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Rural Teacher of the Year

Date: 11 03 1958
Description: Constance Elvehjem, McFarland, left, honored as the Rural Teacher of the Year, is shown with, left to right: her brother-in-law, University of Wisconsin Pr...
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University of Wisconsin Football Banquet

Date: 11 25 1958
Description: Sindey Williams, senior quarterback from Little Rock, Arkansas (left) was named recipient of the Ivan B. Williamson Award for sportsmanship. He is shown wi...
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State High School Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 21 1959
Description: Milwaukee Lincoln coach Dick Wadewitz and star Andy Chesser beam with pride after accepting the state championship trophy from Dr. Conrad A. Elvehjem, pres...
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School Census Takers

Date: 04 21 1959
Description: Lloyd Benson, census director for the Madison board of education, points to a map with two of the forty-seven census takers, Mrs. Roberta Kiesow (center) a...
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Monona Grove High School Senior Recognition Night

Date: 06 03 1959
Description: Phil Paulson and Brooke Bulovsky (left) are among the award winners at the Monona Grove High School senior recognition program. Phil received a National Me...
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Governor Nelson Buys U.W. Homecoming Button

Date: 11 04 1959
Description: U.W. student Betty Miller pins a homecoming button on Governor Gaylord Nelson's lapel with U.W. President Conrad Elvejem looking on. At right is U.W. stude...
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Wisconsin School Administrators Conference

Date: 09 22 1960
Description: Portrait of Fred Pinkham (left), president of Ripon college; George Watson, state superintendent of public instruction; Earl Johnson, professor at U.W. Mil...
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We Saw You at Air Power Banquet

Date: 11 01 1960
Description: Among those attending the Air Power Banquet at the Wisconsin Memorial Union (left to right) are: Dr. Conrad Elvehjem, president of the University of Wiscon...
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New Biography of Charles Richard Van Hise

Date: 12 07 1960
Description: University of Wisconsin President Conrad A. Elvehjem (left) receives the first copy of a new biography of the former university president, "Charles Richard...
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Madison City Employees Honored

Date: 12 16 1960
Description: Mayor Ivan Nestingen is shown with five of thirteen city employees honored for service to Madison at a Christmas party at Welch's Embers restaurant. Six wh...
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Madison Education Association Banquet

Date: 02 13 1961
Description: Attending the Madison Education Association annual banquet are, left to right: A.H. Younger, a member of the board of education; Clifford Hawley, an assist...
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Madison Education Association

Date: 02 13 1961
Description: Attending the Madison Education Association annual banquet are left to right: Bruce Straw, West High teacher and association president; his wife, Helen; Ge...
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Five School Administrators Honored

Date: 03 15 1961
Description: Five retiring key men in the State Department of Public Instruction are honored at the annual spring banquet of the Wisconsin Association of Secondary scho...
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West High School Spelling Bee

Date: 03 16 1961
Description: Officials gather at a table during the annual West High School spelling bee. At left is pronouncer Armand Ketterer. The two judges are George Blackman, pri...
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Madison Inn Cornerstone Ceremony

Date: 02 17 1961
Description: Secretary of State Robert Zimmerman, kneeling, presides at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new Madison Inn, located at Frances and Langdon Streets....
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St. Marks Lutheran Church Prepares Toys for Central Colony

Date: 03 20 1961
Description: Donald Peterson, Sunday School superintendent and the Rev. J. Donald Rice, church pastor, examine some of the toys to be delivered by St.Marks Lutheran Chu...
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Madison Teachers at Salon of School Art

Date: 04 18 1961
Description: Three Madison teachers admire a student sculpture displayed at the Salon of School Art exhibit. The teachers have been associated with the Salon of School ...
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New University of Wisconsin YMCA Building Cornerstone Laid

Date: 06 19 1953
Description: The cornerstone for the new University of Wisconsin YMCA building at the corner of W. Johnson and N. Brooks Streets is laid. Copies of the bible, a Wisc...
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Daniel D. Mich

Date: 02 15 1955
Description: Daniel D. Mich, vice-president and editorial director of Look Magazine, and UW President E.B. Fred are seated at the speaker table at the University...
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Honorary Degree Recipients, Wisconsin Alumni Association Banquet

Date: 06 03 1961
Description: Seated are, Mrs. Mary Ingraham Bunting, president of Radcliffe College, and Louis P. Lochner, Fair Haven, New Jersey, Pulitzer prize winning foreign corres...

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