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Re: Campus Folksong Club

Gloria Fenner — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:10:09 -0000

Sad to say, I just heard from Jim Hockenhull that Doyle Moore died yesterday (May 13, 2013) at the age of 82.

Re: World War I Memorial and Fountain

Kara — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:38:02 -0000

I have recently been there and I cannot find the War Memorial Fountain. I have no idea if they plan to return it or not, or where it ended up.

Re: The University Archives Remembers Roger Ebert

jdmeyer — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:29:07 -0000

Thumbs up, Roxy!

Re: Thomas Clark Shedd, Hardy Cross, and the “Broad Aspects” of Civil Engineering

Bethany Anderson — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:41:20 -0000

Ms. Pfister, many thanks for sharing this! We greatly appreciate your family generously donating his papers to the University Archives, and we are excited that researchers will be able to use these archival materials to study his career and the impact he had on Civil and Environmental Engineering!

Re: Thomas Clark Shedd, Hardy Cross, and the “Broad Aspects” of Civil Engineering

Harriet Shedd Pfister — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:11:24 -0000

Ms Anderson--thank you so much for your article about my father, Thomas C. Shedd. My mother and brothers and I always knew that he was a respected teacher--we met many of his students. He also was a great father and grandfather.

Re: Thomas Clark Shedd, Hardy Cross, and the “Broad Aspects” of Civil Engineering

Bethany Anderson — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:26:36 -0000

Thank you so much, Rachel!

Re: Thomas Clark Shedd, Hardy Cross, and the “Broad Aspects” of Civil Engineering

Rachel M. — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:03:10 -0000

Thank you for your work on this excellent article! Thomas Shedd is my great-grandfather, and it's wonderful to read such a thoughtful account of his accomplishments.

Re: The Illibuck Stops Here

Mai — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:44:21 -0000

Nice post!

http://www.carpetwagon.com/cit...

Re: Joseph Tykociner and the “Talking Film”

Mike — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:46:37 -0000

Thanks for the link. I have been to the archives many times and always enjoyed my time there. Great people and great resources. I also find my source, it was in 1939 and was $300.

Re: Ku Klux Klan

Standing up for African people — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:50:34 -0000

KKK is a group of selfish, ignorant and incompetent profligate excuses for people.

Re: Joseph Tykociner and the “Talking Film”

Bethany Anderson — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:17:10 -0000

Thanks, Mike! You might also be interested to know that the University Archives has Joel Stebbins' papers: http://archives.library.illino....

Re: History of the Engineering Open House

Bethany Anderson — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:41:14 -0000

Thanks for your interest and for sharing, Mike!

Re: History of the Engineering Open House

Mike — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:34:43 -0000

In the Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection, the first Physics Department open house was announced in the Urbana Courier on August 6, 1906. It was at this open house that astronomer Joel Stebbins meet F.C. Brown and learned about the selenium cell that would be used for astronomical photometry starting in 1907.

Re: Joseph Tykociner and the “Talking Film”

Mike — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:23:17 -0000

Nice blog. Kunz and Tykociner were close friends and are buried next to each other in Woodlawn Cemetery, Urbana. Kunz also worked with astronomer Joel Stebbins. Although Stebbins left Illinois in 1922, Stebbins and Kunz remained friends and sometime in the 1930s, Stebbins donated $500 to Illinois to support Tykociner's work.

Re: Capturing and Preserving Engineering’s History

Liane Holliday Willey — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:25:15 -0000

Hi Bethany, i have journal entries from my father, John T. Holliday Jr,, a mechanical engineering graduate who left for WWII during his senior year. He returned to U of I after the war to complete his degree. His journal includes stories of the college, a few professors and Lloyd Smith, who served on the Manhattan Project and was one of my father's roommates. If you'd be interested in having a copy of his journal entries, let me know. Best, Liane Holliday Willey, EdD

Re: Christmas Comes a Caroling

Chris Prom — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:44:57 -0000

Great find Angela--The music is great, but this thing deserves to go viral for the staging--that section beginning around 11:10 is priceless and I really like the fake snow at 16:19!

Re: Campus Folksong Club

Angela Jordan — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:48:07 -0000

I'm so glad you shared this link with other people who might be interested!

Re: Campus Folksong Club

Angela Jordan — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:47:14 -0000

Thanks for sharing, Christine!

Re: Campus Folksong Club

Matt Winters — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:00:40 -0000

This is a real treasure trove of material for scholars of the folk revival -- so wonderful to see some of the rich musical legacy of Urbana-Champaign preserved in this way!

Re: Campus Folksong Club

Christine Breen — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:34:31 -0000

I am so pleased to see the articles for Autoharp! Doyle A. Moore (one of the clubs original board members) wrote and published a description of the Autoharp during his time spent in the Campus Folk song club. Doyle A. Moore is still living in Champaign. I have several interviews with Doyle about the records for Campus Folksong club and other interesting discussions. Doyle Designed the covers for the albums put out by the Campus Folksong club and many covers for Folkways through his friendship with Mike Seegar. Doyle tells some great stories about how they actual got some of these hillbilly musicians to come to Champaign for performances. Doyle was also one of the musicians on the first record put out by the Folk Song Club. Doyle is a special mentor to me and one of the reasons I pursued Old Time on the banjo. He gave me the original artwork for the cover of Philo Glee and Mandolin Society's album. Anyone interested to know more feel free to contact me. I so love the admission price to get into the concerts
and lectures....$1.25, you too can make tens of dollars in old time music:) Christine Breen

Re: Halloween Post: Hugh Atkinson

Chris Prom — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 07:54:52 -0000

I believe it was taken at Ohio State University.

Re: Halloween Post: Hugh Atkinson

Lindy — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:46:32 -0000

The Atkinson photo doesn't look like it was taken at Illinois. Any idea where it's from?

Re: World War I Memorial and Fountain

nick — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:41:30 -0000

is the memorial still at Lincoln Hall after the renovation?

Re: Halloween Post: Hugh Atkinson

Mathew Rayman — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:09:30 -0000

Someone ought to commission a statue of this

Re: University Archives Acquires Hal Bruno Jr. Papers

Harold R. Bruno — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:38:19 -0000

The entire Bruno family thanks the team of dedicated archivists at the University of Illinois that are working diligently to make my father's papers accessible to scholars and political junkies alike. If when you access the material you find information and incites that you consider interesting, I would encourage you to share them with me.