Wilder Field, IWU July 1938
Illinois Wesleyan University's Wilder Field was built with Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor and materials, the largest of...
The Great Levant, February 1950 Pianist performs in Bloomington
Oscar Levant (right), the famed American pianist, composer, and actor, performed with the Bloomington-Normal Symphony on two consecutiv...
Aaron Copland at IWU February 1958
Composer Aaron Copland was the featured guest for Illinois Wesleyan University's Seventh Annual Symposium of Contemporary American...
Back to School Illinois Wesleyan, September 1938
Monday, August 29, 2016 marked the first day of classes for the 2016-2017 school year at Illinois Wesleyan University. Seen here are IW...
Prairie Daze Hudson, July 12, 1980
Acacia fraternity members from Illinois Wesleyan University compete in the outhouse race at Hudson’s Prairie Daze summer fest back in 1...
Carolyn Cameron ‘Miss Bloomington’ 1950
In July 1950, 19-year-old Carolyn Cameron of Pekin was crowned Jaycees’ “Miss Bloomington” 1950. Cameron, an Illinois Wesleyan Universi...
En Garde! Fencing Comes to Wesleyan April 1941
In the spring of 1941, fencing became the newest sport on the Illinois Wesleyan University campus. Seen here are Prof. R.M. Chase givin...
Wesleyan Homecoming, October 1958 Titans Rough Up the Bluejays
Fifty-seven years ago, Saturday, October 25, 1958, Wesleyan easily dispatched visiting Elmhurst College 47-7 in the homecoming football...
Angelic Coeds, September 27, 1940 Dedication of the Van Leer Chime Tower
Bill Kemp's “Page from Our Past” column in the Pantagraph (linked below) detailed the history of the chime tower on the Broadview ...
Photo of the Week, 83: Swiped Bell Returned to Redbird Roost, September 20, 1967
Back in the 1960s when Illinois State University and Illinois Wesleyan University still played each other in football, pranks were comm...
Photo of the Week, 10: “A Full House” at “The Wesleyan,” November 1924
Mostly everything in the Museum's collections have been donated by people who like to save things. This “Photo of the Week," ...