The Fourteenth Decade: Illinois State University, 1987-1997

by Mark Wyman
Normal, Illinois (1999)

The Fourteenth Decade is the most recent of the four decadal histories intended to update Helen Marshall's 1956 centennial history, Grandest of Enterprises.  Dr. Mark Wyman documents this  "relatively quiet" period by focussing on changes in campus technology, instability in campus administration, and tensions in shared governance.   This was a period of reduced state support for higher education, increased campus diversity, and expansion of graduate program offerings.  The Fourteenth Decade covers the administrations of three presidents: the end of the Lloyd Watkins administration, the administration of Thomas Wallace, and half of the David Strand administration.

Dr. Wyman serves as Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Illinois State, specializing in labor, immigration, and frontier history.  He continues to research and teach on campus.

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 The Fourteenth Decade is available in Milner Library in both the Floor 1 reference collection and on the Floor 1 shelves.  The call number is LD2347 .W96 1999.  The text is also available in microfilm (building use only) in Milner Library at the Floor 1 Information Desk.  

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