Finding Aid for Illini Media Company Minutes, 1911-1991 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Illini Media Company Minutes, 1911-1991

ID: 41/8/1

Primary Creator: Illini Publishing Company

Extent: 7.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: Chronological

Date Acquired: 04/14/2025

Subjects: Daily Illini, Illini Publishing Company, Radio Station - WPGU, Student Life, Student Publications, Technograph

Minutes from the board meetings of the Illini Media Company's various publications. Supplements to the minutes include financial reports, building lease information, correspondence, strategic plans, and reports from managers.

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

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.

Daily Illini
Illini Publishing Company
Radio Station - WPGU
Student Life
Student Publications
Technograph

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Acquisition Source: Illini Media Company CEO Jake Williams

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/4108001.pdf

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