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University Club Dance Committee

Date: 08 20 1950
Description: Members of the dance committee make arrangements for the kickoff football dance to be held at the University Club after the Wisconsin-Marquette game. In th...
Print

Worse Than Slavery Cartoon

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Description: A cartoon depicting an African American family hovering beneath a Ku Klux Klansman (KKK) and a white supremacist in the Reconstruction South. There is a sk...
Photograph

All CIO Made

Date: 10 1948
Description: The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) booth at the Southeastern World's Fair in Atlanta featured local products made by CIO members. Visitors to t...
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CIO Fair Booth

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Description: Two men stand in front of a booth sponsored by the Congress of Industrial Organizations at a fair. In addition to displays on farmer-labor solidarity and v...
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Dane County Medical Auxiliary

Date: 08 27 1950
Description: Dane County Medical auxiliary members will serve as hostesses for the annual convention of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin at Hotel Schroeder in Mil...
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NAACP and UPWA

Date: 1960
Description: Donald Hankins (third from the right), president of United Packinghouse Workers Local 569, hands a $500 check for an NAACP life membership to Arthur Johnso...
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Goodwill Workshop

Date: 09 09 1949
Description: As part of its participation in the local Community Fund, several members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 117 employed by the Kingan Packing Company v...
Manuscript

Earth Day Stationery

Date: 1972
Description: Letter from Martha MacMillan of Farmington, Michigan to the group Women for a Peaceful Christmas written on stationery bearing an Earth Day logo.
Manuscript

Angry Letter

Date: 1974
Description: Angry letter written to Women for a Peaceful Christmas in opposition to their Christmas shopping boycott, signed "A small business owner."
Manuscript

Alternatives to Buying

Date: 1971
Description: Page 13 of a booklet published by Women for a Peaceful Christmas offering alternatives to buying Christmas gifts. The page is decorated with several Christ...
Poster

1972 Peace Festival Ad

Date: 1972
Description: Poster advertising the 1972 Peace Festival at St. John's Lutheran Church. The information on the poster is written within a peace symbol and features the C...
Photograph

Wrapping Gifts

Date: 12 1971
Description: Elizabeth and Katherine Davey and Curtis Liposcak use their creative talents to wrap Christmas gifts under the supervision of Peggy Davey, a member of Wome...
Photograph

Madison United Givers' Fund First Drive

Date: 10 16 1950
Description: Three Madison citizens involved in directing the United Givers' Fund drive of 1950, the first Madison United Givers' Fund campaign, gather at a desk. Shown...
Photograph

Madison United Givers' Fund First Drive

Date: 10 16 1950
Description: Two solicitors for the Madison United Givers' Fund drive of 1950, Mrs. Ellis (Helen) Wertz (left) and Mrs. Howard (Evelyn) Nedderman (second to left), list...
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Madison United Givers' Fund First Drive

Date: 10 16 1950
Description: Dr. Chester Kurtz, seated, and Dr. Robin Allin, standing, demonstrate the operation of a fluoroscope to Mrs. David (Virginia) Piper, seated, and Mrs. Josep...
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Madison United Givers's Fund First Drive

Date: 10 16 1950
Description: L.E. Rolefson, director of the Lutheran Welfare Society, seated, shows the Reverend E.J. Van Handel, director of the Catholic Welfare Bureau, and two Unite...
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Madison United Givers' Fund First Drive

Date: 10 16 1950
Description: Mrs. Sophia Siebecker, far right, explains the duties of the Travelers' Aid Association of which she is the director in Madison, to four United Givers' Fun...
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Madison United Givers' Fund First Drive

Date: 10 23 1950
Description: Shown at the United Givers' Fund campaign luncheon speakers' table are, from left to right, starting at sixth from the right: Former Chief Justice Marvin B...
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Madison United Givers' Fund First Drive

Date: 10 23 1950
Description: Oscar Gustave Mayer, left, campaign chairman of the first Madison United Givers' Fund campaign, presents a Red Feather award to Claude Bell, United Givers'...
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Visiting Nurse Service Board of Directors

Date: 11 08 1950
Description: Group portrait of the Visiting Nurse Service Board of Directors. The function of the visiting nurses is to provide bedside care when needed in Madison. Sta...

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