Finding Aid for Illini Media Company Photographs - Prints, 1937, 1950s-2010s | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Illini Media Company Photographs - Prints, 1937, 1950s-2010s

ID: 41/8/14

Primary Creator: Illini Publishing Company

Extent: 1.5 cubic feet

Arrangement: Alphabetical

Subjects: Athletics, Buildings, Campus Scenes, Champaign, Illinois, Music, Radio, Student Activities, Student Demonstrations, Urbana, Illinois

Formats/Genres: Photographs

Languages: English

Photographs of staff members and activities hosted by branches of the Illini Media Company. The majority of the collection focuses on 107.1 "The Planet" Radio, an alternative, student-run radio channel now known as "WPGU." Photographs of Daily Illini events and Technograph staff are also included.

In 1911, the Board of Control of the Illini received a state charter of incorporation as the Illini Publishing Company.¹ The original charter provided for a non-profit, quasi-official organization authorized to publish the Illini.² In 1920, the charter was amended to provide for the publishing of other newspapers and magazines.³ The Illini Publishing Company was renamed the Illini Media Company in 1984.⁴

In addition to the Daily Illini, the company has subsequently had administrative responsibility for publishing the Siren (1911-34, 1936-39), the Illio (1895- ), the Technograph (1885- ), the Enterpriser (1920-30), the Illinois Agriculturalist (1897-1950), the Illini Rural Observer (1950-54), Chaff (1957-62), Spectator (May-September 1961), Tom-Tom (1945-46) and Shaft (1947-54).

1. The Illini Publishing Company Charter Provisions and By-Laws, May 1, 1921, footnote p. 1.

2. Ibid.

3. Ibid.

4. Library Friends Webinar: Daily Illini goes Digital, March 28, 2024, slide 3.

Athletics
Buildings
Campus Scenes
Champaign, Illinois
Music
Radio
Student Activities
Student Demonstrations
Urbana, Illinois

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 4/14/2025

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/410814.pdf

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