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| History of the Madison Alliance for Homosexual Equality (MAHE) |
| Brief description of the Dow riots that took place in Madison during the Vietnam war and politicized thousands of previously apathetic students. |
| Brief description of the group who won control of the UW-Madison student government in the spring of 1978 and conducted a series of classic pranks. |
| Brief history of Wisconsin's various capitol buildings built and destroyed over the decades. |
| Learn about the Gay Purge of 1962 that took place at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
| Brief hisory of troops from Wisconsin in the Civil War. |
| Brief explanation Thomas Jefferson's descendants in Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Madison Style ice boat model built by the Bernard family, c. 1917, rebuilt 1977. (Museum object #1983.292) |
| A brief history of the Barstow-Bashford Affair of 1856. |
| Brief description of the various attempts to move the Wisconsin Capitol building to other locations. |
| Musician and Concert Violinist |
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| Read about Ole Bull, the Norwegian musician and concert violinist who resided in Madison for several years in the 1870s. |
| Historian and Educator |
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| Brief biography of George Lachmann Mosse (1918-1999). |
| Read about the possible historic origins of the frequently used syllable "wau" in the geographic names of Wisconsin. |
| Learn about the term "New York Indians" and the specific Wisconsin tribes that white writers would have been referring to. |
| Lawyer, Politician, Senator, Cabinet Officer and Philanthropist |
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| Biography of William Freeman Vilas, 1840-1908. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Baseball card featuring Jose Canseco of the Madison Muskies, published by Larry Fritsch Cards, Inc, Stevens Point, WI, 1983. (Museum object #1984.156.13) |
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