Folklore Studies in Multicultural World: An Illini Place (ePub)

Why does the University of Illinois campus at Urbana-Champaign look as it does today? Drawing on a wealth of research and featuring more than one hundred color photographs, An Illini Place provides an engrossing and beautiful answer to that question. Lex Tate and John Franch trace the story of the university's evolution through its buildings. Oral histories, official reports, dedication programs, and developmental plans both practical and quixotic inform the story. The authors also provide special chapters on campus icons and on the buildings, arenas and other spaces made possible by donors and friends of the university. Adding to the experience is a web companion that includes profiles of the planners, architects, and presidents instrumental in the campus's growth, plus an illustrated inventory of current and former campus plans and buildings.|
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Foreword by Stanley O. Ikenberry
Invitation to the Companion Web Site
CHAPTER 1. Prairie to Petascale: An Overview
CHAPTER 2. In the Beginning: Pre-1919
CHAPTER 3. Growth and Transformation: 1920-1933
CHAPTER 4. Stability and Transition: 1934-1954
CHAPTER 5. Building Boom and Bust: 1955-1984
CHAPTER 6. Plans, Partners, and Big Ideas: 1985-2015
CHAPTER 7. The Neighborhood: Sleep, Eat, Pray
CHAPTER 8. Gifts and Givers: Donor Buildings
CHAPTER 9. Icons
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Index|Lex Tate is an adjunct lecturer in journalism and advertising at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and served as associate director of the University of Illinois Office for University Relations. John Franch is the author of Robber Baron: The Life of Charles Tyson Yerkes.