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By Carol Berthold
Collection Overview
Title: University Press Book Catalogs, 1941-2022
ID: 38/1/801
Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. University Press
Other Creators: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. University Press Board
Extent: 3.66 cubic feet
Arrangement:
Materials are arranged in two series:
Series 1) Catalogs, which are arranged chronologically
and Series 2) Administrative Records, which are arranged alphabetical by subject.
Date Acquired: 00/09/1963. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Book Catalogs, Books, Press, Press Releases, Publishers, Publishing, University Press
Formats/Genres: Catalogs
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Consists of book catalogs showing titles, authors, prices and contents of materials in print and administrative records about the production of the book catalogs, documenting the books produced by the University of Illinois Press from 1921-2024. Notably, the series includes a special listing of Illini Books.
Biographical Note
The University of Illinois Press was organized in 1918 to have charge of the work of editing, printing, and distributing the publications of the University. Prior to this, several books were published bearing the imprint University Studies. The Press is a general university division whose chief administrative officer is the Director of the University Press. The Director is appointed annually by the Board of Trustees, and is responsible to the University President through the office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs. The operations and policies of the Press are maintained under advisement of a University Press Board composed of the Director, the Deans of the Graduate Colleges or their representatives, and six appointed faculty members.
The first director of the Press was Harrison E. Cunningham, who also served on the university's Board of Trustees. Under Cunningham's leadership, the Press published works of interest primarily to the scholarly reader, specifically monographs by faculty members and doctoral students. Cunningham gained a reputation for printing books in social science, language and literature, biological science, and medical science. In 1949 Wilbur Schramm became the director of the Press, founding the Institute for Communications Research and publishing several strong books in the field of communications. Following Schramm, Miodrag Muntyan and Richard L. Wentworth served as directors. During the 1960s and 70s the Press became a leading publisher of American social history, particularly for labor and working-class history. Developed by editor Judith McCulloh, the series Music in American Life continues to produce influential books. In 1999, Willis G. Regier became director, broadening its series and scope.
The Press has printed several academic journals since its inception. Some of these journals include: The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, the American Journal of Psychology, the Journal of American Folklore, Ethnomusicology, the Journal of Appalachian Studies, and the Journal of Sport History.
The Press continues to publish scholarly works. Priority is given to local manuscripts, but works produced at other institutions without presses are not excluded from consideration. Although the Press attempts to show a modest profit, it is not primarily a profit-making institution and receives subsidies from the Graduate College as well as from some foundations. The University of Illinois Press has sales representatives in Canada, the British Isles and Continental Europe, Latin America, and Japan.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Accruals:
An additional four boxes of catalog books were acquired on July 23, 2025 with Judith McCulloh's Editorial Papers.
Acquisition Source:
unknown
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Catalogs, 1941-2022],
[
Series 2: Administrative Materials, 1970-1979],
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- Series 1: Catalogs, 1941-2022
- Consists of book catalogs produced by the press. Materials are arranged chronologically.
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Press Books Paperbacks, Undated
- Folder 2: Press Books Catalog, 1941
- Folder 3: Press Books Catalog, 1943-1950
- Folder 4: Press Books Summer, 1943
- Folder 5: Press Books Summer, 1944
- Folder 6: Press Books Summer, 1945
- Folder 7: Press Books Summer, 1946
- Folder 8: Press Books Summer, 1947
- Folder 9: Press Books, 1948
- Folder 10: Press Books Summer, 1949
- Folder 11: Press Books Summer, 1950
- Folder 12: Press Books Catalog, 1951
- Folder 13: Press Books Catalog, 1952
- Folder 14: Press Books Catalog, 1953
- Folder 15: Press Books Catalog, 1954
- Folder 16: Press Books Catalog, 1955
- Folder 17: Press Books Catalog, 1956
- Folder 18: Press Books Catalog, 1957
- Folder 19: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1958
- Folder 20: Press Books Catalog, 1958
- Folder 21: Press Books Catalog, 1959
- Folder 22: Press Books Spring - Summer and Fall - Winter, 1959
- Folder 23: Press Books Spring - Summer and Fall - Winter, 1960
- Folder 24: Press Books Catalog, 1960
- Folder 25: Press Books Spring - Summer and Fall - Winter, 1961
- Folder 26: Press Books Catalog, 1961
- Folder 27: Press Books Spring - Summer and Fall - Winter, 1962
- Folder 28: Press Books Catalog, 1962
- Folder 29: Press Books Spring - Summer and Fall - Winter, 1963
- Folder 30: Press Books Catalog, 1963
- Folder 31: Press Books in Print, 1963
- Folder 32: Press Books Spring - Summer and Fall - Winter, 1964
- Folder 33: Press Books in Print, 1964
- Folder 34: Press Books Spring - Summer and Fall - Winter, 1965
- Folder 35: Press Books in Print, 1965
- Folder 36: Preess Books Spring - Summer and Fall - Winter, 1966
- Folder 37: Press Books in Print, 1966
- Folder 38: Press Books Spring - Summer and Fall - Winter, 1967
- Folder 39: Press Books in Print, 1967
- Folder 40: Press Books Spring - Summer and Fall - Winter, 1968
- Folder 41: Press Books in Print, 1968
- Folder 42: Press Books Spring - Summer and Fall - Winter, 1969
- Folder 43: Press Books in Print, 1969
- Folder 44: Press Books Spring - Summer and Fall - Winter, 1970
- Folder 45: Press Books in Print, 1970
- Folder 46: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1971
- Folder 47: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1971
- Folder 48: Press Books in Print, 1971
- Folder 49: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1972
- Folder 50: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1972
- Folder 51: Press Books in Print, 1972
- Folder 52: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1973
- Folder 53: Pess Books Fall - Winter, 1973
- Folder 54: Press Books in Print, 1973
- Folder 55: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1974
- Folder 56: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1974
- Folder 57: Press Books in Print, 1974
- Folder 58: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1975
- Folder 59: Bress Books Fall - Winter, 1975
- Folder 60: Press Books in Print, 1975
- Folder 61: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1976
- Folder 62: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1976
- Folder 63: Press Books in Print, 1976
- Folder 64: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1977
- Folder 65: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1977
- Folder 66: Press Books in Print, 1977
- Folder 67: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1978
- Folder 68: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1978
- Folder 69: Press Books in Print, 1978
- Folder 70: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1979
- Folder 71: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1979
- Folder 72: Press Books in Print, 1979
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1980
- Folder 2: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1980
- Folder 3: Press Books in Print, 1980
- Folder 4: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1981
- Folder 5: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1981
- Folder 6: Press Books in Print, 1981
- Folder 7: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1982
- Folder 8: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1982
- Folder 9: Press Books in Print, 1982
- Folder 10: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1983
- Folder 11: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1983
- Folder 12: Press Books in Print, 1983
- Folder 13: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1984
- Folder 14: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1984
- Folder 15: Press Books in Print, 1984
- Folder 16: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1985
- Folder 17: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1985
- Folder 18: Press Books in Print, 1985
- Folder 19: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1986
- Folder 20: Presss Books Fall - Winter, 1986
- Folder 21: Press Books in Print, 1986
- Folder 22: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1987
- Folder 23: Press Books Spring - Summer and Fall - Winter, 1987
- Folder 24: Press Books in Print, 1987-1988
- Folder 25: Press Books Spring - Summer and Fall - Winter, 1988
- Folder 26: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1989
- Folder 27: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1989
- Folder 28: Press Books in Print, 1989
- Folder 29: Press Books, 1990
- Folder 30: Press Books in Print, 1990
- Folder 31: Press Books Spring - Summer and Fall - Winter, 1990
- Folder 32: Press Books Spring - Summer and Fall - Winter, 1991
- Folder 33: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1992
- Folder 34: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1992
- Folder 35: Press Books in Print, 1992
- Folder 36: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1993
- Folder 37: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1993
- Folder 38: Press Books in Print, 1993
- Folder 39: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1994
- Folder 40: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1994
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1995
- Folder 2: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1995
- Folder 3: Press Books in Print, 1995
- Folder 4: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1996
- Folder 5: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1996
- Folder 6: Press Books in Print, 1996
- Folder 7: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1997
- Folder 8: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1997
- Folder 9: Press Books in Print, 1997
- Folder 10: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1998
- Folder 11: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1998
- Folder 12: Press Books Fall - Winter, 1999
- Folder 13: Press Books Spring - Summer, 1999
- Folder 14: Press Books Spring - Summer, 2000
- Folder 15: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2000
- Folder 16: Press Books in Print, 2000
- Folder 17: Press Books Spring - Summer, 2001
- Folder 18: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2001
- Folder 19: Press Books Spring - Summer, 2002
- Folder 20: Press Bsooks Fall - Winter, 2002
- Folder 21: Press Books Spring - Summer, 2003
- Folder 22: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2003
- Folder 23: Presss Books Spring - Summer, 2004
- Folder 24: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2004
- Folder 25: Press Books in Print, 2004
- Folder 26: Presss Books Spring - Summer, 2005
- Folder 27: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2005
- Folder 28: Press Books Spring - Summer, 2006
- Folder 29: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2006
- Folder 30: Press Books Spring - Summer, 2007
- Folder 31: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2007
- Folder 32: Press Books Spring - Summer, 2008
- Folder 33: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2008
- Folder 34: Press Books in Print, 2008
- Folder 35: Press Books Spring - Summer, 2009
- Folder 36: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2009
- Folder 37: Press Books Spring - Summer, 2010
- Folder 38: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2010
- Folder 39: Press Books Spring - Summer, 2011
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2011
- Folder 2: Press Books Spring - Summer, 2012
- Folder 3: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2012
- Folder 4: Press Books Spring - Summer, 2013
- Folder 5: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2013
- Folder 6: Press Books Spring - Summer, 2014
- Folder 7: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2014
- Folder 8: Presss Books Spring - Summer, 2015
- Folder 9: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2015
- Folder 10: Press Books Spring - Summer, 2016
- Folder 11: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2016
- Folder 12: Press Books Spring - Summer, 2017
- Folder 13: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2017
- Folder 14: Press Books Spring - Summer, 2018
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2018
- Folder 2: Press Books Spring - Summer, 2019
- Folder 3: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2019
- Folder 4: Press Books Spring - Summer, 2020
- Folder 5: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2020
- Folder 6: Press Books Spring - Summer, 2021
- Folder 7: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2021
- Folder 8: Press Books Fall - Winter, 2022
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