Memorial Day seems like a good time to highlight military-related documents held at IWU. Students, alumni, faculty and administrators have served in all U.S. wars since IWU’s founding. Diaries, correspondence, service records and recollections are held in both our archives and special collections.
Examples of these documents include service applications of the WWII-era Nurse’s Cadet Corps, alumni responses [...]
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Special Collections holds a number of volumes in French. One part of these holdings was described at the time of donation as ”French Socialist Literature,” but topics vary and include literature and politics with dates ranging from the early-1800s to mid-1900s. Selected titles follow:
Clerget, Pierre. La Suisse au XXe Siecle: Etude Economique et Sociale. Paris: Colin, 1908.
Duffeyte-Dilhan, J. Aux Femmes: [...]
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Posted in Cultural Studies on Apr 13th, 2009
April is National Poetry Month, and I thought I’d mention a few places where poetry can be found in our vaults.
Special Collections
We have a growing collection of Beat Generation material. This is primarily poetry in book and magazine/journal review format but biographies and some criticism is held here, too. More of the primary and secondary source material is available in the main [...]
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Posted in Cultural Studies, Faculty on Mar 3rd, 2009
Special Collections has four collections of material for researchers interested in John Wesley Powell and the western U.S.
a manuscript collection of correspondence and articles written by researchers who have contacted IWU for information on Powell over the years,
a collection of books by and about Powell and the American West,
a wide range of material collected by Marcia Thomas [...]
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Posted in Local organizations on Mar 3rd, 2009
In October 2006, we opened a new collection for primary source materials: The Ecology Action Center Collection of organizational records. The group began as one of the first not-for-profit recycling centers in Illinois in 1971. Today, it continues to work with the three local governments (McLean County, Town of Normal, and City of Bloomington) to increase [...]
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Posted in Alumni, Faculty on Mar 3rd, 2009
Tate Archives & Special Collections opened this digital collection in 2004.
The World War II Correspondence of former faculty member and alumni (’49) Fred B. Brian are now available to virtual visitors. On-site visitors to the archives are always welcome, too! We are located in the beautiful Ames Library on the southern end of the Illinois Wesleyan University campus.
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