Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for the month of June. 3. LGBT Pride Month 2. Wisconsin’s founding member of the National Organization for Women (NOW) 1. Celebrating Juneteenth Highlights from digital collections across Wisconsin are added to our Tumblr blog several times each week. Check out our monthly top posts… Read More…
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Tumblr top three: April/May 2014
Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, in April and May. 3. Celebrating Syttende Mai Syttende Mai — the seventeenth of May — is the day Norway (and many people of Norwegian heritage in Wisconsin) celebrates its independence. We celebrated by sharing this hand-painted 1775 trunk, which was most likely… Read More…
Tumblr top three: February/March 2014
Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, in February and March. 3. A Wisconsin-born celebrity strikes a pose 2. Enjoying the ice in Milwaukee 1. A tough team from Wood County Highlights from digital collections across Wisconsin are added to our Tumblr blog several times a week. Check out our monthly top… Read More…
Tumblr top three: January 2014
Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for the month of January. 3. An icy playground on Lake Michigan 1. and 2. Milwaukeeans remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Two photos we shared in honor of Martin Luther King Day show Milwaukee residents gathered on the first anniversary of King’s… Read More…
Tumblr top ten of 2013
In 2013 we made 210 posts to our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo. Here are the ten posts that inspired the most comments, likes, and shares from our readers. These ten images are diverse, but they all come from the collections of Wisconsin libraries, archives, and historical societies, and they all depict the lives of everyday… Read More…
2013: Our year in review
Recollection Wisconsin: 2013 by the numbers 130,956 items available through recollectionwisconsin.org 95,876 followers on our Tumblr blog 49,453 page views on the new recollectionwisconsin.org website 1,542 followers on Twitter 447 followers on Facebook 235 attendees at our conference sessions, workshops, and webinars 8 students supervised and mentored 1 national award received 2013 was an exciting year… Read More…
Tumblr top three: November 2013
Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for the month of November. 3. Ojibwe basket collected in Wisconsin Dells November was Native American Heritage Month, so we used Tumblr to highlight items from several digital collections focusing on Native history and culture in Wisconsin. The digital collection of the Logan… Read More…
Tumblr top three: October 2013
Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for the month of October. 3. Two Wisconsin soldiers during World War I 2. Dow Riots at UW-Madison 1. An unusual Halloween costume Highlights from digital collections across Wisconsin are added to our Tumblr blog several times a week. Check out our monthly top posts… Read More…
Tumblr top three: September 2013
Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for the month of September. 3. Milwaukee: Gateway to the world 2. A 19th century “op-art” quilt 1. An idyllic fall scene… Read More…
Summer students report from the field
This summer, Recollection Wisconsin partnered with the Material Culture Program at UW-Madison to provide hands-on learning opportunities for five undergraduate Summer Service Learners at area historical societies and museums. This summer marked the seventh year of this successful program, which has now offered 22 students the chance to gain valuable experience in applied learning at… Read More…
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