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.
Unit: Special Collections
New exhibit highlights portrait photography in Milner Library Special Collections
A new exhibition on display in the Special Collections Reading Room through December 22, 2022, focuses on photographic portraiture from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Graphic design legend Rick Valicenti donates works to Illinois State University
Famed graphic designer Rick Valicenti is donating more than 100 pieces of his design work to the Wonsook Kim School of Art and Milner Library at Illinois State.
Two new exhibits are on view in the Milner Library Special Collections Reading Room
Two new exhibits focusing on water , sustainability, and natural resources are on display in Special Collections through June.
Milner Library begins semester with altered hours
Milner Library’s hours will be altered the first two weeks of the spring 2022 semester.
Come one, come all: Help make circus wardrobe collection accessible
Milner Library is raising funds to help purchase mannequins and accessories to make its one of a kind Ueckert Wardrobe Collection more accessible on campus and beyond.
Milner Library accepting applications for Circus & Allied Arts Collection Fellowship
Milner Library is now accepting applications for its 2022 Circus and Allied Arts Collection Fellowship.
New exhibit highlights rare books, children’s literature, historical textbooks in Milner Library’s special collections
The exhibit Drawing and Describing Plants: Highlights from the Rare Books and Children’s Literature & Historical Textbooks Collections is now available through December 22, 2021 in Milner Library’s Special Collections on floor 6.
Milner Library launches new finding aids database
A recent update to the finding aids database used by University Archives and Special Collections will increase accessibility and ease of access to collections.
Milner Library announces Agency through Otherness exhibition based on Circus Route Book Collection
Milner Library announces an online exhibition exploring the diverse identities of circus performers.