University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The items in the Digital Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library contain materials which represent or depict sensitive topics or were written from perspectives using outdated or biased language. The Library condemns discrimination and hatred on any grounds. As a research library that supports the mission and values of this land grant institution, it is incumbent upon the University Library to preserve, describe, and provide access to materials to accurately document our past, support learning about it, and effect change in the present. In accordance with the American Library Association’s Freedom to Read statement, we do not censor our materials or prevent patrons from accessing them.

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  • Charles R. Green Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digitized copies of the Charles R. Green Papers, relating to Green's service as Assistant Librarian at the Camp Library, Camp Johnston, Florida, contains photographs of the library and its interior floor plans, a map of the camp showing proposed sites for the library with comments written on the map describing the functions of the buildings and the areas, official camp orders, camp handbook, and correspondence with the ALA Library War Service Headquarters.
  • Charles Robertson Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the papers of Charles Robertson (1858-1935) including two bound volumes containing all of his publications and his specimen collection log books. The log books document insect specimens collected by Charles Robertson. Recorded information includes specimen number, scientific name of specimen, sex of specimen, date of collection, locality, insect order, host plant scientific name, and notes.
  • Charles Zeleny Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Charles Zeleny Papers include correspondence and publicesions related to zoological research.
  • Chester P. Siess Papers
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Papers of Chester Paul Siess (1916-2004), 1933-2004, M.S. 1939, Ph.D. 1948, including the American Concrete Institute Committee 318 files on the ACI Building Code Requirements for reinforced concrete, meeting minutes, membership lists, and subjects such as materials and testing, shear and bond, flexure, and columns. Dr. Siess served as a committee member from 1953-1997. Additions include files concerning Dr. Siess' work with the Chicago Parks District on the Grant Park Garage, Erico Cadweld rebar splices, Midwest Prestressed Concrete, Laclede Steel Company, Proctor and Gamble, and other companies as well as his involvement with the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM), the American Concrete Institute (ACI), and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Materials concerning his tenure at the University of Illinois include class rosters, schedules, and notes. Correspondents file materials include letters, newspaper articles, greeting cards, business cards, and corporate publications. Correspondents include H. M. Newmark, Mehte Sozen, Joseph Colaco, and others. Personal materials include Dr. Siess' retirement scrapbook, photographs, and memorials. Also included in the collection are Dr. Siess' fieldbooks.
  • Chicago Library Annual Reports (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Chicago Library Annual Reports (Digital Surrogates), 1947-1974, contains digitized copies of the Chicago Library summary reports on the progress of the library, staff and organizations acquisition program, cataloging program, physical changes, gifts and important acquisitions, change of location, library improvements and difficulties, and supplementary statistical information.
  • Chinese American Librarians Association Subject Files (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital copies from the Chinese-American Librarians Association Subject File, including the 1985-88 conference programs, and 1982-2000 newsletters.
  • Chronology of Campus Protests (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Chronology of Campus Protests (Digital Surrogate) contains a 10 page anonymous typescript held by the Library bookstacks listing campus and community events from 1948 through 1972 relating to free speech, political protests, civil rights and anti Vietnam war demonstrations, and community, union, and voting initiatives. Political and social issues include the Clabaugh act, DuBois Club, Leo Koch case, Dow Chemical recruitment on campus, police and National Guard action in response to student protests, Black Students Association, Project 500, Students for a Democratic Society, Jenner hearings, Earthworks cooperative, tenant union, and voter registration.
  • Chuck Olin Digital Film Archive
    History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Chuck Olin Digital Film Archive consists of production elements from two PBS-broadcast documentaries: "In Our Own Hands: The Hidden Story of the Jewish Brigade in World War II," and "Is Jerusalem Burning? Myth, Memory and the Battle of Latrun." Both films, relying primarily on first-person accounts, tell the story of critical episodes in the formation of the nation-state of Israel. The unedited versions of the first-person accounts contained in the collection offer the student or scholar a unique set of primary-source material. Collection size: 8 interviews. BibID: 5791425
  • CIC-AID Rural Development Research Project File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    CIC-AID Rural Development Research Project File (Digital Surrogates), 1961-1963, contains end-of-tour, consultant, executive visit, progress, annual & final project reports; expenditure summaries; training proposals. The project covered 68 rural development contracts in 39 countries undertaken by 35 land grant universities. Contracts included overseas advisory service to host institutions by American university staff members, study in the U.S. by host institution staff (participant training) & commodity assistance to the host institution. The digital surrogates are the Utah and Iran end-of-tour and evaluation report files.
  • CI Lab Notes
    Scholarship
  • Civil War Maps
    Map Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Civil War Maps collection contains maps of the entire United States, regions, individual states, and specific locations. Maps showing actions, events, and situations during the war as well as maps created immediately before and after the war are included. Please contact the Map Library with questions regarding these items via e-mail at charts@library.illinois.edu or by calling 217-333-0827.
  • Clarence A. Berdahl Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Clarence A. Berdahl Papers includes correspondence concerning the American Political Science Association (APSA).
  • Clarendon Van Norman Jr. Collection of Ephemera (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Clarendon Van Norman Jr. Collection of Ephemera consists of printed ephemera dating from 1828 to 1939, related to Illinois. The digitized content contains Illinois broadsides and printed ephemera primarily from the nineteenth century. The materials include a variety of works from the pre-Civil War era such as prospectuses, periodicals, advertisements, newspaper clippings, government documents, and financial records. The items cover topics in Illinois history such as politics and government, construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and business transactions. Also contained within the digitized content are college commencement programs, religious sermons, materials from fraternal organizations, correspondence, sheet music, carrier addresses, and other printed works. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Clarendon Van Norman, Jr. Collection of Lincoln and Illinois Ephemera (MS 852). The collection was partially digitized in 2016, 2017, and 2018. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Cline Center for Advanced Social Research
    Scholarship
    Description
    Mission: Transforming information into knowledge that advances human flourishing.
  • Clinical Law Review, 1994- (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from the Clinical Law Review files include PDF versions of the Clinical Law Review journal, a peer-edited journal published semi-annually that focuses on the theory of the practice of law and clinical legal education. Issues 19.1 (fall 2012) - 28.1 (Fall 2021) are available online.
  • Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing
    Scholarship
    Description
    Each conference exposes librarians, information scientists, and others interested in the technology which surrounds information, to new trends and approaches.
  • Collection of Marcel Proust papers, 1870-1950
    Rare Book & Manuscript Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Papers of the French novelist Marcel Proust (1871-1922) provide a look at the man and his times. Proust had a large and varied number of correspondents, and his letters include an important source of information about Parisian life and French culture at the turn of the century.