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Clipping about laid cornerstone of The Urbana Free Library
Newspaper clipping about the cornerstone for The Samuel T. Busey Memorial Library being laid on July 23, 1917.
Clipping about opening of The Urbana Free Library
Newspaper clipping about the opening of the Samuel T. Busey Memorial Library
Busey Mansion
Busey Mansion at 502 W. Main Street, the residence of Mary and Samuel T. Busey.
Andrew Carnegie
Portrait of Andrew Carnegie
Gill Building
Photo of the Gill Building aka the Knowlton and Bennett Building, 135 W. Main St.
Masonic Temple
Photo of Masonic Temple at 201 W. Main St
The Busey Family
Portrait of the Busey family with Samuel T. Busey and Mary E. Busey
Members of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees
Photo of Mary E. Busey, William L. Abbott, Chairman, Carrie T. Alexander of Belleville, Frederic L. Hatch of Spring Grove, and Laura T. Evans of Taylorville (left to right)
Joseph Oscar Cunningham
Portrait of Joseph Oscar Cunningham (1830-1917). Upon his death, Cunningham left his library of 300+ books of American history to the soon-to-be opened Samuel T. Busey Memorial Library.
The Urbana Free Library
Photo of The Urbana Free Library at 203 S. Race Street