Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-12 of 12

Photograph

Servicemen's Honor Roll Plaque

Date: 11 11 1942
Description: Wooden plaque commemorating 24 Mendota Hospsital employees who are "In the Service of our Country" Plaque was presented by Mendota Hosptial employees Local...
Photograph

Margaret Smith with Servicemen's Letters

Date: 04 26 1945
Description: Margaret Smith, secretary of the Madison and Wisconsin Foundation, surveys a few of the letters received from servicemen who trained in Madison and plan to...
Photograph

United States Armed Forces Institute

Date: 12 30 1947
Description: Assembling educational materials for servicemen-students all over the world are the employees of the United States Armed Forces Institute (USAFI), headquar...
Photograph

United States Armed Forces Institute

Date: 12 30 1947
Description: Major Glenn McConagha, commandant of the United States Armed Forces Institute (USAFI) seated at a desk signing a course completion certificate. USAFI provi...
Photograph

Christmas in New Guinea

Date: 01 03 1943
Description: Corporal Frank Abrashinsky of Sheboygan, somewhere in New Guinea, opening his Red Cross Christmas package.
Photograph

Mechanical Engineers at a Desk

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: Mechanical engineer Alex Gabay (right) and his assistant J.E. Lass (left) at an International Harvester war production factory (20 mm gun plant?). The men ...
Poster

...Missing in Action... Somebody Talked

Date: 1943
Description: Office of Civilian Defense Design No. 3, Untitled. The poster features a woman with her face buried in her arms, clutching a letter in one hand. The subtit...
Photograph

Free Press in Germany

Date: 07 25 1945
Description: Wilhelm Gerst of the "Frankfurter Rundschau," (second from the left) signing the first contract for mail distribution of a newspaper in Germany after World...
Photograph

Three Women Proofreading Documents

Date: 
Description: Three women sitting at a table appear to be proofreading documents at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
Document

International Harvester Company Annual Report

Date: 1944
Description: Cover of International Harvester Company's annual report, featuring a photograph of Marines using International Harvester equipment during the invasion of ...
Document

Telegram from Kenneth Crawford

Date: 
Description: A Western Union telegram sent from London from Kenneth Crawford, a World War II correspondent, to Elizabeth Crawford.
Manuscript

"Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor" Notes

Date: 
Description: Page 2 of notes regarding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor written by George F. Hicks.

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: