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Emile Pierre Scherer and wife

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Emile Pierre Scherer at their 50th wedding anniversary in 1939. Emile Scherer (died 12/26/1941) he came to Decatur in 1884; a woodworker with the Union Iron Works from 1903 until his retirement in 1940; member of the St.…

Tags: biography, Burchett Studio, Decatur IL., Emile Pierre Scherer, Herald and Review, Photo File: Biography, St. James Catholic Church, Union Iron Works, Wilhelmina Frank, Woodworker

Emerson Springer - Millikin University Student, Sigma Alpha Epsilon

These are the glass negatives of Emerson Springer, Millikin University student, and member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. The photos were taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Tags: c. 1910, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur IL, Emerson Springer, Fraternity, Glass Negative, Junior, man, Millikin University, negative, SAE, Senior, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, student, Wasson Studios

Emergency Employment Act Resolution - December 1971

This is the resolution authorizing the President/Vice President and Secretary of the Board to make decisions for the Board in regards to participating in the Emergency Employment Act.

Tags: 1971, Albert L. Miller, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Carol G. Brandt, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, December 1971, Emergency Employment Act, Resolution

Emergency Employment Act Memo - October 18, 1971

This is memo from Robert Dumas to David Kirk, Coordinator of the Public Employment Program about the library participating in the Emergency Employment Act. The memo includes 4 projects that could be funded with this new act: bibliographic records…

Tags: 1971, bibliographic records project, board of directors, Board of Trustees, community relations program, David Kirk, Emergency Employment Act, Extension Services development program, memo, October 1971, Programs, projects, Robert Dumas, special collections maintenance program

Emergency board of directors meeting - March 2020 - agenda and minutes

These are the agenda and minutes of an emergency meeting of the board of directors in March 2020. Items discussed and acted upon were pandemic response plan, other issues related to pandemic response, sick leave, working from home, communication plan…

Tags: Agenda, board of directors, Board of Trustees, closing library 4-30-2020, communication plan for public, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, emergency meeting, issuers related tp pandemic response plan, March 2020, Minutes, pandemic response plan, Rick Meyer, Sick Leave, work from home

Emanual Rosenberg's Oral History

This is the oral history of Emanual Rosenberg. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on April 6, 1979. The interview includes his career as a lawyer, and the social and religious organizations he's involved in.

Tags: 1979, April 1979, assistant state's attorney, Betty Turnell, Boys' Opportunity Home, childhood, Community Lectures, David Johnson, debating team, Decatur Area Arts Council, Decatur Community concerts, Decatur High School, Decatur Mental Health Center, Departmental School, divorce law, Edwards Hayes, Emanual Rosenberg, Europe, family life, Fortnightly Club, Hannah Gevirtz, Holy Rollers, Horace Garman, interview, Israel, Jackson School, Joseph Rosenberg, Judaism, law school, lawyer, Lincoln Square, Masonic Temple, Millikin building, Mr. Charles Evans, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Northwestern University, oral history, Parlor Market, Point Downing, recording, SATC, Stephen Decatur High School, Student Army Training Corps, Temple B'Nai Abraham, traveling, United Fund, United Jewish Appeal, Wayne Bickes, Webster-Cantrall Hall, World War I, WWI

Email concerning publication of Library Contract on City Web Site. February 2011.

This is an email from Jerd Morstattler from the city of Decatur asking if the library contract could be posted on the city web site. The AFSCME, Fire, and Police contracts are posted. February 2011

Tags: AFSCME, board of directors, Board of Trustees, City of Decatur, city web site, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, February 2011, fire, Jerd Morstatter, Lee Ann Fisher, library contract, Police

Elza Virgil Wierman

Photograph of Elza Virgil Wierman; (died 11/8/1950). Decatur attorney since 1904. He was a former member of the law firm of Outten, Ewing, McCullough & Wierman. He was a member of the Decatur, Illinois, and American Bar Associations, Modern Woodmen…

Tags: attorney, biography, Decatur Bar Assn., Decatur IL., E. V. Wierman, Elza Virgil Wierman, Illinois Bar Assn, Macon County Bar Assn, Macon Lodge #8 A.F. & A.M., Modern Woodmen of America, Outten-Ewing-McCullough & Wierman, Photo File: Biography