January 2005 Highlights
Hey There, "Big Boy" — Museum Object of the Week
Beginning this week, the Wisconsin Historical Society will showcase objects from its Museum collection in a new Museum Object of the Week web feature. Some of the objects featured on the site will represent artifacts or themes unique to Wisconsin...
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Posted January 28, 2005
"History Belongs to Everybody"
In a news story that ran in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas and Chicago newspapers, Library-Archives Deputy Administrator Michael Edmonds is quoted as saying "History belongs to everybody; it shouldn't be locked away in dark rooms." We couldn't agree more....
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Posted January 25, 2005
Jane Eyre: Six Degrees of Sep-Eyre-ration
It's hard to believe that a mid-19th-century romance novel set in the English countryside has so many connections to the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (WCFTR). Not the original novel...
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Posted January 18, 2005
Civil Rights Collections
With the observance of another Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, it is fitting that the Wisconsin Historical Society showcase one of the major strengths of its library and archives — incredibly strong collections that document the American civil rights movement....
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Posted January 12, 2005
Wisconsin Historical Society, 2004 Year in Review
2004 was an eventful year for the Wisconsin Historical Society. From the arrival of our new director to our award-winning Web site, events this year show that now, more than ever, the Society serves as a source of pride and...
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Posted January 5, 2005
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