The Busey Family: Contributions Made to the Development of the City of Champaign Urbana

Patricia Plaut

Summer Fellowship 2009

Lesson 5:

Memorial Stadium and Charles Bowen Busey are linked. Students will learn the reason for the building of the University of Illinois Memorial Stadium while viewing a clip of a video. The book, The Story of Stadium lists Charles Bowen Busey as one of the killed veterans. His son, Charles Bowen Busey Jr. was only three years old at the time. The Busey family tree will be expanded.

Procedures: (2-3 days)

· Hand out a copy of Colonel Busey Lineage and Colonel Busey Lineage 2 to groups of students. Ask students to expand the Busey family tree by either writing in or taping the information from the new handout into Worksheet: The Busey Family Lineage, lesson 3.

Colonel Busey Lineage

Colonel Busey Lineage 2

· Ask the following questions: How many generations of Busey’s do we now have? Since Sandra Louise Busey, today known as Sandy Busey-Isaacs is still alive, could we still add more names to the lineage? Her children, for example, or grandchildren?

· Show the video clip Memorial Stadium-Busey.

Memorial Stadium Video

· Ask the following questions: Why was memorial stadium built? How was the building of Memorial Stadium funded? How do the Busey’s feature in the stadiums history?

· Hand out a copy of Stadium Donation Receipt and Stadium Donation Thank You. What do these two sheets represent?

Stadium Donation Receipt

Stadium Donation Thank You

· Hand out WWI UIUC dead. Who are all the people listed on this page?

WWIUIUC Dead

· Finally, show a picture of Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska . This too is a college stadium built in memory of WWI alumni who died during the war.

Nebraska Memorial Stadium

Attachment: none

Analysis of Local Primary Sources:

· Colonel Busey Lineage and Colonel Busey Lineage 2, a hand written by a Busey descendant. Source available from the Early American Museum, 600 N Lombard St, Mahomet, Il.

· Memorial Stadium-Busey. Video excerpt taken from Memorial Stadium, True Illini Spirit featuring Charles Bowen Busey column at Memorial Stadium and the Memorial found at Woodlawn Cemetery. It also has an interview with Sandra Busey-Isaacs, granddaughter of Charles Busey. Source available from WILL-TV, 300 N. Goodwin Ave., Urbana Il.

· Stadium Donation Receipt, primary source showing $100 payment/donation towards the building of the Memorial Stadium. Taped onto the first page of The Story of the Stadium. Source available from the Early American Museum, 600 N Lombard St , Mahomet, Il.

· Stadium Donation Thank You, primary source showing the thank you note for the $100 donation given by Charges Bowen Busey Jr. to the Memorial Stadium fund. Taped onto the first page of The Story of the Stadium. Source available from the Early American Museum, 600 N Lombard St, Mahomet, Il.

· WWI UIUC Dead, copy of the list of U of I alumni who died during WWI from a page in the book The Story of the Stadium. Source available from the Early American Museum, 600 N Lombard St, Mahomet, Il.

Analysis of Local Secondary Sources:

· Colonel Busey Lineage and Colonel Busey Lineage 2, hand written lineage of Samuel Busey, founder of Busey Bank. Source available from the Early American Museum, 600 N Lombard St, Mahomet, Il.

Ties to a National Primary Source:

· Show Google pictures of Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.