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| Read about thousands of interviews with small-town residents preserving folklore traditions that would otherwise die out. Includes link to interviews. |
| The Society owns one of the nation's richest collections of Civil Rights movement records, including more than 100 manuscript collections on Freedom Summer |
| Brief descriptions and links to original documents created by CORE, SNCC, COFO, local residents, volunteers and opponents. Organized by topic |
| Follow the progression of key events before, during and after Freedom Summer. Contains links to original documents |
| Do you want to see if anyone from your state or community participated in the 1964 Freedom Summer Project? Search over 1,600 names. |
| A comprehensive guide of the most important primary sources for teachers, students and researchers wanting to study Freedom Summer. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Wenga and Amutuk catching crabs in the Arctic. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Eskimo duck dance to celebrate the spring hunt. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Interior of WMAQ Radio Station with Chief Engineer Donald Weller standing. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Star Lake, Arbor Vitae Township, with the railroad tracks of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway on right and lake on the left. |
| Amity Leather Products Factory, West Bend, Wisconsin |
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| A 1915 textile mill's multi-story form is renovated. Exposed steel and timber ceiling capture the industrial historic character of the building. |
| Neillsville, Wisconsin |
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| This 1915 one-room country school, serving Wisconsin students through 1951, was restored to its appearance during the 1940s. |
| Reedsburg Municipal Hospital, Reedsburg, Wisconsin |
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| After sitting empty for several years, the 1932 Reedsburg Municipal Hospital was converted to independent-living senior apartments. |
| Copeland Service Station, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| Using tax credits, a neglected 1938 Milwaukee gas station was reinvented as a coffee shop, preserving its Streamline Moderne style. |
| John Palo Homestead, Oulu, Wisconsin |
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| A 1909 Wisconsin northwoods log home rehabilitation preserves family heritage and an important piece of the state's history. Tax credits helped fund t |
| Wisconsin History Maker Award |
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| Learn about the co-founder of Manpower, Inc, the world's largest temporary job service company who actively promoted peace in the Middle East. |
| Mineral Point High School, Mineral Point, Wisconsin |
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| A 1903 high School's special Richardsonian Romanesque historic details are maintained. Lockers were left in place in the original wide corridors and b |
| Examine the oral history and migration experiences of Rubie Bond, an African-American resident of Beloit featured on Wisconsin Public Television |
| Conflict on the Homefront: Wisconsin During World War I |
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| Learn more about Victory Berger by examing 1917 editorial selections from his newspaper, Milwaukee Leader |
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