Items | Digital Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

U.S. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission commemorative tree markers
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1935 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A circular created by the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission advertising the sale of "Commemorative Tree Markers at $1.00 each" as an aspect of the Sesquicentennial Celebration of the United States. This advertisement includes sample pictures of the tree markers and an order form.
Connecticut River Railway Line poster
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1875 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A poster of the "Connecticut River Railway Line. The Great Pleasure and Mail Route From Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, to the White Mountains, Green Mountains, Quebec and Montreal." The "General Offices" are located in Springfield, Massachusetts. This poster includes a map of the railway.
Guittard, Claude B.
Image | 1898 | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris CollectionClosed book, top cover decorated with interlaced cornerpieces and central frame in which is an escutcheon parted per pale (down the middle), crossed sword and dagger on left, 3 scallop shells on right and text: 'E LIBRIS 1898'. the motto is written on the fore edge of the book.
Library of Congress
Image | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris CollectionGrey ink on beige paper with American eagle with wings spread situated above a circular seal.
Catholic University of America
Image | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris CollectionUniversity seal. Within a wreath, motto: Deus lux mea (God is my light) between an eagle bearing an escutcheon (Great Seal of the United States) surmounted by a cross within a sunburst and an oil lamp on a book before a row of books.
Miss Van Valkenburg and Mr. H. W. Craver in Washington, D.C.
Image | 1914 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPicture #79: Miss Van Valkenburg / Mr. H. W. Craver / Mr. ?
A Group of Librarians in Washington, D.C.
Image | 1929 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPicture #116: Waiting for President Hoover to come down centre First Row: Miss A. S. Tyler / C. B. Ruden / F. P. Hill / G. B. Utley / R. R. Bowker / Mrs. R. R. Bowker / H. L. Koopman / H. H. B. Meyer / President Linda Eastman (Far Right)
A Group of Librarians in Washington, D.C.
Image | 1914 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPicture #78: From Left: President E. H. Anderson / Ex-Presidents: Gould / Andrews / Bustwick / Legler / Carr
Letter from Justin S. Morrill to Jonathan Baldwin Turner, December 30, 1861
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1861 | Jonathan Baldwin Turner Papers (Digitized Content)Letter written from Justin S. Morrill, serving in the US House of Representatives, to Jonathan Baldwin Turner. In this letter, Morrill writes that he is happy to sign this bill into a law, thus coming one step closing to founding a land grant university in Illinois. Morrill is best known for establishing land grant universities through the Land Grant College Act, also named ...
Jeanette Adams in the Library of Congress Poetry Room, 1986
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1986 | Gwendolyn Brooks Digital CollectionJeanette Adams reading into a mic at the Library of Congress Poetry Room, color photograph, "Jeanette Adams reading in Poetry Room LIbrary of Congress" inscribed on vers.
Crowd attending a Library of Congress reception in honor of Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1986 | Gwendolyn Brooks Digital CollectionWoman by a window at a Library of Congress reception, color photograph. "Library of Congress (reception)" inscribed on verso
Gwendolyn Brooks reading from "The Black Poets" by Dudley Randall, at the Library of Congress Poetry Room, November 19, 1985
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1985 | Gwendolyn Brooks Digital CollectionGwendolyn Brooks reading from "The Black Poets" by Dudley Randall, color photograph, November 19 1985. Enclosed in a letter from Valerie Washington, "Gwendolyn Brooks reading from 'The Black Poets' (edited by Dudley Randall) in Poetry Room, Library of Congress." inscribed on vers.
Gwendolyn Brooks posing with a group at the Library of Congress, April 23, 1986
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1986 | Gwendolyn Brooks Digital CollectionGwendolyn Brooks at the center of a group photograph at the Library of Congress, her outfit carefully cut out of the picture. Color photograph, April 23, 1986. Description of the event inscribed on vers.
Gwendolyn Brooks at a podium from her left side, c.1970s
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 197 | Gwendolyn Brooks Digital CollectionGwendolyn Brooks at a podium from her left side, corresponds to signing event in folder 25. Color photograph, "Gwen Brooks" inscribed on vers.
Gwendolyn Brooks at a podium from up close, c.1970s
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 197 | Gwendolyn Brooks Digital CollectionGwendolyn Brooks at a podium from up close, corresponds to signing event in folder 25. Color photograph, "Gwen Brooks" inscribed on vers.
Gwendolyn Brooks, First Lady Rosalynn Carter and white house staff, 1980
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1980 | Gwendolyn Brooks Digital CollectionColor photograph of Gwendolyn Brooks, First Lady Rosalynn Carter and one other. "To Gwendolyn Brooks, best wishes, Rosalynn Carter" inscribed on the bottom edge.
Gwendolyn Brooks at an award event with first lady, Barbara Bush, 1992
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1992 | Gwendolyn Brooks Digital CollectionColor photograph of Gwendolyn Brooks, Barbara Bush, Anna Quindlen, a student awardee, Amy, and two others. Their names are inscribed on the bottom edge.
Department of Justice
Image | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris CollectionGilt embossed black band.
Corning, John Herbert, d. ca. 1940
Image | 1890 | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris CollectionOval image of Atlas bearing globe with label: 'Litterae' (letters)
Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois asking land for landless heads of families
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1851 | Clarendon Van Norman Jr. Collection of Ephemera (Digitized Content)A government document issued by the House of Representatives entitled, "Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois asking land for landless heads of families." This document states that the House of Representatives approves passing this law which allows land be given to "landless heads of families" in Illinois. This resolution is dated January 22, 1851.
Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois in favor of a donation of land for the improvement of the Kaskaskia river
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1851 | Clarendon Van Norman Jr. Collection of Ephemera (Digitized Content)A government document issued by the U. S. Senate entitled, "Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois in favor of a donation of land for the improvement of the Kaskaskia river." This resolution is dated February 24, 1851.
Letter from Richard Yates to Jonathan Baldwin Turner, April 14, 1854, April 14, 1854
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1854 | Jonathan Baldwin Turner Papers (Digitized Content)Letter from Richard Yates to Jonathan Baldwin Turner, written while Yates was serving as a US House Representative for Illinois' 6th district. Yates urges Turner to draw up a bill on the need for an Industrial University in Illinois, which Yates would present to congress. Includes envelope.
Bolt, Richard H., 1961-63
Document | 1961-1963 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
Wienckowski, L., 1970
Document | 1970 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
Fogel, Lawrence, 1958-65, 1967, 1969-70 (2 of 2)
Document | 1969-1970 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
Gwendolyn Brooks and President Jimmy Carter, 1980
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1980 | Gwendolyn Brooks Digital CollectionColor photograph of Gwendolyn Brooks shaking hands with President Jimmy Carter. "Wish best wishes to Gwendolyn Brooks, Jimmy Carter" inscribed on the bottom edge
Gwendolyn Brooks and Barbara Bush, 1992
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1992 | Gwendolyn Brooks Digital CollectionColor photograph of Gwendolyn Brooks and Barbara Bush. "Gwen Brooks, Barbara Bush (president's wife)" is inscribed on the bottom edge.
Gwendolyn Brooks with a crowd of fans at an event, c.1970s
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 197 | Gwendolyn Brooks Digital CollectionColor photograph of Gwendolyn Brooks with a crowd of fans, possibly at a Library of Congress event. "Gwen Brooks" inscribed on verso
Nancy Burdick Galbraith (wearing red blazer) during at event at the Library of Congress, 1986
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1986 | Gwendolyn Brooks Digital CollectionNancy Galbraith in conversation in a crowded room, color photograph. "In red jacket, Nancy Galbraith (At Library of Congress 1986)" inscribed on vers.
Gwendolyn Brooks and May Miller posing for a group photograph with others at the Library of Congress, 1986
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1986 | Gwendolyn Brooks Digital CollectionGwendolyn Brooks and May Miller posing for a group photograph with others at the Library of Congress, color photograph. "Seated at desk - Gwen Brooks. Beside me in white printed dress, poet May Miller" inscribed on vers.
People attending the Library of Congress reception, 1986
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1986 | Gwendolyn Brooks Digital CollectionPeople at a Library of Congress reception, a young man looking over his shoulder in the foreground, color photograph.
Gwendolyn Brooks and Valerie Washington at the Library of Congress Poetry Room, November 19, 1985
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1985 | Gwendolyn Brooks Digital CollectionGwendolyn Brooks and Valerie Washington, color photograph, November 19 1985. Enclosed in a letter from Valerie Washington, "Valerie Washington, Gwen Brooks" inscribed on vers.
Gwendolyn Brooks, Henry Blakely, and May Miller in the Library of Congress Poetry Room, 1986
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1986 | Gwendolyn Brooks Digital CollectionGwendolyn Brooks, Henry Blakely, and May Miller, Library of Congress Poetry Room, 1986. Description inscribed on vers. Sent with a letter from Betty Parry (included in folder) in an envelope from Maryland.
La Follette and Wheeler campaign flyer
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1924 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A flyer containing brief summaries of La Follette and Wheeler's record and "what they stand for" in the presidential election of 1924. This flyer was published by the La Follette Wheeler Campaign in Washington, D.C. 2 copies.
Department of Justice
Image | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris CollectionLight blue ink on beige colored paper.
Smith, Sidney Fuller
Image | 1922 | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris CollectionSeal of Sigma Nu Phi legal fraternity: crossed key and battle-ax, owl, oil lamp, flower, open_file book: 'NOMOS'
A bill to grant to the State of Illinois a right of way through the public lands of the United States
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1846 | Clarendon Van Norman Jr. Collection of Ephemera (Digitized Content)A political unofficial report entitled "A bill to grant to the State of Illinois a right of way through the public lands of the United States, and for other purposes" issued by the Senate on December 17, 1846.
Rug Making, Walter Reed Hospital, ALA Books Help
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing convalescent soldiers at work weaving rugs as part of their rehabilitation at Walter Reed Hospital during World War I
Humphrey, Hubert
Document | 1959-1962 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
McGovern, Geroge, 1972
Document | 1972 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...

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