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U.W. Student Service Projects

Date: 12 10 1951
Description: Harriet Kirchhoff, Delta Gamma Sorority member, reading to a blind student, Robert Langford, as part of a University of Wisconsin Student Service project. ...
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Wisconsin Verterinary Medical Association Auxiliary

Date: 07 23 1952
Description: Six members of the Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association Auxiliary are standing in front of a table prepared for a reception during a conference of the ...
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East High School Future Nurse's Club

Date: 05 21 1956
Description: East High School Future Nurse's Club members perform volunteer activities at the Wisconsin Nuerological Hospital. Students Marily Detter (left) and Adeline...
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Red Cross Volunteer Thank You Tea

Date: 12 1959
Description: The Red Cross Volunteer "thank you" tea is held at the home of the University of Wisconsin president. Left to right are Mrs. Dorothy Schar, volunteer commi...
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Mitten-Knitter

Date: 12 13 1957
Description: Mary Gillin is sitting behind a table with a display of 21 pairs of mittens of various sizes with wrist stripes that she knitted to donate to The Wisconsin...
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Mrs. Fred Kelly and Group Sew for the Needy at Wesley Methodist Church

Date: 04 15 1958
Description: Mrs. Fred Kelly leads a group of women at Wesley Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue (currently First United Methodist Church), who meet regularly to se...
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Red Cross Blood Donor Recipeint

Date: 11 07 1958
Description: Three year-old Louise Runge, center, whose life was saved by the blood of an unknown Red Cross donor, is shown with University of Wisconsin student Nancy S...
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University of Wisconsin Dames Club Babysitting Project

Date: 03 01 1953
Description: Julia Jose, chairman of the University Dames Club cooperative baby sitting project, talking on the telephone.
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Red Cross Volunteer Thank You Tea

Date: 12 1959
Description: Group portrait of four canteen hostesses at the first Red Cross "thank you" tea held at the home of the University of Wisconsin president. Left to right ar...
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U.W. Dames Club Nursery School

Date: 02 13 1959
Description: Young children paying attention to their teacher, Beverly McCumber, who is reading a picture book at a cooperative nursery school at Bashford Methodist Chu...
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Kiwanis District Officers

Date: 11 19 1950
Description: Officers of the Wisconsin-Upper Michigan district of Kiwanis International gather around a table during a two day training school in Madison. Left to right...
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Red Cross Volunteer Thank You Tea

Date: 12 1959
Description: Mrs. Elizabeth A. Risser (left) chatting with her husband's mother, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Risser. Elizabeth is one of the Margaret Rupp Cooper harpists who pro...
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Red Cross Peacetime Activities

Date: 02 26 1952
Description: The work of the Red Cross in peacetime is less well publicized than its services during wartime. Their blood bank program is considered one of the most out...
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Madison League of Women Voters

Date: 05 10 1960
Description: Reservations are being taken for the Madison League of Women Voters' membership tea at the Executive Residence. Left to right: Katherine Benz, Gretchen Ihd...
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Delta Delta Delta Alumnae Chairman and Her Children

Date: 03 06 1961
Description: Group portrait of Patricia Bruden with her children, including Christopher, left, Kent, center, and Lesli Jean. Bruden is chairman of the chapter's scholar...
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U.W. Student Service Projects

Date: 12 10 1951
Description: Residents of Elizabeth Waters Dormitory make stuffed toys for Empty Stocking Club and tray favors for patients at Madison General Hospital. Left to right: ...
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Panhellenic Alumnae Association

Date: 03 27 1952
Description: Pictured are five members of the Panhellenic Alumnae Association who are meeting to plan their annual scholarship benefit. From left to right, the women ar...
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Emma Teckemeyer

Date: 09 24 1947
Description: Emma Teckemeyer, ringing a doorbell, is a long-time volunteer for the Community Chest Campaign.
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Mrs. Edward S. Dodge

Date: 08 21 1956
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Edward S. Dodge of Lake Mills, program chair of the Madison Woman's Club.
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Gifts For Neurological Patients

Date: 09 29 1960
Description: Pauline Dubner, a patient at the Wisconsin Neurological Foundation, poses in her hospital bed next to a new record player in a case. Behind her stand the f...

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