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Thornton N. Wilder

Date: 1949
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Thornton Wilder wearing eyeglasses.
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Ezra Carr

Date: 1860
Description: Ezra S. Carr (1819-1894), one of the first members of the University of Wisconsin faculty as well as a member of the board of regents.
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Burial Mound on Fox Bluff

Date: 1908
Description: View looking up towards Reverend F.M. Gilmore, Professor W.E. Leonard, and Charles Brown relaxing on a burial mound on Fox Bluff near Lake Mendota.
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Stephen Gilman with Briefcase

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Description: Professor Stephen Gilman stands on steps holding his hat and briefcase.
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Dr. W.E.B. DuBois

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Description: Dr. DuBois seated at his desk at Atlanta University where he initiated and edited the Atlanta University Studies on Negro Americans.
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Chancellor John H. Lathrop

Date: 1859
Description: Full-length, carte-de-visite portrait of John H. Lathrop (1799-1866), first chancellor of the University of Wisconsin. Lathrop's tenure was marked by contr...
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John R. Commons

Date: 1919
Description: Studio portrait of Professor John R. Commons.
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John R. Commons

Date: 1937
Description: Portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison economist John R. Commons.
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Lee Sherman Dreyfus

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Description: Portrait of Wisconsin Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus, probably dating from the period when he was a member of the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madi...
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Fred Harvey Harrington

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Description: Seated studio portrait of Fred H. Harrington, who was the University of Wisconsin-Madison President beginning in 1962. During his nine-year tenure, Mr. Har...
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Fred Harrington

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Fred H. Harrington, taken when he was Vice President of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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William Allen

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Professor William Francis Allen.
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W.H. Morrisson

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Description: Portrait of William H. Morrison, Superintendent, Department of Agriculture, University of Wisconsin.
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Richard W.E. Perrin in Meeting

Date: 12 17 1971
Description: Richard W.E. Perrin, seen speaking in the foreground, discusses plans in a meeting for an outdoor museum of ethnic history in Kettle Moraine. Professor Vic...
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William Best Hesseltine

Date: 1960
Description: Informal portrait of William Hesseltine, University of Wisconsin History Professor (1932-1963) and President of the Wisconsin State Historical Society (19...
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Helen C. White

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Description: Outdoor photograph of Helen C. White, the first woman to hold a full-time professorship in the College of Letters and Sciences at the University of Wiscons...
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Governor Philipp and President Van Hise at the U.W Campus

Date: 03 1915
Description: Governor Emmanuel Philipp stands on a dais, covered with a white sheet, behind University of Wisconsin-Madison's President Charles Van Hise. Van Hise stand...
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Staff of Institute For Research in Land Economics and Public Utilities

Date: 1925
Description: Staff members at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Institute For Research in Land Economics and Public Utilities sit together in a room in Sterling Hall....
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Frederick Jackson Turner

Date: 12 1917
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Frederick Jackson Turner during his tenure as Professor of History at Harvard.
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William F. Allen and Son, Will

Date: 1889
Description: Professor William F. Allen seated and writing at a desk in the study of his home at 228 Langdon St. His son Will is seated in a chair and reading. A large ...

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