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Arthur D. Wilson

Photograph of Arthur D. Wilson; (died 4/11/1931). Special officer for the Illinois Central Railroad. He was best known for his connection with the Illinois National Guard. He joined the old Fifth Regiment in 1897. This company became a federalized…

Tags: Arthur D. Wilson, biography, Decatur IL., Fifth Regiment, Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois National Guard, Photo File: Biography, Spanish American War, Tenth Regiment, U. S. Army, Wasson Studio of Decatur

Arthur Besalke

Photograph of Arthur Besalke standing near the road.

Tags: Art Besalke, Arthur Besalke, Besalke family, Besalke Family Collection

Arthur B. Alexander

Photograph of Arthur B. Alexander, a prominent Decatur contractor. He was a member of File & Alexander, contractors. He was also a city engineer at one point. Photo was taken around 1911.

Tags: Arthur B. Alexander, biography, city engineer, contractor, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, File & Alexander, Photo File: Biography

Art, Carl, and Ruth

Postcard of Art, Carl, and Ruth Besalke with their dog.

Tags: Art Besalke, Besalke family, Besalke Family Collection, Carl Besalke, dog, postcard, Ruth Besalke, Ruth Besalke Molin, Ruth Molin

Art Class and Art Exhibit Woodrow Wilson Junior High School.

Woodrow Wilson Art Class and Art Exhibit

Tags: Art Class, art exhibit, Bulletin Board, Dana Evans, Decatur IL., Decatur Public Schools, DPL#61, May 1962, Schools, Sketching, Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School

Art and Lucille W.

Photograph of Art and Lucille W. in Peoria, IL (1932). The photo is stamped on the back with Pfile's stamp, as it was printed by them.

Tags: 1932, Art and Lucille W., Art W., Lucille W., Mabel Grubbs Roberts, Peoria IL, Pfile's, Roberts Family Collection

Arney Roberts at DHS

Photograph of Arney Roberts in front of Decatur High School in Decatur, IL.

Tags: Arney Roberts, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Mabel Grubbs Roberts, Roberts family, Roberts Family Collection

Archie J. Ryan

This is the glass negative of Archie J. Ryan of Hammond, IL. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Tags: Archie J. Ryan, c. 1910, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, Hammond IL, man, negative, Wasson Studios

Archeology
Collection #59

Discussion of Floyd Mansur's 2006 Fever River Research Project concerning the Thomas Lincoln Cabin in Macon County, Illinois.

Tags: 1853, 1874, 1874 Lithograph, 1941 Aerial Photographs, 2008, 2009, 29th Century Atlas of Macon County, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Archaeological Assessment, Architectural Assessment, Cabin Height, Cabin Size, Circa 1952-53. Rutledge Tavern, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur Kiwanis Club, Doors and Windows, Elevation, Exterior Wall Construction, Fever River Research, Fireplace and Chimney, floor plan, Flooring System, Floyd Mansberger, Foundation system, Gable End Wall Framing, General Character, Goose Nest Prairie, Harristown, Henry Mercer, Holmes and Hodgen 1865, IDNR, Il., Illinois, Illinois State Journal, Interior Finish, Investigation Techniques, James Whitley Farm Site, John Dipper, Lerna, Lincoln Farm, Lincoln Log Cabin, Lincoln Memorial Commission., Lincoln Memorial Drive, Lincoln Memorial Parkway, Log Construction, Mrs. Camren, National Park Service, New Salem, Outdoor Illinois 2009, P.T. Barnum, Paul Maynard, Plat Book of Macon County, project map, recommendations, Reconstruction Cabin, References Cited. Recording Form, Richmond, Roof Covering, Roof Structural System, Rural Macon County, Shobee Lithograph, soil units, Springfield, summary, Surrounding Landscape Features, survey, T. Graham Bradley, T.J. Scroggin, Thomas Shoaff, topography maps, W.D. Averitt, Warner and Beers 1874, Warnick Home, Webber Borchers, WPA

April packet Board of Directors Meeting - 2001

This is the board of directors meeting packet for April 2001. At this meeting the members discussed and reviewed minutes of the March meeting, division heads report, interim city librarian's report, personnel policy and public relations, finance and…

Tags: 3M self check machine, Agenda, April 2001, Baby Talk, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, children's division, circulation division, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, division heads report, Duane Noland, Expenditures, extension staff, family literacy grant, Finance and Properties, fiscal year adjustments, Foundation, friends, gifts to library policy, Illinois Power, intergovernmental agreement, interim city librarian's report, job description, Karen Anderson, maintenance division, management pay scale, March minutes, Master Gardeners, Meeting, Minutes, monthly circ stats, network support proposal sercies, payroll program, personnel, personnel policy and public relations, Project Read, RCC, reports, residency requirement, Revenue, RPLS, search committee, Standard for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report, Summer Reading Program, tax assistance program, transition team, vandalism, volunteer tea

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