Summary Information

Title: State Historical Society of Wisconsin Photographs
Inclusive Dates: 1880-2010

Creator:

• State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Call Number: PH 196; PH 196 (3); PH 2225; PH 2801 (5); PH 3914; PH 4770; PH 5072; 2004/082; 2005/089; 2005/103; 2010/015; 2015/074; 2016/172

Quantity: 14.0 cubic feet (21 archives boxes, 11 flat boxes, 1 oversize folder, and 1 folder), 0.6 cubic feet of prints and other materials (1 flat box), 0.1 cubic feet of drawings (1 oversize folder), and 0.1 cubic feet of transparencies (1 folder); plus additions of 0.7 cubic feet of photographs, 40 negatives, 1 drawing, and 3.14 gigabytes

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Photographs, drawings, and other materials illustrating the general history of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Included are interior and exterior views of facilities and building construction, programs and activities, historic sites, and museum exhibits. There are also formal and candid photographs of staff members and administrative program groups. The exhibit files include views of permanent and temporary installations, as well as receptions for exhibit openings. The activities files primarily document annual meetings, Founders Day, local history meetings, activities of the Junior Historian program, other special events, and group portraits of the staff. The majority of the photographs were assembled into albums by Paul Vanderbilt, the former head of Iconography, although they were later disassembled for researcher convenience. Coverage becomes very incomplete after Vanderbilt's 1972 retirement, although material continues to be added.

Note:

There is a restriction on access to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ph05072