Student life

General campus history materials can be good sources of information about student life, activities, and sports.  For sports stories, local newspapers such as The Daily Vidette and The Pantagraph may be useful sources. 

Sports
Activities and events
Traditions

Sports

Garrett, Donald Edward. A History of the Intercollegiate Athletic Program at Illinois State Normal University. (1959)
Floor 1 Shelves LD 2347 .Z9 no. 662

Gallagher, Laura K. The History of Student Physical Recreation as it Evolved into Campus Recreation Services at Illinois State University. (1997)
Floor 1 Shelves LD 2347 .Z9 no. 4758

Bloodworth, Bryan and Roger Cushman. 100 Years of Illinois State Redbird Basketball. (1998)
Floor 1 Shelves GV 885.43.I52 B56 1998

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Activities and events

The Learning Resource Center on Milner Floor 6 has dozens of tapes related to campus history that do not appear in the Milner Catalog. Most document campus life in the 1980s and 1990s. Tapes in VHS format include the following.

Homecoming Highlights '93
ISU College of Fine Arts, Arts Fest '94
Presidential Inauguration of Victor John Boschini Jr. 10/12/99
A Presidential Farewell, David A. Strand, 4/28/99
ISU: Changes I've Known - The Lighter Touch, Maggie Parrett, 2/25/99
Illinois State University Through the Years, 3/28/96
State of the University Address, 10/26/95

The Learning Resource Center has a set of videotapes of campus life in the 1980s and 1990s in beta format. These tapes consist of campus shots varying in length from a few minutes to nearly an hour. The Learning Resource Center maintains a paper index of these tapes organized by subjects such as "Campus General Wide Shots," "Campus Building Exteriors," "Classes," "Residential Life," and "Sports." The Learning Resource Center maintains beta equipment for in-library viewing of these tapes.

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Traditions

Graybill, Elaine. "A Peak Behind the Beak:  Memoirs of the First Reggie Redbird."  Illinois State 1 (Summer 2000): 12-15.
Floor 1 Shelves, LD2347 .I46
Also available at Floor 2 Reference Desk

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