University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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  • Carl H. Milam's American Library in Paris Correspondence (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Correspondence files of ALA Executive Secretary Carl H. Milam concerning the American Library in Paris. The correspondence covers the period from two years after ALP's incorporation in 1920 through World War II and concerns plans, goals, projects and activities of ALP, financial status and budgets, selection and evaluation of ALP staff and trustees, the monthly literary review Ex Libris (inaugurated in 1923), the Reference Service on International Affairs, the Paris Library School and the Service to Soliders during World War II. Principal correspondents are ALP directors W. Dawson Johnston (1922-25), Burton Stevenson (1926-30), Robert Davis (1931- 34), Helen Latrap (1935) and Dorothy M. Reeder (1936-41); chairmen of the American Committee for the ALP Henry N. MacCracken (1923-24) and Earle B. Babcock (1924); president of the trustees Edward A. Sumner (1939-45) and other members of the Board of Trustees.
  • Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
    Scholarship
  • Carl Sandburg Collection
    Rare Book & Manuscript Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The more than 2,700 photographs in this collection are scanned from the Carl Sandburg Collection housed in The Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Spanning the years 1893-1987, these images are part of a collection that includes typescripts and galley proofs of many of Sandburg's works, his correspondence with literary and public figures, recordings and transcriptions of Sandburg's radio broadcasts, and a supporting book collection of approximately 5,000 volumes.
  • Carl Stephens Manuscript, History of the University of Illinois (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Carl Stephens Manuscript, History of the University of Illinois (Digital Surrogates), 1946-1947, contains a digitized manuscript by Carl Stephens that recounts the history of the University of Illinois and its students from its founding in 1867 to 1947. Digitized material contains penciled marginal notations and a handwritten revision note.
  • Carl Woese Papers (Born Digital Records and Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Electronic records from the Carl Woese Papers (1960, 1988-2012), include digital surrogates and born-digital drafts of manuscripts, correspondence, biographical sketches, laboratory notes and notebooks, and genomic research data concerning Carl R. Woese's career as Professor of Microbiology, his research on evolution, microbiology, genetic code, and ribosomal RNA sequencing, winning the Craaford Prize in Biosciences in 2003, and the legacy of Archaea. Also includes digital surrogates of Professor Woese's laboratory notebook from General Electric (1960).
  • Caroline M. Hibbard
    Scholarship
  • Caroline Webster Papers, 1917-1921 (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the Papers of Caroline Webster as assistant to the director of the Library War Service head of the Hospital Library Service, and member of the Committee on an Enlarged Program for American Library Service containing correspondence with the American Red Cross (1918-1921); with Gertrude Rider of the committee on Work with the Blind, the New York Association for the Blind, and the Perkins Institute for the Blind (1919-1920); with dispatch offices (1919- 1920); concerning the establishment of public libraries in the Virgin Islands (1917, 1919-1920); with the Hospital Library Service personnel (1919-1921); postwar library service correspondence with national organizations (1919-1921); postwar library service records (1919-20).
  • Carrie E. Ober Letter (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Carrie E. Ober Letter consists of one letter from Carrie Ober to her cousin, Isa. Carrie E. Ober and her husband, Albert Ober, moved from Beverly, Massachusetts, to Three Oaks, Michigan, around 1870. The recipient of her letter, Carrie’s cousin Ida, lived in Massachusetts. Three Oaks is a village in Southwest Michigan that had a stop on a high-traffic route of the Michigan Central Railroad. The digitized content contains one letter dated October 14, 1871, from Carrie Ober to her cousin, Isa. The letter describes the outbreak of fires in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Illinois, including the Great Chicago Fire, and recounts details such as causalities and acres of land burned. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Carrie E. Ober Letter (MS 1059). The collection was completely digitized in 2020. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • La Casa Cultural Latina Publications (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Publications of La Casa Cultural Latina including: La Carta Informativa newsletter (1979-85, 1991-1993, 1998), La Carta newsletter (1986-1990, 1994-1996 2000, 2002-2004, 2006), El Boletin (1992-1993, 1995-97), The Literary Magazine (1982-91, 2004), Nuestra Carta (1994), Llamado de Alerta (1998), newsclippings, and other publications.
  • La Casa Cultural Latina Records (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the La Casa Cultural Latina Records includes digitized interviews from the Latino Input with Roberto Hernandez, Dan Perrino, and Dr. Henry Trebaj, 1974-75
  • CAS/MillerComm Lecture Recordings (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of CAS/MillerComm Lecture Recordings includes digitized audiocassette recordings of lectures given at the University of Illinois part of the CAS/MillerComm series.
  • Cataloging and Metadata Management Section Committee Files (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of files of Cataloging and Metadata Management Section committees and subcommittees, contains correspondence, reports and related material on projects and activities, committees include the Board on Personnel Administration and committees on Cataloging and Classification, Descriptive Cataloging, Dewey Decimal Classification, Committee on Cooperation with Lake Placid Foundation (1929-1948), Editorial Policy, Filing Rules, Policy and Research (1982-1992), Regional Groups, Relations with ALA and the Journal of Cataloging and Classification, Subject Analysis and Organization of Library Materials (1970-98), the Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) (1979-94), and the Joint Steering Committee on AACR2 (1988-94), includes Gordon & Breach vs. Barschall litigation (1989-90).
  • Cavagna Sangiuliani Collection
    Rare Book & Manuscript Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani (1843-1913) was a public official, book collector, and recognized authority on the history of the Lombardy and Piedmont regions in northern Italy. His library contained tens of thousands of books on history, genealogy, biography, and law, including city statutes and organizational bylaws. The manuscripts in the collection especially reflect the study of local history and include charters, chronicles, investitures, leases, and other legal instruments relating to Italian cities, organizations, and families. All aspects of Italian history, from the Middle Ages to the first years of the twentieth century, are prominently represented in the Cavagna Sangiuliani Collection. Other topics which are heavily represented include art and architecture, church history and hagiography, engineering and fortification, military and religious orders, monasticism and religious life, Roman history and antiquities, and Italian academies and universities. Primarily in Italian, the collection also contains works in Latin, French, and German. Among the books in the collection are incunables, rare and early printed books, pamphlets, and ephemera. Many of the historical documents are unique and found in no other library worldwide. In addition, the Cavagna Sangiuliani Collection also contains several thousand maps, both printed and manuscript.
  • CEE Supplementary Materials on Social Services & Civil Society
    Scholarship
  • CEMREL Aesthetic Education Program Audio Recordings (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    CEMREL Aesthetic Education Program Audio Recordings include reel-to-reel and cassette tapes used by aesthetic educational programs and projects in the research and development of curriculum packages and final production copies of audio recordings that formed part of published curricular packages. Digtized audio recordings include "Critical Audience" interviews with Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert (in New York City on October 1, 1974), Cecil Smith, and Charles Champlin (1974).
  • Center for Advanced Computation
    Scholarship
  • Center for Advanced Study Audiovisual Materials (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Center for Advanced Study Audioviual Material includes digitized tapes of music regarding the Tiananamen Square Protests.
  • Center for African Studies
    Scholarship
  • Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology
    Scholarship
  • Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies
    Scholarship
  • Center for Global Studies
    Scholarship
  • Center for Global Studies Curriculum Modules
    Scholarship
  • Center for Global Studies Faculty Publications
    Scholarship
  • Center for Global Studies Newsletter
    Scholarship
  • Center for Global Studies Occasional Papers
    Scholarship
  • Center for Global Studies Policy Brief
    Scholarship
  • Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship
    Scholarship
    Description
    Research and publications from the Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship
  • Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning
    Scholarship
    Description
    CITL's Mission: Explore and promote innovative teaching to support transformative learning experiences in all modalities.
  • Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
    Scholarship
  • Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
    Scholarship
  • Center for Online Learning, Research and Service (COLRS) - UIS
    Scholarship
  • Center for the Study of Reading
    Scholarship
  • Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society (Born Digital Records), 2002-2011, includes grant submissions, newsletters, brochures, budgets, minutes, reports, presentations, publications, and photographs concerning racial diversity on campus, student voting, hate crimes, civic diversity, health disparities, and racial discrimination. The files include a copy of the CDMS production website and office files organized into the following folders: Access-for-Students; Current-GRANTS; EWI; files; and web. A snapshot version of the CDMS website is available at the URL listed below. A .zip file containing files that cannot be placed online due to copyright or other reasons is available from the University Archives upon request. The files in the zip packet include a copy of the CDMS production website and office files organized into the following folders: Access-for-Students; Current-GRANTS; EWI; files; and website.
  • Central Illinois Jewish Communities Oral History Project Collection
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The born digital content of the Central Illinois Jewish Communities Oral History Collection consists of interviews with Jewish individuals who resided in Illinois during the mid-to-late 20th century, with a focus on members of small to midsized Jewish communities in central Illinois. The collection reflects the lived experiences of Jewish Illinoisans and documents the history of Jewish communities in the state. Interviews typically discuss religious practices, education, community and faith-based organizations, immigration, and Jewish identity. The born digital content includes MP3 audio files of interviews and PDF files of interview transcriptions. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the items of the Illinois Jewish Communities Oral History Collection. Interviews were primarily collected by the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections starting in 2023; however, interviews conducted by community interviewers in 2022 are also included. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • The Centrality of Advanced Digitally ENabled Science (CADENS)
    Scholarship
  • Century of Progress Tickets and Passes (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Century of Progress, Tickets and Passes, 1934 consists of one volume of tickets and passes from the 1933-1934 A Century of Progress International Exhibition (also known as the Chicago World's Fair). The tickets and passes have been pasted onto 36 pages. The volume was compiled by Ernst Hertzberg & Sons, bookbinders in Chicago. They gifted this specially bound volume to the library in 1935. The collection contains a volume of admission tickets and passes, many of which are stamped "SPECIMEN." The tickets vary, with some being for entry to the fair itself while other tickets provide admission to the various exhibits throughout the fair. Most of the items are dated 1934, the second year of the Century of Progress International Exposition. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Century of Progress, Tickets and Passes, 1934 (MS 972). The collection was completely digitized in 2025. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Certificate of Advanced Study Project Reports - Information Sciences
    Scholarship
  • Champaign County Greenways and Trails Committee Plan and Maps (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Champaign County Greenways and Trails Committee Plan and Maps (Born Digital Records), 2004, contains the Champaign County Greenways and Trails Plan, prepared by the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission. The plan includes Champaign- Urbana - Savoy greenways and trails system maps in relation to recreation-based places of interest, the transportation system and frequent traffic generators.
  • The Champaign Daily News (Champaign, Ill.) 1895-1919
    History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
  • Champaign-Urbana Historic Built Environment
    Champaign County Historical Archives (Urbana Free Library)  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Illinois Built Environment collection provides to the public a first-hand view of select original documents used to shape the Campus. Among others, items include hand sketches of campus plans, original trace and linen drawings of many of the Central Quadrangle buildings, four separate proposed sketches for the original Library, now known as Altgeld Hall, and watercolor renderings for the display of the Alma Mater and many buildings. This collection will grow over time as more original drawings, sketches and renderings are released for public use. Collection size: approximately 270 items. Digitization of this collection was conducted by The Urbana Free Library, with funding provided by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, an Office of the Secretary of State, with funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act. Access the full collection here: http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/search/collection/ufl