

Rachel Mulick
- Nov 26, 2022
- 4 min
Voices From the Past: Mary Yearsley-Memories of a Philanthropist
By Rachel Mulick, CCHM Intern (This week we continue our series “Voices From the Past” which highlights individual recordings from...
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champaigncohistory
- Oct 17, 2022
- 12 min
A Little Journey to Urbana-Champaign, Illinois’ Shifting Seat of Learning
Take a fun-loving trip back to 1906 with journalist Richard Little to learn from the citizens themselves which city is king!
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Connor Uphues
- Sep 7, 2022
- 4 min
For The Family Farmer. First Farm Aid Lights up Memorial Stadium in 1985
By Connor Uphues On September 22, 1985, Willie Nelson and over 60 fellow performers put on the first Farm Aid concert festival, held in...
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Chris Gimbel
- Aug 17, 2022
- 9 min
Voices from the Past - Edward and Zora Butzow and the Origins of St. Joseph, Illinois
Voices from Champaign Counties' Past - Edward and Zora Butzow and the Origins of St. Joseph, Illinois
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Azaan Qureshi
- Jul 7, 2022
- 3 min
Champaign County's First Historian: Joseph Oscar Cunningham
Joseph Oscar Cunningham was born on December 12, 1830, in Lancaster, New York. In his life, he was a very accomplished academic whose...
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