This $1,500 award is available to scholars external to Illinois State University who are interested in researching any topic that requires the onsite use of the Circus & Allied Arts Collection housed in Milner Library’s Special Collections.
One of the more unexpected things available in Milner Library is the Ueckert Circus Wardrobe Collection. An amalgamation of over 1,200 circus costumes, accessories, and props from the 1880s to the early 2000s, the collection is one of the most comprehensive collections of circus wardrobe in the country.
Here are the latest books from Illinois State University faculty and staff.
More than a year of planning and all six floors of Illinois State University’s Milner Library were needed to accommodate an undertaking one library staff member called “the biggest exhibit the library has done.”
Milner Library is pleased to showcase its Circus and Allied Arts collection at the start of the fall semester with Sites, Sights, and Sounds of Circus.
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Brunsdale’s recent book, In the Shadow of the Big Top: the Life of Ringling’s Unlikely Circus Savior, brings the American circus to life through the figure of Art Concello.
Milner Library at Illinois State University has extended the deadline for applications for the 2023 Circus and Allied Arts Collection Fellowship to June 2, 2023.
The theme for National Library Week 2023, “There’s More to the Story,” highlights the multifaceted role of libraries within the communities they serve.
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.
This $1,500 award is available to scholars external to ISU who are interested in researching any topic that requires the onsite use of the Circus & Allied Arts Collection housed in Milner Library’s Special Collections.
