Category: UW Digital Collections

  • Go, Badgers!

    Posted on Mar 24th

    John James Audubon (best known for his double-elephant folio Birds of America) drew a sharp distinction between the North American badger and […]

  • To Welcome Spring

    Posted on Mar 19th

    To welcome the first day of spring tomorrow, we offer details of hand-colored engravings and distinctive bindings from our holdings. Our copy […]

  • Polka!

    Posted on Mar 6th

    We’re looking forward to the premiere this evening of Wisconsin Public Television’s Polka!, which includes an image of some lively dancing from […]

  • A New Year’s Wreath (of Sorts)

    Posted on Jan 3rd

    New Year’s greetings! Decorative covers of some of our many gift books and annuals figure in the the online project Publishers’ Bindings […]

  • Special Collections Hours in Late December

    Posted on Dec 21st

    In the last week of December and in early January, the Special Collections reading room and exhibit area will be open reduced […]

  • “Double, Double Toil and Trouble” — A Few of Shakespeare’s Witches

    Posted on Oct 31st

    As anticipation builds for the opening later this week of the First Folio exhibition at the Chazen Museum of Art on campus, […]

  • Shakespeare’s Global Reach

    Posted on Apr 20th

    We celebrate this week’s campus kickoff of Shakespeare in Wisconsin 2016 with a page from a travel narrative by Anna Birge, part […]

  • Shakespeare in Wisconsin 2016

    Posted on Apr 8th

    In concert with the celebration of Shakespeare in Wisconsin 2016, we are pleased to announce that our copy of Shakespeare’s Second Folio is now available […]

  • Holiday Hours for Special Collections

    Posted on Dec 18th

    Over the next two weeks, the hours for the Special Collections reading room and exhibit area reflect holiday closings and reduced hours: Monday, […]

  • Eiffel Tower: Historical Views

    Posted on Nov 17th

    Recent images of the Eiffel Tower prompted us to explore manuscript and printed sources in Special Collections that help provide historical context for […]

  • Bittern Sightings

    Posted on Nov 4th

    Inspired by Carrie Roy’s piece entitled “Bittern 70,” part of an art installation currently on view in the first floor lobby of […]

  • Digitizing the Second Folio

    Posted on Sep 23rd

    The process of digitizing our copy of Shakespeare’s Second Folio is underway, in anticipation of all the events, on campus and further […]