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Champaign County On Film

By Angela Jordan | Published: October 8, 2014

Champaign County On Film, the second event in the Town & Gown Speaker Series, will be held in the Lewis Auditorium at Urbana Free Library, Wednesday, October 15, at 7pm. The Champaign County Historical Archives and the Student Life & Culture Archives will present an evening devoted to the changes of Champaign County from the […]

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School of Military Aeronautics, 1917-18

By Angela Jordan | Published: September 28, 2014

The last of four posts written for “WWI and Champaign County” of the Town & Gown Speaker Series, a collaboration between the Student Life & Culture Archives and the Champaign County Historical Archives. Research for this post contributed by Maggie Cornelius. Besides ROTC and SATC, the Department of War instituted another military training program at […]

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Student Military Training and the Great War

By Angela Jordan | Published: September 22, 2014

The third of four posts written for “WWI and Champaign County” of the Town & Gown Speaker Series, a collaboration between the Student Life & Culture Archives and the Champaign County Historical Archives. Research for this post contributed by Maggie Cornelius. America’s entry into World War I required the mobilization of the country’s brightest minds […]

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The Women Behind the Men Behind the Guns

By Angela Jordan | Published: September 15, 2014

The second of four posts written for “WWI and Champaign County” of the Town & Gown Speaker Series, a collaboration between the Student Life & Culture Archives and the Champaign County Historical Archives. Research for this post contributed by Maggie Cornelius. The United States government asked Americans to knit socks, sweaters, and other garments for […]

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Illinois Ambulance Volunteers, 1917

By Angela Jordan | Published: September 8, 2014

One of four posts written for “WWI and Champaign County” of the Town & Gown Speaker Series, a collaboration between the Student Life & Culture Archives and the Champaign County Historical Archives. Research for this post contributed by Maggie Cornelius. University of Illinois students found multiple ways to aid the Allies in Europe prior to the […]

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