Special Collections houses a number of mysteries some enterprising researcher may be able to mine for treasures. Here are a few items and what little information we have about them:<\/p>\n
Five photo albums from the 19th Century, some with people identifed, some not, and\u00a0only one\u00a0with clues about the people’s relationship to IWU.<\/p>\n
Barry Lennon Farm Records, 1842-52<\/p>\n
Correspondence and photos\u00a0from World War I soldiers<\/p>\n
Correspondence from several World War II servicemen to Nell (Carmichael) Livingston<\/p>\n
Notes, reports and ephemera of Henry Filip, physicist at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in the 1970s<\/p>\n
A journal with\u00a0some ledger-type of entries (1842-45)\u00a0but mostly a beautiful, albeit dense handwriting. The name that appears the most is Thomas Storm Hubbard. Interestingly, on one page where he writes his names several times there also appears, in large letters, the word “Fearlessness.”<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Special Collections houses a number of mysteries some enterprising researcher may be able to mine for treasures. Here are a few items and what little information we have about them: Five photo albums from the 19th Century, some with people … Continue reading