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Board of Directors Meeting - July 17, 1975
This is the minutes and agenda for the Board of Directors meeting on July 17, 1975.
Board of Directors Meeting - July 17, 1975
This is the minutes and agenda for the Board of Directors meeting on July 17, 1975.
Board of Trustees Special Budget Meeting Minutes February 1964
Decatur Public Library Board
Photo of John A. (Jack) Coughlin
WWII - Herald and Review Library; Coughlin, John A. (Jack), 6/24/1942. Article on back of photo: "Corp. John A. Coughlin, 221, S. Taylor Ave., was one of 21 soldiers surviving the June 15 sinking of the medium-sized American freighter off the east…
Tags: 21 Survive, 88 Lost, Decatur IL, June 15 1942, Shipwrecked, World War II, WWII
"A Coming Eve
WWI - "A Coming Eve" float with hanging effigy of Kaiser Wilhelm in the Red Cross parade, May 1918.
Tags: Decatur IL, Effigy Kaiser Wilhelm, Parade, Red Cross, World War I, WWI
"Army Boy"
Photograph of H. Roberts. Photo is labeled "Army Boy" on the back.
"Homecoming of A-Co. 124 Machine Gun Co."
WWI - Float in Homecoming Parade of A Co. 124 Machine Gun Battalion for Heroic Dead. pg. 54. c.1918
Tags: A Co. 124, Decatur IL., Homecoming Parade, Wabash Depot, World War I, WWI
"Immortal J.N." Free
Photograph of "Immortal J.N." (Jacob Newman) Free (d. 6/27/1906). Free was a wanderer who traveled throughout the United States for 50 years by riding for free on every railroad, and staying in hotels at their expense. He was considered harmlessly…
"Just Me"
Photograph of Mabel Grubbs labeled "Just Me" on the back.
"Light Up the Sky"
Negative of a scene from "Light Up the Sky", a play performed by Theatre "7" in 1964.