Octave Chanute Glider the "Katydid"
Octave Chanute
Aviation
19th Century
Aviation Pioneer Octave Chanute attempts to take flight using his own invention the "Katydid"
Octave Chanute Subject Files, Folder 7, Chanute Collection, Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library
1896
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Octave Chanute Portrait
Octave Chanute
Aviation
19th Century
Indian ink and white chalk portrait of aviation pioneer Octave Chanute paired with the Wright Flyer and a 20th-century jet.
Octave Chanute Subject Files, Folder 5, Chanute Collection, Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library
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artwork
Chanute Officers Wives Club By-Laws, July 1986
Scan of the first page of the by-laws from July, 1986
Chanute Officers' Wives Club
Clubs and Committees Collection, box 1, folder 16, Chanute Collection, Champaign County Historical Archives at the Urbana Free Library
1986
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Armed Services YMCA Award, 1981
Award from the Armed Services YMCA given to the Chanute Officers Wives Club in 1981
Rantoul YMCA
Clubs and Committees Collection, box 1, folder 15, Chanute Collection, Champaign County Historical Archives at the Urbana Free Library
1981
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Award
Skylarks Performing Singing Valentines, 1989
Skylarks, members of the Chanute Officers Wives Club, performing a singing valentine, 1989
Photograph Collection, box 12, folder 27, Chanute Collection, Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library
02/14/1989
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Skylarks Singing to a Chanute Service Member, 1989
The Skylarks, members of the Chanute Officers Wives Club, sing to a bearded servicemember for Valentine' Day, 1989
Photograph Collection, box 12, folder 27, Chanute Collection, Champaign County Historical Archives at the Urbana Free Library
02/14/1989
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Welfare Fund Report, July 1989
Welfare Fund Report of the Chanute Officers Wives Club, 06 July 89
Chanute Officers' Wives Club
Clubs and Committees Collection, box 1, folder 18, Chanute Collection, Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library
07/06/1989
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Wives Clubs Activities Around the World, July 1987
Various wives clubs activities from around the world, July 1987
Kathleen O'Beirne
Clubs and Committees Collection, box 1, folder 15, Chanute Collection, Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library
Family Magazine
1987
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Officers' Wives Picking Apples
Newspaper clipping of Officers Wives Club members picking apples to make apple cider
SSgt. Marty Davis
Clubs and Committees Collection, box 1, folder 15, Chanute Collection, Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library
Undated
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Newspaper Clipping
Carol Rohweder Loosening Apples
Carol Rohweder, member of the Chanute Officers Wives Club, loosens apples from a tree
SSgt. Marty Davis
Clubs and Committees Collection, box 1, folder 15, Chanute Collection, Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library
Undated
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Newspaper Clipping