Part 1 (PH call numbers): Visual Materials (Original Collection), 1945-1974
Physical Description: 5.1 cubic feet of photographs (6 archives boxes, 1 flat box, 11 folders, and 9 oversize folders), 10.0 cubic feet of negatives (28 negative boxes and 1 archives box), and 0.1 cubic feet of contact sheets (1 folder)  
Scope and Content Note: Photographs and negatives consisting primarily of black and white 4x5 inch and 35 mm negatives, made for the State Journal, including extensive aerial views of Madison and the surrounding area, events and places near Madison including sports, construction, cooking, fashion, family life, “Cheese Days” in Monroe, and “Little Norway.” Also includes Monona Terrace and Convention Center project and the University of Wisconsin-Hill Farms development, scale models of agricultural machinery, dams and waterways, visually impaired individuals and their guide dogs, and activities of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

Prints

Events and places near Madison, Wisconsin, 1949-1954
Note: Includes images of buildings, meetings, and celebrations, probably made for feature articles in the Wisconsin State Journal.

Physical Description: 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) 

Photographs of scale models of agricultural machinery, 1952
Note: Machinery manufactured primarily by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company during the nineteenth century and held in the collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Images were created for feature stories on the models published in the Wisconsin State Journal, December 12, 1952 to February 1, 1953.

Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (12 photographs in 1 folder) 

Celebration of “Cheese day” by Swiss descendants at Monroe, Wisconsin, 1955
Note: Images include groups of people in costume, with an alpenhorn, family register, and wine cask.

Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (18 photographs in 1 folder) 

“Little Norway,” 1951
Note: A group of buildings of folk Norwegian architecture and a Norwegian handcraft museum in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. Images include views of the buildings, and images of staff from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin selecting objects for an exhibit.

Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (9 photographs in 1 folder) 

“Blind individuals and seeing eye dogs,” circa 1955
Note: Visual impaired undergoing training in self-sufficiency with the assistance of guide eye dogs on a practice trip away from their training station at the Double A Kennel in Cambridge, Wisconsin, to Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.

Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (6 photographs in 1 folder) 

Gun club members, 1956
Note: Photographs of members of a gun club in Beetown, Wisconsin, shooting antique muzzle-loading rifles. Images include molding bullets, loading rifles, firing at an outdoor range, and examining targets.

Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (17 photographs in 1 folder) 

Dams and waterway system, 1957 October
Note: Photographs of the St. Lawrence Power dam, Long Sault Dam, and Long Sault Canal on the New York border with Canada, and elements of the St. Lawrence waterway system, under construction.

Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (14 photographs in 1 folder) 

Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin, circa 1945-1955
Note: Coughlin was a newspaper sports writer, fundraiser, and philanthropist in Madison, Wisconsin.

Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (8 photographs in 1 folder) 

Publicizing the activities of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1945-1955
Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (98 photographs in 1 folder) 

Madison, Wisconsin circa 1955-1960s
Note: Photographs, circa 1955-1970s, (black and white 35 mm and 4x5) taken by Wisconsin State Journal photographer John Newhouse. Aerial views of downtown Madison, Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin, and near west side of Madison, are well-represented. Also included are images of the Monona Terrace project.

Physical Description: 1.2 cubic feet of prints (3 archives boxes) 

Aerial views

General

Highways

Industrial views

Madison- Capitol area

Madison- General

Madison-Hill Farms and Hilldale Shopping Center

Rural areas

University of Wisconsin

Photograph of people recording audio

Building construction

Business and technology

Elevated walkways

General

Hospital

Individuals, portraits

"M" stones and maintenance, near Platteville, Wisconsin

Methodist Church, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin

Monona Terrace project

Performing arts

Recreation

Residences

Exteriors

Fixtures and appliances

Interiors

Sciences

Street views

U.S. Air Force

Wisconsin State Journal photographs
Note: Photographs from negatives made by Newhouse, assigned negative control series WHi(N48), to accompany Wisconsin State Journal news stories. Included are images of sports activities, construction, cooking, fashion, local events, and family life. Towns represented include Blue Mounds, Boscobel, Cambridge, DeForest, Dodgeville, Edgerton, Lake Mills, Linden, Madison, Middleton, Monroe, Monticello, Mount Horeb, New Glarus, Oregon, Platteville, Portage, Reedsburg, Sauk City, Soldiers Grove, Whitewater, and Wisconsin Dells.

Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet (2 folders) 

State capitol and its environs from King Street in Madison, Wisconsin, 1955
Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (1 photograph in 1 oversize folder) 

City-County Building under construction in Madison, Wisconsin, 1955
Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (1 photograph in 1 oversize folder) 

Skyline of buildings, including the state capitol, taken from the roof of the University of Wisconsin library in Madison, Wisconsin, 1955
Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (1 photograph in 1 oversize folder) 

Boy with a broken back in a hospital bed drawing a cartoon, circa 1950
Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (1 photograph in 1 oversize folder) 

Visit by the Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce to the Wisconsin Dells, circa 1958
Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (1 photograph in 1 oversize folder) 

Aerial photographs

Madison, Wisconsin, and surrounding areas, circa 1949-1954
Note: The images were created by John Newhouse, probably for stories in the Wisconsin State Journal, and by the Claberne Studio, De Pere, Wisconsin.

Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 archives box and 1 flat box) 

Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1945
Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet (2 folders) 

Catholic seminary on the north shore of Lake Mendota, Wisconsin, 1955
Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (1 photograph in 1 oversize folder) 

Water reservoir at Verona, Wisconsin, 1955
Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (1 photograph in 1 oversize folder) 

Farm in winter, probably in Wisconsin, 1955
Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (1 photograph in 1 oversize folder) 

Gonsted House, designed by architect Herb Fritz, in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, 1955
Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (1 photograph in 1 oversize folder) 

Negatives

Negatives and contact sheets, 1960s-1970s
Note: Primarily features and news assignments for the Wisconsin State Journal; aerial views of Madison, Wisconsin are included.

Physical Description: 2.4 cubic feet of negatives (6 negative boxes) and 0.1 cubic feet of contact sheets (1 folder) 

Madison, Wisconsin circa 1955-1960s
Note: Negatives, circa 1955-1970s, (black and white 35 mm and 4x5) taken by Wisconsin State Journal photographer John Newhouse. Aerial views of downtown Madison, Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin, and near west side of Madison, are well-represented. Also included are images of the Monona Terrace project.

Physical Description: 0.4 cubic feet of negatives (1 archives box and 1 negative box) 

35 mm

Aerial views

Belmont and Cassville, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

Reedsburg, Wisconsin

Watertown, Wisconsin

4x5

1957 Parade and East Hill Farms

Air, Segoe Road block

East Hill Farms and Hill Farms

East Hill Farms

Looking east toward Capitol

Overall

Pool site, 1956

Hill Farms

Lincoln impersonator, Wisconsin Dells centennial

Truax across Monona Bay

University Hill Farms, 1959 June

South

West

North

[Photographer's note: seconds]

University of Wisconsin students Christmas party, 1955 December 10

UW Shopping Center [Hilldale Mall]

Frank Lloyd Wright project, dock line pix, Monona

35 mm film format negatives
Physical Description: 0.4 cubic feet (4 negative boxes) 

4x5-inch safety film negatives
Physical Description: 6.8 cubic feet (17 negative boxes)