http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/images/common/logo.gif http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ The latest material on the Wisconsin Historical Society website. en-us Wisconsin Historical Society <webmaster@wisconsinhistory.org> 2010-02-08T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2010/02/taliesin_album.asp Reproductions of 33 rare and historic photographs and a small selection of original photographs that document the construction of the original Taliesin, the residence and studio Frank Lloyd Wright designed and built in Spring Green, Wisconsin, in 1911-1912, are on... 4083@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2010-02-08T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2010/02/reading_room_1.asp After months of noisy and labor-intensive toil, all spaces of the Society's grand Library Reading Room are again available to the public. Patrons and staff endured cramped spaces, dusty conditions and the sights and sounds of daily construction work, but... 4084@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2010-02-04T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2010/02/black_history.asp February is Black History Month, an appropriate time to highlight the richness and depth of the Wisconsin Historical Society's civil rights collections. The holdings are particularly strong in three areas: the movement in Wisconsin, particularly Milwaukee; the activities of national... 4078@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2010-02-01T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2010/01/prophetic_pictu.asp 4077@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2010-01-28T09:18:28-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2010/01/brunch_bunyan_a.asp Join folklore-loving friends on Saturday, February 6, for Taste Traditions of Wisconsin: Lumberjack Brunch and Book Discussion of Out of the Northwoods: The Many Lives of Paul Bunyan at the Wisconsin Historical Museum in Madison. Enjoy a hearty lumberjack brunch... 4072@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2010-01-25T08:43:49-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2010/01/holocaust_survi_1.asp Recorded interviews with 22 survivors of the Nazi Holocaust who settled in Wisconsin have just been published online, making it possible to listen and read along as the survivors recount their experiences before, during and after the Holocaust. The Helen... 4071@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2010-01-21T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2010/01/wilderday.asp By gubernatorial proclamation, Governor Jim Doyle has designated Tuesday, January 19, Laura Ingalls Wilder Day in Wisconsin, just ahead of the premiere of Little House on the Prairie, The Musical at Madison's Overture Center for the Arts. Wisconsin Historical Society... 4069@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2010-01-19T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2010/01/martin_luther_k.asp Young people are often shocked at the complacency with which, just a few decades ago, their parents and grandparents accepted injustice. One has to be more than 50 to remember when the local newspaper routinely divided classified ads into "white"... 4068@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2010-01-14T11:33:22-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2010/01/new_badger_bios.asp Two new Badger Biographies for young readers pay homage to a pair of Wisconsin's most famous native sons: legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright and politician and environmental giant Gaylord Nelson. This series of nonfiction books aims to help fourth-graders (ages... 4059@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2010-01-11T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2010/01/aluminumtrees.asp Tick, tock, time is winding down on your last chance to take in the largest exhibit of aluminum Christmas trees the Wisconsin Historical Museum has ever offered. The vintage trees from the 1960s, all made in Wisconsin, include all of... 4066@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2010-01-07T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2010/01/2009remembered.asp A Message from Ellsworth Brown, The Ruth and Hartley Barker Director of the Wisconsin Historical Society Despite the challenges presented by an economy in recession throughout 2009, I am pleased to report that the Society made major headway on several... 4060@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2010-01-04T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2009/12/new_years_day_o.asp 4054@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2009-12-28T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2009/12/2009_top_10.asp In 2009 Wisconsin slogged through the doldrums of an economy in recession, received a visit from President Barack Obama, lost several of its own soldiers in a mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, and Green Bay Packers fans suffered... 4056@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2009-12-21T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2009/12/09_10_wintermag.asp Under the slogan "No More Shopping Days 'Til Peace," a group of Wisconsin women organized Women for a Peaceful Christmas (WPC) in1971. Inspired during a time when the women's movement, the peace movement, and the environmental movement were in full... 4055@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2009-12-17T11:29:46-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2009/12/09holidayappeal.asp The holidays are a wonderful time of year filled with precious memories, favorite stories, and a spirit of joy and goodwill. With that in mind, I hope you'll consider a gift to the Wisconsin Historical Society, our state's memory and... 4051@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2009-12-16T10:00:00-06:00