In honor of Black History Month, check out Harvey Long’s African-Americans at the University of Wisconsin (1875-1969). For more information about UW […]

The University Archives is hosting an open house on April 28, 2017 from 5 pm to 8pm on the first floor of […]

The University Archives invites all into our Reading Room the evening of February 6, 2019 from 6-7:30 pm to view and discuss documents and artifacts from the February-March 1969 UW Black Student Strike.

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

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Support provided by the UW-Madison General Library System, the University of Wisconsin and dedicated donors enables the Archives to collect, preserve and share the priceless evidence of our esteemed campus history.

To learn more about what we collect and don’t collect, consult our Collection Development Policy. Some general guidelines for preparing paper records […]

UW-Madison’s University Archives began collecting digital and physical materials related to the local LGBTQ+ communities in the fall of 2015. Since then, […]

About the program The UW Archives Oral History Program collection currently encompasses nearly 2,500 interviews touching on all aspects of the University’s […]

The Oral History Program’s collection encompasses over 1,400 interviews touching on all aspects of the University’s history.

OHMS The UW Oral History Project uses OHMS (Oral History Metadata Synchronizer) to provide online access to selected oral history interviews. OHMS […]

From Demonstration to Commemoration

The Student Historian program has been in place since 2018, employing one or two students per year. These are the previous Student […]

Rena Yehuda Newman was Student Historian from 2018-2019. Their project centered on the Black Student Strike and Student Activism on Campus. More […]