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Service and Partnerships - Foundations that Guide Our Work

We digitized more than 70,000 historical images, online delivery of archival finding aids, purchased major new library resources in electronic form.
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From M&M's to Presidential Candidates: The Origins of Presidential Campaign TV Commercials

Sixty years ago, Dwight D. Eisenhower recording the first television “spots” by a presidential candidate
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The Most Important Item I Ever Cataloged

The 3” x 5” card read, “Bill of sale of a negro girl, dated June 6, 1814, by Benjamin Bealk and Rebecca Holt to Michael Lacroix, of Louisiana.”
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How May We Serve You?

Excerpts from the WHS Letterhead Collection, By Juilia Wong
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Death of a Mansion

Partygoers Celebrate Cyrus McCormick Mansion Demise
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How Farm Equipment Collectors Embraced the Archives

Thousands of people worldwide collect and restore machines made by International Harvester, often using the Archives to identify parts.
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Pictorial Maps - Reflections on the Art and Science of Cartography

Throughout history maps have been a mix of both art and science, using pictures to represent fact, estimation and even humor.
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Two Collections Provide a Unique Picture of 20th Century Industrial and Labor History

The records of the Eau Claire Uniroyal tire plant and records of the Local #19 of the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum, and Plastic Workers of America
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Restoration Gives 1894 Apartment Buildings New Life

Jeffris Flats Apartments, Janesville, Wisconsin
Janesville YMCA partnered with local bank to rehabilitate old building and establish housing for victims of domestic abuse.
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Wisconsin Brothers Become Early 20th Century Motion Picture Pioneers

The Aitken brothers grew up on a Waukesha County farm and became successful Hollywood film pioneers in the early 20th century.
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World War I Secret Operation Maps Reveal Enemy Operations

An inconspicuous small box nesteld in the Society's archives contains 14 original maps of German WWI defensive positions and phases of U.S. Army attacks.

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