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Old World Wisconsin Springs into the Past
Spring is finally here, and on weekends throughout the month of May Old World Wisconsin will celebrate the season's arrival with a variety of family friendly activities reminiscent of farm life in 19th- and early 20th-century Wisconsin during Spring Into...
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Posted May 9, 2013
Team Wisconsin, Ready for Nationals
Sixty of Wisconsin's brightest middle school and high school history students emerged as national finalists following statewide National History Day competition in Madison on Saturday, May 4. The elite group becomes Team Wisconsin 2013 and will go on to represent...
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Posted May 6, 2013
May is Member Appreciation Month
As the Wisconsin Historical Society opens its museums and historic sites for an exciting new season, we also celebrate member support with a month of special offers and extra benefits. Members provide critical funding for our ongoing education, genealogy, local...
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Posted May 2, 2013
Historic Preservation and Archaeology Month
May is Historic Preservation and Archaeology Month, a nationwide opportunity to learn more about historic places and how we can preserve them. Wisconsin local historical societies, museums, public libraries and other institutions use this monthlong celebration to highlight the important...
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Posted April 29, 2013
Museum Celebrates Madison Craft Beer Week
The Wisconsin Historical Museum will take part in a citywide celebration of Madison Craft Beer Week May 3–12 with a series of five public programs built around the sudsy brew. The fun begins on Saturday, May 4, when the museum...
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Posted April 25, 2013
Irish Genealogical Research
Co-presidents of the Midwest Ancestor Research and lecturers with the Irish Genealogical Society International, Mary Wickersham and Sheila Northrop, will discuss using historical patterns to estimate where ancestors lived in Ireland during a three-hour, Society-sponsored genealogy workshop on Saturday, May...
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Posted April 22, 2013
The Cassville Photographs of Frank W. Feiker
Around 1905 photographer Frank W. Feiker moved from Milwaukee to Cassville, Wisconsin, and for the next half-century he documented the daily life of that typical Mississippi River town. In this gallery we've brought together 147 of his best photographs. They...
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Posted April 18, 2013
Kaysen Railroad Maps Now Online
Logging historians, railroad buffs and everyone who vacations in Wisconsin's northern forests will enjoy a major new addition to the Society's online map collection. Some 1,200 topographic maps annotated by railroad historian James P. Kaysen to show defunct logging railroads...
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Posted April 15, 2013
In Honoring the Past, We Celebrate the Present
As 16-year-old Kiara Heumer puts it, "[The past] is a living, breathing story about the world around me." When speaking about her National History Day journey from the classroom through local and regional competitions, all the way to nationals, Kiara,...
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Posted April 11, 2013
A Look at the History of the Bicycle in America
Prize-winning historian and author David Herlihy, who literally wrote the book on the history of the bicycle in America, will enterain visitors at 12:15 pm on Tuesday, April 16, with a talk on the topic at the Wisconsin Historical Museum....
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Posted April 8, 2013
Earth Day Collected and Shared
"Tuesday: Atlantic City at 9 am, Boston at 2:15 pm, Madison at 7:15, Milwaukee at 10. Wednesday: Bloomington at 9:30 am, Denver at 2, Berkeley at 8:15 [then] Los Angeles. Back to Washington. A missile gone berserk? No, it's our...
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Posted April 4, 2013
French-Canadian Genealogical Research
Certified genealogist George Findlen will discuss some of the challenges of conducting research into French-Canadian ancestry during a three-hour, Society-sponsored genealogy workshop on Saturday, April 13, at the Society's headquarters in Madison. The workshop will include guided practice with immediate...
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Posted April 1, 2013
'Limping through Life' with Jerry Apps
Polio was epidemic in the United States starting in 1916. By the 1930s, quarantines and school closings were common, as isolation was one of the only ways to fight the disease. The Salk vaccine was not available until 1955. In...
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Posted March 28, 2013
International Harvester Glass Negative Series
The central image files of the International Harvester Company have begun to come online. More than 500 photographs are now available from its so-called Glass Negative Series, the corporation's primary photograph collection. It is a treasure trove of imagery for...
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Posted March 25, 2013
Society Launches Preview of New Website
We at the Wisconsin Historical Society are excited to announce the preview launch of our new website. This Preview, or "beta" website, gives you a glimpse into our progress. It does not yet include all the content on our current...
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Posted March 21, 2013
Wisconsin Magazine of History, Spring 2013
An intriguing series of stories ranging from a woman who lived much of her life as a man and the first public kindergarten in the United States to the origins of the Wisconsin Historical Society's world-class genealogical collections graces the...
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Posted March 18, 2013
Meet Five Wondrous Wisconsin Women
Celebrate Women's History Month with Badger Biographies series author Bob Kann. Bring a brown-bag lunch and join him for a discussion about Five Wondrous Wisconsin Women at 12:15 pm on Tuesday, March 19, at the Wisconsin Historical Museum, 30 North...
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Posted March 14, 2013
Pendarvis to Host 'Bottoms Up' Book Party
Yehes da! That's the way Pendarvis historic site in Mineral Point — which celebrates the history of Wisconsin's Cornish miners and settlers — will say "cheers" to the state's historic bars and breweries this St. Patrick's Day weekend. The Wisconsin...
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Posted March 11, 2013
Call for Nominations for 2013 Society Awards
Each year the Wisconsin Historical Society recognizes individuals and organizations for outstanding work in the field of Wisconsin history. In keeping with its mission to help people connect with the past, the Society invites nominations for its slate of 2013...
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Posted March 7, 2013
'Mary Nohl: A Lifetime in Art'
Milwaukee-born artist Mary Nohl didn't just make art, she lived it. A prolific and fanciful artist who worked in a variety of media, Nohl was both a mysterious figure and an iconic "outsider" artist who made her home on the...
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Posted March 4, 2013
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