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J.H. Ames

Date: 1937
Description: Waist-up portrait of Jesse Hazen "J.H." Ames, president of the River Falls Normal School (1917-1927), and its successor the River Falls State Teachers Coll...
Book or Pamphlet

A Choice of Routes To Efficiency

Date: 05 25 1915
Description: A chart showing pathways between education and work.
Photograph

Dr. Stephen H. Ambrose

Date: 04 1965
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Dr. Stephen H. Ambrose, a World War II veteran and physician from Whitewater. He was medical director of Fairhaven Residenti...
Photograph

Indiana University Faculty

Date: 1892
Description: Group portrait of the faculty at Indiana University. Edward Alsworth Ross is second from the right in the second row. Ross taught at Indiana from 1891-1892...
Photograph

Mary C. Allerton

Date: 1903
Description: Oval-framed portrait of Mary C. Allerton, Physical Training instructor at the State Normal School in Stevens Point.
Photograph

Milwaukee-Downer College Dining Hall Interior

Date: 1906
Description: Interior view of the Milwaukee-Downer College dining hall. Places at the tables are set.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Edward Anderson Alderman

Date: 1905
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Edward Anderson Alderman, the first President of the University of Virginia. He was an education reformer for the university, an...
Photograph

Relaxing After a Conference

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Description: Three people stand together. Caption reads: "Mrs. Mary Williams, new Regent, Pres. James H. Albertson & Warren Kostroski Pres. of Student Senate relax afte...
Photograph

Dr. James H. Albertson

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Dr. James H. Albertson, president of UW-Stevens Point from 1962 to 1967. In 1967, he and seven other educators died in a pla...
Drawing

Rev. H. Gilliland, D. D.

Date: 1878
Description: Lithograph portrait of Reverend Harrison Gilliland, around the end of his tenure as President of Galesville University.
Postcard

Man at State Agricultural College

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Description: View of a man standing in a field holding a sheaf of grain. In the background is a water tower near a building and a smokestack.
Photograph

Ellen Clara Sabin

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Description: Portrait of Ellen Clara Sabin, around the time she became president of Downer College.
Photograph

Ellen Clara Sabin

Date: 12 1893
Description: Portrait of Ellen Clara Sabin, while she was president of Downer College. It is signed: "Affectionately yours, Ella C. Sabin. Xmas, 1893."
Postcard

Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago at Williams Bay, Wisconsin." Founded in 1892 by astronomer George Ellery Hale and fin...
Postcard

State Normal School

Date: 06 25 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "State Normal School, Whitewater, Wis." Called "Old Main," this building was built in 1868 and destroyed in a fire in 1970. In the for...
Postcard

State Teachers College

Date: 11 15 1948
Description: Text on reverse reads: "College Entrance, State Teachers College, Whitewater, Wis." Simplified illustration, based on a photograph, of "Old Main" on the Wh...
Photograph

July Fourth Program for Children

Date: 07 03 1958
Description: A crowd of children holding small flags are assembled in front of Regina Hall at Edgewood College to celebrate the 4th of July.
Photograph

New Edgewood College Chapel

Date: 07 03 1958
Description: Rear view looking towards altar of two nuns sitting in a pew in the new St. Joseph Chapel at Edgewood College of the Sacred Heart. The design was inspired ...
Photograph

Students for a Democratic Society Booth — Marquette University

Date: 10 22 1966
Description: A young man and woman are seated at a booth and speaking to one or more people who have their backs to the camera. Behind them is a sign that reads: "le bo...
Postcard

Arts and Humanities Building, UW-La Crosse

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Description: View of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Arts and Humanities building, now called the Center for the Arts.

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