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Madison Institute Broadside

Date: 1854
Description: Broadside announcing the 1854 opening lecture of the Madison Institute, a private library and civic forum, on December 11, 1854, in the First Baptist Churc...
Poster

El Dia De La Revolucion

Date: 11 1974
Description: Poster advertising El Dia De La Revolution, November 16, 1974, at Union South at University of Wisconsin Madison. Guest speakers include, Guadalupe Youngbl...
Photograph

Lecture Hall in Bacteriology Building

Date: 1955
Description: Lecture hall/classroom setting with a podium and a chalkboard in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Bacteriology Laboratory building.
Manuscript

Madison Civics Club Luncheon Menu

Date: 03 14 1942
Description: Typewritten menu for the luncheon meeting of the Madison Civics Club held at the Loraine Hotel, with photographer Margaret Bourke-White as speaker. Over 50...
Poster

La Raza Y El Movimiento

Date: 04 1975
Description: Poster publicizing La Raza Y El Movimiento event at the Great Hall in the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union in Madison, Wisconsin. Image of Chicano st...
Photograph

Juvenile Delinquency Addressed

Date: 05 25 1965
Description: Angelo Gonzalez, a former New York City street gang leader, presented a plan to end juvenile delinquency to Madison police officers, judges, and probation ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Margaret Mead Newspaper Article

Date: 
Description: A newspaper photograph of Margaret Mead with an article about her appearance and speech at a Civics Club event.
Poster

Dick Gregory Speaks Poster

Date: 05 1972
Description: Poster advertising a public speech by Dick Gregory, African American comedian and civil rights activist. Event took place May 19, 1972 at the University of...
Photograph

Robert Bly

Date: 
Description: Writer Robert Bly giving a lecture.
Poster

Peter Saul Visiting Artist Poster

Date: 1975
Description: Poster publicizing a lecture by Peter Saul, a visiting artist in the University of Wisconsin-Madison art department. Features a crude cartoon of a woman ho...
Photograph

G.A. Newman, Canadian Consul General

Date: 11 20 1957
Description: Portrait of G.A. Newman, Canadian Consul General stationed in Chicago, when he spoke to the Madison Rotary Club at the Park Hotel about U.S. tariff policie...
Photograph

Dr. Theophilus Taylor, Presbyterian Minister

Date: 03 09 1959
Description: Dr. Theophilus Taylor, Presbyterian world leader, spoke in Madison at a banquet at the Memorial Union, about the current and growing complexity of the mini...
Photograph

"Parlons Francais" Conversation French Program

Date: 10 05 1961
Description: A conversation French class, "Parlons Francais," is shown on TV for 15 minutes twice a week to numerous Madison junior high school and grade school student...
Photograph

"Parlons Francais" Conversation French Program

Date: 10 05 1961
Description: A conversation French class, "Parlons Francais," is shown on TV for 15 minutes twice a week to numerous Madison junior high school and grade school student...
Photograph

"Parlons Francais" Conversation French Program

Date: 10 05 1961
Description: A conversation French class, "Parlons Francais," is shown on TV for 15 minutes twice a week to numerous Madison junior high school and grade school student...
News Release

September 19, 2017 - Professor Annette Gordon-Reed to Give Lectures on The Hemings Family of Monticello in Madison and Milwaukee This October

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Wisconsin Historical Society is pleased to welcome Professor Annette Gordon-Reed as the speaker for the 2017 James Madison Lecture Series.
Poster

The Energy That Moves The Atom Moves You

Date: 03 1973
Description: Poster publicizing a talk with Mahatma Parlokanand speaking about the teachings of Satguru Maharaj Ji, a spiritual Perfect Master. Features a picture of Sa...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Capitol Times Editorial

Date: 05 23 1973
Description: An article titled: "Challenges Salter's Version of History," regarding Kwame Salter's column.
Photograph

Football Coaches at the Wisconsin High School Coaches Association Clinic

Date: 08 04 1964
Description: Bob Odell, head football coach at Bucknell University, left, discussing football with Burt Hable, center, of Madison West and Harland Carl, right, of Neena...
Photograph

Janette Serrec Standing Beside Pontiac Car

Date: 05 22 1933
Description: Janette Serrec, University of Wisconsin graduate, lecturer and writer on the "Fine Art of Successful Living," standing beside a Pontiac automobile she drov...

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