Finding Aid for Barry Brehm Photographs, 1974-2017 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Barry Brehm Photographs, 1974-2017

ID: 26/30/11

Primary Creator: Brehm, Barry (1947-2017)

Extent: 2.0

Arrangement: Alphabetically by location; with numbered slides at end, preceeded by printed index of numbered slides.

Date Acquired: 06/26/2017

Subjects: Allerton Park, Landscape Architecture, Photography

Barry Brehm Photographs includes transparencies (35-millimeter slides), digitized copies of slides, and digital photographs, taken by Mr. Brehm between 1974 and 2017 of landscapes and the built environment. Specific topics and locations documented include Robert Allerton Park, barns and agricultural buildings around Champaign-Urbana, the University of Illinois Campus (including the Arboretum, Idea Garden, and Japan House), Kickapoo State Park, state and local parks in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, New England, and Oregon), and National Parks (Glacier, Grand Teton, Yellowstone).

Barry Lee Brehm of Champaign, IL was born July 2, 1947 in Decatur, IL, the son of Billy Ayres Brehm and Edna Louise (Kellogg) Brehm.  He passed away on May 31, 2017 in Champaign, IL.

Barry graduated from Stephen Decatur High School in 1965.  He earned his bachelorâ??s degree with High Honors in Accountancy from the University of Illinois in 1976, after serving in the U.S. Navy for six years during the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1972.  He served one year in Saigon, Vietnam at the American Forces Vietnam Network as well as at naval stations on both coasts in the U.S.A. He was honorably discharged from the Navy as an Electronics Technician (Radar) Petty Officer 2^nd Class (ETR2).

Barry was a CPA and joined Arthur Andersen in Chicago after graduating in 1976 staying until 1979. He spent a short time as a restaurant entrepreneur before joining Filbey, Summers & Co. CPAs in Champaign-Urbana from 1981 to 1982. He started at Carle in 1982 and worked the remainder of his career as Director of Operations Review for 27 years at Carle Hospital in Urbana, IL retiring July 17, 2009.

He was a highly regarded local outdoors photographer with a few hundred of his color landscapes gracing the offices, hallways and conference rooms throughout Carle Clinic and Carle Foundation Hospital and in local Champaign-Urbana businesses. He loved taking photos of the University of Illinois campus and of Allerton Park over many years and seasons. He also visited and photographed many of the U.S. National Parks.

He was an active member of the Champaign County Camera Club winning top awards in the Central Illinois Camera Clubs Association competitions.

-provided by family

Allerton Park
Landscape Architecture
Photography

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Use Restrictions: When images from this record series are exhibited, lent, or published, they must be credited as follows "This photograph courtesy of the Estate of Mr. Barry Brehm, B.S. 1976, University of Illinois Archives Record Series 26/30/11."

Technical Access Note: Masters of slides digitized by Mr. Brehm are stored in .psd (Adobe Photoshop) format and may require specialized software to view or access.  Derivated JPEG files of each image are made available online.

Acquisition Source: Dana Brehm

Appraisal Information: Brehm's personal photographs were not included in those selected for donation to the Archives.

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/2630011.pdf

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