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| Madison Wisconsin on an isthmus between Lakes Mendota and Monona in Dane County |
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| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Madison, Wisconsin. |
| Brief description of the Dow riots that took place in Madison during the Vietnam war and politicized thousands of previously apathetic students. |
| 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) |
| 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. |
| Learn about the Gay Purge of 1962 that took place at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
| Urban Planning in Wisconsin |
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| Learn about the man whose vision as an urban planner helped transform the city of Madison, the state park system, and the University of Wisconsin. |
| 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) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Container for potato chips made by Red Dot Foods, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, c. 1950. (Museum object #2002.384.1A-B) |
| Historian and Educator |
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| Brief biography of George Lachmann Mosse (1918-1999). |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Escape trunk, restraining devices, and curtain used by magician Ben Bergor of Madison, Wisconsin, 1940s. (Museum objects #1982.159.17,19,21,23,25) |
| Lawyer, Politician, Senator, Cabinet Officer and Philanthropist |
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| Biography of William Freeman Vilas, 1840-1908. |
| Educator, University President and Author |
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| Brief biography of John Bascom, president of the University of Wisconsin from 1874 to 1887. |
| The Brief Stay of Rutherford B. Hayes |
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| Discover the visits US presidents have paid to Wisconsin |
| Housing and Racism |
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| Discover the history of the struggle for Civil Rights in Wisconsin |
| America's Longest, Most Expensive War |
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| Discover the history of America's longest, most expensive war and the incredible events that happened in Wisconsin. |
| Learn about Robert M. La Follette's efforts to instill primary elections in the Wisconsin political system, replacing bribery by party bosses. |
| Zoologist, Professor and University President |
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| Biography of zoologist and professor Edward Asahel Birge who was president of the University of Wisconsin from 1918 to 1925. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Sheetmetal bucket with wooden handle. Collected cow manure for University of Wisconsin, Madison, nutrition experiments, 1907-1911.(Museum object #1992.103) |
| Author, Diplomat, Editor and Professor |
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| Discover the history of author, diplomat, editor and first professor of Scandinavian languages at the University of Wisconsin Rasmus Anderson. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Engine fragment from the van used in the Sterling Hall bombing, 1970. (Museum object #1994.8) |
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