Explore the UW-Madison Oral History Program’s collection of over 1,000 interviews. Browse archives, transcripts, and digital recordings via library catalogs and search tools.

The Oral History Program at UW offers training, resources, and equipment for capturing campus stories. Learn how to participate, nominate narrators, or access our archives.

The University Archives serves as the official repository for all UW-Madison, UW-System Administration, UW-Extension, and UW Colleges records.

The University of Wisconsin Archives maintains a collection of artifacts and memorabilia documenting campus history, including uniforms, awards, ephemera, and event materials.

Explore the UW-Madison University Archives’ historic audio and film collections, featuring campus history from the 20th century. Contact us for access or view clips on our YouTube channel.

The UW-Madison University Archives collection development policy outlines our mission to preserve university records, historical materials, and official state records for research.

The Archives’s collection development policy is based on content, not format. We do not collect materials based on whether it is physical […]

Explore the UW-Madison Archives manuscript collection, featuring administrative records, faculty papers, biographical files, course descriptions, and historical campus materials.

About The University Archives began web archiving efforts in 2007 to further support our mission by capturing select websites that meet our […]

Archives staff can help you research and share a campus history-related story.

Sydney Tang was a Student Historian (2021-2022) at UW-Madison, where they researched the experiences of Students of Color within the Wisconsin Union Directorate.

Chloe, a UW-Madison Student Historian, researches the intersection of LGBTQ+ identity and spirituality through oral histories, archival records, and community documentation.

Explore resources for researching UW history, including University department links, UW System School Archives, Area Research Centers, and relevant external historical organizations.

Learn how to cite manuscript collections using MLA best practices. Includes a standard citation format and examples for referencing materials from the UW-Madison Archives.

Learn how to cite print and digital photograph collections from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives with our standardized formatting guidelines and examples.