This collection includes miscellaneous published and unpublished paper records related to a specific subject area. In addition to individual subjects, research areas, and events, subjects also include organizational units of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The following groups are frequently represented:
Departments
Schools
Colleges
Buildings
Laboratories
Centers
Clinics
Associations
Student organizations
Committees
The collection does not include photographs, audiovisual materials, or digital media, but a wide variety of paper-based document types are present in the collection. Commonly occuring materials include:
press releases
news clippings
correspondence
minutes
publications
newsletters
histories
charts
floorplans
drawings
reports
programs
The collection spans the earliest days of the University of Wisconsin-Madison to the present; coverage is consistent in some areas, but others contain gaps in coverage. Dates are unlabeled or unknown in many cases.
