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Walt Kelly on Book Tour

Date: 09 26 1952
Description: Cartoonist Walt Kelly talks with two men at the Sertoma Club luncheon.
Manuscript

William Warren Letter

Date: 04 13 1849
Description: A letter written by William Warren to his cousin George Warren.
Postcard

Back of Postcard: Entrance Gate at Taliesin

Date: 1917
Description: Back of postcard of the entrance gate at Taliesin.
Manuscript

"Caledonian March" Letter

Date: 11 05 1844
Description: Music for the song "Caledonian March" as notated on a letter written by Thomas Steel to his sister Lilly Steel.
Manuscript

Steel's Farm Property Letter

Date: 11 26 1846
Description: A drawing by Thomas Steel of his farm property contained in a letter Steel wrote to his father James Steel.
Photograph

Henry J. McCormick

Date: 06 1944
Description: Portrait of Henry J. "Hank" McCormick, sports editor of the Wisconsin State Journal.
Drawing

Landsford, Chester County

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Description: Drawn map of Landsford, South Carolina, from Thomas Sumter Papers.
Photograph

A.A. Lattimer

Date: 08 11 1944
Description: A.A.L., also known as Alva A. Lattimer, columnist and poet whose poems have appeared on the editorial page of the Wisconsin State Journal, working a...
Manuscript

James T. Lewis Letter to Ayer

Date: 07 12 1865
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...
Manuscript

Letter from E.G. Ayer

Date: 07 14 1865
Description: The first page of a letter written by E.G. Ayer of Harvard, Illinois, to Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis, in gratitude for the governor's thanks for cari...
Manuscript

Letter from E.G. Ayer

Date: 07 14 1865
Description: The second page of a letter written by E.G. Ayer of Harvard, Illinois, to Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis, in gratitude for the governor's thanks for car...
Photograph

War Correspondents and Photographers

Date: 1942
Description: Group portrait of war correspondents and photographers on a ship on their way to Australia, February-March, 1942. Byron Darnton, reporter for the New York...
Photograph

Portrait of Agassiz and Agassiz

Date: 
Description: Carte-de-visite photomontage double portrait of the geologist and zoologist, Jean Louis Rudolphe Agassiz (1807-1873). Founded the Museum of Comparative Zoo...
Photograph

Dalton Trumbo

Date: 
Description: Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, seated at a typewriter.
Drawing

Anti-Communist Envelope

Date: 1962
Description: Envelope of a letter addressed to Senator William Proxmire from a constituent in Kansasville, Wisconsin, which graphically illustrates a perceived connecti...
Photograph

Raja Radhakant Deva Bahadoor, Author

Date: 1857
Description: Carte-de-visite of Raja Radhakant Deva Bahadoor (1783-1867), Indian scholar and author. Best known for writing the Sanskrik Encyclopedia, Sabdakalpadruma (...
Photograph

Joe McCarthy Takes Notes

Date: 04 22 1954
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy writes in a note pad during the testimony of General Miles Reber, the first witness during the Army-McCarthy hearings, what the ...
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Home Economics

Date: 12 09 1947
Description: At work in the planning corner of the kitchen of the University of Wisconsin Home Management house, 1430 Linden Drive, are Jean Smith DeKalb, Illinois, sea...
Photograph

Office Workers

Date: 1934
Description: A man looks through papers at a desk while a woman, most likely a secretary, takes notes. The man and woman may have worked for an International Harvester ...
Photograph

Man Writing at Desk

Date: 1930
Description: A man sitting at a desk writing on a tablet. A poster illustrated with cows is hanging on the wall in front of him, reading "World All-American Selections ...

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