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City Librarian's monthly report - October 1994

This is the October monthly report by the city librarian, John Moorman. In this report he discusses Sunday hours, staff workshops and conferences, audio cassettes, bookmobile, internet access, Jump Start, Decatur Pubic Schools, group visits and…

Board of Directors Meeting - March 15, 1990.

These are the minutes and agenda from the Board of Directors meeting on March 15, 1990. At this meeting the board discussed city librarian's report, committee reports, bills and payments, RPLS, Friends of the Library, Avenues of Excellence, Revenue,…

Board of Directors Meeting - February 15, 1990

These are the minutes and agenda from the Board of Directors Meeting on February 15, 1990. At this meeting the board discussed the city librarian's report and committee reports consisting of bills and payments, reference department, phone…

Arthur W. Kinkade

Photograph of Arthur W. Kinkade. He was the business manager for the Decatur school district from 1915 to 1922, and the manual training instructor in the Decatur public schools from 1910 to 1915. From 1923 to 1927, he was living in Seattle, WA and…

Tags: 1913, advertising director, Arthur W. Kinkade, biography, business manager, Champaign IL, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Schools, Decatur Pump Co., Federal Rural Resettlement Administration, officer and personnel manager, Photo File: Biography, progress engineer, Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co., Seattle WA, Wasson Studio

Arthur W. Kinkade

Photograph of Arthur W. Kinkade. He was the business manager for the Decatur school district from 1915 to 1922, and the manual training instructor in the Decatur public schools from 1910 to 1915. From 1923 to 1927, he was living in Seattle, WA and…

Tags: 1936, advertising director, Arthur W. Kinkade, biography, business manager, Champaign IL, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Schools, Decatur Pump Co., Federal Rural Resettlement Administration, manual training instructor, office and personnel manager, Photo File: Biography, progress engineer, Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co., Seattle WA

Mrs. Ira N. (Mary) Barnes

Photograph of Mrs. Mary Barnes (b. 5/13/1838, d. 8/22/1931), the wife of Dr. Ira N. Barnes. Mary Barnes was a charter member of the Decatur Art Class, and taught in the Decatur Public Schools for many years. Mary Barnes was also active in civic…

Tags: 1930, biography, civic educational organizations, Decatur Art Class, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Schools, Ira N. Barnes, Mary Barnes, Mrs. Ira N. (Mary) Barnes, Photo File: Biography

Faculty Brush College School #1, 1961

Photograph of the faculty in 1961 of Brush College School #1.

Tags: 1961, Brush College Elementary School, Brush College School #1, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Schools, Faculty, Teachers

Brush College School #1 (1925)

Photograph of Brush College School #1 in Decatur, IL 1925.

Tags: 1925, Brush College School #1, Decatur Elementary School, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Schools, Schools

Brush College School #1

Photograph of students standing in front of Brush College School #1 with automobiles in front.

Tags: Brush College, Brush College Elementary School, Brush College School #1, Decatur Public Schools

Mr. W. Lindley Huff's Oral History

This is the oral history of W. Lindley Huff. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell with his wife, Helen, and granddaughter, Marcia Morey, in June 1979. The interview covered the Huff Lumber Co., his early life, the Great Depression, and his time on…

Tags: Decatur Public Schools, Great Depression, Helen Huff, Huff Lumber Co., Marcia Morey, W. Lindley Huff

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