© Copyright 2024 University of Illinois Archives. All rights reserved.
Other Information:
0 Pages
Under the INT sponsorship of the University, the State Fire Marshal, and the Illinois Firemen's Association, the Illinois Fire College was first held in 1925. It was the first firemanship training program of its kind in the United States.
Firemanship training gradually expanded from the week-long Illinois Fire College to a year-long program which includes regional schools and specialized technical courses, and extended its services beyond the original group of fireman, local officials and concerned industrial personnel to the staffs of nursing homes and hospitals.
1. Proceedings of the Fire College, 1925, p. iii.
2. Ibid., 1948, p. 8.
3. Baker, Ira O. and Everett E. King. A History of the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois, 1868-1945, p. 748.
4. Farlow, Helen. History of the University of Illinois Division of Extension, 1933-1968: A Progress Report, p. 35.
5. Board of Trustees Transactions, 57th Report, March 21, 1973, p. 184 and July 18, 1973, p. 326.
6. The University-Wide Projects Office was established September 1, 1975, upon the retirement of Dr. Stanley Robinson, the head of Continuing Education and Public Service. University of Illinois Reference Folder, no. 40, Nov. 1, 1976, p. 13, explains the administrative organization of the Office.
7. Farlow, p. 36.
This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
9/1964
Chronological
Printed and mimeographed proceedings of the Annual Fire College, held on the University campus, including the program, list of speakers and instructors, reports of the meetings and addresses. Since 1961, only the papers have been reprinted.