Mildred Fish Harnack 1929: Easing into life in Germany In late 1928, Arvid Harnack left for Germany. Mildred joined him the following […]

October 1940 The United League for Liberal Action protests against compulsory registration for selective service. 1944 The University Club refuses to accommodate […]

Listen to Oral History Clip below. November 16, 1990 700 people march from Library Mall to the Capitol to protest the buildup […]

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Gard’s “Arts in the Small Community Project,” the Robert E. Gard Foundation collected memories from artists, educators, and administrators whose reach extended from the University to the people of Wisconsin, inspiring them to write, paint, dance, make music,...

Thomas Evans Brittingham (1860-1924) was born to Dr. Irvin Baird and Mary J. League Brittingham on May 18, 1860 in Hannibal, Missouri. […]

This short film clip, The McArdle Laboratory and Cancer Research at UW (1966), details research and discoveries made by UW cancer researchers […]

Originating in 1874, men’s crew is the oldest sport at the University of Wisconsin. Crew has been very successful, bringing 19 national […]

The University of Wisconsin Oral History Program–part of the UW-Madison Archives & Records Management–presents the incredible career and extraordinary life and work of Dr. Frederic E. Mohs, M.D. Developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1936, Mohs surgery is now practiced worldwide and ...

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 […]

This project was conceived to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the bombing of Sterling Hall which took place on August 24, 1970. The […]

Introduction Since the 1960s, faculty in UW-Madison’s Art Department nurtured artists interested in bookmaking. Students learned techniques in letterpress printing, typography, printmaking, […]