The conference theme is “At the Crossroads of the Urban-Rural Divide” and the program will feature panel sessions with presentations on a variety of topics and projects related to Northern Illinois’ changing communities, evolving land-use, and how history influences regional identity. The purpose of the conference is to engage a
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The NIU Libraries Regional History Center and its collaboration with the Culinary Historians of Northern Illinois (CHNI) is featured in the December 2022 episode of the Under Rocks podcast. Head of Special Collections and Archives Brad Wiles, who arranged an event with CHNI, discusses the collection of community cookbooks donated
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