers

Tags: 1997, 3-M self check machine, Agenda, ALA, architect, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, budget, capital campaign chair, capitol fundraising, children's division, circ stats, City Librarian's Report, Collection Development, collective negotiations, Committee Appointments, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, DPS#61, Expenditures, Extension Division, Finance and Properties, Foundation, friends, Gallery 510, GEAC, John Moorman, July 1997, June's minutes, Local History Room, Meeting, Minutes, Northwest Restoration and Preservation Society, personnel policy and public relations, Preston Jackson, processing, RCC, reports, Revenue, RPLS, staff in service committee, staff training and workshops, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report, Summer Reading Program, Technical Services, Volunteers

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