In September of 2012, the University of Illinois Archives officially acquired the personal papers of Harold (Hal) Robinson Bruno, Jr. (1928-2011), University alumnus (’50), former political editor of Newsweek (1960-1978), and former political director of ABC News from 1978 to 1997. Bruno also took a turn in front of the camera when he served as the moderator of the boisterous 1992 vice presidential debate between Dan Quayle, Al Gore, and James Stockdale. He also hosted the weekly radio program Hal Bruno’s Washington on ABC Radio from 1981-1999. Continue reading “University Archives Acquires Hal Bruno Jr. Papers”
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New Website
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.