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SIU Historical Documents

The SIU Historical Documents collection consists of various booklets, books, reports, and pamphlets primarily concerning the history of Southern Illinois University. They contain information on the university’s growth and development, campus buildings, faculty and administration, athletics, and student life. Some publications were written by SIU faculty members on particular aspects of Southern Illinois regional history and culture beyond the university. The documents in this collection are selections from the University Archives.

Submissions from 1995 1995

History of the Higher Education Graduate Program, 1956-1995, Jack W. Graham

Submissions from 1994 1994

A Brief History of the College of Education, William Edward Eaton

Submissions from 1992 1992

Tell Me A Story: Memories of Early Life Around The Coal Fields of Illinois, Mara Lou Hawse; Dianne Throgmorton; and Coal Research Center, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Submissions from 1989 1989

Feasibility Study: Cost-Benefit Analysis Halloween in Carbondale, Illinois, Donald E. Vaughn, Lynn A. Lindberg, Emily Carter, Bradley McCormick, Stanley Stout, Irene Carlton, Rachel Bruder, and John Summey

Submissions from 1986 1986

The Economic Impact of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Upon Nine Counties in the Southern Illinois Region, Samuel Goldman

Submissions from 1982 1982

The Development of the University Graduate Program, Raimundo M. Da Silva and Paul H. Morrill

Submissions from 1980 1980

Expressions: Folkways in Southern Illinois, Terry Alliband

Morris Library: 25 Years of Progress, E Jane Lockrem and Ed Turner

Submissions from 1979 1979

The History Within, Printing and Duplicating Service, Southern Iliinois University at Carbondale

Submissions from 1976 1976

The Origin and Growth of Schools in Jackson County, Illinois: a Historical Case Study, Willam Edward Eaton

Carbondale Remembered, The Woman's Club of Carbondale

Submissions from 1969 1969

Your visit to Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Information and Scheduling Center

Submissions from 1966 1966

Southern Illinois University Carbondale Campus, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Hospitals and Nursing Homes in Southern Illinois, Ray E. Wakeley, C. E. Lively, and Bert J. Kellerman

Submissions from 1964 1964

Thompson Point Biographies, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Number, Distribution and Age of Physicians in Southern Illinois, Ray E. Wakeley, C. E. Lively, and Bert J. Kellerman

Submissions from 1962 1962

Growth and Decline of Towns and Cities in Southern Illinois, Ray E. Wakeley

Population Changes and Prospects in Southern Illinois, Ray E. Wakeley

Types of Rural and Urban Community Centers in Southern Illinois, Ray E. Wakeley

Submissions from 1959 1959

Objectives of Southern Illinois University, Charles D. Tenney and Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Submissions from 1951 1951

A Descriptive Directory of Southern Illinois Newspapers Representing Thirty-One Counties, Donald R. Grubb and Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Directory: Southern Illinois Restaurants, Hotels, and Motels, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

To the Federal Communications Commission: Application for Television Channel Allocation, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Submissions from 1950 1950

Four Years at Southern and the Fiftieth Anniversary, 1892-1896, I. O. Karraker

The Inauguration of Delyte Wesley Morris, Southern Illinois University

Submissions from 1949 1949

History of Athletics and Physical Education of Southern Illinois University, Lynn C. Holder

Your Friend, Lucy, Mae Trovillion Smith

Southern Illinois University: the First Seventy-Five Years, Southern Illinois University

A University Serves its Area, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Report on Land Acquisition Program, 1936-1949, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

History of the Zetetic and Socratic Literary Societies of Southern Illinois Normal University, 1874-1941, Mae Trovillion Smith

Submissions from 1946 1946

Southern Illinois Singing Games and Songs, David S. McIntosh

Southern Progress: A Report on the State of Southern Illinois Normal University, Southern Illinois State Normal University

Submissions from 1944 1944

Southern Illinois University's Place in Higher Education, Southern Illinois University

Submissions from 1943 1943

The Case for U. S. I., Southern Illinois State Normal University

The Southern Alumnus: The Case for U. S. I., Southern Illinois State Normal University

Submissions from 1941 1941

Singing Games and Songs from Southern Illinois, David S. McIntosh

Submissions from 1936 1936

History of the Southern Illinois Teachers College: 1874-1913, Leo Barker

Senate Committee Report on the Normal Colleges, State of Illinois, T. V. Smith and W. E. C. Clifford

Submissions from 1933 1933

Ideal Aptitudes and Attainments for a Teacher in the Rural Schools, Henry W. Shryock

The Long Long Road: Seventy-Four Years of Life, Sixty-Eight Years of Uninterrupted Contact with Public School Education in Illinois as Pupil, Student, Teacher, Normal School Professor, Teachers College President, Henry W. Shryock

Submissions from 1932 1932

History of the Southern Illinois State Normal University, Phyllis Prosser Kimmel

Submissions from 1916 1916

Buildings and Views of the Southern Illinois State Normal University, Southern Illinois State Normal University and Pantagraph Printing and Stationary Company

Submissions from 1914 1914

A Historical Bulletin of the Southern Illinois State Normal University, Daniel B. Parkinson

Buildings and Views of the Southern Illinois State Normal University, Southern Illinois State Normal University

Submissions from 1899 1899

Quarter Centennial Anniversary Souvenir of the Southern Illinois State Normal University, SIU Alumni Association

Submissions from 1893 1893

Handbook of the Southern Illinois State Normal University, Southern Illinois State Normal University