Category: Found in the Archives

Wheelchair Athletes’ 1962 Tour of South Africa and Rhodesia

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Cailin Cullen is a student in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science and is currently completing a practicum at the Student Life and Culture Archives. On June 11, 1962, a group of seventeen wheelchair athletes gathered at the University of Illinois for an orientation regarding their upcoming trip to Africa. For... Read More

Alma Mater and the Commencement Connection

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Written by Ellen Swain Eighty-seven years ago, on a warm day in June, our Alma Mater statue was unveiled as the centerpiece of the 1929 commencement week program.  The concert band played and a host of officials gave speeches.  UI President David Kinley prophetically declared, “The significance of this gift is... Read More

A Life in Words: A Look Back at the College Career of Roger Ebert

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Zack Stein is a graduate student in Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois. He is currently completing a practicum at the Student Life and Culture Archives. It has been nearly three years since the death of Roger Ebert. To most of us, he was one of the most... Read More

The National Women’s Music Festival

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Written by Anna Trammell In 1974, a group of women at the University of Illinois had an ambitious plan. Led by graduate student Kristin Lems, they aimed to host a week-long music festival highlighting female artists that would draw musicians and attendees from all over the country. “Nothing like this... Read More

Dissonance & Disinterest: Sexual Assault and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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This paper is part of the Student Researcher Series which showcases research students have conducted using resources in the Student Life and Culture Archives. Cassidy Burke is a junior in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences studying history and communication with a minor in Spanish and a Digitization Assistant at the University... Read More