Michael Sligh Papers, 1972-2019 (bulk 1984-2016)

Container Title
Series: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Subseries: Campus, Staff, Classrooms
Alternate Format: Some images also available online.
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Official documents
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Item   4-7
Views of the campus
Individual buildings
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University of Wisconsin buildings on Park Street, including Chadbourne Hall, Music Hall, and Science Hall, circa 1880
Note: Photo by A.C. Isaacs, Madison.
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View of the upper campus, 1880
Note: Photo by Marr-Richards.
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University of Wisconsin as seen from Lake Mendota with Science Hall to the extreme left and Bascom Hill in the center, circa 1890
Note: Photo by E.R. Curtiss, Madison.
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Linden Drive on the University of Wisconsin campus, circa 1890s
Note: Photo by William H. Dudley
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View of the University of Wisconsin. Science Hall is to the left with Langdon Street running diagonally across the photo, circa 1890
Note: Photo by E.R. Curtiss, Madison.
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Lower campus of the University of Wisconsin, circa 1893
Note: Photo by H.J. Perkins, Madison.
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Langdon Street looking toward Old Science Hall with Armory in the right foreground, 1895-1900?
Note: Photo by University of Wisconsin Photo Lab.
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Science Hall with board sidewalks on Park Street to the bottom of the "hill," 1895-1900?
Note: Photo by University of Wisconsin Photo Lab.
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Campus looking toward Lake Monona, circa 1899
Note: Photo by Charles N. Brown, Madison.
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University of Wisconsin buildings from Carroll Street, 1899
Note: Photo by Charles N. Brown, Madison.
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Linden Drive on the grounds of the University of Wisconsin. The little girl is Kathleen Carlyle, 1900 May
Note: Photo by Blanchard Harper, Madison.
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Agricultural campus, circa 1900
Note: Photo by Charles N. Brown, Madison.
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View of Lake Mendota looking west toward campus, circa 1900
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A design for future constructional development of the University of Wisconsin campus, by Warren Powers Laird, Paul Philippe Cret, and Arthur Peabody of the Architectural Commission, 1908
Note: Original drawing is in the University of Wisconsin Archives.
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View from the turn at the end of Bay Row, 1908 August
Note: Photo by Charles N. Brown, Madison.
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1909-1911
Note: View of the lower campus,
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Historical Library and gymnasium, circa 1910
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Campus, looking up the north walk on Bascom Hill, circa 1915
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Langdon Street looking toward Science Hall (the Memorial Union now faces on this portion of the sidewalk area), circa 1915
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Liberty Loan parade on the lower campus, in front of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1918
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Taking out a linden tree on Linden Drive, 1921
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Campus, looking west, circa 1930
Note: Photo by M.E. Diemer, Madison.
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University of Wisconsin piers on Lake Mendota, 1930-1935?
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Aerial view looking west, circa 1946
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Road near the Agricultural School, circa 1948
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Observatory Hill, circa 1955
Note: Photo by Richard Vesey, Madison.
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Lincoln Terrace at the top of Bascom Hill, 1955
Note: Photo by Richard Vesey, Madison.
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Students coming down Bascom Hill, circa 1955
Note: Photo by Richard Vesey, Madison.
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Students on Langdon Street at the foot of Bascom Hill, 1955 October
Note: Photo by Richard Vesey, Madison.
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Students walking down Langdon Street, a street almost completely comprised of University of Wisconsin housing, 1955 October
Note: Photo by Richard Vesey, Madison.
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At the top of Bascom Hill, 1955
Note: Photo by Richard Vesey, Madison.
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Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, circa 1890
Note: Photo by E.R. Curtiss, Madison.
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Science Hall, circa 1890
Note: Photo by E.R. Curtiss, Madison.
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Armory, later the Gymnasium, and area later developed as the "plaza," then used as a football and baseball playing field, circa 1898
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The engineering building, which later became the education building, circa 1900
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Boat house and gymnasium, circa 1905
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Football game at Camp Randall, circa 1910
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Ladies' Hall (Chadbourne Hall), looking north on Park Street, circa 1910
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"History of the Monument": text about Lincoln statue
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Bascom Hall and Lincoln Memorial, circa 1915
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Main Hall (now Bascom Hall) during the fire. The dome of the building was destroyed, 1916 October 10
Note: Photos by Photoart House Inc. and Kamera Kraft Shop, Madison.
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Group of rural ministers posing on the grounds of the University of Wisconsin's agricultural campus, with Agricultural Hall in the background, circa 1930
Note: Photo by M.E. Diemer.
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Group of Episcopal ministers posing on the Agricultural campus, with Agricultural Hall in the background, circa 1930
Note: Photo by M.E. Diemer.
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Lincoln statue in front of Bascom Hall, 1930-1935?
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University boathouse, circa 1893
Staff and other officials
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Mrs. Helen M. Lander (and Mr. Lander, her husband), Matron of Ladies' Hall (student women's dormitory), Madison, Wisconsin, 1896 or 1897
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Unidentified occasion, circa 1915
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Staff of the Institute for Research in Land Economics and Public Utilities in front of Sterling Hall, 1925 August
Note: First row: Richard T. Ely (third from left), Marian Richter (end of row). Second row (left to right): Alice Cronin, Mary L. Shine (Mrs. William H. Peterson), Theron Locke, Herbert B. Dorau, David Rozman. Third row (left to right): George Wehrwein, William Tenhaken, Herbert D. Simpson, Edward W. Morehouse.
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Commencement exercises, University President Glenn Frank? speaking, 1927
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Probably the 25th anniversary of the School of Journalism, 1930 June 30
Note: Photo by M.E. Diemer.
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Professor Kenneth Watson (left) with Professor Olaf Hougen, associated in research in the Chemical Engineering Department, inspecting part of the butadiene pilot plant at the University, where wartime research on synthetic rubber was conducted, undated
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Instruction in agricultural engineering, Department of Agricultural Journalism, 1962
Note

The older man in Professor H.D. Bruhn.

Photo by Fritz Albert.

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Musical dramatic performance, undated
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Pharmaceutical Laboratory, circa 1890
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Office and private laboratory of the professor of Pharmacy, circa 1890
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P.K. Walsh, head janitor, who ruled faculty and students with an iron hand, 1889
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Pat (Patrick?) Walsh, head janitor of the University of Wisconsin, standing at the foot of Bascom Hill, circa 1890
Note: Photo by Blanche Harper.
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President Birge speaking at the University of Wisconsin, undated
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Group, possibly University of Wisconsin dairy chemists, undated
Student rooms and dining halls
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University of Wisconsin students Albert A. Radtke and Thomas Gerlach, circa 1890s
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Room at Ladies' Hall (later called Chadbourne Hall), circa 1890s
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Reception room in Ladies' Hall, circa 1900
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Gymnasium set up for a banquet, circa 1915
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A student's room in one of the men's dormitories (Tripp or Adams), after 1926
Note: Photo by M.E. Diemer
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Van Hise Refectory, a dining hall used for Tripp and Adams men's halls, after 1926
Note: Photo by M.E. Diemer
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Rathskeller in the Memorial Union, a favorite gathering place for students, circa 1935
Note

Refreshments are served here, including beer, making it the only state-owned college or university to serve beer on campus.

Photo by M.E. Diemer

Classrooms, labs, Extension courses
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Students on a week-long camping trip at Livesy Springs on the north shore of Lake Mendota, 1885-1886
Note: Standing at left are Professor King (Engineering Department) and Mrs. King, official chaperones.
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Professor William F. Allen and his son, Will, in the study of their home, 228 Langdon Street, 1889 Summer
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Biology laboratory, 1899
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American History seminar conducted by Professor Frederick Jackson Turner in an alcove of the Wisconsin Historical Society's library in the State Capitol, 1893-1894
Note: Back row (left to right): W.B. Overson, J.M. Johnston, Joseph Schafer, Charles L. Baldwin, and Florence Baker (later Mrs. James A. Hays). Front row (left to right): Emma Hawley, Estelle Hayden, Kate Bucknam, Ada Taylor, Annie Pellow, Dena Lindley, Sadie Bold, Flora Barnes, Prof. F.J. Turner, and Catharine Cleveland. The young man near the center who is bending over is E.F. Dithmar.
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Organic Chemistry laboratory, third floor of the Chemistry Building, circa 1910-1915
Note: The building was built in 1905, and this lab was in use until the 1960s.
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Women's calisthenics class, circa 1910
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Home Economics class "style show" of clothing made by the students, circa 1915
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Women's calisthenics class, circa 1915-1920
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Agricultural Extension Short Course men taking calisthenics in the stock pavilion, circa 1915-1920
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Home Economics classes, circa 1915
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College of Agriculture's library periodical reading room, circa 1915
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Soil Chemistry laboratory, circa 1915-1920
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Textile laboratory, class in wool bleaching, circa 1915-1920
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History class of Professor C.R. Fish (seated in aisle, center), 1916
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Biology laboratory, circa 1930
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Instruction, probably in speech or dramatic expression, circa 1930
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Laying out drainage in a greenhouse, Agricultural Extension short course, circa 1930-1935
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Bacteriology laboratory, circa 1955
Note: Photo by Richard Vesey, Madison.
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Home Economics dress designing course, 1932
Note: Photo by M.E. Diemer
University of Wisconsin R.O.T.C.
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Cadet machine gun company, circa 1917
Note: Included, but not identified by position, are A.M. Slichter, E. Morice, W. Velguth, C.H. Klingter?, Carl Seifert, N.C. Feddersen, Stark, and J.S. Boswell?
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Review of the R.O.T.C. Regiment, 1918 November 10
Note: Foreground (left to right): Commandant Hollaway, Ex-President Taft, University of Wisconsin President Van Hise, Lieutenant Cadorna of Italy, and Captain Vincent of Canada?
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Drill in the stock pavilion, 1918
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Soldiers on the steps of the old Armory building, 1918?
Note: Photo by Photoart House?, Madison.
Class reunions
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Reunion of the University of Wisconsin Class of 1886
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Reunion of the University of Wisconsin Class of 1896
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Tenth reunion of the University of Wisconsin Class of 1900
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Reunion of the University of Wisconsin Class of 1901
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Reunion of the University of Wisconsin Class of 1909, 1910
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15th reunion of the University of Wisconsin Class of 1896, 1911
Note: Back row (left to right): Walter Sheldon, Clara Jones, Olga Mueller, Annie Main, Iva Welsh, Dora Haviland, unidentified Goddard, unidentified, Grant Showerman. Second row from back (left to right): unidentified, Mrs. Walter Sheedon, unidentified, Mrs. Crowley, Frank Crowley, Martin Rindlaub, unidentified, Mrs. K. Leith, Mrs. Showerman, Mrs. Frank Lucas, unidentified, Kenneth Leith. Row just behind children: unidentified, Charlie Hayden, unidentified girl, Mrs. T.L. Jones, Mrs. Iverson, Alice Beecroft, Thomas L. Jones, Mrs. Thomas L. Jones, Frank Lucas, Edith Robinson, John Sanborn, Willard Bleyer, and Iverson. Identified children are: John Showerman, Katherine Sanborn, Lucas Sanborn, and Anita Showerman.
Subseries: Student Portraits and Activities
Alternate Format: Some images also available online.
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Freshman poster stating that “Times are hard,” and “Beware!”
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University of Wisconsin Class of 1860
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University of Wisconsin Class of 1861
Note

Photographer: Fuller, Madison, Wisconsin

Left to right, back row: William W. Church, Henry Vilas, Farlin Q. Hall, and Michael A. Leahy; front row: William E. Spencer, James B. Britton Jr., Shadrach A. Hall, John D. Parkinson, and Almerin Gillett.

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Senior class broadside, 1873
Note: Published by Class of 1873. The names mentioned include many faculty members of that period, including President Twombly, and prominent members of the senior class.
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Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority, 1875
Note: First sorority on the campus.
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Photostat of card “With the compliments of ’85,” and “Order of exercises at the burial of the junior class, University of Wisconsin, 1883 May 18
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Chi Psi Fraternity house, 1885
Note: Photographer: J.M. Fowler
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Delta Gamma sorority girls and Chi Psi fraternity men, about 1885-1886
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Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, charter members, about 1885-1890
Note: Left to right: unidentified, Norma Lawrence (?), Genevieve Pugh, Edna Richardson, Lettie Wood, Laura (Lol) Baxter, Winifred Sercombe, Elinor (Nellie) Leith. In the portrait close-up: unidentified, Norma Lawrence (?), Lettie Wood, Elinor Leith, Winifred Sercombe, Edna Richardson, Laura Baxter and Genevieve Pugh.
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University of Wisconsin’s first baseball champions, 1886
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Omega chapter of Delta Gamma sorority, 1889
Note

The single portrait is a composite of all the members of the chapter made by superimposing the eye of one, an ear of another, etc. to make the finished portrait. In the photo in the back row, second from left is May Brown: seated directly in front of her is Gene Hand; to Miss Hand’s left is Jessie Call. In the back row, second from right is Belle Brown and reading frontwards in a slight diagonal to the left is Ala Spaulding, Cora Markham (?) and Emma Drinker. The others are unidentified.

Photographer: A.C. Isaacs, Madison, Wisconsin

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Omega chapter of Delta Gamma sorority, about 1889
Note: Back row, left to right: Jessie Call, Marie Spaulding, May Brown, Edith Updegraff, Minnie Spaulding. Front row: Ella Spaulding, Gene Hand, Cora Markham, Emma Drinker.
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University of Wisconsin women students, about 1890
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Members of the Pickwick Club posing outside their house, at the southwest corner of Langdon and Lake Streets, about 1890-1900.
Note

A.H, Sanford is standing at the left end of the top row. The Pickwick Club was a student boarding club. Founded in the 1870s, it was the longest-lived of such organizations, and probably due to its longevity, achieved the most social distinction. Most such clubs were organized by a single enterprising student or group of students, and lost impetus and disbanded when the good managers left school or graduated.

Photographer: Viall Brothers of Madison, Wisconsin

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Members of the Pickwick Club posing outside their house on State Street, about 1890-1900
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Delta Upsilon fraternity house on the southeast corner of State and Lake Streets, about 1890-1900
Note: Lawrence Whittet (left of bicycle) and Burt Shirly (extreme right)
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University of Wisconsin group photograph, about 1890-1900
Note: Photographer: Curtiss, Madison, Wisconsin
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Delta Gamma sorority, freshman group, about 1890-1895
Note: Back row, left to right: Meta (?) Goldsmith, Ada Barling, Alice Newbre, Bessie Gernon, Elsie Lunch, Florence Bashford, Helen Dodge, Edna Newbre, and Marth Pound in the front.
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University of Wisconsin Glee Club, 1891
Note: Photographer: Curtiss, Madison, Wisconsin
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University of Wisconsin football team, 1891
Note: Front row, left to right: Lester Mayhew (Class of 1893), Fred Sull (Class of 1894), Beverly Worden (Class of 1892); second row, left to right: D.H. Walker (Class of 1892), J.B. Kerr (Class of 1892), Dwight Freeman (Class of 1894), E.H. Ahara (Class of 1892), Louis Flower (Class of 1892), C.B. Raymond (Class of 1892), H.M. Coleman (Class of 1895); third row, left to right: Walter Tratt (Class of 1895), Louis Sumner (Class of 1893), J.F.A. Pyre (Class of 1892), R.C. Thiele (Class of 1893), G.N. Knapp (Class of 1894), Willard T. Saucerman (Class of 1892), Frank Bartlett (Class of 1892).
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Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, 1892
Note: Back row: Dolly Thatcher; second row, left to right: Edith Locke, Ottilie Schumann; front row, left to right: Helen Thorp and Ann Armstrong.
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Paresis Dink, presumably a student at the University of Wisconsin, about 1893
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Delta Gamma sorority, class of 1893, photo taken 1889-1890
Note: Clockwise from bottom left: Mary Main (Mrs. Frank McDonough), Helena Lund (Mrs. Vedeler), Bessie riddle, Bird Cassoday (Mrs. Carl Johnson), Amy Young, Carletta Anderson (Mrs. Peter Vedel); center: Carrie Owen (Mrs. Lester Mayhew).
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University of Wisconsin baseball team, 1893
Note: Standing, left to right: Spooner, Clarke (Manager), Week, Arms, Dillion, Karel (Ass’t Manager). Seated, left to right: Laurence Whittet, Palmer, Syman, Williams, and Schultz.
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Phi Delta Theta group, 1893
Note: Top: Howard Burton (Lake Geneva); Second row: Robert Hackney (Milwaukee) and David Thornton (Joliet, Illinois); middle: Guy Hunner (Eau Claire); third row: Franklyn Sweet (Milwaukee) and Warren Burton (Lake Geneva); front: Ed J, Huber (Fond du Lac).
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Original poster directed at “Sophomore Cowards” to “Give us canes or give us death!!” from the Executive Committee of ’97.
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University of Wisconsin football team, 1899
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University of Wisconsin Sporting event at Camp Randall, 1900
Note: The shorter man is L. “Babe” Spencer, University of Wisconsin mascot. Track equipment is seen in left background.
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University of Wisconsin freshman women’s basketball team in the gymnasium of ladies’ hall (now chadbourne hall), 1900
Note: photographer: harper
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Original poster giving the freshman warning “which we shall not publish twice,” about 1901
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University of Wisconsin’s circus, 1905 March 25
Note: Delta Upsilon’s contribution, “Galulu – Adam’s off-ox.”
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Class rush, University of Wisconsin students, 1908
Note: Photographer: Nadeau, Marinette, Wisconsin (Lower photo)
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Class rush, University of Wisconsin, 1908
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Class rush, University of Wisconsin, 1908
Note: Photographer: Edward O. Nielson, Madison, Wisconsin
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Class rush, University of Wisconsin, 1908
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Class rush, University of Wisconsin, 1908
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Class rush, University of Wisconsin, 1908
Note: In the background can be seen the boat house and the Armory.
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University of Wisconsin, 1909
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Prize winning side show, 1909
Note: University of Wisconsin Circus presented by the Agricultural Society.
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Wisconsin – Minnesota football game crowd, 1909
Note

A cheering section of spectators in the grandstand is waving white objects in a pattern to form a large “W.”.

Photographer: Nadeau, Madison, Wisconsin

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Class rush, University of Wisconsin, about 1909
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University of Wisconsin, Freshman-Sophomore “water rush” behind the old Y.M.C.A. on lake Mendota, 1909 or 1910
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University of Wisconsin parade on Capital Square, looking down Mifflin St. from the corner of Carroll and Mifflin, about 1910
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Hazing freshman at the University of Wisconsin, 1910
Note: “Red” Parker, University of Wisconsin cheerleader in grey suit and cap.
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University of Wisconsin class rush on lower campus, 1910
Note: Photographer: Nadeau, Madison, Wisconsin
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University of Wisconsin class rush, 1910
Note: Located on what is now the Library Mall. The parade down State Street (?) after class rush.
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After the class rush, University of Wisconsin students, 1910
Note: Photographer: Photo Shop
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University of Wisconsin Circus, 1911 April 8
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University of Wisconsin toboggan slide down Bascom Hill on to frozen Lake Mendota, 1911
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University of Wisconsin prom, 1911-1912
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University of Wisconsin class rush, 1912
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Spectators watching the University of Wisconsin class rush, about 1912
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University of Wisconsin class rush, 1912
Note: This activity consists of two opposing teams facing each other from the ends of a field of play. At the signal, each group rushes forward and tries to “capture” as many of the large flour sacks in the center of the field as they can. They must then carry these sacks across the opposite team’s starting line. The team ending up with the most sacks across the end of the field line wins the game.
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University of Wisconsin May fete, 1913
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University of Wisconsin summer pageant on Bascom Hill, 1915 July
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University of Wisconsin students on Bascom Hill, about 1915
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University of Wisconsin students on the steps of Chadbourne Hall, about 1915
Note: Photographer: William A. Titus
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Official reception for freshman on Bascom Hill, about 1916
Note: The new class is greeted by the President and other University of Wisconsin officials.
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Lawrence’s Restaurant on State Street, 1916
Note: A favorite after dance snack spot, frequented by the students of the University.
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The Maypole Dance at the May Fete on Bascom Hill, 1916 Spring
Note: Photographer: Photoart House, Madison, Wisconsin
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The Maypole Dance at the May Fete on Bascom Hill, 1916 Spring
Note: Just visible at the top of the photograph is the new Wisconsin State Capitol, completed except for the north wing, which was finished in 1917. Photo from the University of Wisconsin Archives.
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University of Wisconsin, Bascom Hill, about 1917
Note

May Day Queen (?) Similar photos in the series show graduation ceremonies, so this may have been part of the graduation day pageantry.

Photographer: Photoart House, Madison, Wisconsin.

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Graduation ceremony at the University of Wisconsin, Bascom Hill, about 1917
Note: This may be the May Fete (note the maypoles), annual spring celebration held on Bascom Hill mid-May for many years, rather than graduation exercise. The scene is very similar to Senior Swingout, an honor ceremony formally instituted in 1921, in which the graduating senior women pass the Torch of Knowledge to their counterparts in the junior class. The seniors are traditionally clad in commencement robes; the juniors in white. Since Senior Swingout is usually held in mid-May also, the custom may have originated with May Fete ceremonies.
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University of Wisconsin, Bascom Hill, about 1917
Note

Part of the pageantry of graduation day ceremonies (?).

Photographer: Photoart house, Madison, Wisconsin

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University of Wisconsin class rush, 1919 April 19
Note: Photographer: Photoart House, Madison, Wisconsin.
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A group of University of Wisconsin students on Lincoln Terrace, performing for the movie camera, 1921-1922
Note

The Edwin Booth Dramatic Society, celebrating its 20th anniversary, began work on “the first college movie,” of which this is a scene. (CF. Wisconsin Badger, 1922, p. 217.)

Photographer: M. E. Diemer

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University of Wisconsin campus rush, 1922-1923
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Freshman welcome ceremony on Bascom Hill, University of Wisconsin, 1925
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University of Wisconsin students playing a game on the lower campus, Madison, Wisconsin, about 1925
Note: In the background is the men’s gymnasium and armory.
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Residents of Adams Hall men’s dormitory at the University of Wisconsin posing at the entrance to the dormitory, 1927
Note: Photographer: M.E. Diemer
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Members of the Town and Gown Club of Madison, Wisconsin, at Governor Walter Kohler Sr.’s house in Kohler, Wisconsin, about 1930
Note: Left to right: Edwin A. Birge, Charles S. Slitcher, Burr Jones, Edwin B. Fred, Harry L. Butler, Lucien M. Hanks, Walter Kohler, and John R. Commons.
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Crowd listening to a speaker on Bascom Hill, University of Wisconsin, about 1930
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Marvin B. Rosenberry speaking to University of Wisconsin students on Bascom Hill, Madison, Wisconsin., about 1930
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Senior group from the Home Economics Department, University of Wisconsin, 1932 January 13
Note: Photographer: M.E. Diemer
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University of Wisconsin freshman women’s basketball team in the gymnasium of Ladies’ Hall (now Chadbourne Hall), 1900
Note: Photographer: Harper
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Sitting room, Kappa Alpha Theta Lodge, 630 Langdon Street, 1900-1910 (?)
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University of Wisconsin 1907 football team
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University of Wisconsin football game fans, about 1909
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University of Wisconsin baseball team, 1909 October
Note

Coached by Dr. Charles “Mac” McCarthy, legislative reference librarian, arrived in Yokohama on September 16 to play nine ball games primarily with students from Waseda and Keio Universities in Tokyo. The trip was organized by Genkwan Shibata, U.W. ’09, who travelled as business manager and official interpreter.

While in Japan, the ball team was feted on innumerable occasions. Two of the more memorable affairs are described in detail by Oswald Lupinski, ’10, who wrote an account for The Wisconsin Engineer in February 1910. This could a photograph of the “banquet given by Yokohama miteci at the Chi tose ro (the finest tea house in Yokohama)” on the evening of October 6th, or the farewell banquet given by the Keio alumni at the Kojunsha Club in Tokyo held on October 12th. Two-hundred and fifty people were served, including the UW party, the Keio and Waseda teams, Tokyo businessmen and some newspapermen, and innumerable university officials.

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University of Wisconsin baseball team, Japan, September or October, 1909
Note

The baseball team and Coach Dr. Charles McCarthy, “Mac,” probably with officials of Waseda University, Tokyo (since the photographer, F. Suzuki gives his address as Waseda, Tokyo).

The team played nine games during the month of their stay. One team member, Oswald Lupinksi, ’10, wrote an account for The Wisconsin Engineer, published February 1910.

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University of Wisconsin Varsity football squad, 1912
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University of Wisconsin vs Colorado football game, about 1912
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Grandstand crowd at Wisconsin vs. Minnesota football game at Camp Randall stadium, University of Wisconsin, 1913
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Class rush, a contest between the freshman and sophomore classes, 1908(?)
Note: The boat house and the Armory are in the background.
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University of Wisconsin football squad, 1909
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University of Wisconsin football game against University of Indiana, 1910
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“Red” Parker, University of Wisconsin cheerleader, 1910
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University of Wisconsin football game at Chicago, Illinois, 1910
Note

Clowns performing during intermission.

Photographer: Wadeau, Madison

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Psi Upsilon Fraternity house, University of Wisconsin, about 1910-1915
Note: In 1916 they moved to their present (1961) house.
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University of Wisconsin, varsity girls’ basketball team, 1920-1925
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University of Wisconsin prom party, 1923
Note: Photographer: M.E. Diemer
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University of Wisconsin Athletic Field, 1927
Note

Formerly one of the Agricultural School’s pastures. Mr. Diemer named this photo, “My pasture is gone.”

Photographer: M.E. Diemer

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Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity house party, University of Wisconsin, 1928
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Sigma Phi fraternity house, University of Wisconsin, 1930
Note

Louis Sullivan, architect. The house was built in 1909.

Photographer: Photoart House, Madison, Wisconsin.

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University of Wisconsin Homecoming Pep Rally, 1946
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Coach Williamson with the University of Wisconsin football team, 1954
Note: Photographer: Richard Vesey, Madison
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Senior “swing-out” at the University of Wisconsin, 1932
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Co-eds on Bascom Hill, University of Wisconsin, 1939
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The toboggan slide at the University of Wisconsin, 1934 February 24
Note

The students are unidentified.

Photographer: M.E. Diemer

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University of Wisconsin, Langdon Hall’s roof, 1936 July 15
Note

This is one of the women’s dormitories.

Photographer: M.E. Diemer

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University of Wisconsin students at the Wesley co-op, a Methodist-Episcopal Church function through the Wesley Foundation, 1949
Note: These eating co-ops give the members good food at low costs, as the students do most of the work, perhaps hiring only a cook.
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University of Wisconsin Field House interior, 1952
Note

Senator Robert Taft and Harold E. Stassen were speakers.

Photographer: Richard Vesey, Madison

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Graduating seniors from the University of Wisconsin parading past canon in Randall Field