The Hilltop yearbooks from Marquette University offer a glimpse into the evolution of Wisconsin’s largest private university. The 82 volumes contain more than 28,000 pages and include a wealth of information about the faculty, the physical growth of the Marquette campus, intercollegiate athletics, and student activities.
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Marquette Tribune
The Marquette Tribune has been continuously produced by the students of Marquette University since it was first published in 1916, reporting on topics of campus, regional, national and international interest.
Marquette University – Building a Campus
More than 1300 images and printed materials documenting the built environment through the course of Marquette University’s history.
Marquette University – In the Spotlight
This collection presents unique materials from the Raynor Memorial Libraries’ Department of Special Collections and University Archives. In the Spotlight highlights materials that are relevant to current events, historical anniversaries, or that are central to Marquette University’s rich heritage.
Marquette University Histories
Two out-of-print volumes detailing the history of Marquette University, one published in 1906 and the other in 1953.
Marquette University History Online
More than 11,000 photographs illustrating the history of the University and digitized as part of the University Archives’ ongoing scan-on-demand program.
Marquette University Intercollegiate Athletic Hall of Fame
This collection illustrates the accomplishments of Marquette University’s most elite athletes and coaches, all enshrined in the M Club Athletic Hall of Fame. The bulk of this collection presents photographs, negatives, and color transparencies. Select paintings, sketches, plaques, and textual materials have also been digitized.
Marshall Community Library
Photos of headstones from cemeteries in the community of Marshall, Dane County, Wisconsin and surrounding townships. The documented cemeteries are Deansville, Medina, North York, Oak Lawn, St. Mary’s, York Center and York Medina.
Martin P. Schneider Architectural Collection
Martin Peter Schneider was born in 1890 in Lodi, he graduated in 1912 with an engineering degree, and soon after that, he attended graduate school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Later that same year, Schneider was back in Madison, starting his practice in his home. His impressive architectural work includes designs in most styles popular from the 1910s through the 30s. His designs include both residential and commercial buildings. Many of his buildings are still standing and are recognizable Madison landmarks today.
McFarland Gold Star Mothers
McFarland residents Mrs. Ole (Mary Lyster) Nelson and Mrs. Theodore Edwards were among the Gold Star Mothers who made a U.S. government-sponsored pilgrimage to France in 1930. Both Nelson and Edwards lost sons during World War I. This collection includes a diary, scrapbooks, letters, photographs and ephemera from the voyage as well as letters and photos from Helmer Nelson and Alvin Edwards’ World War I service.
