At Illinois State Normal University’s (ISNU) founding in 1857, Metcalf grammar school and University High School were opened to give the university’s teaching students hands-on training.
In celebration of Founders Day 2018, the Presidential History collection is now available online.
Through the efforts of the Milner Library’s Digital Collections department and in cooperation with Veridian, The Vidette Digital Archives are now available online.
The mood at Illinois State this fall as students complete the academic routine of another semester is far more serene than what the University community experienced a century ago.
The largest grant in the history of Milner Library at Illinois State University will ensure a wealth of circus history will be preserved.
Illinois State staff and student researchers are making Milner Library’s vast collection of children’s art accessible to everyone.
Reading other people’s diaries and mail might be frowned upon by many, but not by Milner Library’s Special Collections Librarian, Maureen Brunsdale. Of course, the letters and diaries she peruses are over 100 years old, and part of the Decipher History project.
The Illinois State presidential portraits just made another move, this time to Milner Library’s Digital Center where they are about to undergo a digital makeover.
