ISU Presidential History
- Presidential History
In 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.
Jesse Fell - Founder of Illinois State (Normal) University
- "Jesse W. Fell: Friend of Education" byCall Number: LB 1705 .T36Publication Date: September 1957Printed in Teacher Education, XX, 1 (September 1957), 3-35.
- "Jesse W. Fell Memorial Gateway, State Normal University Campus"Publication Date: July 1917Printed in the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, IX, 2 (July 1917), 321-343.
- "Jesse W. Fell" byCall Number: F536 .I34 1915Publication Date: 1915Printed in Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society, 1915, p. 71-76.
Charles E. Hovey - First President
- "Charles E. Hovey: Educator and Soldier" byCall Number: F 536 .I18Publication Date: 1957Printed in the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, L, 3 (Autumn 1957), 243-276.
- Charles E. Hovey Presidential Papers, 1855-2009Finding Aid for the Hovey Presidential Papers.
Richard Edwards - Second President
- An appreciation of Richard Edwards, philosopher, orator, author, educator, state superintendent, friend of humanity byCall Number: LA2317.E3 C6Publication Date: c 1923
Angeline Vernon Milner - First Librarian
- Angeline Vernon Milner GuideA brief biographical sketch of Illinois State University's first full-time librarian, Ange. V. Milner. Created by Angela Bonnell.
- "Angeline Vernon Milner" byCall Number: LH 1 .A5Publication Date: May 1924Printed in The Alumni Quarterly of I.S.N.U., XIII, 2 (May 1924), 2-10.
- "A Devoted Librarian Who Died 75 Years Ago Refuses to Abandon the Stacks" byCall Number: LD 2347 .I46Publication Date: 2002Printed in Illinois State, no 3 (Fall 2002), 10-12.
- Angeline Vernon Milner University Librarian (Dean) Papers, 1896-2005Finding Aid for the Angeline V. Milner papers.
Eleanor Weir Welch - Second Librarian
- "Deucedly Independent: A Biographical Overview of the Library Career of Eleanor Weir Welch" byCall Number: Z 671 .L713Publication Date: 1985Printed in Library Quarterly, v 55, no 3 (1985), 300-315.
- Eleanor Weir Welch University Librarian (Dean) Papers, 1865-1985Finding aid for the second head librarian at Illinois State Normal University, Eleanor Weir Welch.