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Groups that Filed "Intent to Apply" Forms for FY09 CARLI Book Digitization Initiative
The following groups filed "Intent to Apply" forms with CARLI.
If you have questions about any of these groups, please use the contact information given.
"Every Person Is a Philosopher": the Journal of Ordinary Thought
Contact: Peter Hepburn — University of Illinois at Chicago
phepburn@uic.edu
Abraham Lincoln: Contemporaries and Confidantes
Contact: Benn Joseph — Benedictine University
bpjoseph@ben.edu
Armour Institute Theses Digitization
Contact: Charles W. Uth — Illinois Institute of Technology
uth@iit.edu
Books of Mormon
Contact: Charlotte Johnson — Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
cjohnso@siue.edu
Chicago Medical Monographs (pre-Chicago Fire, 1871)
Contact: Peter Hepburn — University of Illinois at Chicago
phepburn@uic.edu
Chicago Recreation Survey 1937
Contact: Aric Ahrens — Illinois Institute of Technology
ahrens@iit.edu
Demographics of African-American Chicagoans during the Great Depression
Contact: Aric Ahrens — Illinois Institute of Technology
ahrens@iit.edu
Digitization of SVCC's Illinois History Materials
Contact: Dr. Lisa Beinhoff — Sauk Valley Community College
beinhol@svcc.edu
Digitization of SVCC's Whiteside and Lee Counties Materials
Contact: Dr. Lisa Beinhoff — Sauk Valley Community College
beinhol@svcc.edu
Elizabeth Harrison and the Kindergarten Movement in Chicago, 1880-1920
Contact: Mark Burnette — National-Louis University
mburnette@nl.edu
Elmhurst College: An Ever-Widening Circle
Contact: Jennifer Paliatka — Elmhurst College
jenniferp@elmhurst.edu
Evanston City Directories
Contact: Jeffrey Garrett — Northwestern University
jgarrett@northwestern.edu
Exhibition Catalogues of works by Swedish-American Artists at the Swedish Club of Chicago 1911-1965?
Contact: Anne Jenner — North Park University
ajenner@northpark.edu
Exploration and Settlement of the Illinois Military Tract
Contact: Jeffrey Douglas — Knox College
jdouglas@knox.edu
Exploring Illinois History and Education: Master Theses from Eastern Illinois University
Contact: Karen Whisler — Eastern Illinois University
klwhisler@eiu.edu
Historic Chicago-Imprint Hymnals from the Essex Collection
Contact: Therese Dickman — Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
tdickma@siue.edu
Historical Documents of the Chicago Teachers' College
Contact: Dave Green — Northeastern Illinois University
d-green3@neiu.edu
Historical Serials and Sets from the Illinois History and Lincoln Collection
Contact: Betsy Kruger, Mary Stuart — University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
betsyk@uiuc.edu, m-stuart@uiuc.edu
History of Pike County Illinois, 1880
Contact: Benn Johnson — Benedictine University
bpjoseph@ben.edu
History of Southwestern Illinois
Contact: Stephen Kerber — Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
skerber@siue.edu
Illinois Civil War Regimental Histories
Contact: Cheryl Pence— Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
cheryl.pence@illinois.gov
Illinois Collegiate Music Collection
Contact: Mark A. Puente — University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
mpuente@uiuc.edu
Illinois Culture and Heritage Online: Western Illinois History
Contact: Jeffrey Hancks - Western Illinois University
jl-hancks@wiu.edu
Illinois Geography
Contact: Jennifer Paliatka — Elmhurst College
jenniferp@elmhurst.edu
Illinois History Through the Local Lens
Contact: John Brady — Newberry Library
bradyj@newberry.org
Illinois State Government Lineage
Contact: Joseph Natale — Illinois State Library
jnatale@ilsos.net
Illinois Transportation Studies and Reports
Contact: Mary Kathleen Geary — Northwestern University
m-geary@northwestern.edu
Lake Forest College (Lind University, Lake Forest University) Historic Serials and Related Publications, to 1920
Contact: Nancy Sosna Bohm — Lake Forest College
sosna@lakeforest.edu
McKendree: Illinois' Heritage Seen Through its Oldest College
Contact: William Harroff — McKendree College
wharroff@mckendree.edu
Northern Illinois Authors
Contact: Cason Snow — Northern Illinois University
csnow@niu.edu
NOVA, The Star of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy: Shining Light on Our History
Contact: Jean Evans — Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
jevans@imsa.edu
Nuggets of History
Contact: Brent Eckert — Rock Valley College
b.eckert@rockvalleycollege.edu
Preservations and Digitization for Documenting the Legacy of Progressive Education at Cook County-Chicago Normal School
Contact: Sharon Hu — Chicago State University
chu@csu.edu
Sharing the History of Central Illinois
Contact: Richard Satchwell — Illinois State University
resatch@ilstu.edu
Shurtleff College
Contact: Stephen Kerber — Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
skerber@siue.edu
SVCC Digitization of Three Rare Atlases
Contact: Dr. Lisa Beinhoff — Sauk Valley Community College
lbeinhol@svcc.edu
The Armour Engineer: digitization of "Armour Engineer," a publication of the Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago.
Contact: Charles W. Uth — Illinois Institute of Technology
uth@iit.edu
The Open Court: Illinois' Contribution to the Educated Public
Contact: Pam Hackbart-Dean — Southern Illinois University Carbondale
phdean@lib.siu.edu
The Y.M.C.A. College of Chicago: A selection of undergraduate theses, 1916-1925
Contact: Benn Joseph — Benedictine University
bpjoseph@ben.edu
Transportation Planning in Illinois, 1910-1970
Contact: Charles W. Uth — Illinois Institute of Technology
uth@iit.edu
Waterways and Illinois Communities (tentative)
Contact: Dennis Krieb — Lewis and Clark Community College
dkrieb@lc.edu
World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 (Chicago World's Fair)
Contact: Kristin Standaert - Illinois Institute of Technology
standaert@iit.edu
"Every Person Is a Philosopher": the Journal of Ordinary Thought
The University of Illinois at Chicago Library intends to work with the Neighborhood Writing Alliance to digitize issues of the association's award-winning magazine, the Journal of Ordinary Thought (JOT). JOT was founded in 1991 by a UIC faculty member and is dedicated to sharing stories of Chicago, mostly from people who are cut off from traditional, mainstream means of publishing because of class, race, physical isolation, or other issues. Works appearing in JOT are produced in Alliance workshops and range in style across personal essays, plays, poetry, and fiction. The "Every Person Is a Philosopher" project would enable modern-day Chicago voices to be part of the broader scope of CARLI's Illinois Culture and Heritage theme. This collaborative project would involve digitization of past issues of the quarterly journal with the full extent and number of items to be determined.
Abraham Lincoln: Contemporaries and Confidantes
This proposal includes three books concerning individuals that touched the life of Abraham Lincoln in different ways. The first is The Life and Letters of John Hay, who was a close friend of Lincoln and was at Ford's Theater when the president was assassinated. This is a two-volume work and the first volume is already digitized and in the Internet Archive, but the second volume is not. This proposal is for only the second volume. Also included in this proposal are two works bound together: The biography and public services of James G. Blaine and A biography of John A. Logan. These works are probably bound together because of their presidential run in 1884, but each of these books contain accounts of Lincoln from earlier on. Blaine's biography recalls the Chicago Convention of 1860 and contains descriptions of Douglas and Lincoln during their debates. Logan's biography contains many accounts of his time growing up and eventually serving in the senate in Illinois. These books are paged continuously and are about 700 pages long. Binding is library buckram. Margins are good.
Armour Institute Theses Digitization
Armour Institute of Technology, one of the predecessors of the Illinois Institute of Technology, started requiring students to prepare theses for graduation in 1905. These documents represent an unique source of information on the research activities of the institute from 1909 through 1940, when the Illinois Institute of Technology was formed. Full-text access to this collection would be invaluable to researchers exploring the contributions of Chicago and Illinois to scientific discovery and technological innovation, as well as to researchers into the history of technology and invention.
Books of Mormon
Lovejoy Library holds a large collection of materials relating to Mormonism and its early development in the Nauvoo, Illinois area. The potential of the United States having a Mormon president has sparked a national interest in these resources. Ten of the books held are in the public domain and not yet available digitally. These would be made available for this project.
Chicago Medical Monographs (pre-Chicago Fire, 1871)
The University of Illinois at Chicago Library's special collections include approximately 50 rare medical texts published in Chicago before the city's Great Fire of 1871. A printed, annotated catalog, A Catalog of Prefire Chicago Imprints (1844-1871), compiled by Edward P. Rich, D.D.S., lists the publications in the collection; this project would involve only the medical monographs. Digitization of these texts would enhance the historical record of medical research and treatment in the city and the state, a lot of which was destroyed in the Great Fire. Other Illinois institutions will have holdings of a variety of pre-fire materials as well, but the UIC Library's strength lies in its medical holdings and how they would fill some gaps in that particular area of Illinois heritage.
Chicago Recreation Survey 1937
In 1937, the Works Progress Administration and the Chicago Recreation Commission conducted an extensive survey of the City of Chicago regarding recreation facilities and opportunities. The result was a 5 volume set containing extensive prose describing the myriad facets of recreation within the city limits and numerous graphical representations including full color maps pinpoint the locations of various recreational facilities, from Chicago Park District playgrounds up to professional stadia, and from pool halls to Great Lakes Steamboat Vacation Cruises. Budgetary information from the city is included where appropriate, and the newly designated US Census Community boundaries add to the usefulness of the information presented.
Demographics of African-American Chicagoans during the Great Depression
The Works Progress Administration sponsored an investigation into the characteristics of the African-American community during late 1930's Chicago. This investigation yielded government publications on the general demographics of the community, occupational data, and information about churches and voluntary organizations. Included are statistical analyses broken down by census tracts, descriptive prose, and graphical elements from political cartoons to maps.
Digitization of SVCC's Illinois History Materials
The purpose of this grant is to digitize the SVCC LRC's collection of rare books which deal with the history of counties and towns in NW Illinois. Counties which SVCC has materials on include: Boone, Winnebago, De Kalb, Ford, etc. Because most of these books were printed in the mid-1800s, they have Victorian bindings and are printed on acid paper. Since SVCC's collection is in very good to fine condition (due to low usage and very active collection development in the past 15 years), this collection is ideal for digitization because it is rare and it will be harder to digitize later on after the paper has deteriorated further (SVCC does not have a controlled climate facility to properly house these materials).
Digitization of SVCC's Whiteside and Lee Counties Materials
The purpose of this grant is to digitize the SVCC LRC's collection of rare books which deal with the history of Illinois' Whiteside and Lee Counties. Because most of the books about the early history of these Illinois counties were printed in the mid-1800s, they have Victorian bindings and are printed on acid paper. Since SVCC's collection is in very good to fine condition (due to low usage), this collection is ideal for digitization because it is rare and it will be harder to digitize later on after the paper has deteriorated further (SVCC does not have a controlled climate facility to properly house these materials).
Elizabeth Harrison and the Kindergarten Movement in Chicago, 1880-1920
Elizabeth Harrison, a pioneer in early childhood education, arrived in Chicago in 1879 to study with Alice Putnam (opened the first private kindergarten in Chicago, 1874), then with Susan Blow (opened the first public kindergarten in the U.S., 1873) in St. Louis and Maria Boelte (studied with the widow of Friedrich Froebel, founder of the kindergarten movement in Germany in the 1830s) in New York. Within a few years, Harrison had worked with the major figures in the kindergarten movement in the United States. Harrison's contributions to progressive education, as principal of the Chicago Kindergarten College (now National-Louis University) 1891-1920 and founding member of the International Kindergarten Union in 1892, are documented in nearly three dozen published pamphlets -essays, stories and addresses, for both adults and children- reflecting her wide range of interests, of which only half a dozen are available in WorldCat. These publications deserve a wider audience.
Elmhurst College: An Ever-Widening Circle
This small collection of five books would recount the long history of Elmhurst College. Written to celebrate the 50th, 100th and 125th anniversaries of the founding of the College in 1871, this collection would inform both genealogists and Niebuhr scholars. This collection would also give insight into the German Evangelical Church which had Synods both in Missouri and Indiana. Both Elmhurst College and the town of Elmhurst were largely populated with German immigrants; these books will help inform scholars of the German immigrant experience.
Evanston City Directories
City directories include useful information and are valuable to a broad constituency of genealogists and local historians. And yet they are very difficult to search in hard copy. Additionally, many are beginning to fall apart both because of the poor quality of paper stock and due to heavy use. The bulk of Northwestern's collection dates from before 1923 and falls into the public domain. We would attempt to join with Evanston Public Library and the Evanston History Centerto prepare a complete set and a joint proposal--though Northwestern's holdings alone would suffice for a successful project.
Exhibition Catalogues of works by Swedish-American Artists at the Swedish Club of Chicago 1911-1965?
The serial �Catalogue of an exhibition of works by Swedish-American artists / under the auspices of the Swedish Club of Chicago� spans from the 1911 until the 1960s. The catalogs average 30 pages and are 23-25 cm. in size. It features lists of exhibiting artist, works and prices as well as members of the Swedish Club, the jury and contributing individuals and institutions. Cover art is historically significant and there are illustrations in each catalog. Art collectors, historians, art students and professors, and genealogists are among patrons who make use of these catalogs regularly to glean information about the Swedish-American art scene and works of the 20th century. No one Illinois library or archive holds a full run of the serial. A digitized version of this serial would bring together the resources of several institutions including North Park University and Augustana College and some historical societies.
Exploration and Settlement of the Illinois Military Tract
Our project would draw from our library�s Finley Collection and our other rare and general book collections to digitize approximately 150 titles on both the initial European exploration of what later was identified as the Illinois Military Tract and the antebellum settlement of the Military Tract. Originally created to award western land grants to veterans of the war of 1812, the Military Tract was later divided into all or part of 18 western Illinois counties between the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. We plan to digitize both a wide variety of representative materials that would become the core of a growing collection (early regional almanacs and periodicals, settlers� guides and memoirs, agricultural manuals, documents of early 19th century land companies, etc.) and imprints and government publications focused on more specific historical topics (the earliest proposals to link the Illinois River and Lake Michigan, English and Swedish language material related to the Utopian colony at Bishop Hill, the first railroads in western Illinois, the initial debate over slavery in Illinois, etc.).
Exploring Illinois History and Education: Master Theses from Eastern Illinois University
We have identified about twenty Master Theses written at Eastern Illinois University from 1963 through 2006 on topics related to Illinois History or Education in Illinois. Sample titles: Illinois Indian Trade, 1783-1818; Influence of John Ellis on Education in Illinois; Shelby County Company in the Civil War. These are unique titles, providing singular insights into often little-known areas of Illinois history.
Historic Chicago-Imprint Hymnals from the Essex Collection
The Essex Hymnal Collection in Lovejoy Library dates from 1774 to 1920 and reflects the changing history of the United States over a 150 year period. Thirty-one of the titles were published in Chicago. This group dates from 1870, about the time of the Great Chicago Fire, through 1916. These include Sunday School, Gospel, Methodist, Pentecostal, Christian, anthem, to revival hymnals. Several editions of some hymnals are represented, showing that hymnal's evolution through time. These hymnals reflect the state's rich religious heritage preserved and available by Chicago music publishers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Historical Documents of the Chicago Teachers' College
The Chicago Teachers College was founded in 1856, the first teachers college in Illinois. It was the exclusive supplier of teacher's to the Chicago Public Schools from 1920 - 1948. The goal of the project is to digitize key historical documents available in NEIU's Archives and possibly beyond.
Historical Serials and Sets from the Illinois History and Lincoln Collection
UIUC will be proposing the digitization of between 30 and 40 historical serials and sets related to Illinois history, culture, and natural resources. The total volume count will be between 200 and 300 volumes. A complete list and statement of importance will be submitted with our full proposal.
History of Pike County Illinois, 1880
This book is an exhaustive history of Pike County, beginning with the Illinois Confederacy and descriptions of "single-handed combat with Indians" up through the Great Chicago Fire and how it affected commerce in this Southwestern county bordered by the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. This volume is approximately 1000 pages, including a digest of state laws and an index of names and townships. It is a 1974 facsimile by UMI bound in library buckram, but there are no evident changes to the original state. This book is an excellent candidate for digitization because there is little historic information to be found on Pike County in the Internet Archive. However, there are similar works from the same publisher (Chapman) on other Illinois counties, including DeKalb, Warren, McLean, Morgan, and Scott. This work on Pike would accompany these already-digitized works well.
History of Southwestern Illinois
In its collection the University Archives of Lovejoy Library holds titles pertaining to the history of Southwestern Illinois that are not yet available in digital format, yet are in the public domain. These nine titles would be made available for this project.
Illinois Civil War Regimental Histories
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library proposes to digitize 50-100 Illinois Civil War regimental histories. �A Bibliography of Illinois Civil War Regimental Sources in the Collections of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library� (Journal of Illinois History, Summer 2005) lists several hundred publications documenting Illinois� participation in that war. In checking this bibliography against First Search, we have determined that at least 30 titles are held by our library only, and that for approximately 50 others, we are one of only a handful of owners nationwide. This estimate describes only copyright-free items; more recent publications are not included. As the nation approaches the 2009 Lincoln bicentennial, and the Civil War sesquicentennial in 2011, interest in these materials continues to grow, as does the fragility of these late 19th and early 20th century items. These titles cover regiments from all over the state of Illinois so the materials will be of interest statewide.
Illinois Collegiate Music Collection
This project seeks to document the musical heritage established by Illinois academic institutions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as represented in the school songs, hymns, vaudevilles, and incidental music of the era. The works in the collection of university song books and piano-vocal scores are representative of the types of music composed in the era, much of which is still used today. The piano-vocal scores document the traditions of UIUC and the University of Chicago whose fraternal thespian societies composed, complied, and produced musical comedy productions offered annually during the late 19th and 20th centuries. The scores contain photos and narratives of members of these organizations and provide a great deal of insight into the social, fraternal, and academic norms of the day.
Illinois Culture and Heritage Online: Western Illinois History
Western Illinois University Libraries proposes to digitize numerous books for which it is the publisher or for which digital copyright has been secured. These books all relate to the unique culture and heritage of the western Illinois region, defined as a sixteen county region in west-central Illinois, from Rock Island County in the north to Calhoun County in the south, and the counties located between the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. Western Illinois University is the region's leading research institution, and it has a long tradition of publishing books relating our region's culture and heritage. This project is a sample of those materials, including books on Mormon Nauvoo, Nauvoo journalist Thomas Gregg, and Hancock County's United States Secretary of State John Hay. Making these materials available digitally is a clear extension of our commitment to promoting our region's unique culture and heritage, and represents a positive contribution to preserving Illinois' rich heritage and culture digitally
Illinois Geography
This project will digitize books that record the geography and geology of the Illinois River valley and the Great Lakes region. The early 20th century, when these books were published, saw tremendous economic trade and movement of goods in the Illinois River - Great Lakes corridor. These materials will be helpful for geographers, geologists, historians, labor economists and naturalists alike.
Illinois History Through the Local Lens
For more than a century, researchers have ventured to the Newberry Library to work with our vast local and family history collection. To serve diverse online communities (e.g., historians, students, the general public) through the CARLI Book Digitization Initiative, we propose to digitize local history and biographical materials and other rare materials relating to Illinois and Chicago. We would include sources in the following categories: �Illinois city and county directories (e.g., Chicago, Elgin, Peoria, Quincy, Rockford, Springfield); ·Specialized directories -Business directories, Society directories, Professional directories (Lawyers, Doctors, or Artists), Ethnic/Racial directories (Polish-Americans 1903, Colored Society & Business 1905, Bohemian-Americans 1915); Collected biographies (e.g., Prominent citizens and industries of Chicago: biographical and industrial (1901), Men who made the fifth Ward (1895), and The Book of Chicagoans (1911, 1917); Other rare and ephemeral material, such as Chicago pre-Fire imprints or Chicago playbills and theater programs from 1894-1911.
Illinois State Government Lineage
The Illinois State Library (ISL) intends to provide access to state agency information and publications through a Web interface that graphically illustrates the evolution of 20th Century Illinois state government. In 1917, Gov. Frank Lowden reorganized state government from over 100 boards and commissions into nine coded agencies: Finance; Trade & Commerce; Public Works and Buildings; Registration and Education; Labor; Agriculture; Mines and Minerals; Public Health; and Public Welfare. To provide context to the lineage chart, ISL is interested in scanning selected publications in its collection issued by state agencies since 1917 in order to provide access to historical and cultural information related to the State of Illinois. This project will compliment a National Leadership Grant application ISL intends to submit to the Institute of Museum and Library Services to support the creation of the Web interface and the creation metadata related to historic information about state agencies.
Illinois Transportation Studies and Reports
The Transportation Library of Northwestern University requests that CARLI consider a proposal to digitize an important part of its collection , regarding key Illinois transportation reports, issued by the Chicago Transit Authority, PACE, METRA, the Chicago Area Transportation Study and the Regional Transit Authority. The entire collection would equal more than 1000 reports; however a subset of this collection could be easily identified. For example there are 214 reports authored by the Chicago Transit Authority. This collection of reports is significant. The CTA and CATS closed their libraries in the early 2000s and the bulk of their reports are scattered in the collections of libraries throughout the country. The RTA does not have a library. We believe the collection at the Transportation Library is the most complete. The collection spans the 20th century to the present and covers highways, airports, ports and inland waterways. There is a strong collection from the 1950s through the 1980s. The digitization of this collection of key Illinois transportation reports and studies would make this valuable information, current and historical, to citizens and transportation planners alike. We hope you will consider this proposal.
Lake Forest College (Lind University, Lake Forest University) Historic Serials and Related Publications, to 1920
Items for digitization consist of: Lake Forest University Review, edited by Anna Farwell DeKoven, published bi-monthly to semi-monthly 1880-1882, measures 30cm. Roots of the Chicago Literary Renaissance can be traced to this publication. Lake Forest College's student newspaper, The Stentor, the local paper of record from 1887 to 1896, covers post-Haymarket Riot and 1893 World's Columbian Exposition periods, and the beginning of golf on the North Shore, published monthly and has an index. The annual Forester yearbook, published 1892, 1895, 1896, and 1901-1917, includes accounts by notable alumni of their careers, such as Charles Dyer Norton, who was influential to the Chicago Burnham Plan of 1909. Alumni Registers of 1907, 1914, and 1931, cumulate biographical information about presidents and faculty and update information about then-living alumni. Out-of-copyright novels and books by early alumni and faculty, e.g. James Mark Baldwin's Handbook of Psychology (1890), early books by Anna Farwell.
McKendree: Illinois' Heritage Seen Through its Oldest College
We wish to build a collection of the early published documents representing the history of McKendree College. Included are three pamphlets from the late 19th century, two College histories spanning the first 150 years of existence, the Philo history, and the McKendree College catalogs from 1853-1950. Together, these works illustrate the state's growth, the establishment of institutions of higher education and the religious roots of Illinoisans. Established in 1828 by pioneer Methodists, McKendree is the oldest college in Illinois, and the oldest in the nation with continuous ties to the United Methodist Church. In 1830, Bishop William McKendree, the first American-born bishop of the Methodist church, permitted the Board of Trustees to change the institution's name from the "Lebanon Seminary" to McKendree. In 1835, the college received one of the first charters granted to independent church colleges by the Illinois legislature.
Northern Illinois Authors
Northern Illinois University proposes digitize works by authors from the northern Illinois region. This group of authors can be expanded to cover authors from the western region as well. Although many of the most famous Illinois authors have their materials digitized and accessible, this project seeks to make available other less well known authors, and fits firmly within the theme of "Illinois Culture and Heritage."
NOVA, The Star of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy : Shining Light on Our History
From 1987 through Spring 2007, the Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy published a newsletter, which became a magazine, called the NOVA. The publication began during the institution's first academic year and culminated in Spring of 2007, when IMSA's charter President, Stephanie Pace Marshall, retired. Over the years, the publication chronicled IMSA events, faculty, students, alumni, and the 5, 10, 15, and 20th anniversaries of IMSA. This project would digitize the NOVA and make IMSA's history available to the state of Illinois and the world through one of its star publications.
Nuggets of History
We propose to digitize the entire run of the periodical "Nuggets of History" published by the Rockford Historical Society. "Nuggets of History" has been published quarterly since 1963 and publishes articles on historical topics pertaining to Rockford and the general Winnebago County area. These articles would be very useful to people interested in local history and genealogy of the Rockford/Winnebago County area. The RVC Library has an incomplete run of this periodical, but we will be partnering with the Rockford Historical Society to provide a complete run for digitization and for copyright permission. The Rockford Public Library may also be a partner in this project.
Preservations and Digitization for Documenting the Legacy of Progressive Education at Cook County-Chicago Normal School
Chicago State University (CSU) originated in 1867 as the Cook County/Chicago Normal School. In the first 75 years children of European immigrants desiring to be teachers were educated at this school and since 1950s increasing numbers of lower middle class African American students enrolled. The history of Chicago State University illuminates the educational experience in Cook County/Chicago, especially for African Americans in the community. Many monographs, photos and manuscripts concerning this history are archived in the CSU library. Digitization of those materials will extend access for more users, and will aid the preservation of these materials. In addition, our special collections in Black History are worth digitizing to extend the utilization of collections and to share resources. We propose to undertake, through CARLI, the digitization and preservation of these collections.
Sharing the History of Central Illinois
This project will be a collaborative effort by a number of divisions within Milner Library to digitize a variety of unique sources that depict the historical developments that shaped Central Illinois' culture, educational institutions, politics, government, and agriculture. Items tentatively identified include an education journal produced at Illinois State Normal University in the late 1800s, books depicting the architecture and history of the Bloomington-Normal area such as The Good Old Times in McLean County by E. Duis published in 1874, and masters theses related to well-known people and events in central Illinois. All collaborating librarians will utilize agreed upon selection criteria when choosing sources for this project. Sources for digitization will be selected that are not currently available in the Internet Archive. The reformatted sources, created through this effort, will be available through the Open Content Alliance website as well as Milner Library's website.
Shurtleff College
The University Archives of Lovejoy Library holds a large collection of materials relating to Shurtleff College which closed in 1957. The collection includes various serial publications such as yearbooks, catalogs, and a student publication as well as bound items such as histories of the College and surrounding area. These items are not available in digital format and are quite unique.
SVCC Digitization of Three Rare Atlases
SVCC had three rare pre-1923 Atlases-Platt books which are in fine condition. These 15.5 inch by 18.5 inch quarto atlases are for Lee, Whiteside, and Ogle Counties. Because these atlases note the names of the families which owned individual tracts of land, they are often purchased by farm families and cut apart. Although these atlases are on acid glossy paper they are still in exceptionally good condition and are ideal candidates for digitization (provided that the scanner can hand the format size).
The Armour Engineer: digitization of "Armour Engineer," a publication of the Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago.
"Armour Engineer" highlights research done at the institute from 1909 through 1949, provides thumbnail bios, obituaries, and news items relating to alumni, highlights significant engineering achievements in the Chicago area, and chronicles the development of the institute and its environs, including the major redevelopment & urban renewal projects surrounding the institute's campus on Chicago's south side in the late 1940s. This periodical was published as "Armour Engineer," 1909 - May 1935; as "Armour Engineer and Alumnus," Oct. 1935 - May 1941; as "Illinois Tech Engineer and Alumnus," Oct. 1941 - Winter 1945-46; and as "Illinois Tech Engineer," Spring 1946 - May 1949. Much of the information published here has never been published elsewhere. Digitization of "Armour Engineer" would benefit other CARLI libraries as well as all researchers into Illinois' contribution to scientific discovery and technological innovation by making this unique source of information readily available.
The Open Court: Illinois' Contribution to the Educated Public
The project will be to digitize the Open Court, which was a monthly magazine published from 1887 to 1936, devoted to the science of religion, and the extension of the religious parliament idea. This periodical was for the educated general reader, envisioned literally as an 'open court' wherein issues and ideas might be freely exchanged. There was discussion on topics such as religion, science, philosophy, politics and history. Contributors include but are not limited to Paul Carus, Charles Bonney (IL Attorney, state Judge, organizer of Columbian Exposition), education philosopher John Dewey (professor at University of Chicago), John Wesley Powell (Civil War veteran, explorer and taught at Illinois Wesleyan University and Illinois Normal University, founder Illinois Museum of Natural History). The Open Court Publishing Company was founded in 1886 in LaSalle, Illinois, by German-born Edward C. Hegeler, an industrialist with a passion for intellectual pursuits.
The Y.M.C.A. College of Chicago: A selection of undergraduate theses, 1916-1925
Theses are written from the perspective of undergraduate students living in Chicago between 1916 and 1925. They investigate social and economic conditions in Chicago and its environs during this time. Items are bound, and fit the physical criteria for scanning as laid out by CARLI. Text block is stable; type is fading in many cases. Paper is acidic and is beginning to deteriorate. The Y.M.C.A. College of Chicago was formed in 1913 from the Y.M.C.A. Training School, also in Chicago. In 1933 the Y.M.C.A. College of Chicago merged with George Williams College, which ultimately disbanded in 1992. GWC's programs and library materials were absorbed by Aurora University and Benedictine University. These theses are held nowhere else in the world, and provide a unique perspective of Chicago and its environs during this time. Materials are assumed to have been published without a copyright notice and would therefore be in public domain.
Transportation Planning in Illinois, 1910-1970
Publications in the collection of the Paul V. Galvin Library document the transportation planning process in Illinois, primarily in the Chicago area, from the 1910s through the 1960s. The collection includes publications of the Chicago Department of Subways and Traction, Chicago Department of Superhighways, the City Club of Chicago, the Chicago Area Transportation Study, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of Transportation, the Chicago Plan Commission, and the Chicago Association of Commerce. Digitization of these documents will enable researchers in Illinois transportation policy and history, as well as researchers other areas to these important publications.
Waterways and Illinois Communities (tentative)
Taking advantage of its ideal location at the convergence of three major rivers�the Missouri, Mississippi, and Illinois�Lewis & Clark Community College has joined forces with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Illinois Natural History Survey (a department of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources) to form the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC). The NGRREC is a leader in scholarly research, education, and outreach related to the interconnectedness of large rivers, their floodplains and watersheds, and their associated communities. Many of these communities are in Illinois. Unfortunately much of the research produced by the NGRREC is still considered �gray literature�. Our hope with this grant opportunity is to classify and digitize documents relating to the impact of Illinois waterways upon those living within the state, both past and present.
World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 (Chicago World's Fair)
This project will focus on the digitization of a collection of content-rich materials on the Chicago World;s Fair of 1893 that highlight Illinois' achievements at the Fair while also offering a unique, historical, and cultural snapshot of Illinois and Chicago in the late 1800's. This collection will provide extensive visual and textual details on all aspects of the Fair as well as the specific role that Illinois citizens, organizations, and businesses played in the planning and implementation of the exposition. The 10+ volumes of materials to be digitized will provide thousands of pages of images and text covering the exposition as well as provide historical, political, and social context through the text of speeches, reports, and addresses made by prominent Illinois citizens. This collection will enrich an incomplete but already extensively used collection of materials on the Fair that has already been digitized and accessible at http://columbus.gl.iit.edu.
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