Finding Aid for Illinois Agriculturist, 1897-1950 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Illinois Agriculturist, 1897-1950

ID: 41/8/812

Primary Creator: Illini Publishing Company

Extent: 3.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: Chronological

Subjects: Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, College of, Agriculturalist, Student Publications

Languages: English

Printed copies of the monthly Illinois Agriculturist, published during the school year by students and containing editorials, college news of building programs and conferences, faculty or student achievements and appointments, departmental news, class notices and news, news of women's activities and news of club activities including 4-H programs, feature articles and poetry.

The Agriculturist was published annually (vols. 1-6) by the Agriculture Club until October 1902, when it was a monthly publication, interrupted only in the fall of 1918.

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.

Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, College of
Agriculturalist
Student Publications

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 9/1963

Other Note: 1 Page

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/4108812.pdf

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