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. |
Professor, Author and Historian |
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Biography of professor and author Frederick Jackson Turner who shaped American history research |
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. |
See a list and brief description of significant fires in Wisconsin history. |
Author and Publisher |
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Biography of author and publisher August Derleth, 1909-1971. |
Brief history of Black Thursday (November 21, 1968). |
Lawyer, Politician, Senator, Cabinet Officer and Philanthropist |
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Biography of William Freeman Vilas, 1840-1908. |
Author, Diplomat, Editor and Professor |
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Discover the history of author, diplomat, editor and first professor of Scandinavian languages at the University of Wisconsin Rasmus Anderson. |
Professor, University President, Geologist and Author |
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Discover the history of professor, university president, geologist and author, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, who establishing the university extension. |
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. |
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) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Dairyland Rat Poison container made for the Wisconsin Pharmacal Co. of Milwaukee, 1955-1965. (Museum object #1999.143.34) |
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) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Cockwork study desk built by naturalist John Muir while at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1861-1863. (Museum object F1998.85.1) |
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