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Bomball Family

Postcard of the Bomball family. The back says "Mother will be home Thursday at 4.15PM. AO Bomball 328 Central Pl." The postcard is addressed to "Mr. W. Besalke 1135 Condit st. Decatur, Ill".

Tags: A.O. Bomball, Besalke Family Collection, Bomball family, postcard, unknown people, William Besalke

Boltz Family #3

Photograph of Emilie Boltz

Tags: biography, Boltz family, Emilie Boltz, Garrett, Photo File: Biography

Boltz Family #2

Photograph of Laura Boltz, Martha Boltz, Emma Boltz, and Emilie Boltz of the Boltz family. They are sitting in a parlor or living room.

Tags: biography, Boltz family, Emilie Boltz, Emma Boltz, Laura Boltz, Martha Boltz, Photo File: Biography

Boltz Family #1

Photograph of the Boltz family.

Tags: biography, Boltz family, Photo File: Biography, unknown children, unknown men, unknown women

Bob Strongman's Oral History

This is the oral history of Bob Strongman. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell. The interview includes his career as a photographer for the Herald and Review.

Tags: 35 ml film projector, aerial photography, algebra class, Assistant Boys Secretary, Assistant Sales Manager, background check, Betty Turnell, Bill Summer, boat races, Bob Hope's State Fair trip, Bob Strongman, Bread Salesman, Buckmeisters Grocery Store, changes at the Herald & Review, changes to photography, childhood, Coal Mines, Decatur Camera Club, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, disasters, E.J. Muffley, Enterprise School District, freelance work, Governor Ogilvie, grammar class, Great Depression, Gunhill Johnson Crippled Children's Room, Harry Truman, horse plow, ice skating, ice wagon, industrial photography, interview, Kennedy Campaign, Lee Pigott, Lincoln School, Marietta School, mid-year graduate, Model T pickup truck, N. Union St., neighborhood grocery stores, one room school, oral history, Parkview Motel, Pfile's Camera Shop, photography, Piggly-Wiggly, polio, Presidential Candidate Whistle Stops, press credentials, processing, Pugh School, recess, recitation bench, recording, retirement, Richard Nixon, Roosevelt Junior High School, Russell Shaffer, Russian Missile Crisis, snow sled, street hockey, student-built boats, swim therapy, Tasty Bread, Truman's visit to Decatur, Truman's Whistle Stop, Victor Borge, weddings, Wooden Shoe Fire, YMCA, YMCA Boys Department

Boarding House

Photograph of Boarding House located at 517 N. Maryland at Front St., levee area. Used as a place of business by Fred Wittke.

Tags: 9/5/1915, Boarding House, BS964, Business, Decatur IL. 517 N. Maryland, Fred Wittke, Front St., Levee District

Board/Staff Relations Task Force October 1988

These are the minutes of the Board/Staff Task Force in October 1988. At this meeting the members reviewed the survey, accepted it, and voted to distributed it to the staff. The survey concerned morale and Sunday hours.

Tags: 1995, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Board/Staff Task force, Decatur IL, Decatur Pubic Library, distributed to staff, James Seidl, Meeting, Minutes, morale, October 1995, Sunday hours, survey accepted, survey reviewed

Board Trustees Zoom meeting - July 2020 - agenda and packet

These are the agenda and packet of the Board of Directors Zoom meeting in July 2020. Items on the agenda were swearing in of Susan Avery, consult of agenda, city librarian's report, division heads' reports, personnel policy and public relations,…

Board of Trustees, Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL. on August 15, 2002.

Monthly Meeting of the Board of Trustees, Decatur Public Library, on August 15, 2002.

Tags: 8/18/2002, Agenda, Baby Talk, Board Minutes, Board of Trustees, Boiler Inspection, City Librarian Report, core standards, Decatur IL., Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, lease space

Board of Trustees, Decatur Library, Decatur, IL.

Board of Trustees, Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL.

Tags: 7/11/2000, 7/6/2000, Bids to Resurface Parking Lot, Bloodborne Pathogen, Board of Trustees, Bookmobile Fines, Expenditures, Finance & Properties, Fire Safety, job description, Karen Anderson, Nims Computer Room Policy, Personnel Policy & Public Relations, search committee, Service Agreement

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