My first meaty post will be in honor of our founding archivist Maynard Brichford. The text below was written by Maynard in 1970 and was revised on June 1, 1983. The figures cited are valid as of 1983.
The history of the University of Illinois is the history of over 250,000 people who have studied, taught and worked at the University and several million Illinois taxpayers who make annual investments in higher education. Continue reading “Brief History of the University of Illinois”
WILL-TV will be broadcasting The Day Carl Sandburg Died tonight at 9 pm, as part of the American Masters Series. In support of the program, WILL just posted digital versions of five audio/video programs that include Sandburg, including a 1952 speech he gave at the University. Continue reading “Carl Sandburg Audio”
Love them or hate them, everyone knows that squirrels are a fixture on the UIUC campus, and especially on the Quad. And why wouldn’ t they stick around, with all the friendly students throwing food their way? What you may not know is how they came to campus in the first place.
It’s been quite a process, but over the past few months, we’ve managed to migrate our website! We’ll spare you the gory technical details. Suffice it to say that, when Library IT politely informed us that we were consuming over 75% of the available space on the Library’s web server, we knew it was time to move.