Presidential History
Learn about ISU’s nineteen presidents, their diverse backgrounds, and the paths they took to become the leaders of Illinois’s first public university
Featured Collections
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Teaching Materials Center
The Teaching Materials Center is a “school library” within the larger academic library. It serves the needs of preservice teachers and the faculty who work with teacher education.
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ISU ReD
ISU ReD collects and provides open access to the scholarly and creative output of faculty, students, and staff at Illinois State University.
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Circus & Allied Arts
In addition to over 8,000 books, this collection includes photographs, posters, assorted media, and realia of circuses, sideshows, carousels, conjuring, music halls, and vaudeville.
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The Vidette Digital Archive
The Vidette Digital Archive holds the digitized pages of the campus newspaper covering issues from the first edition in February 1888 to May 1963.
All Collections by Topic
- Arts & Culture
- History & Education
- Science & Government
- Circus
- Illinois State University
- Answering the Call: World War I Posters
- Art & Culture
- Browsing Books Collection
- Children’s Literature & Historical Textbook Collection
- Dissertations & Theses
- Ethnology Teaching Collection
- International Collection of Child Art
- ISU ReD: Research and eData
- Ken-Way Studio Collection
- Lois Lenski Doll Collection
- Multimedia Center DVD Collection
- Niiyama Poetic Japanese Pottery
- Normal Editions Workshop Archive
- Print Teaching Collection
- Propaganda on All Fronts: United States and International World War II-Era Posters
- Rare & Fine Collection
- Special Collections & Archives Manuscripts
- Special Collections Rare Books
- Ueckert Circus Wardrobe Collection
- Anna Ropp Diaries
- Answering the Call: World War I Posters
- Browsing Books Collection
- Children’s Literature & Historical Textbook Collection
- Dissertations & Theses
- Ethnology Teaching Collection
- Hazle Buck Ewing Women's Suffrage Collection
- Illinois Regional Archives Depository
- Illinois State University Historical Photos
- Illinois State University Historical Video Series
- ISU ReD: Research and eData
- Ken-Way Studio Collection
- The Life and Legacy of Buffalo Bill
- Lincoln Collection of H.K. Sage
- Multimedia Center DVD Collection
- Presidential History
- Print Teaching Collection
- Propaganda on All Fronts: United States and International World War II-Era Posters
- Rare & Fine Collection
- Selections from the Circus & Allied Arts Collection
- Special Collections & Archives Manuscripts
- Special Collections Rare Books
- Teaching Materials Center Collection
- The Vidette Digital Archives
- Women of World War I
- Answering the Call: World War I Posters
- Browsing Books Collection
- Dissertations & Theses
- Government Documents
- Hazle Buck Ewing Women's Suffrage Collection
- Illinois Regional Archives Depository
- ISU ReD: Research and eData
- Maps at Milner Library
- Multimedia Center DVD Collection
- Propaganda on All Fronts: United States and International World War II-Era Posters
- Rare & Fine Collection
- Charles Clarke Circus Photos
- Circus Films
- Circus & Allied Arts Collection
- Circus Route Books
- Gamma Phi Circus Programs
- Historic Heralds
- The Life and Legacy of Buffalo Bill
- Musselman Family Photographs
- Passion for Circus: The Photography of Sverre Braathen
- Rare & Fine Collection
- Selections from the Circus & Allied Arts Collection
- Ueckert Circus Wardrobe Collection
- Board Reports of Illinois State University
- Dissertations & Theses
- Faculty Research at Illinois State University: A Bibliography of Historical and Current Scholarly Works
- Gamma Phi Circus Programs
- Illinois State University Course Catalogs
- Illinois State University Historical Photos
- Illinois State University Historical Video Series
- Illinois State University Yearbooks
- ISU ReD: Research and eData
- Normal Editions Workshop Archive
- Presidential History
- The Vidette Digital Archives
- Women of World War I
Digital collection
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