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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: 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, 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: 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: "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: 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: 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: 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, 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, 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