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Beyond the stacks

A four-leaf clover was tucked between the pages of a children’s reader. So was a ticket stub to the Chicago World’s Fair, along with brittle leaves and paper dolls. Not terribly unusual finds in children’s books, except that the owners have been gone for years.The 19th century primers with forgotten treasures tucked in between cotton soft sepia pages are protected in Milner Library’s Special Collections and Rare Book Room. When librarian Maureen Brunsdale discovers such unusual bookmarks, she leaves them alone.

Read more about Milner’s special collection

wrigley.jpgSweet  Success

When her grandmother would pull a tissue from her black vinyl purse, it always smelled like wintergreen. Helen Stoll always carried a roll of Life Savers,® using them to calm a squirmy child in church, reward good behavior, or take the sting out of a bad day.

Sometimes she’d carry a fruit-flavored roll. Dori Byard ’96 and her sister would fight over the cherry like they’d fight over the swirl in the center of a new tub of butter. When Byard went to college and her grandmother visited, she’d always leave behind a roll of cherry Life Savers.

Read more about Helen Stoll.

survivor.jpgDefying death

Leo Sherman fulfilled the dream Illinois State prepared him to pursue. For years he enjoyed a career in education, mentoring students as a teacher and administrator. By the fall of 2008, Sherman was ready for a break from his professional duties and followed another passion. He took to the seas to be a part of his friend’s quest to circumnavigate the world.

Read more about Leo Sherman’s experience.

founders.jpgA Day to Remember

Walking across campus today it’s hard to envision the undeveloped prairie vista Illinois State’s founders encountered. Even more sobering is the scope of their task as they created the first public university in Illinois—building not just a curriculum but a physical infrastructure where it would be taught.

Read more about Founder’s Day.

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