{"id":765,"date":"2024-05-15T19:02:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T19:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mappinghistory\/?page_id=765"},"modified":"2024-06-06T15:27:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T15:27:06","slug":"the-early-years-1867-1904","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mappinghistory\/the-early-years-1867-1904\/","title":{"rendered":"The Early Years | 1867 – 1904"},"content":{"rendered":"

A child of the Morrill Act, the University of Illinois began life in 1867 as the Illinois Industrial University: the school\u2019s radical mission was to extend higher<\/p>\n

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education to members of the working-class. With too few students and too little money, the University languished for years in obscurity. Near the end of the century, the students and alumni helped give the school a new start, and the U of I moved forward under the leadership of Thomas J. Burrill and Andrew Draper. A skilled administrator, Draper placed the University on a firm foundation. His successor would take the U of I to the next level.<\/p>\n

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Advertisement for Illinois Industrial University, 1870 (RS 2\/1\/5)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Advertisement for Illinois Industrial University, 1877<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Life of Jonathan Baldwin Turner by Mary Turner Carriel (University of Illinois Press, 1911)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Veterinary Hall and Experimental Farm, 1870s (RS 39\/2\/20)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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UI Viewbook, 1893<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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