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| 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 Alice In Dairyland program, which promotes Wisconsin's dairy industry nationwide. |
| Brief timeline of Wisconsin history from 1900 to 1999. |
| Read about the Home for Women, a reformatory for women aged 18 -31, and the State Prison for Women, which became the Taycheedah Correctional Institution. |
| 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 |
| Read about the school for juvenile delinquents that was formed in Waukesha, WI. This article contains links to images and official reports. |
| Brief history of the General Motors plant in Janesville. |
| Historian and Educator |
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| Brief biography of George Lachmann Mosse (1918-1999). |
| 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. |
| Learn about the history of Arab communities in Wisconsin. This article includes statistical data on countries of origin and the process of assimilation. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Elaborately beaded jacket worn by pianist, performer, and Wisconsin native Liberace during his performances in the late 1970s. (Museum object #2008.77.1) |
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| Southern Colonial dollhouse handmade and furnished by Ann Little of Columbus, Wisconsin, 1976-1977. (Museum object #2007.191.1) |
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| Red velveteen vest worn by Wisconsin Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus, c. 1975. (Museum object #1982.450.15) |
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| Industrial sewing machine used to make one of Wisconsin's signature products for over 40 years, 1950s-1997. (Museum object #1997.54.1A-D) |
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| "Bright beer" storage tank by Dunck Tank Works, Milwaukee, c 1910. Used by Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, c 1915-1995.(Museum object #2007.83.2) |
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