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Dormitories and Commons Committee

Date: 05 26 1937
Description: Group portrait of men in the Memorial Union Dormitories and Commons Committee on the steps of the Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin.
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Alpha Sigma Phi Christmas Formal

Date: 12 16 1932
Description: Alpha Sigma Phi Christmas formal at 230 Lake Street.
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Man in Dormitory

Date: 1900
Description: Man in dormitory or fraternity playing banjo. There are signs that say "University of Missouri" and "Don't be woozy" above the door. There are photos and c...
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Kappa Alpha Theta

Date: 1921
Description: Sorority House at 823 Irving Place. After the sorority moved to its new house on Lakelawn Place, the University of Wisconsin-Madison took over this buildin...
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YWCA Open House

Date: 09 20 1949
Description: Mrs. Florence Marquart, recently from Milwaukee, the new director of resident girls at the YWCA, shown at the left, enjoying a radio program with some of t...
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Young Women's Christian Association Open House

Date: 09 20 1949
Description: Ardella Nelson of Klemme, Iowa, a member of the Teen and Twenty club, points out something on the screen to Mrs. Florence Benjamin, formerly of Berkeley, C...
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U.W. Student Service Projects

Date: 12 10 1951
Description: Residents of Elizabeth Waters Dormitory make stuffed toys for Empty Stocking Club and tray favors for patients at Madison General Hospital. Left to right: ...
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University of Wisconsin YMCA

Date: 09 23 1954
Description: View of the main lounge in the newly built University YMCA, located at 306 North Brooks Street.
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University of Wisconsin YMCA

Date: 09 23 1954
Description: Paul Worthington receives his mail from Emma Dais, chief clerk and housemother, at the reception desk at the newly built University of YMCA at 306 North Br...
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YMCA Building

Date: 12 03 1954
Description: Exterior view of the UW campus YMCA building at 306 North Brooks Street.
Map or Atlas

Plat of a Portion of the City of Madison Showing Student Housing Area

Date: 1929
Description: Shows fraternities, sororities, major rooming houses, private and university buildings, and university property. Oriented with north slightly to the right.
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We Saw You at Dietetic Group's Tea

Date: 04 18 1958
Description: Charter members of the Wisconsin Dietetic Association were honored at a tea held at the intern residence hall of University hospitals. Three who have worke...
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Homecoming at the University of Wisconsin

Date: 11 07 1958
Description: The prize-winning UW-Madison homecoming decoration at the Chi Phi Fraternity.
Photograph

Homecoming at the University of Wisconsin

Date: 11 07 1958
Description: Decoration for the UW-Madison homecoming at the Chi Omega sorority on Langdon street.
Postcard

Sterling Court, University of Wisconsin

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of Sterling Court. Handwritten on postcard are Varsity Apt's, Chadbourne Hall girls dormitory, and sorority signs marking buildings along the...
Postcard

Stirling [sic] Court and Chadbourne Hall

Date: 1910
Description: View up Sterling Court towards Chadbourne Hall, which is marked with a handwritten "X." Sorority houses, also identified by handwriting, are on both sides ...
Postcard

Sterling Court, University of Wisconsin

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of Sterling Court. Caption reads: "Sterling Court, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis."

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