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Rashard Griffith (Undergraduate, 1993-1995 and 2017-2020) Rashard Griffith was an undergraduate and basketball player at UW. After being picked by the Milwaukee …
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The Oral History Program is proud to help the department of Art History celebrate 100 years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In …
From WWII to the War on Terror Since its inception in 1848, the University of Wisconsin in Madison has been home to …
This project tells the story of Badger Village, a housing community for married student veterans and their families located at the Badger Ordnance Works …
These exhibits and special projects were completed by Archives staff and UW-Madison SLIS students, and feature a variety of topics that illuminate our campus history.
Between 1951 and 1957, an experimental scholarship program brought some of the brightest high school students from across the country to the …
Introduction The Madison General Hospital School of Nursing trained many nurses over its 80 years. Students learned the art of nursing while …
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The LGBTQ Archive contains oral histories, personal papers, photographs, ephemera and organizational records related to LGBTQ life in Madison and Dane County from the 1940s to today.
Background: Forestry emerged as a special political concern within resource management in the late-nineteenth century. In 1891, during the administration of Benjamin …
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This project was conceived to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the bombing of Sterling Hall which took place on August 24, 1970. The …
The Model and Role of the Former UW Colleges In November 2017, an initiative was begun to restructure the UW Colleges and …
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Introduction . Since the 1960s, faculty in UW-Madison’s Art Department nurtured artists interested in bookmaking. Students learned techniques in letterpress printing, typography, …
The project was conceived to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1970 Teaching Assistants Association strike. Oral History Interviews Browse TAA Strike …
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This series relates the experiences of women who have worked in science, engineering, medicine and mathematics at the University of Wisconsin from …
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About The primary goal of the Oral History Program at UW-Madison has always been to gather and preserve, through in-depth, recorded interviews, …
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