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Alida Cynthia Bowler: Responsibility of Privilege
Alida Bowler, Illio, 1911 By all accounts, Alida Cynthia Bowler, psychology graduate of the University of Illinois in 1910 and 1911, was an extraordinary woman. Alida Bowler entered the University in...
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The Educational Agricultural Trolley, 1911
If people don’t flock to the agricultural college, take the agricultural college to the people. In February and March of 1911, the College of Agriculture Extension Service operated two special cars...
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Prairie Alliance: Nuclear Power? No Thanks
In 1975, students of Lachlan F. Blair’s Environmental Planning Workshop wrote three working papers on the impact of a proposed Clinton, Illinois nuclear power plant. As Professor of Urbana Planning at...
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First Ladies of the University of Illinois
As part of the centennial celebration of the University of Illinois, the Mothers Association planned a tribute to the twelve First Ladies of its one hundred year history (1867-1967) during Mother’s Day...
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Halfway House
Observant pedestrians on Mathews Street may have noticed an absence on campus since early summer. Halfway House, the little waiting station that has been a campus landmark since at least 1884, has been...
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Illini Ambulance Volunteers, 1917
One of four posts written for “WWI and Champaign County” of the Town & Gown Speaker Series, a collaboration between the Student Life & Culture Archives and the Champaign County Historical...
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The Women Behind the Men Behind the Guns
The second of four posts written for “WWI and Champaign County” of the Town & Gown Speaker Series, a collaboration between the Student Life & Culture Archives and the Champaign County...
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Student Military Training and the Great War
The third of four posts written for “WWI and Champaign County” of the Town & Gown Speaker Series, a collaboration between the Student Life & Culture Archives and the Champaign County Historical...
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School of Military Aeronautics
The last of four posts written for “WWI and Champaign County” of the Town & Gown Speaker Series, a collaboration between the Student Life & Culture Archives and the Champaign County Historical...
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Champaign County On Film
Champaign County On Film, the second event in the Town & Gown Speaker Series, will be held in the Lewis Auditorium at Urbana Free Library, Wednesday, October 15, at 7pm. The Champaign County...
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