A Place of Education: Illinois State University, 1967-1977

by Roger J. Champagne
Normal, Illinois (1978)

A Place of Education documents the late 1960s and early 1970s.  This was a period of continued high growth in terms of campus enrollment and development as well as a period of coming to terms with the new role of the institution as a multi-purpose university.  This was also an era of turmoil, as unrest that swept across college campuses throughout the country in response to the Vietnam War and fight for racial equality also swept across the Normal campus.  The 1969-1970 academic year, dubbed "A Year of Disruption" by author Roger Champagne, was particularly contentious.  The decade ended with the relative calm of the President Budig administration.

A Place of Education was the second of the so-called "decade" histories, short books updating Helen Marshall's centennial history of 1956.  Champagne, now Professor Emeritus of History, followed this decade book, his first, with The Thirteenth Decade in 1989. 

About the text

Funding for this digitization project was provided in part by The Friends of Milner Library, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois.  Additional funding was awarded by the Illinois State Library (ISL), a Division of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), under the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).

Digitizing and microfilming services were provided by Northern Micrographics, La Crosse, Wisconsin.

The following members of the Milner Library staff were instrumental in making this project possible: Cheryl Elzy, Dean of University Libraries; Beth Schobernd, Associate Dean for Technical Services; Sharon Naylor, Education Librarian; Jo Ann Rayfield, University Archivist; Bruce Stoffel, Education/Library Science Librarian; Morag Boyd, Serials Cataloger; Barbara Feldman, Preservation Librarian; and Jan Johnson, Library Technical Assistant III.

The print version of A Place of Education is available in Milner Library in both the Floor 1 reference collection and on the Floor 1 shelves.  The call number is LD2347 .C45.  The text is also available in microfilm (building use only) in Milner Library at the Floor 1 Information Desk.  

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