Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote, “In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” But in much of Wisconsin, once the lakes thaw, some thoughts turn to sport fishing, particularly on the first Saturday in May which signals the opening of fishing season. Watch this online video exhibit on the history of recreational fishing… Read More…
Many thanks to UW-Madison iSchool graduate student, Thalia Coombs, for her contribution to this exhibit! You may recall the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) from the 1992 film, A League of Their Own starring Geena Davis and Tom Hanks. Who will ever forget that “there’s no crying in baseball!” But did you know the… Read More…
To mark the beginning of both the men’s and women’s basketball seasons in November, the Ripon College Archives has digitized selections from its basketball photograph collections. Intercollegiate basketball teams have competed at Ripon since at least 1907. The new digital collection showcases almost 200 photos of men’s and women’s intercollegiate and intramural basketball teams at… Read More…
Our guest curator for this post is Beth A. Zinsli, a member of a large deer hunting clan from central Wisconsin. She was raised on venison, Colby cheese, and other typical Wisconsin fare. She is also a Ph.D. candidate in art history and visual culture studies at UW-Madison. Hunting whitetail deer is an annual fall ritual… Read More…
The guest curators for this post are Nick Hoffman and Jesse Gant. Nick is the curator at the History Museum at the Castle in Appleton and Jesse is a Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Together they are writing an introductory book-length history of 19th century bicycling culture in Wisconsin for the Wisconsin Historical… Read More…
