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Educational Map of the State of Wisconsin
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This manuscript map, ink on paper, uses dots to show the location of various types of schools. The margins include text about the school system and tables of statistics (1849-1875) including: Number of children-attendance -- Apportionment of state money -- School houses -- Annual expenses -- Teachers and certificates -- Teachers' wages -- Territorial divisions -- Statistics for 1875 -- Statistics of cities. The map also includes illustrations of: River Falls Normal School -- Oshkosh Normal School -- Platteville Normal School -- University of Wisconsin (Ladies Hall, S. Dormitory, University Hall, N. Dormitory) -- Science Hall (University of Wisconsin) -- Whitewater Normal School.
1876
Searing, Edward, 1835-1898 (cartographer)
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Wisconsin State University
1879
This is a bird's-eye view drawing of various buildings on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Buildings include: Ladies Hall, South Dormitory, University Hall, Assembly Hall and Library, No...
Wisconsin State Schools
1878
Six lithographs are grouped together showing mostly state normal schools. The scenes clockwise from top left are: State Normal School, Oshkosh; State Normal School, River Falls; State Normal School...
Nelson Hall Dormitory
1964
Exterior view of Nelson Hall Dormitory at the University of Wisconsin (formerly known as State Normal School and Wisconsin State College).
Door-Kewaunee Normal and Dormitory
October 7, 1930
Colorized postcard view of the exterior and lawns of the Door-Kewaunee Normal School and its dormitory. Street view of the school with a few small trees lining the street. The dormitory is in the ...
Normal Schools, 1925
1986
The title accurately describes this basic reference map. It was scanned from a reproduction published in 1986 in Cultural Resource Management in Wisconsin (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisc...
