In an article published today IWU Manager of Grounds Services Eric Nelson told the story of a campus bur oak that fell after a heavy rain. The oldest clear image found in IWU’s archival collections is in the 1929 yearbook, The Wesleyana (p. 15).
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- Image of Stevenson cropped so the bur oak is at the right edge. (click all to enlarge)
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- Full view from 1929 Wesleyana
Here is a selection of other views over the years!
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- Aerial view of campus from the north, ca. 1933. (click all to enlarge)
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- Aerial view of campus from the south, ca. 1933
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- Aerial closeup of bur oak between Stevenson and Sheean Library, ca1968, from the West
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- Aerial closeup of bur oak between Stevenson and Sheean Library, ca. 1974, from the East
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- Closeup in winter 1984
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- Stevenson Bur Oak in 2011
Stories from the Archives are always super cool!