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College Archives: Teaching and Learning
This guide provides information about the Parkland College Archives, including rules and regulations for use, location and hours, and information about the collections.
Current and Past Projects
The following projects either use or contribute to the Parkland Archives collection:
Ethnographies of Parkland Student Life (Anthropology 103)
Suggested Resources
The following resources at the Parkland Archives offer insight into Student Life at Parkland College
- Prospectus student newspaper: recent issues are online.
- Photo Collection
- Sprinkler
- Yearbooks
- Enrollment statistics
- Course catalogs
- Student activities
Teaching and Learning with Archival Materials at Parkland College
The Archives Staff works closely with faculty and students to provide opportunities to use primary sources for course assignments or individual projects.
Onsite orientation programs are availble to facilitate the use of primary resources for course assignments or individual projects. Sessions focus on proper care and use of archival materials as well as how to locate and use primary resources.
Handling Archival Material
Materials in archives come in a variety of formats with a range of handling needs. The following general guidelines will help to ensure the long-term preservation of archival documents, photographs, and artifacts.
- Always handle archival materials with clean, dry hands.
- Use only pencils for note-taking.
- Items should be kept in order, Maintain folders in boxes and items within folders in the order that you find them
- Handle materials carefully and turn pages gently.
- Keep documents flat on the table and do not lift them up to read.
- When consulting material sensitive to direct handling, such as photographs, you may be required to wear gloves supplied by the library.
- Do not rearrange folders within boxes, or items within folders. Ask staff for help with any concerns about the material.
- Food and drink are prohibited around archival materials.
Local Archives
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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum"Our central mission at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is to collect, preserve, interpret, and promote the life and times of Abraham Lincoln and Illinois History. Key aspects for fulfilling this mission are the research and preservation projects undertaken by our historians, researchers, and librarians."
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Champaign County Historical Archives"The Champaign County Historical Archives has a diverse array of resources to aid in research on local history and genealogy. They range from databases that provide access to genealogical resources worldwide to unique collections that document local life from the 1830s to the present day."
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Champaign County History Museum"The Champaign County History Museum is a 501(c)(3) organization and exists to collect and preserve artifacts relating to the history of Champaign County, Illinois, and, by using those artifacts in formal and informal educational activities, to interpret that history to the public.”
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eBlack Champaign-UrbanaeBlackCU is a collaborative portal on African-American history and culture in Champaign-Urbana.
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Illinois State Archives"The State Archives serves as the depository of public records of Illinois state and local governmental agencies which possess permanent administrative, legal, or historical research values. Its collections do not include manuscript, newspaper, or other nonofficial sources. [...] The Archives provides access through a series of printed and electronic guides, and by in-person, mail, telephone, fax, and Internet database reference services."
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Museum of the Grand Prairie"The Museum of the Grand Prairie collects objects, books, papers, and photographs pertaining to the history of east Central Illinois and Champaign County, particularly as it relates to the cultural and natural history of the area. Our choices are guided by our Interpretive Plan."
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Sousa Archives and Center for American Music"The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music (SACAM) acquires and preserves significant archival records and historical artifacts in multiple media formats that document America’s local and national music history and its diverse cultures."
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University of Illinois Archives"The Archives recognizes and strengthens faculty and student ties to the university as a scholarly community. While the archives are most useful for modern American intellectual, cultural, and social history, they contains research material for the educator, political scientist, sociologist, economist, and journalist. It is especially strong in the history of science and technology, agriculture, architecture, athletics, librarianship, education, and student life."
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University of Illinois PollinatariumThe University of Illinois Pollinatarium is the first free-standing science center in the nation devoted to flowering plants and their pollinators.