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| Brief biography of University of Wisconsin chemistry and natural history professor, Ezra Slocum Carr. |
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| Brief biography of University of Wisconsin chemistry and natural history professor, Ezra Slocum Carr. |
| Brief biography of pioneer lawyer, politician and railroad man John Catlin. |
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| Brief biography of pioneer lawyer, politician and railroad man John Catlin. |
| Brief bio of Richard Theodore Ely, professor, economist, social reformer and author who played a votal role in shaping the "Wisconsin Idea." |
| Poet and Temperance Advocate |
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| Biography of Wisconsin poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox. |
| Civil War Philanthropist, Wisconsin First Lady, Nurse, and Teacher |
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| A brief biography of Wisconsin’s Florence Nightingale, Cordelia Harvey who was a strong voice for innovatring Civil War Military hospitals. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Wisconsin Governor |
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| Brief biography of Gov. Louis P. Harvey, helped organize the Republican Party in 1854, state senator from 1854-1857 and in 1862 became governor. |
| Professor, Geologist and University President |
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| Biography of Charles Richard Van Hise, professor, geologist and president of the University of Wisconsin. |
| Lawyer and Politician |
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| Biography of John Coit Spooner who was a lawyer and politician, known as a leading Stalwart Republican. |
| Educator, University President and Author |
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| Brief biography of John Bascom, president of the University of Wisconsin from 1874 to 1887. |
| Zoologist, Professor and University President |
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| Biography of zoologist and professor Edward Asahel Birge who was president of the University of Wisconsin from 1918 to 1925. |
| Inventor |
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| Biography of Ole Evinrude, a Norwegian-American inventor who created the first outboard motor. |
| Brief biography of Reuben Gold Thwaites |
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| Brief biography of Reuben Gold Thwaites managing editor of the WI State Journal and historian who was "the best known non-political man in Wisconsin." |
| Brief description of the Dow riots that took place in Madison during the Vietnam war and politicized thousands of previously apathetic students. |
| Brief description of the group who won control of the UW-Madison student government in the spring of 1978 and conducted a series of classic pranks. |
| A brief history of the Barstow-Bashford Affair of 1856. |
| Brief explanation Thomas Jefferson's descendants in Wisconsin. |
| Brief history of Wisconsin's various capitol buildings built and destroyed over the decades. |
| Brief explanation of The Edgerton Bible case and its wider ramifications. |
| Brief description of the various attempts to move the Wisconsin Capitol building to other locations. |
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