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Milner Library announces Archival Line exhibit

A black and white print of an engraving from the Archival Line exhibit

Located on the second floor just inside the library’s main entrance, Archival Line: Printed Images from 1400 to 1700 is available January 17 through March 15, 2023.

Historic yearbooks in the digital age, an online ISU yearbooks collection at the Rayfield Archives

The Index yearbook documents that freshmen in 1955 had a convocation and box lunch, campus tours, a watermelon picnic, and church receptions. The highlight was an all-school mixer where new students mingled with upperclassmen.

Researchers can access all Illinois State University’s yearbooks online from the comfort of their homes through the Internet Archive.

New addition to The Vidette Digital Archives commemorates the 1980s

A close-up of a stack of newspapers on white background

Milner Library has recently expanded The Vidette Digital Archives to include full-text access to the 1980s issues.

Exhibits to celebrate 45th anniversary of Normal Editions Workshop

Two exhibits will celebrate the 45th anniversary of Normal Editions Workshop at Illinois State University.

New and notable digital resources roundup from Milner Library

From databases to digitized special collections and archives, Milner Library has many new digital offerings for ISU affiliates to explore during the 2022-2023 school year.

Historic Illinois State alumni and marketing publications digitally preserved

ISNU alumni dance at a reunion circa 1946

As the Illinois State University Alumni Association approaches its sesquicentennial celebration, Milner Library is delighted to announce that it has fully digitized its collection of alumni periodicals.

Musselman Family Photographs now available through Milner Library’s digital collections

Image of five aerialists in wardrobe standing in front of a circus tent.

In a recent addition to Milner Library’s digital repository of historical circus materials, a special collection of photographs and ephemera relating to the Musselman family and their trapeze act has been scanned and made available online for public research.

Complete run of Illinois Shakespeare Festival programs now online

People picnicking on the grounds of Ewing Manor

Thanks to a collaboration between the Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts and Milner Library, copies of printed programs from the 1978 to 2019 Illinois Shakespeare Festivals are available online in Illinois State University’s institutional repository, ISU ReD. These materials are freely available to everyone.

Alumni oral histories project invites interviewees

Photograph of three student operators monitor equipment in the TV-10 control room, December 1980

Alumni Engagement and Milner Library invite alumni to participate in a oral histories project.

Milner Library Digitization Center turns a new page with acquisition of state-of-the-art scanning system

person stands in front of computer next to a large format scanner bed

Milner Library’s Digitization Center recently upgraded its large format scanning equipment which will benefit the ISU community and beyond.