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Biographies

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Adams, Dr. William Henry Harrison

Dr. William Henry Harrison Adams was born on March 30, 1840 in Effingham County, Illinois. He w...

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Allin, James

James Allin was born on January 13, 1788 in North Carolina. He was the son of Isaac and Sarah F...

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Benjamin, Reuben Moore

Reuben Moore Benjamin was born on June 29, 1833 in Chatham Center, Columbia County, New York (2...

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DeMotte, Harvey C.

Harvey Clelland DeMotte was a devoted and beloved teacher who worked to bring out the best in e...

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FitzHenry, Judge Louis

Louis FitzHenry was born in Bloomington on June 13, 1870. He was the oldest son born to Hiram a...

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Funk, Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin Funk was born on October 17, 1837 to Isaac and Cassandra Funk. Benjamin was t...

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Henderson, Effie

Effie Henderson was born on October 29, 1859 in Towanda, Illinois. Her parents, Franklin and Sa...

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Holder, Julia

Julia Montrose Holder was on born December 24, 1884 in Bloomington, Illinois to Dan and Kate (S...

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Howard, Emily

At the turn of the twentieth century, when the public reception of visual arts in Bloomington, ...

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Kessler, Frances

Frances Kessler had a passion for music and education. Music had always been an interest in her...

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Locher, Beulah Baker

Beulah Baker Locher was born on January 7, 1881 in Gibson City. She was the daughter of Frank R...

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Rayburn, Jennie

Jane “Jennie” Buttolph Rayburn was born May 11, 1858 in Middlebury, Vermont a daughter of Willi...

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Rhymer, Paul

Paul Rhymer (1905-1964) a Bloomington High School graduate, was considered one of the great wri...

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Saltzman-Stevens, Minnie

The story of Minnie Saltzman-Stevens is a Cinderella story of the musical arts. She rose from a...

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Stewart, Grace Huddleston

Grace Huddleston Stewart became known throughout Bloomington after she brought a fair housing c...

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Blog

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Aaron Copland at IWU February 1958

Composer Aaron Copland was the featured guest for Illinois Wesleyan University's Seventh A...

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Angelic Coeds, September 27, 1940 Dedication of the Van Leer Chime Tower

Bill Kemp's “Page from Our Past” column in the Pantagraph (linked below) detailed the hist...

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Back to School Illinois Wesleyan, September 1938

Monday, August 29, 2016 marked the first day of classes for the 2016-2017 school year at Illino...

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Carolyn Cameron ‘Miss Bloomington’ 1950

In July 1950, 19-year-old Carolyn Cameron of Pekin was crowned Jaycees’ “Miss Bloomington” 1950...

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En Garde! Fencing Comes to Wesleyan April 1941

In the spring of 1941, fencing became the newest sport on the Illinois Wesleyan University camp...

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McHistory: Voices Of The Past Come Alive

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big momen...

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Photo of the Week, 10: “A Full House” at “The Wesleyan,” November 1924

Mostly everything in the Museum's collections have been donated by people who like to save...

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Photo of the Week, 83: Swiped Bell Returned to Redbird Roost, September 20, 1967

Back in the 1960s when Illinois State University and Illinois Wesleyan University still played ...

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Prairie Daze Hudson, July 12, 1980

Acacia fraternity members from Illinois Wesleyan University compete in the outhouse race at Hud...

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The Great Levant, February 1950 Pianist performs in Bloomington

Oscar Levant (right), the famed American pianist, composer, and actor, performed with the Bloom...

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Wesleyan Homecoming, October 1958 Titans Rough Up the Bluejays

Fifty-seven years ago, Saturday, October 25, 1958, Wesleyan easily dispatched visiting Elmhurst...

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Wilder Field, IWU July 1938

Illinois Wesleyan University's Wilder Field was built with Works Progress Administration (...

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Finding Aids

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Bartman, Fannie Mae

Fannie Mae Bartman was born in 1910 on a farm near New Holland, IL, to Koert and Sunkea Janssen...

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Engle Family Papers

The Engle Family Papers Collection consists of 2 boxes. It contains mostly school notebooks com...

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IWU Marketing Class Papers

Associate Professor of Business Administration Fred Hoyt has long asked his students to each st...

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Illinois Wesleyan University

Illinois Wesleyan University was founded in 1850, with its first building erected in its curren...

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LaBounty, William P.

William P. LaBounty was born September 1, 1930, educated in Bloomington schools, and IWU, enlis...

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Quinn, Jean Family

Jean Quinn was born Shirley Jean Quinn on November 3, 1927, the only child of Forrest and Ruth ...

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Wilson, Harrold B. Collection

Harrold Braden Wilson was born June 13, 1904, in Weldon, Illinois, and died June 3, 1991, in Bl...

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World War II Home Front Oral Histories

The Interviewers were senior students of W. Michael Weis, Ph.D., Professor of History at Illino...

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Young, Fred H.

Fred H. Young (1892-1980) was born September 21, 1892, in Normal, and graduated from Illinois W...

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Oral Histories

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Irene Barnes

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Research

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Post Amerikan

Held by the MCMH and digitized by Eastern Illinois University. The Post Amerikan began publicat...

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