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Squirrels!
Found in University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana Photo-Gravures, ca. 1912This image is in the public domain. Love them or hate them, everyone knows that squirrels are a fixture on the UIUC campus,...
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Halloween Post: Hugh Atkinson
Don’t ever try telling me that archivists don’t know how to have fun! Case in point: Our intrepid assistant and blogger Rory Grennan is paying homage to former University Librarian Hugh Atkinson today,...
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Life and Death Of the Elephant: the Secret History Of the First University...
When Urbana was chosen as the site of the Illinois Industrial University (now the University of Illinois) in 1867, one of the advantages it had over other potential locations was the Urbana and...
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Campus Folksong Club
In the spring of 1961, a Folksong Club emerged at the University of Illinois, organized by Dick Kanar and Vic Lukas. Students who attended the first annual University of Chicago Folk Festival, they...
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Food is a Weapon of War
Food production in the United States in 1943 was approximately 32 percent larger than the annual production from 1935-39, the years preceding World War II. Despite labor shortages, inadequate amounts...
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University of Illinois Fun Facts
Welcome, Archives blog enthusiasts and Urbana Sweetcorn Festival attendees! Below are the questions printed on the rally fans given away by the University Archives at the Festival this year, along with...
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Overlooked Campus Landmarks Turn 150
How many times have you gone down 4th St. by the Armory or Huff Hall? Probably hundreds of times, right? It so happens that when you do, you’re passing some of the last vestiges of the Illinois...
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Campus Mythbusting: Is there a bulldozer buried beneath Memorial Stadium?
A few weeks ago, the University Archives received a request from the Champaign News-Gazette regarding an oft-repeated claim about Memorial Stadium. The claim states: “During the construction a...
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