November 2008 Highlights
Give Thanks with Wisconsin Foods
In many parts of the world, one day a year is set aside to give thanks. In the United States, one of the many ways we give thanks is with food shared with family and friends. Many traditional Thanksgiving foods...
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Posted November 26, 2008
Calling all Members! Take our Survey!
If you are a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society, we'd like to invite you to take our survey and let us know what you think about your membership. Your input helps us provide you with the best membership experience...
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Posted November 24, 2008
On the Hunt: A New Book from the Society Press
Just in time for fall and winter deer hunting seasons comes On the Hunt: The History of Deer Hunting in Wisconsin, from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. Author Bob Willging offers readers an informative and entertaining account of a quintessential...
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Posted November 20, 2008
Preserving Electronic Records
The Society, by statute, is "the ultimate depository of the archives of the state." This mandate was easy to fill in the 19th century, when the records of a governor were all written on paper and fit in a few...
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Posted November 17, 2008
Gerhard Gesell's Alma: Mississippi River Town
Gerhard Gesell's prolific career as a photographer began in Reads Landing, Minnesota, in 1873, but three years later he moved across the Mississippi River to Alma, Wisconsin, where he opened a photography studio at 401 S. Main Street. There, Gesell...
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Posted November 13, 2008
Collecting and Sharing Veterans' Stories
As we honor the service of America's veterans this week, we want to share a new opportunity to help us collect and share the stories of Wisconsin's veterans. In the past, the Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Public Television (WPT)...
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Posted November 10, 2008
Saving Shattered Images
In a quiet project on the Society's fourth floor, photo archivists are resurrecting long-lost pictures of Wisconsin life. For roughly a century, most serious photographers took pictures not with flexible film but with glass plates. Craftsmen such as Andreas Larsen...
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Posted November 6, 2008
Last Chance to See That's the Ticket!
Foreign wars, trade, immigration, taxes, recession, health care, the environment, character, experience … today's political concerns have played themselves out many times in our nation's history. With public attention focused on the big presidential election this week (don't forget to...
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Posted November 3, 2008
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