Gifts at Work

Gifts to the Library touch every program, scholar, and student at Illinois.

Feature

Positively Hilarious

Entertainer Arte Johnson donates papers to University Archives

The Library is part of the essential fabric of university life; an investment in its future advances student success and knowledge creation, and information access and justice for the citizens of our state and beyond."

—Claire Stewart

Juanita J. and Robert E. Simpson Dean of Libraries and University Librarian

More Gifts at Work

Travels With Charlie

Donation offers look at student life in the '70s

In Memoriam

Benefactors Hallene, Wetzel to be missed

Honoring Ancestral History

Map purchase lauds forebears of Civil War descendants

Best in Show

Gift provides exhibition space for library treasures

Russell and Sharon Ewers and three grandsons

Harvesting the Fruits of Knowledge

Window celebrates education throughout generations

New Collection Commemorates Area Jewish Life

Everyday activities of central Illinois merchants, leaders chronicled

Mix and Match

Illinois Legacy Challenge increases value of new planned gifts

Gift Reveals “Scribbling Women” of the West

Baym family donates 800-volume collection

Oram Gift Honors Family Connections

Reading room to benefit new Archives and Special Collections facility