Goal 2: Strengthen collections program to address strategic campus and consortial goals Metrics: 1) Increase centralization of the budget; 2) Fund-based collection […]

Goal 4: Identify and invest in the expertise needed to advance and sustain a modern research library Metrics: 1) A competency-based inventory […]

Guide to the library’s privileges, loan periods, and borrowing policies

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

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

Save the Date for this event! 2021-2022 Student Historians Sophia Abrams and Sydney Tang will discuss their research projects, “Black Artists at the UW-Madison” and “Experiences of Students of Color in the Wisconsin Union Directorate” and reflect on their work this past year.

This page contains accessibility information specific to the UW Archives and Records Management department, which is located on the 4th floor in […]

Donating Materials The Madison LGBTQ+ Archive is a growing collection, focused on offering the most possible holistic reflection of LGBTQ+ communities in […]

The Archives maintains a small collection of artifacts, memorabilia and ephemeral materials that document aspects of UW campus history. Artifacts are typically […]

Mission Our mission is to preserve University records and information of permanent legal, fiscal and/or historical value; provide records management services; and […]

IntroductionAll patrons requesting duplication of known items in the collections of the University Archives at the University of Wisconsin-Madison must complete a […]

On June 5, 2008, the Board of Regents officially appointed Biddy Martin as the next Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, effective […]

John Lathrop was elected the first chancellor of the University of Wisconsin in September 1849 and was inaugurated on January 16, 1850. […]

John Whelan Sterling was born on July 17, 1816, in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. He graduated with honors from the College of New […]