9/11 Collection

The 9/11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic group, al-Quada against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attack killed 2996 people, injured over 6000 people and caused about $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage, destroying the World Trade Center building and complex. The Pentagon was also damaged. Daryl D. Maxwell collected this material.

The collection includes a copy of President George W. Bush’s address to the nation, responses to the event in Bloomington/Normal, materials from the WJBC and ISU memorial service, photographs, World Trade Center postcards, news magazines from 9/10/2001 – 1/3/2002 and miscellaneous materials.