Marguerite J. Pease Papers

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Title: Marguerite J. Pease Papers, 1967, 1974-85Add to your cart.

ID: 7/8/20

Primary Creator: Pease, Marguerite Jenison

Extent: 0.2 cubic feet

Arrangement: Chronological

Subjects: Documents, History, Hospitals - Libraries, Illinois Historical Survey, Research, Wesley Foundation, World War I - Service and Training

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Papers of Marguerite J. Pease, director of the Illinois Historical Survey (1958-64), including a tape-recorded recollection of the Illinois Historical Survey, Illinois Historical Collections, document copying programs, Survey publications, World War I records and War Committee, graduate work in history at Illinois in the 1920's and Illinois colonial records. The papers include archival data (1974-85) and inventories (1976-84) for Wesley Church and Foundation.

Subject/Index Terms

Documents
History
Hospitals - Libraries
Illinois Historical Survey
Research
Wesley Foundation
World War I - Service and Training

Administrative Information

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 1/18/68; 12/8/91

Other Note: 3 Pages

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URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/0708020.pdf

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Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Interview of Mrs. Marguerite J. Pease by Mrs. Jennifer Johnson, 19-Jul-67Add to your cart.
3 3/4 IPS
Item 1: Interview Chapter: 1-5Add to your cart.
Introduction
Item 2: Interview Chapter: 6-14Add to your cart.
Interest in Illinois history goes back to the arrival of Evarts B. Greene in 1894. In 1899, he was a sponsor of the Illinois Historical Society.  Edmund J. James.
Item 3: Interview Chapter: 15-19Add to your cart.
Illinois Historical Collections.
Item 4: Interview Chapter: 20-29Add to your cart.
Bellville document found by J. Nick Perrin.
Item 5: Interview Chapter: 30-38Add to your cart.
Clarence W. Alvord formed the French and British colonial records. Historical publication begins with Alvord as editor.
Item 6: Interview Chapter: 39-68Add to your cart.
Illinois Historical Survey began operations in Lincoln Hall in 1909. Alvord became director.  Acquired copies of European archival documents.
Item 7: Interview Chapter: 69-74Add to your cart.
At a later date, T. C. Pease selected the whole series for copying.
Item 8: Interview Chapter: 75-87Add to your cart.
Official documents covered Indians, trade, military affairs and administrative matters.
Item 9: Interview Chapter: 90-94Add to your cart.
30 Volumes of the Historical Collections were issued by 1939.
Item 10: Interview Chapter: 95-100Add to your cart.
Research materials and library remained a part of the Illinois Historical Survey.
Item 11: Interview Chapter: 101-111Add to your cart.
Research use of the Survey by the University staff.
Item 12: Interview Chapter: 112-119Add to your cart.
Depression and World War II curtailed publications programs.
Item 13: Interview Chapter: 120-131Add to your cart.
Prof. F. C. Dietz requested that I return to the Survey in 1948. I prepared guides to foreign archives and American manuscripts.
Item 14: Interview Chapter: 132-141Add to your cart.
Prof. Arthur Bestor's catalog of the New Harmony materials was the third Survey publication.
Item 15: Interview Chapter: 142-148Add to your cart.
Fourth publication was a list of early Illinois materials.  The fifth and sixth publications were the revisions of the first and second.
Item 16: Interview Chapter: 149-161Add to your cart.
Copies of collections.
Item 17: Interview Chapter: 162-165Add to your cart.
Document preservation.
Item 18: Interview Chapter: 166-175Add to your cart.
Present quarters in the University Library.
Item 19: Interview Chapter: 176-200Add to your cart.
World War I Committee.  Miss Galster gathered the records.  In 1963, I arranged the World War I records.
Item 20: Interview Chapter: 201-224Add to your cart.
Functions of the War Committee.  Faculty and college activities.
Item 21: Interview Chapter: 225-241Add to your cart.
Depression.
Item 22: Interview Chapter: 242-284Add to your cart.
Illinois Historical Survey's connection with the University.
Item 23: Interview Chapter: 285-321Add to your cart.
History courses.  Two years of graduate work at Illinois.  Research interests.
Item 24: Interview Chapter: 322-369Add to your cart.
Historical publications in Illinois Libraries relating to French records.  1959 microfilm project.
Item 25: Interview Chapter: 370-402Add to your cart.
Historical Survey staff and work.
Item 26: Interview Chapter: 403-425Add to your cart.
Laurence M. Larsen, history department head.
Item 27: Interview Chapter: 426-429Add to your cart.
Publications.
Folder 2: Wesley Archival Data, 1974, 1978-79, 1983-85Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Wesley Archives Inventories, 1976, 1982, 1984Add to your cart.
Folder 4: M. Pease Travel Items, 1991Add to your cart.

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