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Finance and Properties Correspondence - December 1982

This is a letter from RPLS to DPL's finance and properties committee informing them of the projected budget for 1983. There will be a drastic deficit. Project monetary support will be discontinued to the library as well as to the DPL cataloger's…

Tags: budget deficits, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, DPL cataloger salary, letter, project monetary support discontinued, projected budget, Robert Dumas, Rolling Prairie Library System

Workers Strike at Archer Daniel Midland Co. 10/16/1981.

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Photograph of Workers Striking at Archer Daniel Midland Co. Oct. 16, 1981.

Tags: 10/16/1981, ADM, Archer Daniel Midland Co., BS915, Decatur IL., Gasahol Plant, Herald and Review, Ron Ernest, Strike

Library Insurance Coverage Memo - October 25, 1973

This is a memo from Roswell Prince about the library's insurance coverage.

Tags: 1973, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Irish-Behnke, library insurance coverage, Lloyd Irish, memo, October 1973, Roswell Prince

Invitation - Breakfast with your Legislator - October 1995

This is an invitation to a breakfast with the legislators for Decatur. It is to be held at RPLS. Duane Noland, Penny Severns, and Julie Curry will be there.

Tags: 1995, Duane Noland, invitation, Julie Curry, legislators, October, Penny Severns, RPLS

Clean Community System Letter - March 1, 1994

This is a thank you note to John Merrich for his display at Richland Community College's Enviromental Fair for the Decatur Macon County Clean Community System in March 1994.

Tags: 1994, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Decatur IL, Decatur Macon County Clean Community System, Decatur Public Library, Display, Donna Johnson, Environmental Fair, John Merrich, John Moorman, March 1994, Richland Community College, Ruth Stauffer

General John Pershing - Visit to Decatur

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These are the glass negatives of General John Pershing's visit to Decatur in 1922. The photo was taken by Sam Tucker for Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL.

Tags: 1922, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, crowd, Decatur IL, General John Pershing, Glass Negative, man, negative, people, Sam Tucker, Wasson Studios

Samuel McRoberts Family Reunion - 1910

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Photograph of the Samuel McRoberts Family Reunion, taken in 1910, ran in the Decatur Review, 8/25/1910. Standing left to right: Frank Kinhart, Mrs. E. J. Brewster, J. S. McRobers, J. W. Bradfield, John R. McRoberts, Mrs. Elmer Brewster. Sitting: Miss…

Tags: board of directors, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, discussion with city of Decatur, February 1986, interdepartmental workshops, job description for city librarian, library vision, Meeting, Minutes, plant maintenance comprehension, public relations facilitator, Robert Dumas, search committee, sound judgement

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