Finding Aid for The Sophograph, 1882-1892 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: The Sophograph, 1882-1892

ID: 41/8/806

Primary Creator: Illini Publishing Company

Extent: 2.3 cubic feet

Arrangement: Chronological

Subjects: Athletics, Class Rivalries, Humor, Literary Societies, Military Training, Social Events, Student Publications, Travel, Yearbook

Languages: English

Copies of the Sophograph published by the sophomore class in an annual commentary on students and university life, featuring articles, poetry, cartoons, photographs, quotations describing personalities, class rolls, directories of student officers, class histories, class rivalries, athletic activities, military drill, social events, jokes and advertisements. The 1883 issue was titled The Saturnian. In 1894, the Illio replaced the Sophograph as the student annual.

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.

Athletics
Class Rivalries
Humor
Literary Societies
Military Training
Social Events
Student Publications
Travel
Yearbook

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 9/1963

Other Note: 7 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/4108806.pdf

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