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Personnel, Policy, and Public Relations Committee meeting December 1990

This is the minutes of the Personnel Policy and Public Relations committee meeting of December 1990. At this meeting the members discussed goals of the city librarian which contain staff negotiations, staff moral, grants, working with the Foundation,…

Personnel, Policy, and Public Relations Committee Meeting May 1995

These are the minutes from the Personnel, Policy, and Public Relations meeting of May 1995. At this meeting the members discussed building renovations, went into close session to discuss a personnel matter, and did the evaluation of the city…

Tags: 1995, board of directors, Board of Trustees, building renovations, city librarian's goals, closed session, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, evaluation of city librarian, John Moorman, May 1995, Meeting, Minutes, personnel matters, personnel policy and public relations committee

Personnel, Policy, and Public Relations Committee Minutes and Correspondence May, September, and October 1989

These are the monthly minutes of the Decatur Public Library Personnel, Policy and Public Relations Committee for May, September, and October of 1989. In these minutes the committee discussed security guard, sick leave, pro-ration sick leave,…

Peter Halmbacher

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Photograph of Peter Halmbacher (d. 2/1/1910). He was born in Germany, a veteran of the Prussian-Bavarian War in 1866, and came to Decatur in 1869. He was a pattern maker by trade. Halmbacher worked as a cabinet maker for Decatur Furniture Co., as…

Tags: 1910, Art Studio, biography, cabinet maker, charter member, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur Furniture Co., Decatur IL, Germany, Knights of Pythias, pattern maker, Peter Halmbacher, Photo File: Biography, Prussian-Bavarian War, saloon, saloon business, veteran, Volunteer Firemen, William Bold

Philip Kayser

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Photograph of Philip Kayser (b. 5/23/1868, d. 1/24/1932). Kayser was the constable in Decatur Township, a city commissioner, and a member of the city council. He came to Decatur from Indiana in 1902 to help build the Decatur Bridge Co. plant, and…

Tags: 1927, biography, city commissioner, City Council, constable, Decatur Bridge Co., Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Decatur Township, First United Brethren Church, Indiana, Ionic Lodge 312 AF&AM, Master, Philip Kayser, Photo File: Biography, street commissioner

Photo of Lt. Harold J. Cozad in uniform

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WWII - Herald and Review Library; Cozad, Lt. Harold J., 9/12/1944. Article on back of photo: "Lt. Harold J. Cozad; Harold J. cozad, whose wife, Mrs. Mary Jean Cozad, lives at 2104 E. Clay St. has been graduated from the officer candidate school of…

Tags: Decatur IL, Transportation Corps, U.S. Armed Forces, World War II, WWII

Photo of Marine Cpl. Arthur Fiedler in uniform

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WWII - Herald and Review Library; Fiedler, Arthur, 3/23/1944. Article on back: "Marine Cpl. Arthur Fiedler - veteran of seven Pacific battles, including Doolittle's raid on Tokyo - has returned to Decatur, alive! the 21-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.…

Tags: Decatur IL., Doolitte's raid on Toyko, Marine Corp., World War II, WWII

Photo of Sgt. Vito Bertoldo receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Harry Truman during a White House Ceremony 12/18/1945.

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WWII - "Honored by President Truman: Sgt. Vito Bertoldo of Decatur, IL. received the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Truman during White House Ceremony December 18, 1945"

Tags: Decatur IL, Medal of Honor, Military, President Truman, White House Ceremony, World War II, WWII