{"id":484,"date":"2018-07-19T16:19:23","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T16:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/?page_id=484"},"modified":"2026-02-19T22:17:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:17:27","slug":"marion-e-sparks-academic-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/marion-sparks\/marion-e-sparks-academics\/marion-e-sparks-academic-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Marion E. Sparks Academic List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a compilation of the academic papers of Miss Sparks.<br \/>\n<span id=\"top\"><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Ottawa Township High School<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/1890ottawahs.pdf\">Letter from Principal Leslie regarding entrance exams<\/a>.\u00a0August 29, 1890.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"King\u2019s Daughters membership record\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/KDS_membership.pdf\">King\u2019s Daughters membership record<\/a>. May 4, 1891.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"1892 Commencement Program\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/ohs_commprog92.pdf\">1892 Commencement Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Regarding: University of Illinois Honorary Scholarship exam\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/scholar_exam_notice.pdf\">Notice regarding University of Illinois Honorary Scholarship exam<\/a>. May 2, 1892.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/honorary_scholarship.pdf\">Honorary Scholarships,\u00a0University of Illinois Catalog 1892-1893<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/1892ottawahs.pdf\">Letter from Principal Leslie regarding college scholarship<\/a>. September 19, 1892.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/scholar_recipients.pdf\">University of Illinois Honorary Scholarship recipients, catalog 1892-1893<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>University of Illinois<\/h2>\n<h3>Bachelor of Arts: Classics (1892-1895)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yearbook\n<ul>\n<li>1895 (details 1894 school year)\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Class of 1895 logo\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/1895_class-logo.pdf\">1895 Class logo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/1895_alethenai.pdf\">1895 Alethenai Literary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/1895_ywca.pdf\">1895 Young Women&#8217;s Christian Association<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1896 (covers 1895 school year)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/1896_class-pic.pdf\">1896 Class Picture<\/a> (Miss Sparks is the third person from the left in row 2)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/1896_alethenai.pdf\">1896 Alethenai Literary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/1896_ywca.pdf\">1896 Young Women&#8217;s Christian Association<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1897 (covers 1896 school year)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/1897_list.pdf\">1897 Class List<\/a> (hometown, major, and detailed activities with years of membership; the students on the list are almost all found on the class list in the 1896 Illio &#8212; the only difference is the additional details on each person&#8217;s activities)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/1897_ywca.pdf\">1897 Young Women&#8217;s Christian Association<\/a> (note that both Marion and her younger sister Annie were members)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/1897_stats.pdf\">1897 University Statistics<\/a> (number of students, faculty, buildings, etc.; also includes &#8216;interesting facts&#8217;)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/1897_school_info.pdf\">1897 University of Illinois Information Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/marion-sparks\/marion-e-sparks-academics\/marion-e-sparks-theses\/#ba_thesis\">Marion E. Sparks\u2019 Thesis: <em> History and Functions of the Areopagitic Senate<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/marion-sparks\/marion-e-sparks-academics\/marion-e-sparks-grades\/\">Marion E. Sparks\u2019 Grade reports<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/marion-sparks\/marion-e-sparks-academics\/marion-e-sparks-enrollment-data\/\">University of Illinois enrollment data, 1892-1900<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/class_day.pdf\">Class Day \u201995 Bulletin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/comm_invite95.pdf\">Invitation to 1895 Commencement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/comm_program95.pdf\">1895 Commencement Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Bachelor of Library Science (1897-1899)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yearbook\n<ul>\n<li>1898 (covers 1897 school year)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/1898_lib-building.pdf\">1898 Library Building<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/1898_ywca.pdf\">1898 Young Women&#8217;s Christian Association <\/a>(note both Marion and her younger sister Annie were members)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1899 (details 1898 school year)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/1899_lib_school.pdf\">1899 Library School information<\/a> (introduces the newly formed library school, including a picture)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/1899_lib_class.pdf\">1899 Junior Library Class roster<\/a> (lists name, any previous degrees, and hometown)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/1899_ywca.pdf\">1899 Young Women&#8217;s Christian Association<\/a> (note that both Marion and her younger sister Annie were members)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/1899_school_info.pdf\">1899 University of Illinois Information Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/marion-sparks\/marion-e-sparks-academics\/marion-e-sparks-theses\/#bls_thesis\">Marion E. Sparks\u2019 Thesis: <em>Founding a Public Library in Illinois<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/marion-sparks\/marion-e-sparks-academics\/marion-e-sparks-enrollment-data\/\">Enrollment data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/comm_program99.pdf\">1899 Commencement Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Master of Arts: Classics (1896, 1899-1900)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yearbook\n<ul>\n<li>1900 (covers 1899 school year)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/1900_school-info.pdf\">1898-1899 University of Illinois information guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/1900_girls.pdf\">Girls of &#8217;99<\/a> (gives eye color, hair color, and temperament of each of the 26 women in the class of 1899)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/1900_ywca.pdf\">1900 Young Women&#8217;s Christian Association<\/a> (Sparks is near the top of the third row of the second page. Her name is spelled wrong &#8211; she is listed as Marion Spark.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/marion-sparks\/marion-e-sparks-academics\/marion-e-sparks-enrollment-data\/\">Enrollment data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/comm_program00.pdf\">1900 Commencement Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/transcript.pdf\">Official Transcript (1892-1900)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Back to top\" href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a compilation of the academic papers of Miss Sparks. Ottawa Township High School Letter from Principal Leslie regarding entrance exams.\u00a0August 29, 1890. King\u2019s Daughters membership record. May 4, 1891. 1892 Commencement Program Notice regarding University of Illinois Honorary Scholarship exam. May 2, 1892. Honorary Scholarships,\u00a0University of Illinois Catalog 1892-1893 Letter from Principal Leslie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":444,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-484","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1142,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/484\/revisions\/1142"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}