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Long Range Plans Goals and Objectives for 2011 to 2016 - August 2011

These are the long range planning goals and objectives for 2011 thru 2016 put together in August 2011. Goals and objectives consist of vision and mission statement, service values, current topics and letters, general information, lifelong learning,…

Tags: August 2011, board of directors, Board of Trustees, current topics and titles, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Genealogy, general information, government information, Lee Ann Fisher, lifelong learning, Local History, Long Range Goals and Objectives, Mission Statement, service values, tagline, vision statement

Looking Out the Wabash Caboose Window

Photograph of Mabel Grubbs and two girls looking out of a Wabash Railroad caboose window at the train yard.

Tags: caboose window, friends, Mabel Grubbs, Mabel Grubbs Roberts, Roberts Family Collection, train yard, unknown women, Wabash Railroad

Looking South from Mouth of Stevens Creek 1911

Photograph of the Sangamon River from the mouth of Stevens Creek in 1911.

Tags: 1911, Ella Foulk Converse, Foulk family, Macon County, Sangamon River, Stevens Creek

Loren Boatman's Oral History - Recording

These are the recordings of Loren Boatman's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on August 11, 1986. The interview includes his career as a teacher and meteorologist.

Tags: "live line" truck, 1986, August 1986, Betty Turnell, Bill Cecil, boating, cable television, cameras, Carl Hickerson, Carlinville IL, changes to broadcasting, changes to meteorology, Channel 17, childhood, Decatur Celebration, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Don Foreman, government weather observer, Indiana State Teacher's College, interview, J. Giles, Korean War, Lake Decatur, Lakeview High School, lights, live broadcasts, live commercials, Loren Boatman, MacArthur High School, master's degree, meteorologist, Meteorology, microphones, microwave dishes, Navy, Northwestern Midshipman School, Northwestern University, OH77, oral history, Pacific Ocean, photography, piano, recording, sound recording, sound recordings, Southern Illinois University, Teacher, Television, transcription, travelling, University of Illinois, WAND

Loren Boatman's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Loren Boatman's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on August 11, 1986. The interview includes his career as a teacher and meteorologist.

Tags: "live line" truck, 1986, August 1986, Betty Turnell, Bill Cecil, boating, cable television, cameras, Carl Hickerson, Carlinville IL, changes to broadcasting, changes to meteorology, Channel 17, childhood, Decatur Celebration, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Don Foreman, government weather observer, Indiana State Teacher's College, interview, J. Giles, Korean War, Lake Decatur, Lakeview High School, lights, live broadcasts., live commercials, Loren Boatman, MacArthur High School, master's degree, meteorologist, Meteorology, microphones, microwave dishes, Navy, Northwestern Midshipmen School, Northwestern University, OH77, oral history, Pacific Ocean, photography, piano, recording, sound recording, sound recordings, Southern Illinois University, Teacher, Television, transcription, traveling, University of Illinois, WAND

Lorin H. King - Millikin University Junior

This is the glass negative of Lorin H. King, a Millikin University Junior. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s, and used in the Millidek yearbook.

Tags: c. 1910, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, Junior, Lorin H. King, man, Millidek, Millikin University, negative, student, Wasson Studios, yearbook

Lost Bridge Rd. Looking East

This is a glass negative of Lost Bridge Rd. looking east. The photo was taken by Pfile's Camera Shop for Decatur Herald & Review in Decatur, IL around 1930.

Tags: c. 1930, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, Lost Bridge Rd., negative, Pfile's Camera Shop

Lost Bridge Rd. Looking West to Southmoreland Place.

This is the glass negative of Lost Bridge Rd. looking west to Southmoreland Place. The photo was taken by Pfile's Camera Shop for Decatur Herald & Review in Decatur, IL around 1930s.

Tags: c. 1930, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, Lost Bridge Rd., negative, Pfile's Camera Shop, Southmoreland Place