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University League Dance Reception

Date: 01 20 1944
Description: Commander Leslie K. and Isabelle Pollard with Professor Howard B. and Mrs. Doke at the University of Wisconsin University League dance reception at the Mem...
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Captain Arthur S. Adams

Date: 05 29 1944
Description: Captain Arthur S. Adams, director of the Navy's administration division of training, with from left to right: Commander Leslie K. Pollard and University Pr...
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H.H. Gerth

Date: 07 28 1944
Description: Portrait of H.H. Gerth, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin. Gerth was born and grew up in Kassel, Germany, and escaped about s...
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Dr. Alanson H. Edgerton

Date: 08 03 1944
Description: Portrait of Dr. Alanson H. Edgerton, a professor of guidance and director of guidance at the University of Wisconsin. His special interests lie in the stud...
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Professor Chester V. Easum

Date: 11 30 1944
Description: Portrait of University of Wisconsin professor of history Chester V. Easum. Professor Easum wore out his voice speaking to groups warning of Nazis after a s...
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Professor Howard Becker

Date: 05 10 1946
Description: Professor Howard Becker, Sociology Department at the University of Wisconsin. While on leave from his teaching job, he went to Washington, D.C. to work wit...
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Charles Whittlesey, Geologist

Date: 1858
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Charles Whittlesey (1808-1886), American Geologist. Fought in the Black Hawk War. Opened a law office and newspaper in Clevelan...
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Clara Meyers

Date: 02 06 1948
Description: Clara Meyers, ex-Nazi prisoner and post World War II Dutch women's army veteran of 2 years service in Java, shown discussing University of Wisconsin regist...
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm and Professor Chester V. Easum

Date: 05 15 1948
Description: Pictured are Professor, Chester V. Easum, University of Wisconsin history department, at left, shown as he presented a case containing relics from the Brit...
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Navy League Dinner

Date: 10 27 1948
Description: Group portrait of men at the speaker's table for the banquet that climaxed Navy Day observance. Seated left to right are: Rear Admiral E.W. Hanson, command...
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President Edwin B. Fred of University of Wisconsin and Armed Services Officiers

Date: 11 03 1948
Description: Edwin B. Fred, president of the University of Wisconsin, accepting an invitation to a reception being planned in his honor by army, navy and air force offi...
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Wisconsin and Navy Athletic Directors

Date: 07 08 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin athletic director Harry Stuhldreher stands with his counterpart, Captain Howard Caldwell, at the United States Naval Academy prior ...
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Professor Joseph Hirschfelder

Date: 08 08 1950
Description: Portrait of Professor Joseph Hirschfelder, University of Wisconsin chemist. He also is project director for the U.W. Naval Research Laboratory, member of t...
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Crowd at University of Wisconsin Teach-in

Date: 04 01 1965
Description: A crowd of over 1000 students attend a 10-hour teach-in against the war in Vietnam. The teach-in was conducted by 25 faculty members in the University of W...
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Wisconsin Alumni Association Officers

Date: 06 19 1953
Description: University of Wisconsin President E.B. Fred is shown talking with the Wisconsin Alumni Association's newly elected top officers, including Gordon Fox, asso...
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New Residents

Date: 09 13 1954
Description: Group portrait of new Madison residents Colonel Douglas and Mary Reeve, with their daughter Linda (age 11). They recently came to Madison from Newport, Rho...
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New University of Wisconsin Faculty

Date: 09 28 1954
Description: Portrait of Lieutenant Commodore Robert J. Murphy, Navy ROTC, (right) with Mrs. Murphy, and their sons David, age 9, and Thomas, 7.
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International Soil Science Congress

Date: 08 13 1960
Description: Russian delegates to the seventh International Soil Science Congress are greeted at Truax Municipal Airport. Ann Borland (left), Miss Madison, greets Mrs. ...
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Viet Nam Policy is Discussed at a Meeting of the Policy Committee of the U.W. Young Democrats

Date: 10 30 1965
Description: Critics and supporters of the United States policy in Viet Nam discuss their views at a meeting of the policy committee of the University of Wisconsin Youn...
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Professor Chester Allen

Date: 1943
Description: Portrait of Chester Allen, a World War I veteran and educator with the University of Wisconsin Extension. Dr. Allen was a lifelong crusader for education p...

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