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Shorthand at Dickinson Secretarial School

Date: 01 15 1931
Description: A women dictates to another student practicing for ABC shorthand at the Dickinson Secretarial School, 105 Monona Avenue.
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Foreign Students Visiting Governor Goodland

Date: 11 1946
Description: Foreign students at the University of Wisconsin visit Governor Walter Goodland in his office at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The visit was arranged by Caro...
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WHA Radio Station Program

Date: 01 1948
Description: Dr. Robert West, director of the University of Wisconsin speech clinic, and Martha Heffernen, psychologist, broadcast the WHA radio station "Our Children" ...
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University of Wisconsin-Extension Moves

Date: 03 04 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin-Extension mailing department, with Mrs. May B. Shire and Craig Gunter hard at work mailing loan packages of information throughout ...
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Woman with Umbrella that Short-Circuited Power Line

Date: 11 17 1948
Description: Mrs. Marian M. (Mary) Hammang, secretary in the office of the University of Wisconsin buildings and grounds, posing with an umbrella that was blown by high...
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University of Wisconsin Recreation Students

Date: 11 23 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin recreation student Mary Ann Busch, Eagle River, receives a call for a student to lead games at a little girl's club. Glenn Gritzmac...
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Red Cross Activities

Date: 03 05 1951
Description: Three volunteers of the University of Wisconsin College Unit complete Red Cross clerical work. They are, left to right, Jean Eggebrecht, Wausau, Jennie Stu...
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Eleanore Oimoen, Secretary

Date: 09 03 1951
Description: Eleanore Oimoen of 445 West Gilman Street answers a phone call in an office. She is a secretary for Edwin B. Fred, University of Wisconsin president.
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Lola Bradford, Secretary

Date: 10 03 1951
Description: Lola Bradford, of 933 Waban Hill, standing at a desk in an office. She is secretary and administrative assistant for Edwin B. Fred, University of Wisconsin...
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Zonta Scholarship Winners

Date: 12 18 1951
Description: Paul I. Trump, left, is shown presenting a Madison Zonta Club scholarship award to Louise Yanke of Milwaukee, right, while the two other recipients of the ...
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Extension Employees Constructing Lecture Charts

Date: 1919
Description: Group of male and female workers assembling International Harvester Agricultural Extension lecture charts.
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University of Wisconsin Student Wives Who Work

Date: 02 07 1956
Description: Mary Redlich is a canvass supervisor for the Wisconsin Telephone Company. Her husband, Glenn Redlich, is a senior in the School of Commerce at the Universi...
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Marian W. Engelke

Date: 12 19 1957
Description: Marian Engelke looks forward to a new career as a professional social worker. As part of the course work for her master's degree, she spends 20 hours a wee...
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Daily Cardinal Staff Preparing an Issue of the Paper

Date: 02 11 1965
Description: John Gruber, managing editor of the Daily Cardinal student newspaper, is standing in the background as the staff assembles an issue of the paper.
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Staff of Institute For Research in Land Economics and Public Utilities

Date: 1925
Description: Staff members at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Institute For Research in Land Economics and Public Utilities sit together in a room in Sterling Hall....
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Governor Lucey Signs Chapter 115

Date: 08 1973
Description: Governor Pat Lucey signing Chapter 115 ensuring public education for children with disabilities as parents, children and others look on. Midge Miller stand...
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Family Record Book Developed by University of Wisconsin Faculty Members

Date: 12 29 1960
Description: University of Wisconsin faculty members Louise A. Young (R) and L. G. Sorden have developed a "Family Record Book" that allows for a complete listing of fa...
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Mrs. Margaret C. Browne, UW Extension Home Economics

Date: 02 16 1961
Description: Mrs. Margaret C. Browne is Assistant Director of the University of Wisconsin Co-operative Extension Service and state leaders of the the home economics ext...
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Marlene Cummings and Sylvia Dunnavant

Date: 05 10 1982
Description: Marlene Cummings, Special Advisor for Women's initiatives for Governor Lee Dreyfus, at right, in an office looking over a newsletter on women's initiatives...

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