Television Radio and Film

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Articles

A small selection of Pages from our Past articles written by Bill Kemp

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New Year’s Eve 1919 meant hope for better times

One hundred years ago, New Year’s Eve 1919 brought hope for better days to come. After all, the...

Article

Notorious silent movie drew local protests

The 1915 silent film “The Birth of a Nation” is acclaimed today as one of the greatest achievem...

Article

Regan stands in the middle of the photo surrounded by women

Reagan’s conservatism forged during years with GE

U.S. President Ronald Reagan was no stranger to Bloomington-Normal, though most of his visits o...

Article

Biographies

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Rayburn, Jennie

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

Biography

Wunderlich, Gerald “Jerry” White

Gerald “Jerry” Wunderlich (sometimes spelled Wonderlich) was born on August 25, 1889 in Chicago...

Biography

Blog

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McHistory: Paul Rhymer, the man who put Bloomington 'on the air'

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

Blog Post

Farming in the Great Corn Belt

Digital Exhibit

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Home Bureau

Clara Brian's work as McLean County’s Home Bureau advisor (1918 to 1945) dramatically impr...

Digital Exhibit

Finding Aids

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Beyond Normal Films

The collection includes some newspaper clippings from 1996 through 2018 about the organization,...

Finding Aid

Normal Theater

The Normal Theater was built by Sylvan and Ruth Kupfer, who owned the 209 North Street lot wher...

Finding Aid

Scott, Sandra

This collection includes an array of materials such as job resumes; samples of work at WJBC Rad...

Finding Aid

Working for a Living

Digital Exhibit

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Sound Advancements

Engineers working at Bloomington’s WJBC AM radio developed new audio recording technologies tha...

Digital Exhibit