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Labor Day Coronavirus message: Testing and Milner Library University staffSeptember 3, 2020

The University is announcing changes to testing for the weekend, and a change in operations at Milner Library.  …

women as persons under the consitutionflier cover from 1916
Underpinnings and equal terms: How the suffrage movement changed American women and American women changed the nation Rebecca FitzsimmonsAugust 21, 2020

View historical and present day items chronicling women’s fight for equality and voting, provided by numerous sources including the Dr. Jo Ann Rayfield Archives, Illinois…

Two women compare books over a book cart in the stacks at Milner Library in 1962
Milner Library’s Digital Collections interface updating in August Karmen BeecroftJuly 30, 2020

Changes are coming to many of Milner Library’s digital collections!…

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Milner Library preserves vital history with the digitization of circus route books Erin LinkJuly 21, 2020

With the help of the largest grant in the history of Milner Library, more than 300 circus route books have been digitized to preserve the…

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Milner Library announces Circus & Allied Arts Collection Fellowship Erin LinkOctober 17, 2019

Milner Library at Illinois State University is accepting applications for its inaugural Circus & Allied Arts Collection Fellowship. This $1,500 award is available…

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PRESS 254 book launch and reading, May 1 Hope Rutgens, Morgan FolgersApril 29, 2019

Join PRESS 254 at the Publications Unit for a book launch and reading event to celebrate the publication of our first full-length book, Tapestries, on…

What’s so special about Special Collections at Milner Library? Colleen RiceApril 9, 2019

Wander into Special Collections and find a world you didn’t even know was available.

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Legendary poet, editor Jerome Rothenberg to discuss publishing, April 11 Holms TroelstrupApril 8, 2019

Internationally celebrated poet, editor, translator, and anthologist Jerome Rothenberg will share his experiences at Illinois State University on April 11.

Come one, come all! Milner Library hosts Gamma Phi Circus: 90 Years of Tradition exhibit Colleen RiceApril 8, 2019

Special Collections at Milner Library is pleased to announce the opening of Gamma Phi Circus: 90 Years of Tradition. This exhibit will be on view…

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PBS to air special featuring Circus and Allied Arts Collection Colleen RiceOctober 2, 2018

As part of the American Experience series, PBS will air The Circus, a four-hour miniseries that tells the story of one of America’s most beloved…

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