Scope and Contents From the Series: The files are photographs of all aspects of the Illinois Prairie Path. They were not in any coherent order, so the photos were arranged similarly to the slides so there would be consistency. Subjects were designed to increase usability. If there was indication of information about the picture, it was written on the back. Additional slides were found in the box with the pictures, which were taken out and placed with the rest of the photographs. Additionally, negatives were found in the box...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The 4 year plan was an advanced outlook on goals, outlines, and expectations of the Academic Advising Center. The advising manual details the responsibilities of individual advisors and outlines required courses and available opportunities. The planning sheets are a comprehensive list of majors and minors, accompanied by course requirements and responsibilities. The publicity folder contains information from 1970 up to 2009 for publicity of the Academic Advising Center. The training...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The photographs were taken by various photographers, including official congressional and White House photographers. Typical subjects include visits to 13th District schools, congressional interns, visits to businesses and conferences within the 13th District, congressional hearings and press conferences, and constituents with Congressman Fawell. Also included are photographs of Congressman Fawell alone that appear to be designed for possible public relations use. These photographs are...

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This series contains materials related to 50-Year Club-specific events. Bylaws, meeting minutes, correspondence between the Office of Alumni Relations and alumni, and plans related to events held during homecoming are present.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists entirely of histories related to the Illinois Prairie Path specifically. The histories differ in scope and purpose, therefore, some are short and concise and others are longer and more in-depth. These histories usually relate the story of the construction of the Path and the creation of the motivated volunteer base that made it happen. In addition to histories written by May Watts, Sam and Liz Holmes, or Jean Mooring, these files also contain histories published in...

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The Illinois Prairie Path has received local, county, state and national recognition for the hard work and dedication of founders and members throughout the years. Many of the awards honor May Watts, Jean and Paul Mooring, and the IPP in general for the vision and tireless effort to create a public green space from an abandoned railbed. These files contain newsletters, programs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, award certificates, tickets and photographs.

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Congressional Reports were updates (in a newspaper column format) on Congressman Fawell's activities that were sent to every postal patron in the 13th Congressional District. The reports were sent with differing regularity: 99th Congress - 5 issues; 100th Congress - 5 issues; 101st Congress - 4 issues; 102nd Congress - 3 issues; 103rd Congress - 2 issues; 104th Congress - 2 issues; 105th Congress - 0 issues. Often the January issues were summaries of the previous Congress, and were filed...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Congressman Fawell served on the Education and Labor Committee for the entirety of his years as a member of Congress. (The committee was officially titled the Committee on Education and Labor from 1985-1994, named the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities from 1995-1996 and then the Committee on Education and the Workforce from 1997-1998, but for ease of use was referred to as the Education and Labor Committee.) Within the Education and Labor Committee, Congressman Fawell...

Scope and Contents This series consists of materials created as part of the Centennial anniversary celebration planning. Included in this series are agendas, minutes, and reports from most of the anniversary committees, as well as publications and event programs. The bulk of the files were compiled by Harvey Siemsen, the then Vice-President of the College and Director of Planning for the anniversary. Also in this series is a manuscript of the ultimately published history of the College (North Central College:...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Porkbusters Coalition began in 1991 as a bi-partisan congressional group pledged to fight waste in government spending. ("Pork" is the common term used when federal money is provided for an extremely specific, locally beneficial program that usually has gone through no approval process.) The Porkbusters established criteria with which to identify these unapproved projects and then fought within Congress to cut this spending. The Porkbusters also supported long-term federal budget fixes,...