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| Date: | 07 17 1857 |
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| Description: | A stock certificate of the Watertown and Madison Railroad Company, one share #85, issued to Darwin Clark for the sum of $50.00. This was signed by the rail... |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Grand Army of the Republic certificate awarded to William H. Upham and signed by Lucius Fairchild. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | May-June 1856 page from the Historical Society accession register, in which Corresponding Secretary Lyman Draper listed the books received that month. |
| Date: | 07 12 1865 |
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| Description: | A letter written by Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis to E.G. Ayer of Harvard, Illinois, thanking him for his special care of and attention to sick and wou... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | A page of autographs of the members of the 1861 Wisconsin Legislature. |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Map for location of the Magic Picnic, a celebration of the lesbian and gay community, which took place in Brittingham Park. |
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| Description: | Pen-drawn poster listing the officers and men of Company H. Includes small oval portraits of some of the officers. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Vintage photograph, dated ca. 1890, with a wraparound handwritten message from Miss Louise Parke to her beloved teacher, Miss Mary L. Edgar, is part of a M... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | First page of an album kept by Neighborhood House, with individual images of head resident Gay Braxton, second resident Mary Lee Griggs, and two exterior v... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House with images from the Play School: a group of children posing outdoors with buckets and a parasol, director... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with two images from the Play School for 3 and 4 year olds: a boy is opening his mouth for a woman who is... |
| Date: | 03 14 1942 |
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| 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... |
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| Description: | Menu with a green and cream striped front cover. On the insert for the Western Ranch Style Dinner is an illustration of a man in a cowboy hat, kerchief, an... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the All Wisconsin Sports Show, presented by the Madison Business Association, with an outline map of the state and a star marking the locatio... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Victory Convention, with an illustration by R. Hesselgrave of a train full of passengers waving flags, hea... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Four Lakes Aquatennial, sponsored by the Four Lakes Club and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, with a background illustration of the chain of... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of magician and entertainer Ben Bergor, promoting his availability as an after dinner speaker ("a truly new and humorous approach in storytellin... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Ben Bergor, with illustrations of theatrical masks, Bergor's head, his "Remember this bird!" symbol, and a cartoon of Bergor at the bottom of... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Ring 31 of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, with the seal of the IBM and a cartoon by Wayne D. Peterson (?) of Ben Bergor with a r... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Ring 31 of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, with the seal of the IBM and its name as segments of a scrolling banner. |
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