Title: Photographs of University of Wisconsin-Platteville Predecessor Institutions
Inclusive Dates: 1840-1922

Call Number: PH 7009

Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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Abstract:

Photographs, including cartes-de-visite, tintypes, and postcards (1840-1922), of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville predecessor institutions: Platteville Academy, Platteville State Normal School, Platteville State Teachers College, and Wisconsin Mining Trade School, and portraits of faculty and students.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ph07009

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Platteville Academy opened in 1839 and became the Platteville State Normal School in 1866, and was renamed Platteville State Teachers College in 1926. Platteville Wisconsin Mining Trade School was established in 1907, became the Wisconsin Institute of Technology in 1939, and merged with the Platteville State Teachers College in 1959 to become the Wisconsin State College and Institute of Technology at Platteville. In 1966, the college became Wisconsin State University-Platteville, and became part of the University of Wisconsin System in 1971 and then became known as University of Wisconsin-Platteville.

PH 7009 Box   1 Folder   1	Group portraits, 1869, 1922
Box   1 Folder   2	Individual portraits, circa 1865
Box   1 Folder   3	Platteville Academy, 1840-1868
Box   1 Folder   4	Platteville State Normal School, 1869-1922
Box   1 Folder   5	Platteville State Teachers College, undated
Box   1 Folder   6	Wisconsin Mining Trade School, Platteville, undated