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Modjeska Simpkins at SOC Meeting

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Description: Modjeska Simpkins (center) one of the early leaders of the NAACP at an unidentified meeting of the Southern Organizing Committee (SOC). Among the other SO...
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Anne Braden and SOC

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Description: Anne Braden (center) at an unidentified meeting of the SOC (Southern Organizing Committee) leadership.
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Anne Braden and Ben Chavis

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Description: Anne Braden and Rev. Ben Chavis at an SOC (Southern Organizing Committee for Economic and Human Welfare) event. Braden and Chavis were founding members a...
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Madison CARE Committee

Date: 11 16 1948
Description: Seven members of the Madison CARE committee looking at a poster about CARE Week. Left to right are Rev. W.B. Waltmire, Madison Council of Churches; Rabbi ...
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Christmas Ball Committee

Date: 12 07 1947
Description: Six committee members planning a Christmas Ball for university students and the "young married." Left to right: Margot Schmidt; Toby Sherry; Kathleen Kello...
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Community Welfare Council Officers

Date: 12 16 1948
Description: Recently elected officers of the Community Welfare Council. Seated, left to right: Mrs. Thomas (Rosamond) Doran, 4117 Yuma Drive, representing the Catholic...
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Fred Platner with Staff of Joint Distribution Committee's Emigration Office

Date: 1950
Description: Fred Platner and staff of the Joint Distribution Committee's emigration office; Hamburg, Germany.
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Staff Working in the Joint Distribution Committee's Emigration Office

Date: 1950
Description: Staff of the Joint Distribution Committtee's emigration office; Hamburg, Germany.
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Community Chest Board Members

Date: 01 20 1949
Description: Three women board members who are in charge of decorations for the 27th annual Community Chest dinner. From left are: Mrs. Werner Schaerff of the Girl Scou...
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Mrs. W.G. (Rosamond) Rice, UN Chair for Wisconsin League of Women Voters

Date: 02 16 1949
Description: Portrait of Mrs. W.C. (Rosamond) Rice, Jr., 2212 Hillington Green, Chair of the UN (United Nations) committee for the Wisconsin League of Women Voters. Mrs...
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University of Wisconsin International Club Ball

Date: 03 28 1949
Description: Mary Jane Iss of Milwaukee, a co-ed of Austrian descent and co-chairman of the International Club's social committee, and Edward Bank of Algoma, whose ance...
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Madison Community Chest Budget Committee

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: Portrait of Phoebe Hayes, librarian for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and representative from the Madison Feder...
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Madison Community Chest Budget Committee

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: Mrs. B.I. (Rose) Peterson and Mrs. P.H. (Celestine) Hyland having a cup of coffee at the Peterson home. Both women are members of the 1949 Madison Communit...
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Wisconsin Council of Churches Radio Committee

Date: 04 28 1949
Description: Standing before a WKOW microphone are, left to right: Arthur Olson, and Mrs Henry (Ruth) Czerysinski, members of the First University Church choir, Allan ...
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Mobile X-Ray Unit

Date: 05 02 1949
Description: Miss Jeanne Gibbons (left), a technician with the Madison Board of Health, explaining the workings of the mobile X-ray unit to members of the Lakewood Scho...
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The La Valle Story Photographs

Date: 05 03 1949
Description: A group of club women are discussing plans for a community project in the village of La Valle. Seated in the middle is Mrs. L.O. Waller, president of the L...
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Wisconsin Women's Golf Association Tournament

Date: 06 05 1949
Description: Members of the planning committee for the Wisconsin Women's Golf Association state tournament to be held at the Maple Bluff Country Club. From left are Mrs...
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Wisconsin Women's Golf Association Tournament

Date: 07 05 1949
Description: Members of the planning committee for the Wisconsin Women's Golf Association state tournament to be held at the Maple Bluff Country Club. From left are Mrs...
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State Women's Golf Association Tournament

Date: 07 15 1949
Description: The tournament committee for the Wisconsin women's golf association tournament gathers beneath a tree for a group portrait. The tournament was to be held a...
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Nakoma Women's Golf-Guest Day

Date: 08 03 1949
Description: Mrs. Patrick (Bess) Lahiff (left) of 111 West Wilson Street, chairman of the tournament committee of the Nakoma Guest Day, and Mrs. Peter (Iris) Henter of ...

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