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UW Archives holds up to three copies of each volume of the yearbook from its initial publication in 1884 to its final publication in 2014 (129 volumes). The publication of the yearbook did not beco...

UW Archives holds up to three copies of each volume of the yearbook from its initial publication in 1884 to its final publication in 2014 (129 volumes). The publication of the yearbook did not become annual until 1887, as such there are no yearbooks for 1885 or 1886. The only other interruption in yearbooks was for the years 1973 and 1974. There are still yearbooks from these years, but they were published by the Wisconsin Alumni Association rather than the student body, as such they are spare, consisting mostly of portraits of students. UW Archives currently holds at least one copy of every published volume. The 1st copy of each volume is held onsite at UW Archives while the second and third copies, where they exist, are held offsite.

First published by the junior class of 1884 under the title Trochos, but known for most of its history as The Badger, the University of Wisconsin-Madison yearbook documented the social and athletic events on campus along with student organizations and often portraits students in attendance. Publication of the yearbook became annual in 1887 and was published annually from that year until 2014. At the outset each year book was published by the junior class, meaning that the yearbook produced in 1887 represented the graduating (senior) class of 1888. In 1932 this practice shifted and the senior class began to publish the yearbook, therefore there are two volumes titled 1932, with the first having been actually published in 1931. An interruption in editorial staff caused the yearbook to cease publication in 2014 and as of 2022 it has not resumed.

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