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Edward Kremers at University of Minnesota

Date: 05 04 1938
Description: Pictured, left to right: (top row) Professor Gustav Bachman, Professor Earl B. Fischer, (bottom row) Dean Charles H. Rogers, Dr. Edward Kremers, Dr. Glenn ...
Photograph

Pharmacists or Cowboys?

Date: 06 19 1949
Description: Three prominent pharmacists (L to R), B.R. Mull (Eli Lilly & Co.), Robert Fischelis (American Pharmaceutical Association), and Charles Lanwermeyer (Abbott ...
Photograph

Robert M. La Follette Addressing a Crowd

Date: 04 1907
Description: Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., speaking to a crowd in a Los Angeles park. This photograph was used to illustrate the brochure "La Follette on the Firi...
Photograph

Frank McCallister with Unionization Graph

Date: 1947
Description: CIO Session at Highlander Folk School featuring Frank McCallister, standing. Graph shows number of Americans employed vs. number of American workers union...
Poster

The Energy That Moves The Atom Moves You

Date: 03 1973
Description: Poster publicizing a talk with Mahatma Parlokanand speaking about the teachings of Satguru Maharaj Ji, a spiritual Perfect Master. Features a picture of Sa...
Poster

Dick Gregory Speaks Poster

Date: 05 1972
Description: Poster advertising a public speech by Dick Gregory, African American comedian and civil rights activist. Event took place May 19, 1972 at the University of...
Poster

La Raza Y El Movimiento

Date: 04 1975
Description: Poster publicizing La Raza Y El Movimiento event at the Great Hall in the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union in Madison, Wisconsin. Image of Chicano st...
Poster

Bob Clampett Great Hall Event

Date: 02 1975
Description: Poster publicizing an event with Bob Clampett, creator of Beany & Cecil, Elmer Fudd, and Bugs Bunny. Event featured a screening of a 15 year retrospective ...
Poster

"Universal Education: A Baha'i Perspective"

Date: 11 1970
Description: Poster advertising a lecture by Dr. Dwight Allen, the Dean of the University of Massachusetts School of Education on the Baha'i perspective of universal ed...
Manuscript

Madison Civics Club Luncheon Menu

Date: 03 14 1942
Description: Typewritten menu for the luncheon meeting of the Madison Civics Club held at the Loraine Hotel, with photographer Margaret Bourke-White as speaker. Over 50...
Photograph

Earth Day 1970

Date: 04 1970
Description: Acting on the suggestion of his mentor Senator Gaylord Nelson, Wisconsin congressman David R. Obey participated (here at a gym) at the first Earth Day even...
Photograph

Dairy Calf Demonstration

Date: 06 28 1932
Description: J.C. Nisbet (center), an editor of Hoard's Dairyman magazine, addresses a crowd of men, women and children at the Walworth County 4-H Club Picnic at...
Postcard

Invitation

Date: 1942
Description: Printed invitation announcing a meeting of the Lake Geneva Garden Club to be held at the home of Mrs. Alfred F. Madlener. It features a stylized drawing of...
Photograph

Learning Better Farming

Date: 1925
Description: A Caucasian man in a suit is standing at the center of a large arbor. Native American men and women are sitting or standing around him, while a Native Amer...
Photograph

Judging Sheep

Date: 1925
Description: A man in a light-colored overcoat, possibly Joseph Wojta, standing behind a sheep being inspected by two other men. A group, including men, women and child...
Poster

For All Humanity

Date: 1918
Description: Posters featuring a photograph of a female nurse looking out of a window. Two empty hospital beds with white covers and a chair is in the room behind her. ...
Poster

Illustrated War Lecture. Wake Up, America!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with blue text that reads: "Illustrated War Lecture. Wake Up, America! High School Auditorium. Thursday Friday Saturday May 16•17•18 at 8:00 o'clock...
Photograph

Poster About Kaminer Lecture

Date: 1987
Description: A flyer announcing a lecture by Reuvin Kaminer, an Israeli peace activist.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Violence Erupts at Kahane Lecture

Date: 1990
Description: An article in The Badger Herald written by Risa Berg about a lecture by Rabbi Meir Kahane which was disrupted by protesters. It includes an image of...
Poster

The South and Saigon

Date: 1965
Description: Poster with black ink on an orange background. The title reads: "The South and Saigon: Carl Braden, Carol Stevens." Text at bottom reads: "F-SNCC + CEWVN."

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