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Library contain materials which represent or depict sensitive topics or were written from perspectives using outdated or biased language.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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  • Default collection for College and Research Libraries 44 (1983)
    Scholarship
    Description
    This collection was created automatically along with its parent unit.
  • Default collection for College and Research Libraries 49 (1988)
    Scholarship
    Description
    This collection was created automatically along with its parent unit.
  • Default collection for College and Research Libraries 52 (1991)
    Scholarship
    Description
    This collection was created automatically along with its parent unit.
  • Default collection for College and Research Libraries 57 (1996)
    Scholarship
    Description
    This collection was created automatically along with its parent unit.
  • Default collection for Dept. of Physical Education (1895-1987)
    Scholarship
    Description
    This collection was created automatically along with its parent unit.
  • Default collection for Global Education Symposia
    Scholarship
    Description
    This collection was created automatically along with its parent unit.
  • Default collection for Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Scholarship
    Description
    This collection was created automatically along with its parent unit.
  • Default collection for Alleyne Research Group
    Scholarship
    Description
    This collection was created automatically along with its parent unit.
  • Default collection for Dept. of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
    Scholarship
    Description
    This collection was created automatically along with its parent unit.
  • Default collection for Innovation Research and Education
    Scholarship
    Description
    This collection was created automatically along with its parent unit.
  • Default collection for Dept. of Landscape Architecture
    Scholarship
    Description
    This collection was created automatically along with its parent unit.
  • Default collection for Dept. of Theatre
    Scholarship
    Description
    This collection was created automatically along with its parent unit.
  • Default collection for Dept. of Animal/Veterinary Pathology and Hygiene (1941-1957)
    Scholarship
    Description
    This collection was created automatically along with its parent unit.
  • Knowledge Base - Restricted
    Scholarship
  • iConference 2018 Poster Descriptions
    Scholarship
  • Dissertations and Theses
    Scholarship
  • Student Open Educational Resources
    Scholarship
  • Lightning Talks 2018 - Master's Student Showcase, School of Information Sciences
    Scholarship
  • Regents' Letterbooks (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogaates from Regents' Letterbooks, 1879-1894, contains correspondence from Regents John M. Gregory (1879-80), Selim H. Peabody (1880-91) and Thomas J. Burrill (1892-94) to trustees, students, parents, vendors, federal and state officials, applicants for positions and the public concerning staff appointments, student grades, speaking engagements, student government, military training, art and design, expositions, non-discrimination, sale and rental of University lands in Nebraska and Minnesota (1882-89), high school articulation, student life, football and other University affairs.
  • 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.
  • Progressive Education Association Records (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Progressive Education Association Records includes correspondence, proposals, budget, and minutes concerning the Carnegie Foundation and General Education Board.
  • The Sycamore Tribune (Sycamore, Dekalb County, Ill.) 1903-1965
    History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
  • The local record (Shawneetown [i.e., Old Shawneetown], Ill.)
    History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
  • Althea H. Warren Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the papers of Althea H. Warren, president (1943-44), including correspondence on the American Library in Paris and aid to libraries in war areas.
  • WILL Radio and Television Scripts (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of WILL Radio and Television Scripts include scrapbook of listener opinions.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • AALS Section on International Human Rights Publications (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records from the AALS Section on International Human Rights Publications contain newsletters concerning the activities and administration of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on International Human Rights and calls for papers for Section's sessions on "Domestic Humanitarian Law" and "Human Rights Outside the West" to be held at the 2017 AALS Annual Meeting, on "Empirical Approaches to Human Rights Law and the Rise of 'Indicators'" and "New Voices in Human Rights and International Law" to be held at the 2019 AALS Annual Meeting, and "Children's Rights at 30: Challenges for the Next Generation" and "New Voices in Human Rights and International Law" to be held at the 2020 AALS Annual Meeting.
  • Steven Salaita Controversy Reference File (Born Digital Records and Clippings Index)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records and Clippings Index from the Steven Salaita Controversy Reference File (2007-2015), documents publicly-available resources regarding the decision by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees to deny an offer of employment to Steven Salaita on August 1, 2014. The preserved materials comprise an index of textual documents from the records of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and or/other public (i.e. Internet-accessible) resources such as news articles, blog postings, and public tweets. The index organizes these materials by type of material, and chronologically by date of creation thereunder. Phys. Desc: Contains preservation copies of publicly available documents, websites, blogs, social media postings, and audio and video streams stored in the Internet Archive or other preservation systems managed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Files have undergone minimal processing, and may require the use of specialized software for display and access. Formats include DOC, PPT, PDF, AVI, MPG, MP4, MHTML and WARC. Additional Digital Materials include 3.05 GB of files. Files have undergone minimal processing, and may require the use of specialized software for display and access.
  • University Archives Reference File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates from the University Archives Reference File contains articles and digital exhibits, pertaining to materials held at the Archives' ready reference file. Electronic records available for this Series include the following material associated with paper folders: Notable University Residence Hall Alumni, ca.2000: Document, presumably created by University Housing, listing selected notable University alumni and their former addresses in University Residence Halls. Found in: University Archives Reference File, 1963- > Box 5 > Folder 20: Housing. Vermillion River Observatory History, spring 2005: Article from from the ECE Alumni News, vol. XXXIX, Spring 2005. This article was created by Hutchinson, James Andrew (Jamie). Found in: University Archives Reference File, 1963- >Box 7 > Folder 71: Observatory. Unofficial St. Patrick's Day: The Official Story, March 2014: Blog post prepared by Archives' staff, documenting the history of the event known as "Unofficial", and providing relevant sources for research. Avaliable at: http://archives.library.illinois.edu/blog/unofficial/. Found in: University Archives Reference File, 1963- > Box 9 > Folder 23: Unofficial St. Patrick's Day. Project 500 Online Exhibit, May 2013:Online exhibit created by students as a class project for History 386, Public History, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Available at: http://project500.omeka.net/exhibits/show/bpi. Found in: University Archives Reference File, 1963- >Box 8 > Folder 49: Special Educational Opportunities Program (SEOP).
  • Joseph W. Royer Architectural Drawings (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Joseph W. Royer Architectural Drawings (Digital Surrogates), 1927-1929, contains digitized architectural plans relating to blueprints of structural, heating, plumbing, and electrical features of buildings completed by Royer, Danely, and Smith Architects of Urbana, Illinois including: Zeta Tau Alpha Chapter House (Urbana), Chicago Heights (Bloom Township) High School, Illinois Women's College [MacMurray College] Science Building (Jacksonville, Illinois), Illinois Women's College Residence Hall (Jacksonville, Illinois), and a Cavalry Armory (Urbana). Digitized material includes all paper records from record series 26/20/162 held by the University Archives. An access copy of all materials is available upon request.
  • ARLIS/NA Discussion Group, Working Group, and User Group Issuances and Publications (Born Digital Records)
    Art Libraries Society of North America Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from ARLIS/NA Discussion Group, Working Group, and User Group Issuances and Publications contain the Artist File Working Group's publication Artist Files Revealed: Documentation and Access (2009, 2010), the ARTbibliographies Modern and Design and Applied Arts Index Users Group's meeting presentation (2007), and minutes of discussion group, working group, and user group meetings from Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) conferences (2005, 2007).
  • Andrew V. Nalbandov Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Andrew V. Nalbandov Papers (Digital Surrogates), ca. 1920-1945, includes digitized handwritten journals, personal memoirs, correspondence, postcards & documents of Vladimir S. Nalbandov (father of Andrew V. Nalbandov) relating to the Nalbandov, Schlee & related families, landowners in the Simferopol region of the Crimea; agricultural practices; education; social life; business; politics; ethnic groups; the Russian Revolution in the Crimea; emigration to western Europe (1920-27) and the United States (1936, 1945-48). Digitized journal include attached photographs. Electronic records pertaining to this Series include Nalbandov's digitized handwritten journal in Russian and its translation to English (2013-2014) by his granddaughter, Olga Griminger. Digitized materials pertain to box 2 from the original material held at the Archives.
  • Extension Audiovisual Materials (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Extension Audiovisual Materials include film and audiotape recordings concerning the Knox County 4-H Show (1956) featuring cattle and sheep showing events; advertisements for the "Mealtime USA: Food from the Field to the Table" extension program at Carl Sandberg Junior College in Galesburg, IL (ca. 1970s) featuring talks including crepe making, pre-natal nutrition, pest prevention, and meat smoker construction. Series includes one 1/4" audiotape, two 16mm films, and DVD copies of each film.
  • Roger Ebert's Film Festival Audiovisual Materials (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Roger Ebert's Film Festival Audiovisual Materials includes video recordings made during the annual Ebertfest held in Champaign Illinois. Recordings include introductions to films, Q&A sessions, and panel discussions concerning independent films, film criticism, film production, directing, acting, and film awards. Significant appearances include Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, Brie Larson, Shailene Woodley, Patton Oswald, Tilda Swinton, and Tim Blake Nelson.
  • Washington Office Photograph File (Born Digital)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital born photographs from the Washington Office Photograph File, containing photographs from the 2003 National Legislative Day, including photographs of Ralph Nader, Bernie Sanders, Emily Sheketoff, Keith Michael Fiels, and Bernadine Abbott Hoduski.
  • World War II National Defense Subject File (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of World War II National Defense Subject Files of Carl Milam including correspondence on book drives (1941) and campaigns (1942-45); camp libraries (1940-41); U.S. government documents (1942-43); ALA committee activities; national defense activities of libraries in 29 states (1940-41); Japanese Relocation Centers (1943); U.S. Office of Education (1941); devastated libraries (1940-45); Office of War Information (1943-44); Surveys of Public and University Library needs (1941), and destruction of National Socialist literature by the Allies in 1946 and protests against such destruction.
  • RBML Manuscript Collection
    Rare Book & Manuscript Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The RBML Manuscript Collection features exemplars of illuminated manuscripts and handwritten texts showcasing a variety of languages and cultures. These manuscripts offer a look into the development of binding and textual technologies that are idiosyncratic to the history of the book.
  • Office of the Dean of Students Programs and Services Annual Reports (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Dean of Men's Office Annual Reports contain digitized reports detailing the activities of the Dean and employees in the office regarding student life, student employment, student discipline, student scholarship, fraternities, sororities, financial aid, housing, student organizations, student government, speaking engagements, and the Council of Administration.
  • Chicago Examiner (Chicago, Ill.) 1903-1918
    History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library  ·   Digital Special Collections