Ruth E. Weinard Papers, 1907-2007

Description: Papers of Ruth Elizabeth Weinard (1925-2011), (B.A. Journalism 1947), reporter for the Champaign-Urbana News- Gazette, Associate Editor of the University of Illinois Alumni News, Associate Director for Communications at the Department of Alumni Relations and Records contain biographical information, correspondence, photographs, sketches, ephemera, collegiate scrapbook covering social events and friends, playbills, press clippings, story drafts, and sheet music, appointment papers and photographs of her father, horticulture professor Frederick F. Weinard, and related to her participation in theatrical productions at Urbana High School, Chi Omega, student organizations, undergraduate student life the University of Illinois, the Horticulture Department buildings and events, Joseph Blair monument dedication, the Mother's Day Flower Show, and photographs relating to Quad Day (1981), Lorado Taft House move (1981), move and repair of the Alma Mater Statue (1981), Faculty Art Show (1981) and local events of Urbana-Champaign.