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| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Cockwork study desk built by naturalist John Muir while at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1861-1863. (Museum object F1998.85.1) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Doll depicting Wisconsin poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox made by Milwaukee artist Joan (Beringer) Pripps, 1947-1948. (Museum object #2007.139.19) |
| Photographs by Richard Quinney |
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| Discover the photographs of Richard Quinney from his book "Things Once Seen," containing more than 40 years of photos documenting his life. |
| Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
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| This novelist based much of her writings on her hometown of Portage, Wisconsin. She became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama. |
| Father of Wildlife Ecology |
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| Learn about the man whose focus on the philosophy of conservation would inspire the environmental movement during the mid-20th century. |
| Conservationist, Writer, Explorer |
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| Learn about the conservationist who was instrumental in the creation of Yosemite National Park. This article contains links to several primary sources. |
| Read this informative article about the life of the Wisconsin born author, most famous for the children's book series Little House on the Prairie. |
| Learn more about this Madisonian's contribution to the literary community. This article details his Pulitzer prize-winning plays and novels. |
| Date: | 06 06 1953 |
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| Description: | Carl Sandburg posing with two of the guides at Wade house during his visit to the restored stagecoach inn for its dedication as a historic site. Speaking a... |
| Date: | 12 01 1961 |
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| Description: | Front cover and menu listing from a party given on the occasion of Rex Stout's 75th birthday, with a drawing of Stout's head by Austin Briggs, who illustra... |
| Date: | 04 17 1959 |
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| Description: | Advice columnist Ann Landers is shown with two writers who received awards at the Ladies of the Press breakfast. Standing left to right are: Ann Landers, M... |
| Date: | 11 29 1944 |
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| Description: | Back and front covers and inside menu listing, of a die cut three-quarter view of a cloth-bound book with an inset title plate, and a guest list with a few... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Irna Phillips is seated, and drawing a floor plan. On a table next to her are framed photographs of her children. |
| Date: | 10 1940 |
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| Description: | Irna Phillips sits at her desk dictating a letter to her secretary. |
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| Description: | Irna Phillips, with her friend and secretary Rose Cooperman. Irna is holding papers and smoking a cigarette. Rose is sitting in the background writing. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Alice Kent Trimpey, an authority and writer on American decorative arts and historic dolls. |
| Date: | 04 30 1961 |
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| Description: | Ethel Parker, center, holds the Writer's Cup which she was awarded for outstanding work in communications at the annual Ladies of the Press breakfast. Ethe... |
| Date: | 04 20 2012 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the cast, crew and extended family of David Marcou for the Pulitzer-nominated play "Remembering Davy Crockett," at the end of the world d... |
| Date: | 09 28 1988 |
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| Description: | Waist-up staff portrait of F. Gerald Ham, State Archivist of Wisconsin from 1964 to 1989 and the head of the Division of Archives and Manuscripts at the St... |
| Date: | 03 1965 |
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| Description: | The caption with this photograph reads: "Dr. Walter Peterson (right), professor of history at Lawrence University, Appleton, with F. Gerald Ham, Wisconsin ... |
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