Pilgrim's Progress, Inscription
A copy of Pilgrim’s Progress inscribed “Miss S. Noel presented as a prize for improvement in writing. Female Seminary.”
Collection 20, Champaign County Schools Ephemera, Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library
1834
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Book
Pilgrim's Progress, Title Page
Pilgrim’s Progress, title page, published 1834
Collection 20, Champaign County Schools Ephemera, Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library”
1834
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Book
Centennial Tree Project promotional buttons
Promotional buttons for the 1967 Centennial Trees Project, which was launched to in honor of the 100th anniversary of the University of Illinois.
Champaign County Design and Conservation Foundation Records, 1965-2007
Box 1, Series 2, Collection 71
Folder 29: CCDCF Projects: Centennial Trees ephemera, 1965-1968
1967
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pin-back buttons
Urbana Library Association Book Stamp
Embossing (printing)--Urbana (Ill.)
These embossed stamps were found in the books lent out by the subscription library. They helped identify which books belonged to the new library
UFL History, UFL Box 2
The Urbana Free Library
1872
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embossed stamp
Turf Club Race Tickets
Gambling
Gambling and crime--Illinois--Champaign--History
Vice
Receipts for bets placed at Turf Club
"Gambling" Vertical File Folder, Champaign County Historical Archives
1937
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tickets
Urbana Commercial Club pamphlet
Urbana Commercial Club (Urbana, Ill.) -- Periodicals.
Newspapers -- Indexes.
Urbana (Ill.) -- Periodicals.
1908 pamphlet from the Urbana Commercial Club with the first mention of the proposed new library.
Urbana Commercial Club
Newspaper Resources, Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library.
The Club
1908
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bulletin
Cunningham Bookplate
Library bookplates
Book donations
This bookplate was placed in all the books donated to the Samuel T. Busey Memorial Library from Joseph Cunningham
The Urbana Free Library
Autobiography of Rev. James B. Finley; or, Pioneer life in the West by James Finley. Non-Circulating Library, Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library
Methodist Book Concern, Cincinnati
1853
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bookplate