Jayden Wilburn-Johnson is among the Redbirds graduating this December.
Graduating Redbirds: Bone Scholar arrived a ‘teenager,’ leaving an ‘adult’
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Jayden Wilburn-Johnson is among the Redbirds graduating this December.
Leveraging linked data and digital humanities tools and methods provided a rich opportunity to showcase Milner digital collections and digital scholarship in a Fall 2024 project completed by an intern in the Special Collections department.
Milner Library at Illinois State University is accepting applications for the 2025 Circus and Allied Arts Collection Fellowship.
Milner Library is proud to announce the publication of the P.T. Barnum Letters and Ephemera, a digital collection drawn from Special Collections’ world-class circus holdings.
A pilot program will support interdisciplinary research and creative scholarship teams.
From the night Jackie Robinson played Illinois State to the birth of an ISU Athletics legend, historian Tom Emery explores this month in Illinois State University history.
Children’s literature offers a window into the social and cultural values of a given time and place by revealing what children were meant to learn. Sometimes the messages conflict with one another, giving us a glimpse into the varying ideals that circulated (and of the adults who were vying to spread their version of ethical behavior to the younger generation). Children’s literature produced during the Abolitionist movement provides an excellent example of these schisms in values.
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show had an extraordinarily diverse cast, including Cody’s friends and family, Native Americans, and immigrants from all over. Instead of focusing on the well-documented Buffalo Bill himself, my supervisor and I decided to find a way to showcase the many other people involved.
CAST Connections, in collaboration with University College’s Julia N. Visor Center, Health Promotion & Wellness and Milner Library, is hosting a ‘Night Against Procrastination’ study session to help students prepare for their final exams.
This semester, Milner Library added a unique looking set of furniture to the northeast corner of the fourth floor, which is designated as the quiet floor. This “sensory pod” combines adaptive chairs, low lighting, and a circular partition to minimize visual distractions.