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Raise Letter - November 6, 1977

This is a letter from Nancy J. Lamport to the Board of Directors about retroactive pay.

Tags: 1977, board of directors, Board of Trustees, David Johnson, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Jon Robinson, letter, Nancy J. Lamport, November 1977, raise, retroactive pay, Robert Dumas, Rosenberg Rosenberg Sickes and Johnson

Purchase Order for System Lease Agreement - June 15, 1977

This is the purchase order for the System Lease Agreement between CL Systems Inc and the Board of Directors. It describes the length of the lease and the equipment involved.

Tags: 1977, board of directors, Board of Trustees, CL Systems Inc, CLSI, composite station, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Jon D. Robinson, June 1977, keyboard/display stations, lightpen station, purchase order, system lease agreement

Photographs of the Exterior of Decatur High School

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Photographs of Decatur High School taken shortly before it was demolished in 1977. The High School was built at 400 N Franklin St. in 1911.

Tags: 1/20/1977, 1977, building, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Demolition, exterior, Facade, Franklin St., high school, James A. Woodruff, Photo File: Schools, school, Schools, Stephen Decatur High School, Woodruff

Photographs of Exterior Decatur High School

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Photo of Kintner Gym Winter Time with Automobiles
Photo of South West Exterior Winter Time
Photos of Exterior Decatur High School
Photos of Decatur High School Looking From Franklin St.
School was built in 1911 and demolished in 1977.

Tags: 1940, 1977, Buildings, Decatur High School, Decatur IL., Decatur IL.., exterior, Franklin Street, Herald and Review, James A. Woodruff, Kintner Gym, Main Enterance, North Street, Schools, South Entrance, SW Exterior, U.S. Government, WPA Photo

Photograph of the Union Pacific Railroad Rotary Snowplow

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Photograph of the Union Pacific Railroad rotary snowplow at the Norfolk & Western yards at Decatur IL, taken February 1, 1977.

Tags: 1977, Decatur IL, Herald and Review, Norfolk & Western, Photo File: Railroads, railroad, Railroads, Rotary Snowplow, Snowplow, Union Pacific, Union Pacific Railroad, Yards

Mrs. Marie G. Baker's Oral History

This is the oral history of Marie G. Baker. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell in March 1977. The interview includes her childhood, the NAACP, and discrimination in Decatur.

Tags: 1977, 4-year scholarship, A.H. Mills, A.M.E. Church, African Methodist Church, Betty Turnell, brother, C.L. Livingston, childhood, College Street Chapel, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, discrimination, Dr. Ellis, Edward Jacobs, family life, First Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church, housing discrimination, Howard Shaw, Howard University, Huron Place, injunction, interview, James Millikin University, job discrimination, John Reagan, Lake Decatur, Lincoln School, March 1977, Marie G. Baker, Marietta Street School, Mary White Ollington, Mrs. Buster, Mrs. Eugenia Bacon, Murfield Storey, N. Union St., NAACP, National Civil Rights Law, national meetings, Niagara movement, oral history, Pennsylvania line, Physician's and Surgeon's College, Pugh School, race discrimination, Railway Postal Service, recording, Rev. E.M. Antrim, San Tucker, Singleton's Restaurant, Springfield Race Riots, swimming beach, swimming pools, truck garden, Warren Hardy, William English Walling

List of Board Members - 1977

This is the list of Board members for 1977.

Tags: 1977, Board Members, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, library administration, list, members

John Day's Oral History

This is the oral history of John Day. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on November 29, 1977. The interview includes his time in an English orphanage, growing up in Canada, and his work with the Wabash Railroad.

Tags: "The Cannon Ball", 1977, automobile factory, bass drum, Betty Turnell, Bluebird, Canada, Canadian National Railroad, Cannon Ball, cement company, Charlie Cunningham, Decatur IL, Douglas Air Craft, Dr. Barnardo's Homes, farm work, farming, Feltwell England, Foreman, freemason, Grand Truck Railroad, Holmes Foundry, homestead farm, Imperial Oil Refinery, Infants' School, Inglewood Ontario, interview, John Day, London England, Marysville MI, Mason, Montreal Quebec, Music, National Guard, Norfolk County, November 1977, oral history, orphanage, paint shop, painter, painting, passenger trains, personnel, physical abuse, pigiron, Poetry, Port Huron MI, recording, retirement, round house, Sarnia Ontario, Steam Engines, tannery, The Great Lakes Navigation, Toronto Ontario, travelling, Tunbridge Wells England, visit to England, Wabash Railroad, Wills-St. Clair car, World War II

Illinois Public Library Annual Report 1976/1977 - April 30, 1977

This is the Illinois Public Library Annual Report for fiscal 1976/1977.

Tags: 1977, April 1977, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, fiscal 1976/1977, Illinois Public Library Annual Report, IPLAR, report, Robert Dumas

ILDA Letter - March 17, 1977

This is a letter from Carol Batterham, Secretary of the Board, to Jean Downs about supporting ILDA legislation.

Tags: 1977, Anderson bill, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Carol Batterham, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, ILA bill, ILDA, Jean Downs, legislation, letter, March 1977

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