Philo Wang
Dec 26, 20247 min read
A Buried Mausoleum: The Burt Family in Mount Hope Cemetery
By Philo Wang Just south of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a peaceful place of eternal rest—Mount Hope Cemetery....
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Joe Griffith
Oct 11, 20245 min read
A Fire that Shook Downtown Champaign
By Joe Griffith Fig 1: Christmas Card created by Christopher Evans circa 1997 Champaign County has a history of devastating fires that...
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Anna Sielaff
Sep 27, 202413 min read
Our All-American Girl: Dottie Schroeder
By Anna E. Sielaff “Dottie Schroeder the smooth and graceful shortstop of the Fort Wayne Daisies…easily one of the most colorful players...
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Emily Binder
Jul 25, 20249 min read
The Forgotten Hero of Film: Joseph Tykociner's Work on Sound on Film at UIUC
By Emily Binder “The only sound was the ticking of the machine. And I thought, now they have invented moving pictures, but where is the...
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Will Best
Jun 19, 202411 min read
The Origins and History of Champaign’s North End, 1850-1975
By Rachel Mulick and Eva Grein The roots of the North End neighborhood go back as far as 1850 when census records documented the first...
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