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Ellsworth House
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Donna Lee Genunzio of Racine works at a typewriter as Dixie Joiner of Gilman relaxes on a bed in a suite at the Ellsworth House, a residence for UW co-eds. The house is located at 422 North Murray Street.
December 13, 1953
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Ellsworth House
December 12, 1953
Barbara Schaeffer (left) of Chicago and Catherine LaBerge of Ladysmith cook their own meals at the Ellsworth House, a residence for UW coeds. The house was located at 422 North Murray Street.
Ellsworth House
December 12, 1953
Portrait of Helen Young, housemother at the recently opened Ellsworth House, a residence for UW co-eds. The building, located at 422 North Murray Street, was the former Student Fellowship House.
New YWCA Official, Donna Jones
September 30, 1953
Donna Jones (right), student director of the YWCA at the University of Wisconsin, is shown with three student leaders of the YWCA: Martha Stone, Patricia Cleasby, and Elsa Splett.
Groves-Barnhart School for Secretaries
March 19, 1947
Students seated at typewriters in a classroom with their teacher at the Groves-Barnhart School for Secretaries, 502 State Street.
Memorial Union Open House
September 15, 1953
Mrs. William Otto tells the fortune of freshman Mark McNabb of Negaunee, Michigan, at the Memorial Union open house during student orientation at the University of Wisconsin.
UW Summer Reading Clinic
July 19, 1949
Elementary school students perform different activities in a classroom at the University of Wisconsin Summer Reading Clinic. In the foreground, a boy uses a typewriter while others play checkers.
