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Wisconsin Goes to War

Wisconsin Goes to War brings together primary and secondary materials which highlight the history of the people of Wisconsin during wartime, including of stories of those serving at home or overseas, and also how it affected life back home. The materials included in this rich collection are the result of UW–Madison Libraries' partnerships with public libraries and historical societies throughout Wisconsin, some funded by federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grants administered by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Wisconsin Goes to War

Wisconsin Goes to War brings together primary and secondary materials which highlight the history of the people of Wisconsin during wartime, including of stories of those serving at home or overseas, and also how it affected life back home. The materials included in this rich collection are the result of UW–Madison Libraries' partnerships with pu…
Image Source: War production line at Hamilton Manufacturing Company, ca. 1940s from 'The Home Front - Manitowoc County in World War II' collection.

Wisconsin Goes to War Sample items in the collection

  • Aircraft carrier
  • Crowd waiting to watch launching of City of Midland 41
  • Landscape
  • NBC radio broadcast from inside a hull section
  • Souvenir program for U.S.S. Peto launch
  • Mrs. Nellie Brant
  • Radio Station WOMT's first girl announcer during World War 2
  • "Hillsides mostly barren from napalm".
  • "Outlet to the [rock crusher] pit"
  • Barracks building
  • Sea Scout Skipper with submachine gun
  • Manitowoc defies Hitlerism
  • End of the blobsled run
  • Back from prison camp
  • Safety is Golden : Nurse at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company "hospital"
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