This database contains descriptions of all proccessed materials held by the University of Illinois Archives, incuding non-current University records, faculty and alumni papers, and materials from the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, the Advertising Council Archives, the Amercian Society of Quality, and others institutions whose archives we hold on contract for their research value. The American Library Association Archives are described in a separate database.

Materials in the UIUC Archives are arranged according to the principle of provenance (files from one creating office or person are not mixed with those from another creator) and they are also indexed by subject. The Archives are available for use during the University Archives' normal business hours, and we can be contacted at illiarch@uiuc.edu or (217) 333-0798.

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• It returns both descriptions of our holdings AND links to items in our digital library.
• To look for phrases, use double quotes, e.g "Festival of Contemporary Arts"
• If you know what you want, enter the record series number. For example, '26/4/1' returns our Alumni File.
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