Manuscripts

The Pondicherry Lodge chapter of the Baker Street Irregulars was created in Springfield in 1947 and met for a few years then the club went dormant in 1949. Glen Milner revived the organization in Springfield in 1989. The group’s members are Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts.

Prostitutes' Options, Referrals and Alternatives Inc (PORA) was created by Dee Nelson in September 1993.

The collection includes club yearbooks 1950s-2014 (some missing), meeting minutes 1940-2014 (some missing), treasurer’s reports/finances 1960s-2015 (some missing), correspondence, program information, membership and retirement (potential membership) information, and necrology reports of obituaries, people in the news, and cards sent 2004-May 2015.

The Springfield Rotary Club was established on June 24, 1913. The Rotary International motto is “Service above self.”

In September 1963, the members of the Sangamon Conservation Council voted to incorporate and draw up new bylaws. The group was “dedicated to the purpose of promoting the public acquisition, preservation, and development of natural areas.”

Material in this collection consists primarily of correspondence between officers of the local Infantile Paralysis Foundation Chapter and Basil O'Connor, president of the National Foundation.

The collection includes Sangamon County Medical Society Auxiliary/Alliance scrapbooks, cassette tapes of programs, newsletters of the Sangamon County Medical Society Auxiliary and the Illinois State Medical Society Auxiliary, and presidents’ yearly binders and folders containing yearbooks, brochures, meeting minutes, news articles, financial reports, membership lists, and projects.

Meeting minutes of the Sangamon Lodge No. 6, Sangamon Lodge No. 6 receipt book, History and Roster of Sangamon Lodge No. 6 and other Springfield and Illinois Lodges, Program of Ceremony for Memorial Day 1895. Contents cover 1846-1895.

The collection includes newspaper articles, brochures, programs, and drawings related to the planning and development of the Angel of Hope statue, memorial wall, and surrounding space in Washington Park, the dedication of the statue, and events at the statue.