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Data Services Memorandum - 1977

This memorandum from the Director of Data Services at the City of Decatur shows the costs for a library circulation system provided by the City Data Services Department.

Darryl Barbee resignation letter - July 2011

This is the resignation letter from Darryl Barbee dated July 2011. He is moving and is resigning from the Board of Trustees and The Foundation Board.

Darius Aungst

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Photograph of Darius Aungst (d. 9/24/1935). He was an undertaker, and traveled extensively throughout the United States and Hawaii. Aungst lived in Decatur for 72 years at 1325 E. Prairie St.

DARE Letter May 10, 1990

This is a thank you letter from Karen Benjamin, Director of Recreation for the Park District, thanking the Decatur Public Library for their donation of 250 books for the DARE to READ summer program.

Dantown Distillery

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Photograph of the Dantown Distillery in Macon County.

Daniel LaMont Myers

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Photograph of Daniel LaMont Myers; (died Dec 19, 1924). Veteran Wabash baggage master. He had been employed at the Wabash Railroad for about 38 years. He served one term as night captain on the police force under Mayor G. W. Lehman. He was a past…

Daniel Bonus - Millikin Music Faculty

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This is the glass negative of Daniel Bonus, a member of the music faculty at Millikin University. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL around 1910.

Daniel "Big Dan" Sullivan

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Photograph of Daniel "Big Dan" Sullivan (died 4/8/1926). "Big Dan" Sullivan formerly chief of police of Decatur and a former deputy sheriff of Macon County. Daniel Sullivan was born in Jacksonville, but came to Decatur when a very young man. He went…

Dan W. Tait

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Photograph of Dan W. Tait; (born 8/22/1874; died 12/20/1942). married Margaret Wallace 9/17/1901. Veteran automobile dealer and a member of one of Decatur's oldest families; active in Masonic affairs. photo ran 12/21/1942. Photo by VanDeventer.