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The American Institute of the History of Pharmacy is a not-for-profit historical society housed at the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy. Founded in 1941, the Institute fosters a variety of historical collections in cooperation with the UW-Madison and…
Although born in Hilbert, Wisconsin, on November 2, 1908, Bernard "Bunny" Berigan, acclaimed as one of the most prominent jazz trumpeters of all times and unexcelled for his intricate embellishments and lip vibrato, is considered Fox Lake's own. He…
This collection documents the Japanese at war, both from the perspective of the Japanese and their adversaries. Materials include posters, wood cuts, news releases, propaganda promoting relationships with allies or demonizing enemies, as well as ar…
German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents, and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. The German Studies Collection brings together, in digital form, primary and secondary mate…
The UW-La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photograph collection consists of over 40,000 photographic images of steamboats on the inland waterways of the United States, primarily the Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri rivers and their tributaries. The photos …
In 1845 emigrants from the canton of Glarus in Switzerland, leaving their homeland because of dire economic conditions, established a colony in southern Wisconsin and named it New Glarus. Over the following years, more Swiss from various cantons se…
The University of Wisconsin has a long tradition of entertaining our campus community through a variety of publications that poke fun at the University and its faculty, students, traditions, daily life and other elements of Wisconsin collegiate exp…
Ephraim Chambers' acclaimed eighteenth-century classic, Cyclopaedia, or, An universal dictionary of arts and sciences, in two volumes, appeared in 1728. The supplement, also in two volumes, followed in 1753. Noteworthy features of this distinguishe…