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Inauguration of U.W. President Conrad A. Elvehjem

Date: 10 09 1958
Description: Dr. Conrad A. Elvehjem (left), the new president of the University of Wisconsin, is greeted by former U.W. president Dr. E.B. Fred (middle) at the inaugura...
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Inauguration of U.W. President Conrad A. Elvehjem

Date: 10 09 1958
Description: Dr. Grayson Kirk (right), president of Columbia University, chats with new president of the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Conrad A. Elvehjem, at the inaugur...
Photograph

Inauguration of U.W. President Conrad A. Elvehjem

Date: 10 09 1958
Description: New University of Wisconsin president Dr. Conrad A. Elvehjem poses with members of his family before the inaugural luncheon at Memorial Union. From left ar...
Photograph

Woodward Avenue School Faculty

Date: 09 1919
Description: Teachers and administrators at Woodward Avenue School posing for a group portrait in front of the brick school building. Jeannette Holt is sitting in the f...
Photograph

Math Research Center Dedication

Date: 04 23 1959
Description: Three men who figured prominently in the dedication of the Mathematics Research Center are shown talking before the ceremonies. Left to right: Wilbur Renk...
Poster

Women Can Vote

Date: 1919
Description: Poster for school elections on Tuesday, March 18th, and April 1st, 1919. After 1901, women in Wisconsin were able to vote in school elections, which was an...
Photograph

Half Century Club of U.W. Madison

Date: 06 05 1959
Description: The original caption states: "Joseph Cutler, Milwaukee, left, presents University of Wisconsin President Conrad Elvehjem with a $25,000 check as the class ...
Photograph

Norman P. Mitby

Date: 07 01 1960
Description: Norman Mitby, the new director of the Madison Vocational and Adult school, standing next to a door marked "Directors Office."
Photograph

Public Hearing for New Dormitory

Date: 02 06 1961
Description: U.W. Dean Kurt Wendt (standing right) answering questions from Eighth Ward Supervisor Frank Gagel, during a State Building Commission hearing in which the ...
Photograph

Ellen Clara Sabin

Date: 12 1893
Description: Portrait of Ellen Clara Sabin, while she was president of Downer College. It is signed: "Affectionately yours, Ella C. Sabin. Xmas, 1893."
Photograph

Ellen Clara Sabin

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Description: Portrait of Ellen Clara Sabin, around the time she became president of Downer College.
Drawing

Rev. H. Gilliland, D. D.

Date: 1878
Description: Lithograph portrait of Reverend Harrison Gilliland, around the end of his tenure as President of Galesville University.
Photograph

Charles Kendall Adams

Date: 1892
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Charles Kendall Adams, president of Cornell University (1885-1892), and of the University of Wisconsin (1892-1901).
Print

Charles Kendall Adams

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Description: Facsimile engraving of Charles Kendall Adams, president of Cornell University (1885-1892), and of the University of Wisconsin (1892-1901).
Photograph

Lorentz Adolfson

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Lorentz Adolfson, Director of the University of Wisconsin Extension Division.
Photograph

W. H. Glover Interviews John Callahan

Date: 02 1950
Description: Caption reads: "W. H. Glover, field representative of the Society, in an interview with John Callahan, retired long-time Wisconsin state superintendent of ...
Photograph

Dr. James H. Albertson

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Dr. James H. Albertson, president of UW-Stevens Point from 1962 to 1967. In 1967, he and seven other educators died in a pla...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Edward Anderson Alderman

Date: 1905
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Edward Anderson Alderman, the first President of the University of Virginia. He was an education reformer for the university, an...
Photograph

J.H. Ames

Date: 1937
Description: Waist-up portrait of Jesse Hazen "J.H." Ames, president of the River Falls Normal School (1917-1927), and its successor the River Falls State Teachers Coll...

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