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Monthly Board of Trustees Minutes - October 1965
This is the minutes from the board meeting on October 22, 1965. Also included are the minutes from the combined personnel and finance committees meeting on October 20, 1965, an organizational chart for the library, a letter to Deputy City Manager…
Monthly Board of Trustees Meeting - December 1965
This is the minutes from the board meeting on December 17, 1965. Also included is the agenda for that meeting, a resolution from the board for the establishment of Rolling Prairie Libraries System, the combined budget and bill list for December…
Photograph of Lifeguards
Photograph of a group of lifeguards thought to be at Lake Decatur at an unknown date.
Photographs of Fishing Catches
Photographs of two men's catfish catches while fishing in Decatur, date unknown.
Photographs of Golfer Eleanor Barnes
Photographs of golfer Eleanor Barnes sporting the golf dress style taken July 27, 1913.
Photograph of Man on Bicycle
Photograph of a man on a popular style of bicycle from 1890, the photograph was taken on July 24, 1910.
Photograph of Decatur's Charles Dressen
Photograph of Charles Dressen, who was recruited from Decatur and went on to play major league baseball for the Cincinnati Reds in 1919. This photograph was taken on September 24, 1934.
Photograph of the Decatur Commodores
Photograph of the Decatur Commodores baseball team on opening day, May 2, 1954.
Photograph of Commissioner of Baseball Kenesaw Landis at Fans Field
Photograph of Kenesaw Landis with a group of men at Fans Field in Decatur IL. Landis was the first appointed Commissioner of Baseball in 1920 and served until his death in 1944.
