University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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  • 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.
  • Highway Engineering Conference Materials (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Highway Engineering Conference Materials (Digital Surrogates), 1914-1934, contains digitized copies of course booklets (1914-1934) for The Short Course in Highway Engineering, known as the Highway Engineering Conference after 1935, as well as a copy of the conference paper by Professor I. O. Baker on February 20, 1925. Booklets relate to the short course curricula and program, faculty involement, recommendations, and announcements, as well as the University's contributions to highway engineering.
  • Hilgard Family Papers (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Hilgard Family Papers consists of correspondence from the 1830s and 1840s between German immigrant Theodor Hilgard, in Belleville, Illinois, and his mother, Madame Maria Dorothea Engelmann Hilgard, in Bavaria. Theodor Hilgard (1790-1873), born in Bavaria, immigrated to the United States in 1836. He settled in the German colony at Belleville, Illinois, with his wife, five daughters, and four sons. Hilgard, himself educated in law at both German and French universities, engaged in farming and real estate promotion, while encouraging his sons in their educational pursuits. The digitized content contains handwritten copies of letters Theodor Hilgard likely made himself before sending the original letters to his mother, Madame Maria Dorothea Engelmann Hilgard, in Bavaria. The letters are densely written in nineteenth-century German script. Also included as supplementary material are handwritten twentieth-century transcriptions of these letters. The letters date from 1836 to 1841. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Hilgard Family Papers (MS 708). The collection was partially digitized in 2020. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Hillel Post, Hillel Bulletin, and Hillel Magazine (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates for The Hillel Post (1929-47) and the Hillel Bulletin (1924-28), the newsletter of the Hillel Foundation, sponsored at the University of Illinois by the B'nai B'rith, and containing news articles on foundation activities, calendars, columns on social, dramatic and sports activities, editorials, notices of religious services and celebrations, and advertisements. Articles contain reports of lectures in the Hillel Forum series (1924-1941). Also contains duplicates of Hillel Post, Volume XVII, 1940-41, bound together by, or owned by, Nathan I. Lieberman.
  • The Hillsboro journal. (Hillsboro, Ill.)
    History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
  • Historical Maps Online
    Map Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Historical Maps Online collection contains images of maps charting the last 400 years of historical development in Illinois and the Northwest Territory, including historic topographic maps of Illinois. The collection also contains early large-scale topographic quadrangles published by the United States Geological Survey in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Collection size: approximately 420 maps.
  • Historic Illinois County Atlases
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Historic Illinois County Atlases consists of atlases of Illinois and several counties and townships from the 19th and early 20th centuries. County atlases, which began to be produced after the Civil War, are a uniquely American nineteenth-century publication. County atlas publication initially was centered in Philadelphia in the 1860s, but by the 1880s, Chicago had taken the lead. The atlases provide a snapshot of late 19th-century economics and agriculture. The primary foci of the county atlases are township maps that show property ownership, roads, and railroads. Additional contents might include county, state, and national maps; directories of businesses, county officials, landowners, and rural residents; photographs or drawings of residents, farms, homes, public buildings, churches, businesses, and prize livestock. The digitized content contains several dozen atlases, most of which were produced in the 19th century. These county and state-wide atlases were compiled from county records and surveys. The atlases include county histories, colored maps, indexes, and some drawings. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items included in this Historic Illinois County Atlases collection. A selection of county atlases held in the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections was digitized in the 2010s, with additional atlases digitized in 2022-2024. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Historic Lantern Slides
    Ricker Library of Architecture and Art  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digitized lantern slides found in library collections. Includes hand painted slides portraying the Century of Progress exhibition, as well as previous Contemporary Art exhibitions held by the U of I.
  • Historic Maps of Illinois and the Midwest
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
  • History Department Course Materials (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records of the History Department Course Material include syllabi from the Spring, Summer, and Fall terms of 2022.
  • History of Housing (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogate of "History of Housing Owned and Operated by the University of Illinois in its First 100 Years", by Calvin S. Sifferd, including sections on men's, women's, church and "Y", and cooperative housing. Other sections deal with World Wars I and II, temporary housing and the formation of the Housing Division. The series includes a copy of the pictorial centennial housing brochure.
  • Hlasatel (Chicago, Ill.)
    History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
  • Home Economics Department Subject File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Home Economics Department includes a publication concerning recipes and uses for popcorn.
  • A Home of Their Own (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The collection contains papers and photos from community members and University of Illinois alumni Estelle Merrifield, Eunice Rivers, Paul Hursey, and Ray Hines.
  • Homer D. Wilkes Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Homer D. Wilkes Papers including a mimeographed history of the 747th Tank Battalion (1976) and supplement (1978).
  • Homer E. Woodbridge Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Homer E. Woodbridge Papers include letter from Irving Babbit concerning trip to Europe.
  • Hōrai no makimono scroll
    Rare Book & Manuscript Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogate for Hōrai no makimono., 1 scroll in case : illustrations, color
  • Horticultural Audio/Visual Teaching Aids (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Horticultural Audio/Visual Teaching Aids includes film concerning landscaping homes.
  • Hospital and Health Service Annual Reports (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Hospital and Health Service Annual Reports (1916 -2009) include digitized copies of Health Service Annual Reports concerning statistics about the Health Service activities in preventive medicine, health education, research, medical attention, and examination, regarding both mental and physical health (1916-1975) as well as financial reports (2006-2009). Health Services reports and statistics involve topics as disease and injuries; epidemics and communicable diseases; health habits; student deaths; dental health; immunization and supervision of food-handlers; subnormal development of male students in relationship with military service; monthly distribution of visits; and types and distribution of medical attention to students, staff and other patients.
  • The Hoya (Washington, D.C.)
    History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
  • The Hutsonville herald (Hutsonville, Ill.)
    History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Hutsonville Herald was a politically independent newspaper serving Hutsonville, Illinois, a town on the Illinois-Indiana border. The digital holdings of the University Library reflect the industries of Hutsonville, an agricultural district featuring hardwood lumber, brick and tile works. Weekly subscribers could expect to find information on local, regional and international news, market reports, local gossip, short stories, and advice columns. Family historians may find the local announcements useful for documenting births, deaths, weddings, and other social affairs in the area.
  • Hyde Park news (Hyde Park [i.e. Hyde Park Township, Ill.]
    History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
  • Icko Iben Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Icko Iben Papers includes correspondence, genealogy cards, and manuscripts concerning family genealogy and Burschenschaft Germania Halle.
  • IDEALS Institutional Repository (legacy files from DSpace instance)
    Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS)  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    IDEALS, the Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship, collects, disseminates, and provides persistent and reliable access to the research and scholarship of faculty, staff, and students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Faculty, staff, and graduate students can deposit their research and scholarship—unpublished and, in many cases, published—directly into IDEALS. Departments can use IDEALS to distribute their working papers, technical reports, or other research material. IDEALS also includes all electronic theses and dissertations deposited from Fall 2010 onward.
  • ILIR Library Union Vertical File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the ILIR Library Union Vertical File includes clippings, correspondences, handouts, and notes concerning steelworkers' rights, United Steelworkers of America, and Joseph Germano's election as District 31's Director.
  • Illini Forensic Society Records: Debate Audio Recordings (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Illini Forensic Society Records: Debate Audio Recordings (Digital Surrogates), 1975, contains two digitized audio recordings concerning the voting and debate about a resolution stating that all Government regulation on private enterprise should be abolished. This debate took place on January 30 1975, between Illinois and University of Chicago.
  • Illini Glider Club Records (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Illini Glider Club Records includes an undated video of glider flights.
  • Illini Greek newsletter (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Illini Greek newsletter (Born Digital Records), 2009-, contains copies of this newsletter (2009-) produced by the Assistant Dean of Students (Greek Affairs) for fraternity and sorority officers and their chapters, concerning information about general operations, involvement in governing councils and engagement in the campus community. Additional information is available at the Office of the Dean of Students website at: http://www.odos.uiuc.edu/greek/news/illiniGreek.asp
  • Illini Union Board Subject Files (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from the Illini Union Board Subject Files contain photographs relating to the Oasis mind-body-spirit relaxation room (2007). Additional born digital material is available upon request, including correspondence, reports, proposals, rosters, bylaws, schedules, photographs, logos, minutes, short films, slides and webpage elements, concerning major events, regular activities, and administrative procedures, including the Big Ten Union Directors Meeting (2003), the Illini Union Board and the Illinites program (2003-04) and the Energy Audit results for clean energy and energy efficiency projects (2007).
  • Illini Union Construction Movie (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Illini Union Construction Movie contains 35mm positive, 16mm negative and positive, and U-matic and VHS videotape copies of original 35mm nitrate negative silent black and white film (5 minutes 47 seconds) showing construction scenes at stages from foundation until completion of the Illini Union building.
  • Illini Union Photographic Subject File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Illini Union Photographic Subject File (Digital Surrogates), 1940-1998, contains digitized photographs relating to different locations and events at the Illini Union, includes images of building construction or improvement at different time periods; exterior and interior general photographs of the building; Illini Union ballrooms, lounges, recreation areas, cafeterias, guest rooms, shops and offices; and the construction and inauguration of the new Illini Union bookstore. Events include Christmas celebrations, anniversaries, international fair, concerts, musicals, fashion shows, 50th anniversary celebration, banquets, dances, graduation ceremonies, spring carnivals, dads' day, moms' day, founders' day, homecomings and parades; as well as events in other campus locations including book signing at the bookstore, events on the quad, winter and autumn images as well as other student life activities.
  • Illini Veterans Newsletter (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Illini Veterans Newsletter (Born Digital Records), 2014, contains electronic weekly newsletters concerning the Illini Veterans student organization activities and announcements. The Illini Veterans is a chapter member of The Student Veterans of America organization.
  • Illini Wise (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Illini Wise (Digital Surrogates), 1959-1960, includes the 1959-60 handbook for freshman women. Subjects concern information on the Dean of Women's Office; meeting with the freshman adviser; classes; campus traditions and activities; housing organizations; student activities; student regulations; suggestions on study habits, clothes, manners and money; and information on bus service, religious foundations and University names and abbreviations.
  • Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection consists of consists of nineteenth and early twentieth-century ephemeral materials mostly related to the history of Illinois and the Midwest, collected by the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections (IHLC) and its predecessor, the Illinois Historical Survey. The digitized content includes circulars, pamphlets, periodicals, posters, newspaper clippings, advertisements, handbills, leaflets, and various financial documents dating from circa 1800 to 1937. The materials document U.S. and Illinois history related to politics and government, education, religion, financial matters, and various advertising endeavors. The physical items of the Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection are managed by the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections at the University of Illinois Library. The Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection was partially digitized in 2017 and 2018. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Illinois Artillery, 1st Regiment Record Book (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Illinois Artillery, 1st Regiment Record Book consists of the company muster book for Joseph Cross's company in the 1st U. S. Artillery Regiment. The record book contains registers of men, priority rolls, accounts of equipage, and individual accounts, all dating from 1812 to 1814. It also features additional content from the 1830s, when some pages in the book were used for secondary purposes. The company of the 1st U. S. Artillery Regiment led by Captain Joseph Cross served at several forts along the Mississippi River in Louisiana Territory during the War of 1812. The regiment saw duty at Fort Belle Fontaine and Fort Massac, with detached services at Forts Madison and Osage. The digitized content contains the company's record book, which contains priority rolls of enlistment and description; registers of men tried, discharged, or transferred; registers of dead, deserted, and missing; provision returns; accounts of clothing and equipage; and individual accounts. In the mid-to-late 1830s, several pages were used for secondary purposes. Some pages were used to record legal fees, and others appear to have been used as scrap paper by a schoolchild. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Illinois Artillery, 1st Regiment Record Book (MS 800). The collection was completely digitized in 2018. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Illinois Data Bank
    Research Data Service  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Illinois Data Bank is a public access repository for publishing research data from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection
    History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection contains historic Illinois newspapers from across the state, including The Urbana Daily Courier, Sangamo Journal, and the University of Illinois collegiate newspaper The Daily Illini. These papers range in date from 1831 to 1975, providing a sense of local life and culture in the Midwest across two centuries. Since June 2009, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library has digitized over 200,000 pages of pre-1922 historically significant newspapers with generous funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities' National Digital Newspaper Program. Newspapers digitized as part of this program are also available on the Library of Congress' Chronicling America web site.
  • Illinois farmer (Springfield, Ill.)
    History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    OCLC: 13941423
  • The Illinois issue (Chicago, Ill.)
    History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library  ·   Digital Special Collections