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  • Commencement and Convocation Addresses (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Commencement and Convocation Addresses include copies of published addresses delivered at commencements, convocations and public ceremonies by educational administrators, public officials and distinguished visitors.
  • Commencement Program File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Commencement Program File, includes a digitized list relating to the Commencement Ceremony speakers from 1949 to 1995.
  • Commencement Programs (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from the Commencement Programs, inlcudes PDF versions of university-wide convocation and commencement programs (2012-13, 2016-17) and from the Department of Landscape Architecture.
  • Commerce Alumni Newsletters (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Commerce Alumni Newsletters includes Alumni News and Notes (2008-09).
  • Committee on Belgian Relief Correspondence (Digital Surrogate)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Letters from communities and schools in Belgium expressing gratitude for assistance during the war (1919) addressed to Professor T. A. Oliver, Professor E. B. Greene and W. W. Donfas.
  • Committee on Student Affairs Publications (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Committee on Student Affairs Publications (Digital Surrogates) consists of a Code of Undergraduate Student Affairs publication from 1963.
  • Communicable Disease Materials: Smallpox notice (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Communicable Disease Materials: Smallpox notice (Digital Surrogates), 1938, includes a digitized notice posted on campus in late February of 1938 concerning vaccination requirements for students after 10 cases of smallpox appeared in the Twin Cities. Original print in record series 33/1/806.
  • Community and Parents Issuances (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Community and Parents Issuances (Digital Surrogates), 2011-, includes digitized copies of "Postmarks" (Spring 2011- ), a Newsletter for Parents and friends of the University concerning student academic and student life activities, faculty teaching and research projects.
  • Computational Science and Engineering Subject File (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records from the Computational Science and Engineering Subject File include emails and lists concerning the formation of the Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) concentration through the Center for Supercomputing Research and Development (CSRD). Electronic files have a size of 13.7 MB. Files have gone through minimal processing and may need specialized software for display and access. Archives staff created derivatives of some material in TXT file format to facilitate access to users. Material is also available in its original file format.
  • Computer Science Alumni News (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Department of Computer Science Alumni News includes alumni magazine editions from 1991 through 2016. The magazines include articles concerning departmental research, projects, faculty, personnel changes, alumni careers, memoria, and awards. In 2011, the CS Alumni News became click! magazine.
  • Computer Science Audiovisual Materials(Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Description: Computer Science Audiovisual Materials include Betacam and VHS recordings concerning promotional material for the Computer Science Department; campus scenes; scenes of the Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science; an interview with Dave Muller (6/19/2002); a recorded lecture by Linda Krute; clips of Bill Gates; a retrospective on the Computer Science program (9/21/2004); and promotional films "Join Us... On the Leading Edge" (Spring 2004) and "Tom Siebel and the Next Computer Revolution".
  • Conference Programs and NAEB Material (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the duplicated programs from conferences on Radio Interference (1941) and a membership application for the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (1951-1952).
  • Constantin Fotitch Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Constantin Fotitch Papers includes Nikola Tesla's Birthday Luncheon Menu and correspondence with Nikola Tesla (1937), Slavok L. Simich (1943-44, 1954), Serbian National Federation (1944), His Majesty King Peter II of Yugoslavia (1944, 1954), the Serbian National Defense Council of America (1950), the Free Europe Committee (1950-58), and Canadian Serbians (1957-59).
  • Cooperative Extension Service Annual Reports (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Cooperative Extension Service Annual Reports (Digital Surrogates), 1939-1942, includes digitized reports concerning weekly radio flash announcements regarding orchard insect and disease conditions.
  • Course in Athletic Coaching Publications (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Course in Athletic Coaching Publications includes a digitized copy of the 1922 flipbook of the course on athletic coaching and physical education.
  • Course Materials (Born Digital Records and Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Course materials including problem sets, bibliographies, tests, class schedules and course outlines. The file includes lecture notes from 1893 to 1920. The series includes correspondence on the planning and evaluation of LIS 300 (1972-80). RS 18/1/821 contains course materials, 1928, 1933-42, 1948-50.
  • COVID-19 Documentation Project (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records from the COVID-19 Documentation Project (2020- ) includes email correspondence, photographs, videos, signage, memoranda, announcements, reports, files, publications, websites, and oral history interviews and transcripts relating to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic from administration, faculty, staff, and students from multiple regional and departmental offices at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the University of Illinois at Springfield, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Illinois System; the COVID-19 pandemic in public and private campus spaces; University of Illinois-led research around the SARS-CoV-2 virus, its transmission, and its scientific and social impacts; University of Illinois-led innovations regarding the COVID-19 pandemic; the creation, organization, and management of SHIELD Illinois; and the COVID-19 pandemic centered relationships, relating to public health, between the University of Illinois universities and national, state, and local communities.
  • COVID-19 "Share Your Story"
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The COVID-19 Share Your Stories Coellction contains journal and diary entries, emails, photographs, video and audio recordings, and other evidence of Illinoisans' expereinces with COVID-19. Submissions were collected by the University of Illinois Archives. This collection is associated with the University of Illinois COVID-19 Documentation Project.
  • Curriculum Laboratory Reports (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Curriculum Laboratory Reports, including a series of four releases in the Curriculum Laboratory at University High School (1936), a curriculum library (ca. 1943) and a brochure in "Curriculum Research Projects" in agricultural, English, health, language, mathematics, music preschool, social science and science education; automatic instruction and inquiry, teacher and technical training (1905). This series also includes Curriculum Laboratory Development/Research Reports (1978- ) concerning instruction and learning in English, mathematics, geography, curriculum, leadership, textbooks, conceptualization, and reading interests of adolescents.
  • The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Cybernetics Though Collective Project provides access to digitized correspondence and records from four institutions holding collections related to the history of Cybernetics. These materials were digitized when the University of Illinois Archives was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to develop a prototype web-portal and analysis-engine to provide access to archival material related to the development of the iconic, multi-disciplinary field of cybernetics. "The Cybernetics Thought Collective: A History of Science and Technology Portal Project" is a collaborative effort among several academic units at the University of Illinois (U of I) and three other institutions that also maintain archival records vital to the exploration of cybernetic history: the British Library, the American Philosophical Society, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition to supporting the development of a web-portal and analysis-engine, the award enabled the multi-institutional team to digitize some of the archival records related to the pioneering work of U of I Electrical Engineering Professor Heinz von Foerster and his fellow cyberneticians W. Ross Ashby (also a former U of I Electrical Engineering faculty member), Warren S. McCulloch, and Norbert Wiener.
  • David Bechtel Papers (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    David Bechtel Papers (Born Digital Records), 2014, contains an un-published manuscript and transcriptions of reports (1954, 1970 and 1975), concerning Career Services at the University of Illinois. The manuscript is entitled "The History of Career Services at the University of Illinois", and was written by David S. Bechtel. Note: Original electronic materials are available in .doc and .docx file formats. Archives' staff created .pdf derivatives to enhance access to the original contents. Both, original files and .pdf derivatives are available for public access.
  • David D. Henry Personal Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    David D. Henry Personal Papers (Digital Surrogates) consists of memoir "Recollections in Tranquility," written in 1993.
  • David Eisenman Papers and Audio Recordings (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates from the David Eisenman papers and audio recordings (1966-74) contains digitized newspaper clippings, correspondence, handwritten notes, published articles, article drafts, academic papers, reports, thesis and audio recordings, concerning the Special Educational Opportunities Program - SEOP (Project 500), especially the September 1968 disturbances at the Illini Union. Topics cover the evolution of the crisis, treatment of students by the disciplinary system, university- community relations, and coverage of the incident by media, especially the Chicago Tribune. Audio recordings relate Eiseman's first-hand accounts of the protests by African American students against their placement in sub-standard housing in the first weeks of the program. Audio recordings are available on-line at the Oral History Projects website at: http://archives.library.illinois.edu/slcold/researchguides/oralhistory/project500/Eisenman_tapes/
  • David S. Malcolmson Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the David S. Malcolmson Papers includes correspondence concerning the book "Who Killed Hitler".
  • Delta Sigma Omicron Records (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Delta Sigma Omicron Records (Digital Surrogates), 1948-2007, contains statements, reports, forms, correspondence, handwritten notes, and bylaws concerning the creation, operation and activities of the Rehabilitation Service fraternity Delta Sigma Omicron, including membership statement, achievements, as well as fraternity events and meetings (1948 -1953). Major correspondents include Willard D. Holloway (Fraternity president) and Professor Timothy J. Nugent (Director of Rehabilitation Education Services) These materials were digitized by the Digital Content Creation Unit in 2011. Digitized copies of Sigma Signs, the Delta Sigma Omicron publication are available through the Internet Archive at: http://archive.org/search.php?query=sigma%20signs. Digitized copies available cover the period 1949 -2007
  • Demitri B. Shimkin Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Demitri B. Shimkin Papers includes manuscirpts concerning a history of the Uralic and Samoyedic-Yukagiric Culture.
  • Departmental History Records (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Departmental History Records include a digitized report, concerning the history, equipment, faculty, students, announcements and courses of the Department of Chemistry for years 1916 and 1917. The report was printed as a bulletin on February 21, 1916. Note: The digitized material includes only the first 33 pages of the 108 pages that constitute the hard copy report, held at the University Archives. For more information, please see this Series main catalog record.
  • Departmental Publications (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records from Departmental Papers contains a PDF of the Self Evaluation Report for Re-accreditation for the Forest Science Program for the Society of American foresters.
  • Department of Physics’ Annual Reports Records (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Department of Physics' Annual Reports Records, 1907-1980, include reports and correspondence concerning departmental activities, courses taught, research conducted, teaching assignments, departmental visitors, speakers, budget and location needs. Note: The original copy of the annual report for 1966-1967 can be found in Record Series 11/1/3.
  • Department of Psychology History (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Department of Psychology History includes a brief historical sketch of the Department of Psychology by Mrs. Phyllis Steward, secretary to Department Head Lloyd Humphreys, covering department heads Stephen Colvin (1901-12), Madison Bentley (1912-28), Herbert Woodrow (1928-50), Lyle Lanier (1950-59), and Lloyd Humphreys (1959- ); prominent faculty; enrollments; research grants and graduate work.
  • Director's Subject File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Director's Subject File (Digital Surrogates) of the Computer-based Education Research Laboratory consists of records related to the transfer of the NovaNet instructional system.
  • Division of Rehabilitation Education Services Subject File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates from the Division of Rehabilitation Education Services Subject File, 1949 -1997, contain selected digitized correspondence; event programs; speeches; newspapers clippings; acceptance letters and orientation bulletins for accepted students with disabilities; and annual reports, concerning the Division of Rehabilitation Education Services' (DRES) operations, programs, projects and achievements. Topics cover specific facilities and equipment required; accessibility and required modifications in campus buildings; physical rehabilitation program; special services' evolution from war veteran exclusive to non-veteran students with disabilities; program replication in other domestic and foreign universities; Greyhound buses donation; and fundraising for bus-adaptation project. Major correspondents include UIUC staff and faculty Robert G. Bone, Ronald L. Graffouiliere and Tim J. Nugent, and Caesar Orville, President of Greyhound Bus lines. Materials were digitized by the Digital Content Creation Unit in 2011.
  • Dominic Skaperdas Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Dominic Skaperdas Papers (Digital Surrogates) consist of Dominic Skaperdas's lab notebooks, and reports titled "CSL Storage Tube Processor" and "A CERL Random Access Audio Device," and "Engineering Design Education in Undergraduate Study."
  • Donald W. Kerst Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Donald W. Kerst includes correspondence concerning Midwest Universities Research Association (MURA) developement.
  • Donald W. Krummel Papers (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Oral history interview with Don Krummel in 2016 including recorded interview concerning the creation and teaching of library history at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the history of growing the library and the library science program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and the individuals who were key in growing the field of library history at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
  • Doug Rokke Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Doug Rokke Papers (Digital Surrogates) consist of Doug Rokke's research on subjects such as the physical and environmental effects of depleted uranium, Gulf War Syndrome, and uranium waste in the Champaign-Urbana area.
  • DRES Films and Videotapes Audiovisual Records. 1949 (Digital Surrogates), 1959-1975
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the DRES Films and Videotapes Audiovisual Records, include promotional news clips, interviews with students from the Division of Rehabilitation Education Service (DRES), and informational videos and films concerning employment opportunities, job placement, physical therapy, exercise, daily life in campus for students with disabilities, adaptive equipment, and athletic events. Video recordings include interviews with Professor Timothy J. Nugent (Counselor of rehabilitation).
  • Edgar J. Townsend Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Edgar J. Townsend Papers includes general incoming correspondance and a Townsend Family History including narrative and photographs.
  • Edgar L. Erickson Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Edgar L. Erickson Papers include correspondence, meeting programs, notes and minutes, articles, and drafts of articles with handwritten notes concerning the American Historical Association.
  • Ed Kieser Papers (Born Digital Records and Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records and Digital Surrogates from the Ed Kieser Papers, chief Meteorologist of WILL Radio (1987-2010), contain WILL radio broadcasts, including "Talk to Ed Kieser" segments, and "Tornadoes with Ed Kieser" videos; interview recordings; tornado films; presentation slides on tornado preparedness seminars, weather trends in Illinois and the U.S.; meteorological radar pictures of east central Illinois, and storm images. Streaming access to video recordings are also available at https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/playlist/dedicated/59489761/1_ql7fhy82/1_1gvm2hoa