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Dr.
Hiram F. Thut, for whom the greenhouse is named, taught at Eastern Illinois
University from 1933-1969. During the last year he taught at Eastern, Dr Thut put together a
slide presentation showing Eastern Illinois University and surrounding areas
throughout the years. A
version of this slide program was
first given to the Alumni at Pemberton Hall in 1969 entitled, "Forty Years At
Eastern."
On November 14, 1973, Dr. H. F. Thut, Professor Emeritus of Botany, gave as
his final talk to the Botany Club, a program entitled "E.I.U.: Then and
Now." The "then" slides went back 40 years and more, and even
some of the "now" slides look strange today. David Murphy of the
Botany Department recognized the historical interest of this program and taped
it. After Dr. Thut’s death the following year, Mr. Murphy worked with Mrs.
Thut to locate the slides and copy them during the summer of 1978 so that the
entire presentation has been preserved. Slide facts were taken from notes on the original slides, notes of Dr.
Thut, and
personal knowledge.
Ed. These slides were digitally scanned
in January, 2003
and are presented here along with an edited transcript of Dr. Thut's presentation. I
also added some images from EIU's Booth Library archives
throughout the presentation to provide an enhanced visual experience.
These "bonus" images and other images from the first fifty years of
Eastern's campus are also available on the Booth
Archives page. Special thanks to the Coles County Historical Society
for loaning me David Murphy's slides for scanning and to Bob Hillman of the
University Achives for locating original documents and photographs of Eastern's
first fifty years.
Enjoy...
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