Spring

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Articles

Pages from our Past articles written by Bill Kemp

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ISU held racially segregated spring dances in the 1930s and ’40s

The racial climate throughout the United States deteriorated steadily in the first quarter of t...

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Lightning a menace, past and present

On May 20, 1897, a heavy afternoon shower accompanied by a “brilliant electrical display” passe...

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Springtime once meant return of prairie flowers

Novelist, poet, essayist and farmer Wendell Berry has said that we live in a time of “punishmen...

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‘Pop’ Horton organized campus circus fraternity in 1929

Today marks the 38th anniversary of the death of Dr. Clifford E. Horton, one of the titans of I...

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Easter Parade, LeRoy Style, 1937

On Sunday, April 9, 1937, The Pantagraph ran a photo spread on LeRoy ladies getting ready for E...

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McHistory: McLean County’s Connection to the Tri-State Tornado of 1925

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, 4: Beware of March Snowstorms!

Little is known about this photograph from the Museum archives except the date—March 7, 1931. A...

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