Sarcophagus with Allegory of the Four Seasons

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  • Badger Yearbooks

    The first yearbook of the University of Wisconsin was published in April 1884 and called the Trochos, a Greek word for badger. The second yearbook, also called Trochos, was not published until 1887. The first Badger was published in February 1888, …

  • Dovie Horvitz Collection

    The Dovie Horvitz Collection consists of over 1,300 images and scanned texts representing objects and printed matter that reflect the lives of women from the mid 1800s through the mid 1900s. The items themselves were collected by Mrs. Dovie Horvitz…

  • Images of the African Diaspora

    Since 1974, Professor Henry Drewal has been documenting Afro-Brazilian visual and performance arts and artists, primarily in Salvador, Bahia but also elsewhere, including Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Fortaleza, Maranhao, and other sites primarily in nor…

  • Botany Collection

    The Botany Collection consists of research and teaching materials created by University of Wisconsin faculty and staff as well as unique or valuable items related to botany held by the University of Wisconsin Libraries.

  • Harold E. Scheub Collection

    Dr. Harold Scheub was the Evjue-Bascom Professor of Humanities in the Department of African Languages and Literature and one of the world's leading scholars in African oral traditions and folklore. To record oral traditions he walked more than 6000…

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives Collections

    The University Archives is committed to collecting and preserving materials related to people, places, events, and other entities associated with the UW-Madison, UW-System, and UW-Extension in their original formats whether that be analog or digita…

  • The Changing Landscapes of Wisconsin: A Digital Archive of Historic Aerial Photographs

    Changing Landscapes of Wisconsin creates wide accessibility to a rare collection of historic aerial photographs acquired by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) from 1937-1941. These photographs provide a snapshot of Wisconsin's landscapes seven…

  • Women’s March, January 21, 2017

    On Saturday, January 21, 2017, more than 100,000 people gathered at the Wisconsin State Capitol, as part of the Madison Women's March. This was one of 653 of "sister marches" across the United States coinciding with the Women's March on Washington.…