Departments

Administrative Section
Administrative services include:

  • general oversight of the Archives and its services
  • budget, personnel, and accounting
  • administrative liaison to the Archives' Advisory Board
  • administrative liaison to the State Records Commission, Local Records Commission, and the Local Records Commission of Cook County
Key contact people:
  • David A. Joens, Director (217) 782-3492
  • Wayne C. Temple, Chief Deputy (217) 782-3501
  • Lori Roberts, Assistant to the Director (217) 782-3492

Operations Section
This section accessions state governmental records, provides physical control over these records holdings and provides reference to state governmental records holdings.

Key contact people:
  • John Reinhardt, Section Supervisor (217) 524-6700
  • Reference Unit (217) 782-4682

Illinois Regional Archives Depositories (IRAD) Section
This section operates a system of Illinois Regional Archives Depositories (IRAD) and provides reference to local governmental records holdings.

Key contact people:
  • Karl Moore, IRAD Supervisor (217) 785-1266
  • Barbara Heflin, IRAD Supervisor (217) 782-3645

Publications Section
This section provides intellectual access to Archives' holdings. Its services include publishing guides to state and local records holdings, preparing special finding aids for significant record series, developing teaching packages that are made available to Illinois educational institutions free of charge, and issuing a newsletter three times a year.

Key contact people:
  • Elaine Shemoney Evans, Publications Supervisor (217) 782-2226

Restoration Laboratory Section
This section operates a laboratory for the conservation and restoration of documents housed within the Archives.

Key contact people:
  • Dottie Hopkins-Rehan, Restoration Supervisor (217) 782-2610

Records Management Section
This section schedules state and local governmental records (including, but not limited to, electronic records, paper records, and paper records that are digitized or microfilmed) for disposal, intermediate retention, microfilming, records center storage, and transfer to the Archives.

Key contact people:
  • Gloria Huston, Section Supervisor (217) 782-1082
  • State Records Management Unit (217) 782-2647
  • Local Records Management Unit (217) 782-1080
  • Dan Smith, State Records Center Supervisor (217) 782-6809

Micrographics Section
This section microfilms original source documents and produces Computer Output Microfilm (COM) for the Secretary of State's office and other state agencies.

Key contact persons:
  • Sally Fritcher, Section Supervisor (217) 782-5188
  • COM Unit (217) 785-0227
  • Fred Eschenfeldt, Microfilming and Processing Lab Supervisor (217) 782-5895