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Material Selection Policy Meeting - May 1987

These are the minutes of the material selection policy meeting of May 1987. Items discussed were selection policy, library bill of rights, acquisitions, organization, circulation, promotion, library mission, patrons' needs, clientele, format, books,…

Photos of the Printing Room, Machinery and Workers.

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Photographs of the Printing Room, Workers and Machinery.

Tags: BS1045, BS419, BS421, BS518, BS519, BS521, BS522, BS523, BS527, Business, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL., Machinery, Newspapers, Printing Room, Review, Workers

Photos of Office Workers, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur, IL.

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Photograph of Decatur Daily Review Office Ladies. Photographs of men working in offices.

Tags: Business, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL., Male Office Workers, Newspapers, Office Ladies, Review

Richard Rodgers' Oral History #1

This is the first oral history of Richard Rodgers. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on February 8 and 15, 1984. The interview includes his childhood, Decatur around World War I, and his work with Linn and Scruggs.

Tags: 1984, air conditioning, automobiles, Baseball, Betty Turnell, Bijoux Theatre, Blue Book, board room, childhood, chimes, Clothing, Coal Mines, cook's stove, Decatur Civic Orchestra, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Downtown, electricity, Empress Theatre, family orchestra, February 1984, Federal Home Loan Act, Feltman and Curm, FHA, First Methodist Church broadcast, Great Depression, Gushard Building, Gushard store, homogenization, Interurban, interview, John Philip Sousa's band, Lincoln Square, Lincoln Theatre, Linn and Scruggs, marimba, Millikin Orchestra, Millikin University, Music, Musician, Newspapers, oboe, oral history, out houses., pasteurization, public transportation, Pugh School, Radio, recording, refrigeration, Richard Rodgers, Roosevelt Junior High School, salt water taffy, shoe repair, Shoe Store, Shoes, shopping, Stephen Decatur High School, Street Cars, Swarthout Brothers, telephones, The Anvil Chorus, Transfer House, triangle, unpaved streets, vaudeville theatre, vitaphone programs, WJBL station, World War I, WWI, xylophone

Photos of Type Setting Machine.

Photographs of Typesetting Machine and Employee.

Tags: BS850, BS851, Business, Decatur IL., Employee, Newspapers, Review, Typesetting

Photos of Review Editorial and Special Writers and City Desk.

Photographs of Review Editorial, Special Writers and City Desk .

Photos of Decatur Newspaper Carriers.

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Photographs of Daily Review Newspaper Carriers, Decatur, IL.

Tags: 1916, BS1044, BS852, BS853, BS854, Business, Daily Review, Decatur IL., Newspaper Carriers, Newspapers, State Fair

Photos of Typesetting Room and Printing.

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Photographs of the Typesetting Room, Printing and an Employee, Daily Review.

Tags: Business, Daily Review, Decatur IL., Employee, Newspapers, Printing, Typesetting

Photos of the Decatur Daily Review Editorial and Special Writers Room. Photos Editorial Room, Review City Desk, Review Business Office, Circulation Staff, and Composing Room.

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Photographs of Review--Editorial and Special Writers. Photograph City Desk. Photograph Review Business Office. Photograph Circulation Staff. Photograph Review Composing Room.

Tags: 12/7/1913, 1913, Business, Business Office Staff, circulation staff, City Desk, Composing Room, Daily Review, Decatur IL., E.T. Coleman, Editorial and Special Writers, Jerry Donahue, Newspapers

Photos of Newspaper Boys at Staley's, Carrier Boys at Starved Rock and Circulation Delivery.

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Photograph of Review Carriers at Staley's--1927. Photo ran Review 6/26/1927. Photo of Carriers Boys at Starved Rock, photo ran in the Review 5/24/1931. Photo of Horse Drawn Wagon Filled with Newspapers -Circulation.

Tags: 5/24/1931, 6/26/1927, BS840, BS841, BS842, Business, Circulation, Daily Review, Decatur IL., Horse Drawn Delivery, Newspaper Carriers, Newspapers, Staley's, Starved Rock

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