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Want to see all of the online resources available at the Rayfield Archives? Click "Online Publications" in the left-hand bar for a one-stop-shop for a list of all of our online publications. Or, check out our homepage to get a link to our Finding Aids database or to get to our page of online resources. You can also find information on how to use these online resources by exploring this Guide.
Want more Archives resources? Check out the list of web exhibits below to learn fun facts about ISU's history!
- Presidential HistoryIn this web exhibit you will learn about ISU’s nineteen presidents, their diverse backgrounds, and the paths they took to become the leaders of Illinois’s first public university. Included are histories, resources, photographs, and high-resolution images of our presidential portrait collection.
- Illinois State University History CollectionThe Illinois State University History Collection is a growing online database that currently includes nine, fully digitized campus history books, proceedings of the first university governing board, and nearly 400 photographs.
- Women of World War IExplore the wartime activities of twenty-five women associated with Illinois State Normal University (ISNU) serving in World War I through this digital collection. Letters, photographs, surveys, news clippings, postcards and other primary source material dating from 1917-1919 offer a fascinating window into their WWI experiences and provide excellent examples of the roles that women played during the Great War.
- Anna Ropp DiariesThis collection contains the handwritten diaries of Mennonite Hospital School of Nursing alumni, Anna Ropp.