

Prehn's: A Student Tradition
Prehn's On Oregon, Champaign County History Museum If you were a student at the University of Illinois between 1927 and 1966, then there...
champaigncohistory
May 6, 20183 min read


African American Student Housing at the University of Illinois
As I began my faculty appointment at the University of Illinois Archives, I was given the privilege to finish a digital story map that...
Jessica Ballard
Feb 24, 20186 min read


Stranger Things: How Oysters, Quails, and Clark R. Griggs Brought the U of I to Champaign County
Clark Robinson Griggs and Family. Source: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Choosing the location for the University of...
Doug Peterson
Feb 23, 20184 min read


99th Pursuit Squadron
99th Pursuit Squadron at Chanute Air Field Source: Museum of the Grand Prairie, Mahomet, Illinois During World War II, the United States...
Breaden Belcher, Museum Manager
Jan 31, 20182 min read


99th Pursuit Squadron
Breaden Belcher, CCHM Museum Manager During World War II, the United States armed forces were segregated. But this didn’t stop African...
TJ Blakeman
Jan 31, 20182 min read


‘A Desolation for Wandering Cattle and Pigs’: The First U of I Class Encounters the Elephant
The University of Illinois began with one lone building, which looked out on a wide, open landscape on the southeast corner of University...
Doug Peterson
Jan 29, 20183 min read


A Glacier Runs Through it: How Champaign County Got its Shape
Although Champaign County was named after a county in Ohio, its name couldn’t be more fitting. Champaign means “level, open country.”...
Jason Peterson
Dec 31, 20174 min read


DAVID ANDERSON AND THE BATTLE OF PELELIU
The Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Chester, Pennsylvania launched the Island Mail in 1941. Built to carry 499 passengers, it...
Adele M. Suslick
Sep 28, 20175 min read


David Anderson and the Battle of Peleliu
By Adele M. Suslick, Museum Education Committee Chair The Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Chester, Pennsylvania launched the...
TJ Blakeman
Sep 28, 20175 min read


For Whom the Bell Tolls
This year marks the 150th birthday of the First United Methodist Church Bell. The First United Methodist Church, located downtown since...
Kristin Geis
May 18, 20173 min read
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