{"id":4722,"date":"2015-12-17T16:55:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T16:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.library.illinois.edu\/slc\/?p=4722"},"modified":"2023-11-28T19:59:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T19:59:35","slug":"writings-depict-illinois-student-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slc\/2015\/12\/17\/writings-depict-illinois-student-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Writings Depict Illinois Student Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Instructor<\/a>
Instructor Mary Hays Rhetoric 105 Portfolios, 2000-2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Green Caldron, January 1935<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Written by Ellen Swain<\/strong><\/p>\n

As finals wind down and students leave campus for a much needed winter break, the SLC Archives thanks all students who visited the Archives this semester for class introduction sessions and tours or to conduct research for essays and final papers!<\/p>\n

Classes from the Undergraduate Rhetoric Program<\/a> are frequent users of SLC materials and English students investigate a wide range of University history topics including student protest and civil rights movements, women\u2019s experience, campus sustainability projects, and building and department histories.<\/p>\n

\"W.A.<\/a>
W.A. Brubaker Essay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The SLC Archives collects student writings, published or unpublished, many of which comment on day to day life on campus.<\/p>\n

W.A. Brubaker studied Engineering at the University from 1893 until his early death in 1896.[1]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0His papers<\/a> include themes written for English 8 during his sophomore year. On September 21, 1894, Brubaker described the bustling activities outside his rooming house window.<\/p>\n

The Green Caldron<\/a>, produced by the English Department from 1931-1970, captured the \u201cbest of\u201d first year rhetoric essays. Two examples that describe student life include\u00a0“The Campus Week” (January 1935), an outline of a typical week on campus, and “Hogwash for College Students,” an account of and commentary on Vice President Richard Nixon’s visit to UI (April 1955):<\/p>\n

\"Hogwash<\/a>
Hogwash for College Students, April 1955<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Campus Week, January 1935<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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In my more recent years, SLC has partnered with rhetoric instructor Mary Hays to collect her students\u2019 personal and reflective essays.[2]<\/a>\u00a0Hays pushes her students to explore historical student materials as a way to think about their own experience on campus and to identify material objects that best reflect their time at Illinois today.\u00a0 Students grant permission to include their work in the Archives for future students (and others) to read.\u00a0 Many of their rhetoric portfolios include a letter to future students.[3]<\/a>\"Nicole<\/a>
\n\"\"<\/a><\/a>1 Brubaker died May 16, 1896, Alumni Directory<\/em>, 1929, p. 121; His obituary appeared in the\u00a0Daily Illini<\/em>, May 22, 1896<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>2 Rhetoric Essays, 2000-2014, RS 15\/7\/833<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>3 In addition to teaching writing at the University, Mary Hays authors the News Gazette<\/em> column, “Letter from Birdland,” which appears in each Sunday issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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