March 2007 Highlights
Historical Museum's Quilt Collection Goes Online
For more than a century quilts have been a symbol to Americans of a simpler, purer, pre-industrial lifestyle. As a powerful icon, they have been used to symbolize communities, whether women's clubs or AIDS sufferers, and commemorate significant anniversaries —...
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Posted March 30, 2007
The Angora Project
In 1965 former Chicago Tribune Berlin correspondent Sigrid Schultz presented her papers to the Wisconsin Historical Society. Among them was a heavy photo album, 15 by 13 inches, with a single word on its gray cover: Angora. More tellingly, the...
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Posted March 28, 2007
Book Spring Historic Sites School Tours Now!
Teachers, spring has sprung and soon your elementary school students will be itching to get out of the classroom and have some fun in the sun. And, thanks to school tour programs at the Wisconsin Historical Society's historic sites, opportunities...
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Posted March 26, 2007
The First Typewriter — Invented in Wisconsin
In the age of cell phones, mp3 players, and Blackberries, it's easy to overlook the profound effects of earlier information technology. Each generation thinks its latest gadget is the most amazing device since Gutenberg. Most, however, probably have less impact...
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Posted March 23, 2007
Lavinia Goodell: Breaking Legal Barriers
One hundred and thirty years ago this week, Lavinia Goodell opened the door for women to practice law in Wisconsin. On March 22, 1877, the Wisconsin Legislature passed a bill prohibiting denial of admission to the state bar on the...
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Posted March 21, 2007
Dungeons & Dragons' Wisconsin Roots
A little-known fact about that granddaddy of all role-playing games — Dungeons & Dragons — is that it was created right here in Wisconsin. It began in the basement of Gary Gygax's Lake Geneva home, where Gygax and war-gamer friend...
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Posted March 19, 2007
Wisconsin Magazine of History's Spring Issue
Don't miss out on the spring issue of the Wisconsin Magazine of History! Here's a rundown of what you'll find inside. Discover the story of the Elkhart Lake Road Race Circuits — once one of the premier road racing venues...
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Posted March 16, 2007
Awards Deadline Fast Approaching
Each year the Society recognizes outstanding historical work that helps connect people to the past. If you know of excellent work on state history that should be recognized, now's the time to send in your nomination. If, in calendar year...
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Posted March 14, 2007
The Challenges of Surveying 1830s Wisconsin
Land has always been a desirable commodity, the most real kind of "real property." Records of land ownership date back 5,000 years to the time of Sumerian clay tablets, and surveying — measuring and describing the landscape so it can...
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Posted March 12, 2007
Historical Museum to Host Vintage Game Arcade
In the 1980s Surgeon General C. Everett Koop declared video games to be among the top health risks facing Americans. While that may have been hyperbole, many video game aficionados still reel from Pac-Man Fever. If you are among the...
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Posted March 7, 2007
Now's the Time to Book History Day Camp Space
With signs of winter all around us, it may seem a bit early to begin planning for your kids' summer activities, but the staff who administer the history day camps at Old World Wisconsin and Wade House say now's the...
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Posted March 5, 2007
The Desk of a Civil Rights Pioneer
A leader in her community and an active participant in the women's and civil rights movements, Vel Phillips built a career full of "firsts" as a woman and an African American in Wisconsin. In May 2006 Phillips was one of...
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Posted March 2, 2007
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