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.
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 Engagement and Milner Library invite alumni to participate in a oral histories project.
Milner Library’s Digitization Center recently upgraded its large format scanning equipment which will benefit the ISU community and beyond.
Milner Library announces an online exhibition exploring the diverse identities of circus performers.
While researching African American sideshow musicians for the grant project’s upcoming digital exhibit, it became apparent there was another story that needed to be told: the legacy of Ephraim Williams, the world’s first Black circus owner.
ISU ReD, Illinois State University’s institutional repository, recently marked an important milestone: its 10,000th addition
Learn how Alanah Ruffin ’19 found her passion as a student working with Milner Library circus route books.
Milner Library’s Digital Imaging Specialist Elizabeth Harman shares her experience learning about Circus Lady Josephine Demott as part of digitizing more than 300 circus route books.
Milner Library’s electronic resources include e-books, hundreds of databases, and topical library guides to help Redbirds do research anytime, from anywhere.
