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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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