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McCormick Collection Filing Cabinets

Date: 1959
Description: A line of filing cabinets holding the Anita McCormick Blaine papers, not long after they arrived at the Wisconsin Historical Society in the 1950s. A portra...
Photograph

Historical Society Gets Player Piano

Date: 11 22 1959
Description: Eileen Ryan, a secretary of the Wisconsin State Historical Society, is shown looking over the player piano given to the society by Berniece LaFlash. The so...
Manuscript

Hamilton's Request For Truce

Date: 02 24 1779
Description: A letter from Governor Henry Hamilton to Colonel Clark proposing a truce.
Manuscript

List of Prisoners of War

Date: 
Description: A list of prisoners of war. Governor Hamilton is at the top of the list.
Manuscript

Gabriner Letter to Russell Gilmore

Date: 08 19 1966
Description: First page of a letter from Robert and Vicki Gabriner to Russell Gilmore at the Wisconsin Historical Society describing their experiences collecting civil ...
Manuscript

Gabriner Letter to Russell Gilmore (Continued)

Date: 08 19 1966
Description: Final page of a letter from Robert and Vicki Gabriner to Russell Gilmore at the Wisconsin Historical Society describing their experiences collecting civil ...
Manuscript

Vicki Gabriner Letter of Introduction

Date: 06 23 1966
Description: Letter of introduction for Mrs. Robert (Vicki) Gabriner indicating that she is authorized by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin to collect materials...
Manuscript

Attorney General Letter to Les Fishel

Date: 05 13 1966
Description: Letter from Wisconsin Attorney General Bronson La Follette to State Historical Society of Wisconsin Director Les Fishel, regarding the state's liability in...
Photograph

Guffawmeter

Date: 1958
Description: A man wearing headphones is sitting behind a table with the Guffawmeter. The caption reads: "Guffawmeter constructed by Paul Vanderbilt for the State Histo...
Photograph

Paul Vanderbilt

Date: 
Description: Paul Vanderbilt works at a table in the Iconography Section at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Stacks of photographs and boxes cover the table, along wit...
Photograph

Paul Vanderbilt

Date: 04 1956
Description: Paul Vanderbilt, Curator of the Iconographic Collections (1954-1972), State Historical Society of Wisconsin, examining photographs received from the Mil...
Photograph

Paul Vanderbilt

Date: 04 1956
Description: Paul Vanderbilt, Curator of the Iconographic Collections (1954-1972), State Historical Society of Wisconsin, examining photographs received from the Mil...
Photograph

F. Gerald Ham Examining Papers

Date: 1964
Description: Caption reads: "F. Gerald Ham, Wisconsin State Archivist, examining papers (posed re-enactment) in preparation of a guide to labor history research materia...
Photograph

F. Gerald Ham and Dr. Walter Peterson

Date: 03 1965
Description: The caption with this photograph reads: "Dr. Walter Peterson (right), professor of history at Lawrence University, Appleton, with F. Gerald Ham, Wisconsin ...
Photograph

Paul Vanderbilt

Date: 10 01 1958
Description: Text with the photograph reads: "Paul Vanderbilt, curator of the photographic collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, at the opening of t...
Photograph

Madison Catholic Woman's Club's Style Show

Date: 10 06 1961
Description: Leslie Antonius and Mary Salewski modeling vintage clothing and hats provided by the State Historical Society. They are shown modeling these clothes in the...
Book or Pamphlet

Scrapbook Cover

Date: 1933
Description: Embossed image of the Hall of Science at the Century of Progress International Exposition (the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair) decorates the leather cover of...
Book or Pamphlet

Scrapbook Cover

Date: 1950
Description: Two pandas "scrap" on the embossed leather cover of a scrapbook bearing the title "Snaps and Scraps." Metallic gold highlights the embossed areas. The scra...
Photograph

Palm Sunday A Century Ago When Lincoln Was Assassinated

Date: 03 30 1965
Description: Front page of the "Wisconsin State Journal" on April 10, 1865 headlining Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
Book or Pamphlet

Pages of Goddard's Journal

Date: 1881
Description: Pages 54 and 55 of the diary kept by John H. Goddard on a timber cruising trip.

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