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Board of Directors meeting August 18, 1988

These are the agenda and minutes of the Board of Directors meeting on August 18, 1988. At this meeting the Board discussed committee reports, city librarian report, expenditures, RPLS, Avenues of Excellence, budget, summer reading, staff morale, and…

Tags: 1988, August 1988, Avenue of Excellence, board of directors, Board of Trustees, budget, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, finance and properties committee, James Seidl, Meeting, Minutes, Project Read, RPLS, staff morale, Summer Reading Program

Board of Directors Meeting - November 17, 1988

These are the minutes and agenda from the meeting of the Board of Directors on November 17, 1988. At this meeting the board discussed committee reports dealing with the city librarian's report, personnel policy and public relations, finance and…

Board of Directors Meeting - October 20, 1988

These are the minutes and agenda from the meeting of the Board of Directors on October 20, 1988. At this meeting the board discussed committee reports dealing with personnel policy and public relations, finance and properties, expenditures, RPLS,…

Board of Directors Meeting - September 15, 1988

These are the minutes and agenda from the meeting of the Board of Directors on September 15, 1988. At this meeting the board discussed committee repots dealing with city librarian's report, finance and properties, expenditures, RPLS, Avenues of…

Personnel Memo - November 1988

This is a memo from James Seidl to the board regarding staff personnel upgrades. These following positions were changed: technical services clerk, administrative clerk, library clerk supervisor, circulation librarian, page, telephone page, catalog…

Reclassification Study - November 1988

This is a memo from James Seidl to the Board of Directors familiarizing them with the reclassification study and its points. The points consist of upgrades, library positions, staff comments, confidentiality, telephone page and grade nine.

Tags: 1988, board of directors, Board of Trustees, confidentiality, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, grade nine, James Seidl, library position, memo, November 1988, reclassification study, staff comments, telephone page, upgrade

Statistical Report - July, August, October - 1988

This is the statistical report for July, August, and October of 1988. In this report the following are reported: circulation, technical services, financial report, staff strengths, current vacancies, computer down time, and patrons registered.

Tags: 1988, August 1988, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Circulation, computer down time, current vacancies, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Financial report, James Seidl, July 1988, October 1988, patrons registered, staff strengths, Statistical Report, Technical Services

Anthony J. Perry's Oral History

This is the oral history of Anthony J. Perry. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on June 7, 1988. The interview focuses on his time as the CEO of the Decatur Memorial Hospital.

Tags: "The Vigil Never Ceases - Two Miles North", 1988, A.E. Staley Jr., Administrator, Anthony J. Perry, Assistant Adminstrator, Associate Administrator, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, bachelor's degree, Betty Turnell, board rotation, Chief Executive Officer, Decatur and Macon County Hospital, Decatur IL, Decatur Memorial Hospital, DMH Auxiliary, Dr. Will Barnes, early childhood, education, Ethel Goss, Executive Vice-President, family, Graduate Directors' Council, Home Health Care Program, Hospital Administration, Hospital Research and Development Institute, immigrant parents, interview, JFK Airport, June 1988, LaGuardia Airport, Leon Pullen, Lisbon Portugal, malpractice insurance, master's degree, Medicare, Meteorology, Military, Millikin Court, Millikin University, MMI Companies, modernization of hospital, New England, New York University, Norman Bailey, Northwestern University, nurses, off-shore insurance company, oral history, Pan-American Airlines, Peruvian International Airways, president, radiology, recording, School of Nursing, Staley Pavilion, truck farm, TWA International, Visiting Nurses' Association, Voluntary Hospitals of America, Volunteers, Women's Auxiliary, World War II, WWII

Mr. Donald E. Minton's Oral History

This is the oral history of Donald E. Minton. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on November 14, 1988. The interview includes his time with the Decatur Fire Department.

Richard E. Reeves' Oral History

This is the oral history of Richard E. Reeves. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on April 19, 1988. The interview includes his childhood, family life, work, and missionary work with the First United Methodist Church.

Tags: 1988, Africa, Air Force, airplane mechanics, Annual Conference, April 1988, Architectural Drafting, Architecture, Aviation Cadet, Barnes Hospital, Bert Templeton, Betty Turnell, Building Committee, Burks Pumps, Children, council of ministries, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Company, Dr. Paul Burt, educational wing of church, engineering, Executive Vice-President, Faculty, First United Methodist Church of Decatur, Ghana, interview, Joyce Reeves, jurisdictional conference, Kenya, Liberia, missionary work, Mississippi, mock-ups, national church, nurse's training, official board, oral history, parish relations, pastor, Pentagon, Ploughboy Prom, Rantoul IL, recording, recruitment college tour, Richard E. Reeves, salesman, San Francisco, Sertoma Club, Sierra Leone, St. Louis MO, Student Council, Sunday school teacher, teaching aids, UMCOR, United Methodist Committee on Relief, University of Illinois, US Office of Education, Vice-President of Engineering, Vice-President of Marketing, Washington University, water and sanitation problems, Webster-Cantrall Hall, Weldon IL, Wells, Wesley Foundation, World War II, WWII, Yale University

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