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Photos of Lincoln Day, Gov. Horner Speaker 1938

Photographs of people attending the Lincoln's Birthday Celebration , Governor Horner Speaker.

Tags: 1938, Abraham Lincoln, EV196, EV197, EV198, EV199, EV200, Events, Festivals, Gov. Henry Horner, Gov. Horner, Lincoln Day

A. Webber Borchers' Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of A. Webber Borchers'' oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell in 1981. The interview is in 4 parts, and covers his family history, the story of Lincoln in Macon County, his time as Chief Illiniwek, his time in…

Tags: 1981, A. Webber Borchers, Abraham Lincoln, Betty Turnell, Borchers family history, Boy Scouts, Chief Illiniwek, Decatur IL, interview, legislature, Lincoln, OH8, oral history, recording, sound recording, transcription, World War II, WWII

Whitley Connection
Collection #59

Photos, drawings, written descriptions, and memorandums in regard to the Whitley connection.

Public Building Structures - Macon County First Courthouse

This is the historical account of the public building structure of Macon County's first courthouse.

Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln in Decatur, Centennial History of Decatur and Macon County, Central Block, Charlotte Meyer, Charlotte Meyer Collection, courthouse, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Fairview Park, History, Mabel Richmond, Macon County, Otto R. Kyle, photo

Monthly Board of Trustees Minutes - February 1986

This is the agenda and minutes from the Board of Directors meeting on February 20, 1986. At this meeting the Board discussed committee reports, expenditures, proposed annual budget, computer bid, telephone system bid, policy code, circulation…

Tags: 1986, 2/20/1986, Abraham Lincoln, Agenda, air conditioning problems, annual budget preparation worksheet, AT&T, bill list, BM1128, board meeting, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Budget Report, campaign poster, circ stats, City Council, city manager, City of Decatur, CLSI, code of library policy, computer bid, computer problems, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, February 1986, finance and properties committee, Finance Director, FY 1986/1987, Head of Home Reading Department, Home Reading Department, IBM AT personal computer, Inacomp Computer Center of Decatur, Leslie Allen, letter, Lincoln Poster, Lotus Symphony software, Lucy Murphy, Marshall Susler, Mayor, Meeting, Merlin 1030 telephone system, Minutes, OCLC, Personnel and public relations committee, Policy Code, proposed budget, proposed library budget, Robert Dumas, Ron Lappi, RPLS, search committee, search committee for city librarian, Shirley Apley, Statistical Report, telephone system bid, VCR, VCR players

Monthly Board of Trustees Minutes - January 1984

This is the agenda and minutes from the Board of Directors meeting on January 19, 1984. At this meeting the Board discussed committee reports as they related to the library including expenditures, change in policy code, circa stats, data entry and…

Tags: 1/19/1984, 1984, Abraham Lincoln, Ad Hoc RPLS committee, Agenda, American Libraries, authority control, bill list, BM1109, board meeting, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Budget Report, campaign poster, Chuck Hale, circulation of library material, circulation statistics, City Clerk, City Council, City of Decatur, Clarence Wheatley, code of library policy, Consultants, data entry, Decatur Civil Service Commission, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Elbert Smith, Expenditures, finance and properties committee, Hugh Atkinson, Illinois libraries, Illinois State Library, January 1984, Mayor, Meeting, Millikin University, Minutes, Multitype System Conversion Committee, Personnel and public relations committee, Phyllis E. Sands, Policy Code, Public Posting of monthly meetings, Resolution, Robert Dumas, Rolling Prairie Library System, RPLS, Statistical Report

Monthly Board of Trustees Minutes - May 1965

This is the minutes for the board meeting on May 28, 1965. Also included are: the minutes from the annual meeting on May 10, 1965 the librarian's report for the annual meeting the attendance for the annual meeting a copy of the 97th annual report a…

Tags: 5/10/1965, 5/28/1965, 700 accounts, 97th annual report, 98th annual report, A Plan for Public Library Development in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln, Agenda, Annual Meeting, annual report, attendance, Barnwell photograph, BM303, BM303b, BM303c, BM303d, board meeting, bookmobile, by-laws, certificate of publication, circulation statistics, city manager, combined budget and bill list, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Decatur Public Library Records, documents, DPL, Francis H. Hart, Illinois Library Association, Illinois State Library, John E. Dever, Librarian's Report, Library Development Committee, library facility needs study, Mary T. Howe, May 1965, Mayor Ellis B. Arnold, Minutes, organizational chart, payroll for May 1965, Properties Committee Report, Public Library Development Project, receipts and disbursements, Robert H. Rohlf, Rolling Prairie Libraries System, RPLS, statement of cash & securities, vendor list for May 1965

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