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. |
Brief history of the ice harvesting industry in Wisconsin. |
Read about tornadoes in Wisconsin, including some of the worst to have struck the state. |
Read about the Milwaukee Industrial School reform school, later the Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls and Oakhill Correctional Institution in Oregon |
Madison Wisconsin on an isthmus between Lakes Mendota and Monona in Dane County |
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Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Madison, Wisconsin. |
Historian and Educator |
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Brief biography of George Lachmann Mosse (1918-1999). |
Learn about the Gay Purge of 1962 that took place at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
Learn about the LGBT rights movement in Wisconsin. This article also contains links to other articles about the history of the LGBT movement in WI. |
Read an account of the history of recall elections in Wisconsin. This article also includes a Wisconsin recall timeline and citations of scholarly sources. |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Container for potato chips made by Red Dot Foods, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, c. 1950. (Museum object #2002.384.1A-B) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Evening gown worn by Edith Evelyn Nelson to the University of Wisconsin's Junior Prom, c. 1923. (Museum object #1969.147.2) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Wooden Indian clubs used in the University of Wisconsin's Women's Physical Education Department classes, Madison, WI, c. 1900.(Museum object #1994.108.1-2) |
The Brief Stay of Rutherford B. Hayes |
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Discover the visits US presidents have paid to Wisconsin |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Sheetmetal bucket with wooden handle. Collected cow manure for University of Wisconsin, Madison, nutrition experiments, 1907-1911.(Museum object #1992.103) |
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