University of Illinois Professors Collection
Title
University of Illinois Professors Collection
Subject
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Illinois Industrial University (Urbana, Ill.)
College teachers
Students
Jeffers, Charles P. (Charles Perry)
Description
This photo album contains portraits of students and professors at the Illinois Industrial University (now the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). The album belonged to Charles Perry Jeffers, an 1874 Illinois Industrial University graduate. Jeffers majored in chemistry while attending the university.
The photographs in this album feature students graduating from the university between 1872 and 1877. The album also features portraits of several professors, many of whom became administrators at Illinois Industrial University including acting University President Thomas J. Burrill and Comptroller Samuel W. Shattuck.
The photographs in this album feature students graduating from the university between 1872 and 1877. The album also features portraits of several professors, many of whom became administrators at Illinois Industrial University including acting University President Thomas J. Burrill and Comptroller Samuel W. Shattuck.
Collection Items
Professor Ambrose Pascal Sevilon Stuart
Professor Ambrose Pascal Sevilon Stuart served as Chair of Chemistry at Illinois Industrial University from 1868-1874.
Professor Thomas J. Burrill
Thomas Jonathan Burrill served as Professor of Botany and Horticulture from 1868-1882, University Vice President from 1882-1891, and acting president from 1891-1894 at Illinois Industrial University.
Unidentified Professor
An unidentified professor from the Illinois Industrial University poses for a portrait.
Professor Samuel W. Shattuck
Colonel Samuel W. Shattuck served as professor of mathematics Illinois Industrial University beginning in 1868 after resigning his position as acting president of Norwich University. In 1873, Shattuck became acting regent of the school for six months…
Professor Stillman Robinson
Professor Stillman Williams Robinson taught Mechanical Engineering and Physics at Illinois Industrial University from 1870-1878, serving as Dean of the College of Engineering in 1878. He also taught at the University of Michigan (1866-1870) and Ohio…
Professor Don Taft
Don Carlos Taft, professor of Geology at Illinois Industrial University, poses for a portrait.
Professor J. Burkitt Webb
Professor J. Burkitt Webb taught Civil Engineering at Illinois Industrial Universityfrom 1873-1880.
Miles Hatch
Student Miles Fayette Hatch of Burton, poses for a portrait. Hatch was a member of the class of 1872, the first graduating class of the Illinois Industrial University.
Howard Silver
Agricultural student Howard Silver of Springboro, Ohio, poses for a portrait. Silver was a member of the class of 1872, the first graduating class of the Illinois Industrial University.
Charles Silver
Charles Wallace Silver of Springboro, Ohio, poses for a portrait. Silver was a member of the class of 1872, the first graduating class of the Illinois Industrial University.
John Ockerson
Civil engineering student John Augustus Ockerson of Skane, Sweden, poses for a portrait. Ockerson graduated from the Illinois Industrial University in 1873.
Jared Teeple
Jared Teeple of Ingersoll, Ontario, poses for a portrait. Teeple was a member of the class of 1872, the first graduating class of the Illinois Industrial University.
Jacob Wharton
Mining engineering student Jacob Norton Wharton of Pennsylvania, poses for a portrait. Wharton was a member of the class of 1872, the first graduating class of the Illinois Industrial University.
Charles Rolfe
Charles Wesley Rolfe of Arlington Heights, Illinois, poses for a portrait. Rolfe was a member of the class of 1872, the first graduating class of the Illinois Industrial University.
Joseph Corson Llewellyn
Joseph Corson Llewellyn of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, poses for a portrait. Llewellyn graduated from Illinois Industrial University in 1877.
Augustus Hennessey
Augustus L. Hennessey, of Eureka, poses for a portrait. Hennessey graduated from Illinois Industrial University in 1873.
Elijah Newton Porterfield
Mechanical engineering student Elijah Newton Porterfield of Worthington, Pennsylvania, poses for a portrait. Porterfield graduated from Illinois Industrial University in 1873.
Henry Edwin Robbins
Mechanical engineering student Henry Edwin Robbins of Springfield, New York, poses for a portrait. Robbins graduated from Illinois Industrial University in 1873.
Charles Hays
Horticultural student Charles Irving Hays of Darke County, Ohio, poses for a portrait. He served as an assistant in practice florist during the 1872-1873 school year. Hays graduated from Illinois Industrial University in 1873.
Albert R. Short
Albert Roswell Short, a chemistry student at Illinois Industrial University, poses for a portrait
Thomas Edwin Rickard
Thomas Edwin Rickard of Springfield, Illinois, poses for a portrait. Rickard was a member of the Class of 1872, the first graduating class of the Illinois Industrial University.
Charles A. Smith
Mechanical engineering student Charles Augustus Smith of Baden, Germany, poses for a portrait. Smith graduated from Illinois Industrial University in 1874.
G. Gabriel
Agricultural student Gregory Gabriel of Constantinople, Turkey, student, sits for a portrait at Illinois Industrial University. On verso: "G. Gabriel, an Armenian from Constantinople, Turkey."
Collection Tree
- Illinois Photographic Collection
- University of Illinois Professors Collection