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University Archives
The University Archives is the official repository for university records. Materials housed in the University Archives include records of administrative offices and faculty and student organizations, publications issued by the university, student newspapers, yearbooks, faculty publications, and masters theses, as well as photographs, oral history tapes, and memorabilia relating to the university. Contents of the University's time capsule, opened September 23, 1999, as part of the University's Centennial Celebration, are now part of the Archives' permanent collection. The Archival Collection is a record of the university's contribution to knowledge as well as a reflection of its development and operation.
Digital Collections
Selected items &/or guides from the University Archives & Special Collections have been digitized, including:
- Activism at WIU
- Board of Trustees Records (WIU)
- Casa Latina Collection (WIU)
- Digital Image Collection (WIU / West Central Illinois)
- Laboratory School History Collection (WIU)
- Oral History Collection (WIU / West Central Illinois)
- Sequel Yearbook Collection (WIU)
- Student Publications (WIU)
- Western Courier Collection (WIU)
- WIU Bulletin Collection
- WIU Sports History Collection
Finding Aids
President:
- PRES 1902 1903.pdf
- PRES 1902 1903.htm
- PRES 1916 1917.pdf
- PRES 1916 1917.htm
- PRES 1921 1922.pdf
- PRES 1921 1922.htm
- PRES 1922-1923.pdf
- PRES 1922-1923.htm
- PRES 1925-1926.pdf
- PRES 1925-1926.htm
- PresidentsHistoricalFiles.pdf
- PresidentsHistoricalFiles.htm
- PROV5859.pdf
- PROV5859.htm
Provost:
Art Gallery:
Examples of Student Papers:
- Western Illinois University’s “Unsung” Heroes: Walter P. Morgan.(PDF)
- Western Illinois University’s “Unsung” Heroes: Walter P. Morgan.(HTML)
Faculty Presentations:
- Japanese-American Students at Western Illinois State Teachers College During World War Two -- Dr. Michael Lorenzen
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