Collection highlights and information about IWU’s Tate Archives & Special Collections
Posted in Unexplored collections on Sep 4th, 2009
In a previous post, I described collections we hold related to Political Science. One of these collections contains manuscripts, publications and memorabilia related to 17th Congressional District Representative Leslie C. Arends (1935-1975). Thanks to the talents and efforts of Physical Plant employees, we were able to move a cleaned and polished Arends’ desk, previously stored [...]
Posted in Campus units, Local organizations, Unexplored collections on Mar 24th, 2009
Special Collections has two manuscript collections related to state and national politics: The Leslie Arends Congressional Collection and the 1970 Illinois Constitutional Convention papers of IWU PoliSci professor and Con-Con delegate John Wenum. The 1970 Con Con resulted in a first-ever state Constitution that explicitly guaranteed citizens’ right to a healthy environment.
The Arends Collection is [...]
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