Category: Collection Development

• Documenting COVID-19: The University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives Launches Project to Capture Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Posted on Apr 8th

  The global impact of COVID-19 is a profound moment in time. As the virus spreads around the world, it has turned lives […]

• Farewell St. Paul University Catholic Center

  Posted on Jan 6th

  On Sunday, January 3, 2016, St. Paul University Catholic Center celebrated its last mass in its current building.  Originally conceived in 1906 […]

• From Wausau to Hollywood: Elroy Hirsch’s journey from the playing field to the movie set

  Posted on Jan 6th

  Badger football fanatics are likely familiar with the legacy of Elroy “Crazylegs” Hirsch, a star for UW (Madison) and its eventual Director of Athletics. Less […]

• Share your campus history!

  Posted on Dec 18th

  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

  Posted on Dec 2nd

  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

  Posted on Nov 30th

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

• From Books to Bombs: Student Romance in Peace & War

  Posted on Nov 5th

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

• Robert E. Gard Foundation Oral History Project

  Posted on Oct 12th

  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 […]