Feb. 6 & 7: Author & Artist Audrey Niffenegger! More...
Feb. 14: Coambs & Bregman Concert! More...
Feb. 15: Lex Tate Lecture! More...
Feb. 27: Brass Band Exotica Concert! More...
March 2 & 3: Author Gary Blackwood! More...
March 4: Drama Collections: The Play's the Thing! More...
What's "Cool" in the University Archives?
The University Archives holds the largest collection of historical manuscripts in Illinois, with more than 23,000 cubic feet of material (equal to 15,333 file drawers), and is considered one of the leading university archives in the country. Its collections are especially strong in the fields of science and technology, agriculture, anthropology, architecture, sports history, librarianship, education, student life, and American music. It is also the designated repository for all official university records since the institution's founding in 1867, including all board of trustees actions; documentation of the university's colleges, schools, and departments; most official publications; and the student newspaper and yearbooks. Researchers can find fully described finding aids and subject indexing online for all collections and record series.
Among the hundreds of manuscripts collections in the Archives are those of organic chemist Roger Adams, J. Kerker Quinn and Daniel Curley (editors of preeminent literary magazines), Nobel Prize-winner John Bardeen, sculptor Lorado Taft, football coaches Bob Zuppke and Ray Eliot, and New York Times columnist James "Scotty" Reston. The Archives also contains over 500,000 photographs, 3,500 sound recordings, 5,500 motion pictures and videotapes and includes equipment needed to audition recordings in obsolete formats.
For a wider selection of cool items from the University Archives, including full-sized images, brief descriptions, and links to finding aids, please visit the sample images found on the Sample Archival Documents Display page.
For more info, please visit the University Archives Home page at: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/archives/ .
