Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 47

Photograph

King Henry Wives Play Reading

Date: 03 19 1961
Description: Six women are sitting with their legs crossed on either side of a man who is wearing a bow tie. The original caption states "King Henry VIII and his wives ...
Photograph

Edgewood College De Ricci Hall Open House

Date: 03 24 1961
Description: Standing in the vestibule of Edgewood College's new classroom and administration building called De Ricci Hall is the five-member committee who are plannin...
Photograph

We Saw You at ABWA Boss Night

Date: 03 27 1961
Description: Standing is James Mader, master of ceremonies at the American Business Women's Association's Boss Night banquet. Sitting left to right: Leone Chesemore, p...
Photograph

Brother-Sister General Motors Scholarship Winners

Date: 04 25 1961
Description: Madison Central High School senior Arlene Parmentier (right) holding a scholarship she won from General Motors. Her brother, Robert (left), is also a Gener...
Photograph

NAACP Leaders Plan Freedom Fund Benefit

Date: 05 10 1961
Description: Madison chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) plans annual Freedom Fund benefit at Central High School. Shown (...
Photograph

Wisconsin Alumni Association Women's Day

Date: 05 03 1961
Description: Individuals at the head table for the first Women's Day sponsored by the Wisconsin Alumni Association include, (seated) left to right: Professor Helen C. W...
Photograph

Testimonial Dinner for Mr. and Mrs. John Blawusch

Date: 05 24 1961
Description: Mr. and Mrs. John Blawusch are honored by the West Side Business Men's Association (WSBMA) and the Mid-States Food Dealers Association at a testimonial din...
Photograph

Honorary Degree Recipients, Wisconsin Alumni Association Banquet

Date: 06 03 1961
Description: Seated are, Mrs. Mary Ingraham Bunting, president of Radcliffe College, and Louis P. Lochner, Fair Haven, New Jersey, Pulitzer prize winning foreign corres...
Photograph

Rotary International Fellowship Program

Date: 07 14 1961
Description: Rotary District 625's scholarship committee chairman Basil I. Peterson greets Japanese student Tomoko Arai at the Madison Municipal Airport. She will be st...
Photograph

Bergman's Check

Date: 06 05 1961
Description: Two men and a woman posing with Bergman's Pharmacy check (?).
Photograph

Madison Council of United Church Women Interfaith Tea

Date: 07 07 1961
Description: Several persons from foreign lands were special guests of honor at the tea. Shown with Frances Rieser (third from left), are Mrs. T.C. Pillay of India, Edu...
Photograph

Traffic Patrolman James Jantz' Funeral

Date: 08 24 1961
Description: Mrs. James C. Jantz, wife of the slain policeman, holding the arm of her mother, Mrs. Roger Keith, and leaning on the shoulder of her brother, Jerome Boyer...
Photograph

Nakoma Welfare League Tea

Date: 09 27 1961
Description: Dr. Leslie H. Fishel, Jr., director of the Wisconsin State Historical Society and guest speaker at the tea, sharing a laugh with three of the league member...
Photograph

Red Feather Adoption Agencies

Date: 10 10 1961
Description: Dean and Betty Colden with their two adopted children; David, age three years and one year old Sally. The couple adopted their children through the Childre...
Photograph

Certified Professional Secretaries

Date: 11 06 1961
Description: Certified professional secretary Ruth Breeden confering with John T. Hitt, general manager of CUMBIS Insurance Society, Inc.
Photograph

We Saw You . . . at Visting Nurse Election

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: Officers are elected at the annual meeting of the Visiting Nurse Service held at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Shown seated (L-R) are Mr. Thomas Broadman, ...
Photograph

New U.S. Citizens Celebrate at Citizenship Ceremony

Date: 11 14 1961
Description: Forty-one men, women, and children receiving their U.S. citizenship from Federal Judge Patrick T. Stone. The Lawyers' Wives of Dane County entertain the ne...
Photograph

Wisconsin Association for Mental Health and the Madison Eagles Sell Christmas Cards

Date: 11 22 1961
Description: The Wisconsin Association for Mental Health and the Madison Eagles Lodge co-operate to sell Christmas cards to raise funds for the rehabilitation of mental...
Photograph

WSJ Correspondent's Conference

Date: 11 04 1961
Description: A scene from the annual Wisconsin State Journal correspondents' conference showing editorial staff members standing in front of a large group of mostly fem...
Photograph

Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 11 09 1961
Description: L.J. Larson, left, general chairman of the United Givers fund drive, signals to Jane Scrivner, co-chairman of the woman's division, and Francis Holford, pr...

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: