Share your campus history!

We LOVE our alumni. Especially alums like Larry O. (’64) who generously shared with us his memories and items from his clarinet-playing […]

Scenes of Wisconsin: Cherry Harvesting Technology, 1960-1964

Enjoy a selection of photos that document cherry harvesting in Wisconsin (2015/283). Scenes of Wisconsin: Cherry Harvesting Technology, 1960-1964 Over the course of […]

UW (Madison) Homecoming 1960

We recently acquired a small collection of color slides documenting 1960 Homecoming activities at UW (Madison), Accession #2015/278. Thanks to UW alumni, Christopher […]

“Looking Back: The Vietnam Era in Madison” A Talk and Panel Discussion

Looking Back: The Vietnam Era in Madison, a special event co-sponsored by the UW-Madison Archives and Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries, will […]

From Books to Bombs: Student Romance in Peace & War

Little else sets our souls aflame at UW-Archives than finding a mysterious love letter. And nothing surpasses a love letter that mentions […]

Photo Gallery: Wisconsin budget repair bill protests (Feb. 2011)

This collection of photos documents protest activities in downtown Madison, Wisconsin, in February 2011. UW-Madison Teaching Assistant’s Association (TAA) as well as […]

Robert E. Gard Foundation Oral History Project

Robert E. Gard Foundation Oral History Project is a new collection of oral history interviews that commemorate the 50th anniversary of Gard’s “Arts in […]

Oral History in the Digital Age

Please join us for a workshop on collecting, editing, preserving, and disseminating oral histories in a digital environment. The workshop will be […]

Reeves selected for Humanities Council

UW Oral History Program head, Troy Reeves, was recently selected to serve on the Wisconsin Humanities Council. Reeves has led workshops and public conferences […]

All about the Archives

What do we do? The primary purpose of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives is to collect and preserve University records and information […]