Wisconsin Magazine of History Archives
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BROWSE SELECTED ITEMS
Autumn 2018
Wisconsin Magazine of History. This issue includes articles on Wausau High School's undefeated 1943 football team, the role German immigrants played in the 1840s to develop Wisconsin brewing, a brief history of Camp Randall for the 100th anniversary of the stadium, an excerpt from the newly released book "Somos Latinas: Voices of Wisconsin Latina Activists" and the story of Sherman M. Booth and Byron Paine, Wisconsin abolitionists who gained national attention for their attack on the Fugitive Slave Act and later fought for black suffrage.
Summer 2018
Wisconsin Magazine of History. This issue includes articles on the Superior Blues minor league baseball team from Superior, Wisconsin; Rufus King, Jr.'s work developing Milwaukee's first public, or "common" school system; the story of Wisconsin artists Max and Ava Fernekes and their role in the development of Mineral Point arts colony; the history of Wisconsin's tanning industry and its impact on the hemlock forests of the North Woods; and an excerpt from Michael Edmonds' new book on the history of birds and people in the heart of America.
Spring 2018
Wisconsin Magazine of History. This issue includes articles on the photographer Daniel Nelson, an Eau Claire photographer; Alonzo Pond and his 1,500-mile dash through Algeria; the hard luck story of the Cazenovia and Southern Railroad; the Wisconsin Historical Society's sixth director, Clifford Lord, and his reforms that dramatically changed the Society.
Winter 2017
Wisconsin Magazine of History. This issue includes articles on the Ice Bowl, the epic battle between the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys in December 1967; Edward Bennett and his 34-year involvement in educational radio at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; the story of fourteen anti-war activists who "liberated" and burned 10,000 draft records from the Milwaukee Selective Service office that unleashed a storm of controversy; an image essay that looks into the forgotten history of the Milwaukee Soldier's Home.
Featured Articles
We have chosen some highlights from the Magazine that are of particular interest.
Exposed! Harley-Davidson's Lost Photographs, 1915-1916
Free Love in Victorian Wisconsin: The Radical Life of Juliet Severance
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