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| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Thornton Wilder wearing eyeglasses. |
| Date: | 03 22 1944 |
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| Description: | Charles B. (Chuck) Seals, with pipe, a 25 year-old handicapped shut-in, who is a painter, a sculptor, a student and omnivorous reader, a fisherman, a swimm... |
| Date: | 06 24 1944 |
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| Description: | Romance Koopman and her son, Bobby Koopman. She did freelance writing and radio scripts, and was a winner of five national awards for writing. Her mother w... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Author August Derleth surrounded by books at his desk. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | At a luncheon sponsored by Americans for Democratic Action, Paul Hays, chair of the ADA New York chapter, discusses the congressional investigation of Holl... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Four Madison authors are shown together holding books they have written. Seated are Francis F. Bowman and Prof. William Hesseltine. Standing are Miss Emil... |
| Date: | 02 05 1949 |
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| Description: | Professors Vernon Carstensen (left) and Merle Curti, with their wives, cutting the ceremonial cake at the testimonial luncheon in their honor as authors of... |
| Date: | 03 02 1949 |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin Players presented "River Boat," an original centennial drama written by Robert Gard of Madison and Dore Reich of Milwaukee at the Memorial Un... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Cartoon drawn by Clare V. "Dwig" Dwiggins depicting himself and August Derleth. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Dedicated on August 31, 1940, the Victor Salvatore bronze sculpture of American author James Fenimore Cooper sits in Cooper Park. The statue depicts the a... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Sauk City author August Derleth sitting in a wing back chair near a fireplace in his home, "The Place of Hawks." |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Aldo Leopold inspecting white pine, on Wisconsin River farm, a weekend retreat for the Professor of Wildlife Management at UW-Madison. |
| Date: | 11 29 1944 |
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| Description: | Back and front covers and inside menu listing, of a die cut three-quarter view of a cloth-bound book with an inset title plate, and a guest list with a few... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Irna Phillips is seated, and drawing a floor plan. On a table next to her are framed photographs of her children. |
| Date: | 10 1940 |
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| Description: | Irna Phillips sits at her desk dictating a letter to her secretary. |
| Date: | 12 14 1948 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Edna Kristin (Kritz) Meudt. She was the President of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS). She is we... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A.P Correspondent Lochner and his colleague of the pre-war Berlin Bureau, Al Steinkopf, meet at the battered airport of Aachen, Germany. |
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