Finding Aid for University of Illinois Department Serials, 1915-1996 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Title: University of Illinois Department Serials, 1915-1996

ID: 38/1/819

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. University Press

Other Creators: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. University Press Board

Extent: 0.0

Arrangement:

Organized in series based on university department and/or area of study:

Series 1) Illinois Biological Monographs. Arranged chronologically.

Series 2) University of Illinois Studies in Language and Literature. Arranged chronologically.

Series 3) American Bottom Archaeology. Arranged chronologically.

Date Acquired: 07/23/2025

Subjects: Biological Monographs, Botany, Cytology, Entomology, Illinois Archaeological Survey, Language and Literature Studies, Latin, Ornithology, Zoology

Languages: English, Spanish;Castilian, Latin

Consists of serial journals for the University of Illinois Language and Literature studies, Illinois Biological Monographs, American Bottom Achaeology between 1924-1996, documenting research in linguistics, Spanish grammar, Latin studies, literature analysis, botany, zoology, entomology, ornithology, cytology, archaelogy, etc. Some of these journals are reprints of the original serials which predate the establishment of the Unversity of Illinois Press in 1918.

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.¹ The Press is a general university division whose chief administrative officer is the Director of the University Press.² The Director is appointed annually by the Board of Trustees,³ and is responsible to the University President through the office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs.⁴ 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.⁵. The Press published works of interest primarily to the scholarly reader, although works intended for the more general reader are also published.⁶ Priority is given to local manuscripts, but works produced at other institutions without presses are not excluded from consideration.⁷ 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.⁸ The University of Illinois Press has sales representatives in Canada, the British Isles and Continental Europe, Latin America, and Japan.⁹

1.  Sixteen Years at the University of Illinois, (Urbana, 1920), p. 285.

2.  University of Illinois Statutes, July 18, 1989, p. 12.

3.  Ibid.

4.  University of Illinois Student/Staff Directory, 1990-91, p. 55

5.  University of Illinois Statutes.

6.  The Book Publishing Program of the University of Illinois Press (informational pamphlet for faculty members), 1957, pp. 4-5.

7. Ibid., pp. 5-6.

8.  Ibid., pp. 7-8.

9.  University of Illinois Press--Spring and Summer Books, 1972 (catalog).

Biological Monographs
Botany
Cytology
Entomology
Illinois Archaeological Survey
Language and Literature Studies
Latin
Ornithology
Zoology

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Acquisition Source: University Archives

Acquisition Method: Gift

Separated Materials: These records were initially acquired as part of the Judith McCulloh's University Press production records. Apart from being recived together, this collection of departmental serials did not have anything in relation to Judith McCulloh, or Press Book Catalogs which was another collection record series that emerged from the acquired material as a body of content of its own. The Judith McCulloh University of Illinois Press Production Records are arranged in 38/1/22, while the Press Book Catalogs are arranged in 38/1/801.