By Roxanne Dunn/William Maher
Title: Ruth E. Weinard Papers, 1907-2007
ID: 26/4/20
Extent: 0.6 cubic feet
Arrangement: chronological
Date Acquired: 10/22/2012. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Chi Omega, Illini Union Student Activities, Illinois Alumni News, News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Star Course, Student Activities, Student Affairs
Languages: English
Papers of Ruth Elizabeth Weinard (1925-2011), (B.A. Journalism 1947), reporter for the Champaign-Urbana News- Gazette, Associate Editor of the University of Illinois Alumni News, Associate Director for Communications at the Department of Alumni Relations and Records contain biographical information, correspondence, photographs, sketches, ephemera, collegiate scrapbook covering social events and friends, playbills, press clippings, story drafts, and sheet music, appointment papers and photographs of her father, horticulture professor Frederick F. Weinard, and related to her participation in theatrical productions at Urbana High School, Chi Omega, student organizations, undergraduate student life the University of Illinois, the Horticulture Department buildings and events, Joseph Blair monument dedication, the Mother's Day Flower Show, and photographs relating to Quad Day (1981), Lorado Taft House move (1981), move and repair of the Alma Mater Statue (1981), Faculty Art Show (1981) and local events of Urbana-Champaign.
Chi Omega
Illini Union Student Activities
Illinois Alumni News
News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana
Star Course
Student Activities
Student Affairs
Repository: University of Illinois Archives
Access Restrictions: none
Acquisition Source: Purchases from EBay
Acquisition Method: Box 1: via Ebay auction purchase from Ian Scott who purchased all items in Box 1 (and� "Illinois Loyalty" Sheet Music in Box 2) from an estate sale of Ruth Weinard. The scrapbook in Box 2 was purchased on March 4, 2013 via a different Ebay auction from Winter Wheat Antiques, St. Joseph, Illinois.
Related Materials:
Frederick F. Weinard Papers, 1917-1967
F.F. Weinard was Ruth E. Weinard's father.
For more information please see http://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=5218&q=weinard.Other Note: 2 pages
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/2604020.pdf
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