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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 particularly rainy week caused a bulldozer to sink into the field, and it was determined that it would be cheaper to leave it in place rather than Continue ReadingFrom the Vault
Tales From the Nitrate Negatives: The Taking of The Miami One Two Three - For this week’s Tales from the Nitrate Negatives, please humor us for a bit as we engage in a bit of train-based role play: Imagine with for a second that it’s the early spring, 1947 and you’re finishing up a long train journey back to Champaign from Chicago. It’s a quaint Saturday morning and you’ve Continue Reading
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