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  • French World War I Posters
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    This collection is comprised of 105 digitized posters published in France during the First World War. The selected posters represent a time of national volatility and a visual culture of lithography, illustrations, earlier posters and paintings.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Hess Papers (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Friedrich Wilhelm Hess Papers consists of several letters exchanged between Friedrich Wilhelm Hess, friends and relatives, as well as poems, concert tickets, a birth certificate, and a newspaper clipping. Friedrich Wilhelm Hess (d. 1877) was born in Hamm, Westphalia in the 1830’s. Before immigrating to America, he studied law in Germany. While in America, he studied medicine and served in the medical service during the Civil War. Afterwards, he practiced medicine in Baltimore and Cincinnati. He wrote several essays, novels, and poems, and worked on the staff of various newspapers in Cincinnati, including the “Freie Presse,” “Abend-Post,” “Westliche Blätter,” and “Volksblatt.” He died on August 2, 1877. The digitized content contains forty-three items including letters, poems, concert tickets, a birth certificate, and a newspaper clipping. The letters are dated from the 1870’s and are primarily exchanged between Hess and his sister Emilie Hassel and his mother (signed as “M”). Also included are a birth certificate of Johann Hermann Gerhard Berling, a manuscript poem by Hess titled “Der Brand von Chicago,” an untitled poem by Paula in Emilie’s hand, two concert tickets dated 1875, and a newspaper clipping about the election of President Hayes. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Friedrich Wilhelm Hess Papers as part of the Heinrich A. Rattermann Papers (MS 210). This component of the collection was completely digitized 2020. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Friends of the Observatory Newsletters (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Friends of the Observatory Newsletters contains copies of the newsletters concerning events, contributions, and history of the observatory.
  • Gabriel Guevrekian Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Gabriel Guevrekian Papers (Digital Surrogates), 1923-1936, contains a digitized copy of Guevrekian's scrapbook relating to his architectural plans, designs, sketches and photographs of models. Digitized material includes sketches and completed works designed in France (Paris and Narbonne), Iran (Teheran) and Hungary (Budapest).
  • General Collection Digitization
    Patron Driven Digitization  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Books digitized with no intended Digital Library access at present but possibly will be in the future. Books are digitized via patron request but not under the umbrella of emergency or restricted access programs.
  • General Correspondence of President David Kinley (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of General Correspondence of President David Kinley includes correspondence concerning the design of the Stadium.
  • General Correspondence of the Office of the Dean of Men (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the General Correspondence of the Office of the Dean of Men includes correspondence concerning Repeal of the 18th Amendment.
  • George B. Utley Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the George B. Utley Papers, including files on state library associations.
  • George Durfee Correspondence (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the George Durfee Papers consists of the correspondence of George S. Durfee, a soldier and captain during the United States Civil War and a member of the Illinois Vicksburg Commission. George S. Durfee (1840-1907) was born in Marshall, Michigan. The Durfee family moved to Decatur, Illinois, when George Durfee was seventeen. In 1861, he joined Company A, 8th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He served with the unit until 1866, rising to the rank of captain. He married Sarah A. Powers in 1857, and the couple had four daughters. The digitized content contains the correspondence of George Durfee from 1861-1901, most of which was created during the United States Civil War. The correspondence in this collection describes camp life, various political and military figures, and army policies. Durfee reports on several campaigns and battles, including Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, and the occupation of Texas. The collection also contains papers regarding family matters and Durfee's 1901 appointment by Governor Richard Yates as a member of the commission to determine and mark the positions of Illinois troops in the siege of Vicksburg, the Illinois Vicksburg Commission. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the George Durfee Correspondence and Papers, 1861-1901 (MS 603). The collection was completely digitized in 2021. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • George L. Childress Diaries (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the George L. Childress Diaries consists of duplicate 163-page typescripts of George L. Childress' diaries from January 1, 1862 through July 10, 1865. Childress, who served in Company I, 66th Volunteer Infantry, recorded his daily life in the army in his diaries. George L. Childress was from Bridgeport, Illinois. From the age of 22, Childress served in Company I, 66th Volunteer Infantry, which was mustered in November 1861, at Benton Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri, and reenlisted as a veteran in 1863. Company I was mustered out in July 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky. The digitized content contains a 163-page typescript of George L. Childress' diaries in which he recorded his daily life in the army from January 1, 1862 to July 10, 1865. He described battles and skirmishes as well as camp life and marching. His unit fought at Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Iuka, and in the Atlanta campaign. Childress also recorded a list of items that he purchased while on duty. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the George L. Childress Diaries (MS 536). The collection was completely digitized in 2018. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • George P. Stauduhar Papers, Plans and Pictures (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the George P. Stauduhar Papers, Plans and Pictures contain digitized architectural maps, sketches, plans and pictures of interiors and exteriors of Roman Catholic churches and residences at different locations in the United States, as part of Stauduhar's architectural projects. Access copies of digitized materials are available upon request. Additional images related with this record series are available at the Archives' image gallery.
  • George W. Cole Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the papers of George W. Cole (1850-1939), treasurer of ALA (1893- 96), including correspondence about his beginnings in library work, his year at the Columbia School of Library Economy, the school after it moved to Albany, New York, his inquiries concerning payment of ALA dues (1893-1896) and articles to appear in Library Journal (1901-1906). Correspondents include E.H. Anderson, Martha H.G. Banks, R.R. Bowker, William Brett, Arthur N. Brown, Henry J. Carr, Charles A. Cutter, William Cutter, H.E. Davidson, Melvil Dewey, Theresa West Elmendorf, R.P. Hayes, Helen E. Haines, Frank P. Hill, Annie B. Jackson, Ada A. Jones, Alice B. Kroeger, Josephus N. Larned, Mrs. E.S. Lewis, George T. Little, Margaret D. mcGuffey, Sarah H. Minor, W.E. Parker, Annie Parsons, Frank Patten, Mary W. Plummer, J. Herbert Senter, Thorvald Solberg, Lucy Stevens, Mabel Temple, A.W. Tyler, Henry M. Utley, Beatrice Winser, and Ernest D. Worth. Entire series is digitized.
  • George W. Lienesch Collection (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the George W. Lienesch Collection of Ephemera consists of political ephemera, including trade cards and ballots, as well as various other printed ephemera from the 1880s and 1890s collected by George W. Lienesch, a farmer in St. Clair County, Illinois. George Washington Lienesch (1866-1922) of St. Clair County, Illinois, participated in music and theatre groups as a young adult and was a member of the Shiloh Valley Grange. He lived on a farm near Shiloh and O'Fallon in St. Clair County. The digitized content includes political ephemera Lienesch collected, including election ballots for various parties and newspaper clippings from the 1884 and 1888 elections as well as cards of the candidates. The collection also contains an 1886 almanac advertising the "Seven Barks" patent medicine, several humorous broadsides, and two postcards from the 1893 World's Fair. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the George Washington Lienesch Collection of Political Ephemera and Other Materials (MS 073). The collection was completely digitized in 2017. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Gibbs Family Papers (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Gibbs Family Papers consists of the papers of the Rowley family, a family related to the Gibbs family. Materials include correspondence, and legal and financial papers from 1838-1863. Justus A. Gibbs was born in Florence, New York, and moved to Illinois in 1836. He became a teacher in Harkness Grove, and then purchased a farm in Elmwood, Illinois. He soon after married Betty Smith in 1838. Ichabod Rowley was one of twelve children of Justus and Betty Gibbs. The digitized content contains the correspondence, and legal and financial papers of the Rowley family from 1838-1863. Most correspondence is between Dexter M., Eliza H., Helen Rowley, and their Pulsipher family cousins. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Gibbs Family Papers (MS 053). The collection was partially digitized in 2019. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Gizz Kids/Ms Kids Wheel Chair Basketball Teams File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Gizz Kids/Ms Kids Wheel Chair Basketball Teams File, 1948-1986, contain correspondence; newspaper clippings; press releases; events schedules, programs and itineraries; biographies and rosters, concerning the Gizz Kids/Ms Kids Wheel Chair Basketball Teams history, activities, development, achievements, wheel chair sports rules, and accessibility issues at UIUC and other locations hosting sports events. Digitized materials also include information related with other sport teams for students with disabilities. Major correspondents include Timothy J. Nugent (Counselor of rehabilitation), C.C. Loew (Superintendent of Schools) and Major General Leo M. Boyle, Adjutant General. Materials were digitized by the Digital Content Creation Unit in 2011
  • Gold Star Illini Book (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Gold Star Illini Book include index card of former student killed during World War II.
  • Grace T. Stevenson Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the Grace T. Stevenson Papers on the American Heritage Project statistics and reports (1951-55).
  • Graduate Dissertations and Theses at Illinois
    Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS)  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    This community contains the collection for dissertations and theses produced by students in masters and doctoral programs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. If you are a graduate student depositing your thesis or dissertation, please do this through the Graduate College at http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/submit-etd. If you deposit electronically, once your degree is conferred, your dissertation or thesis will appear in this collection. If you have authored a dissertation or thesis in the past at the University of Illinois and would like to see it appear here, please contact ideals-gen@illinois.edu for more information.
  • Great Lakes Quality Improvement Center for Disabilities Records (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Great Lakes Quality Improvement Center for Disabilities Records (Digital Surrogates), 1998-2003, contains pictures, presentation slides, and conceptual guidelines concerning Head Start programs for Americans with disabilities; inclusion and educational programs for children with disabilities; as well as training of health and education professionals. Digital materials also include interagency agreements and information resources about legislation, institutions, care and learning about promoting inclusion of children with disabilities in several states. These files are a copy of a CD from the Quality Improvement Center for Disabilities.
  • Greek Chapter History Project Records (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Records of the Greek Chapter History Project (2000-16), a project funded by the Society for the Preservation of Greek Housing and administered by the University of Illinois Archives' Student Life and Culture Archival Program, include histories written by graduate research assistants Jon Coit, Kate Pedrotty, Eric McKinley, Bao Bui, and archivist Fran Becque of University of Illinois fraternities and sororities: Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Phi, Chi Omega, Delta Tau Delta, FarmHouse, Gamma Zeta Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Mu, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Chi, Sigma Phi Delta, and Zeta Tau Alpha. Also included are alumni interview notes and survey questions, correspondence, reports, publicity articles concerning the project, and a history of the University of Illinois Greek system.
  • The Green Observer (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Green Observer, a student run publication, contains articles, interviews, recipes, community calendars, and other features related to environmental issues. Topics include the Student Sustainable Farm, Beyond Coal Campaign, Keystone XL Pipeline, environmentally-friendly local businesses, and tips for living an environmentally-conscious lifestyle. Born Digital Records from The Green Observer contain born digital issues of The Green Observer from 2015 to 2017 and a 2017 Earth Week Calendar of Events.
  • Gregorio Weber Papers: Biographical Information (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Gregorio Weber Papers: Biographical Information (Born Digital Records), 1948-2000, contains the curriculum vitae of Gregorio Weber, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics (1962-86), and a chronologically ordered compilation of his published work. Digital materials were produced by Edward and Virginia Voss in a CD-ROM entitled "Gregorio Weber: A Fluorescent Lifetime".
  • Guide For New Students (Digital Surrogates and Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Guide For New Students (Digital Surrogates and Born Digital Records), 1938-1946, 2014-, contains electronic copies of Your First Year at Illinois, a printed guide for freshmen involving information on University educational programs, admission, financial aid, housing, services and student life. Guides from 1938 to 1946 were digitized by the University Library, and the 2014 guide was produced electronically.
  • Gustave Koerner Papers (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Gustave Koerner Papers consists of printed and hand-written speeches given by Koerner during his time as a democrat in the Illinois Legislature from 1842-1844. Also included is a signed cabinet card photograph of Koerner. A native of Gemany, Gustave [also spelled “Gustav”] Koerner (1809-1896) moved to St. Clair County, Illinois in 1833. He became an influential state and national political figure, especially amongst the German American settlers of St. Clair. Koerner became a member of the Illinois General Assembly in 1842, and later served as the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (1853-1857). This collection contains items relating to Koerner’s years in the Illinois legislature (1842-1844), including two printed copies of his July 5, 1842 speech voicing support of the Illinois Michigan Canal Bill; a handwritten speech on the nature of the current government, the National Bank, the depreciation of money, and anti-Van Buren views; and a cabinet card photograph of Koerner with his signature. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Gustave Koerner Papers (MS 044). The collection was partially digitized in 2019. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Gwendolyn Brooks Digital Collection
    Rare Book & Manuscript Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The literary archives of Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) are part of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Ms. Brooks was an Illinois Poet Laureate as well as the first black writer to win the Pulitzer Prize. The collection is comprehensive and spans more than half a century. It includes Ms. Brooks’ youthful poetry and prose, scrapbooks of pieces she published as a young woman, and extensive correspondence with a significant roster of other writers. The correspondence section alone has more than 100 boxes filled with letters, envelopes, and other items that were sent to and by Ms. Brooks. Also in the collection are manuscript drafts and proofs, especially material from after she left mainstream commercial publishing to produce her works with small presses and black-owned imprints. Providing more insight into the daily life of Ms. Brooks, the collection also contains a profusion of notes documenting her observations on current events and daily life, her personal library of books, and a plethora of scrapbooks and other photographs – many of them detailed with extensive notes about their subjects. Ms. Brooks’ papers preserve and illuminate her creative process, sometimes across decades. Ms. Brooks’ meticulous preservation of and commentary on all aspects of her life is, at heart, a deeply archival pursuit, beckoning us to uncover networks of support and influence, make connections among her many interests and activities, and, ultimately, come to a deeper understanding of the person and the poet. Collection photo by Roy Lewis.
  • Handbooks (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Handbooks describing the facilities, collections and regulations governing use of the library designed for undergraduates (1941- ) and for graduates and faculty (1952- ). The series includes handbooks for the use of departmental and public service departments of the library (1942-47), and script (2002) and audio cassette (ca.1990) for the audio library tour.
  • Hans Frauenfelder Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Hans Frauenfelder Papers includes indvidual correspondence.
  • Hardy Cross Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Hardy Cross Papers (Digital Surrogates), 1930, contains a digitized copy of Cross' paper "Analysis of Continuous Frames by Distributing Fixed-end Moments" included in the May 1930 Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers. This paper contributed refining and simplifying the mathematical work required to analyze elements of statically indeterminate buildings and bridges. It was one of Cross' major contributions to the field of structural engineering, and reshaped formal structural analysis for the next 30 years until computers started to enter the scene; his paper of eight pages on moment distribution led to 144 pages of discussion. The digitized copy includes an autograph of Hardy Cross in the front page. Materials also include .JPG images of Cross' article, divided by page. Access to these images is available upon request.
  • Harold C. M. Case Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Harold C. M. Case Papers includes manuscript of Foreign Trade Problems of China; correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and typewritten notes concerning the China-United States Agricultural Mission.
  • Harold M. and Margaret Osborn Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Harold M. and Margaret Osborn Papers (Digital Surrogates) include photographs and a book of correspondence kept by Margaret (Bordner) Osborn that includes letters from Harold M. Osborn and genealogical information.
  • Harold R. Wanless Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Harold R. Wanless Papers includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, and field notes concerning research and field work in the Badlands of South Dakota.
  • Harriet C. Long Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the Harriet C. Long Papers, ALA Librarian in the Mexican Border Traveling Library Service (1918) ALA War Service Librarian in France and Germany (1919), and State Librarian of Oregon (1930-41), containing correspondence from when Long was stationed in France.
  • Harris F. Fletcher Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of Harris F. Fletcher Papers include correspondence relating to publications, John Milton, Jewish history and literature.
  • Heinz Von Foerster Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Heinz Von Foerster Papers (Digital Surrogates), 1943, 1947, 1968-1971, 1974, contains digitized published papers and correspondence between Professor Heinz Von Foerster and the experimental architect Lebbeus Woods concerning letters of recommendation on Woods' projects for different grants and fellowships, personal handwritten notes, and institutional correspondence. Digitized articles include "Uber das Leistungsproblem beim Klystron" Berichte der Lilienthal Gesellschaft fur Luftfahrtforschung 155, 1943; and "Von Pythagoras zu Josef Matthias Hauer", Jedermann: Eine Wochenschrift (1:1), 1 August, 1947. Digitized images pertaining to this record series, are available at the Archives image repository. The digitized interview "Understanding Complexity", broadcasted by the Old Dominion Univeristy Television, with Dr. Von Forester, and Humberto Maturana, by Dr. Fred Steier from the American Society for Cybernetics and the Old Dominion Univeristy can be accessed here: https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/playlist/dedicated/59489761/0_4bs8ano4/1_woyjvifj
  • Hennepin County Library Catalog Files (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Hennepin County Library Catalog Files (Born Digital Records), 2001-2002, is a resource that provides a rudimentary method to browse the bibliographic and authority control files of the Hennepin County Public Library current as of February 2002 and October 2001, respectively; and MARC21 records for materials in the Hennepin County Public Library, including locally developed authority control subject headings developed by Sanford Berman and associates. Access to this material requires login credentials.
  • Henning Larsen Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Henning Larsen Papers includ clippings, manuscripts, correspondence, family trees, and other genealogical data concerning the Larsen and Astrup families, particularly Peder Larsen Froen and Ingebog Astrup Larsen.
  • Henry B. Ward Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Henry B. Ward Papers include correspondence, newsclippings, and publications concerning zoological research and retirement.
  • Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence consists of letters written in 1863 and 1865 between Sallie Pattison and Henry Van Sellar. Henry Van Sellar lived in Edgar County, Illinois, as a teacher before enlisting in the 12th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in 1861. There he served as Captain for about a year. He was then assigned to the staff of the Fourth Division of the 15th Army Corps, later commissioned to Lt. Colonel in 1864. He was discharged on July 10th, 1865. After the war, Henry moved to Paris, Illinois, and became a lawyer. Sallie Pattison was living in Paris, Illinois while writing to Henry. Their relationship began through correspondence. The two married in February 1864 and continued to write to each other until Henry came back from war in August 1865. The digitized content contains 44 letters between Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison from 1863 and 1865. During this time, Sallie was living at home in Paris, Illinois and Henry was in the 12th Illinois Infantry. These letters detail the effects of war not only on the front lines, but also on the home front. Earlier letters (1863) establish the love between Henry and Sallie, while later letters (1865) detail the anxieties and cruelties of conflict, reactions to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and hopes for life after war. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (MS 360). The collection was partially digitized in 2020. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Henry W. Funk Letters (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Henry W. Funk Letters consists of the personal correspondence of Henry W. Funk, and his family and friends, from 1862-1900. Henry W. Funk was a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) from Danville, Illinois, who enlisted as a private in Company E of the 149th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Funk was mustered out of Danville on February 6, 1865. He spent the remainder of the Civil War stationed in Chattanooga and Tyners Station, Tennessee. He was then stationed at Dalton and LaFayette, Georgia, from June 1865 until the beginning of 1866. There, he often preached to the enlisted men. The digitized content contains the correspondence of Henry W. Funk, mostly with his wife, Nannie. Other correspondents include Funk's sisters, Kate Brenner, Barbara Funk, and Fanny Funk, his brothers-in-law, Rufus Humphrey and John H. Gibson, and other family and friends. Topics of correspondence include Henry's experiences preaching to enlisted men and his attempt to establish a Sunday school at Camp Butler (Springfield, Illinois), Nannie's struggles with her faith, Nannie's reports on the fall of Richmond and Lee's surrender, John H. Gibson's report on the poor conditions at Camp Butler, reflections on Lincoln's assassination and its aftermath (letter to Funk from Rufus Humphrey, April 20, 1865), and family news. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Henry W. Funk Letters, 1862-1900 (MS 987). The collection was completely digitized in 2022. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Hester Suggs (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The collection is composed of photographs mostly of Hester Suggs in the 1940s. Suggs was a University of Illinois alum, and an active member of the community. The collection has photos individual photos of her, images of her with the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Gamma Chapter and Epsilon Epsilon Omega, and images of other students during the 1940s, and Hester Sugg's obituary.