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UW-La Crosse Course Catalog Collection

Course catalogs for the Wisconsin State Normal School, La Crosse State Teachers College, Wisconsin State College and UW-La Crosse from 1910 to the present, including undergraduate, graduate and summer session publications.

UW-La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs

UW-La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs

Thousands of images of steamboats on the inland waterways of the United States, primarily the Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri rivers and their tributaries. The photos depict steamboats in every phase of their life span – from construction to destruction – and every aspect of their daily operations from the 1850s to the present.

UW-La Crosse Journal of Undergraduate Research

Since 1998, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Journal of Undergraduate Research has served as a place for students to publish original research. Published annually by the Undergraduate Research Program, this collection contains individual articles written by UWL students on topics ranging from accounting and archaeology to theater and women’s studies, and everything in between.

UW-La Crosse Oral History Collection

Selections from the more than 3,000 hours of interviews recorded by the UW-La Crosse Oral History Program and housed in Murphy Library’s Special Collections.

UW-La Crosse Publications

Various newsletters distributed by UW-La Crosse departments and campus organizations, including Murphy Library, the Organization for Campus Women, the College of Business Administration, the College of Science and Health and the College of Liberal Studies.

UW-La Crosse ROTC Scrapbook & Photograph Collection

Donated to UW-La Crosse Murphy Library Special Collections in 2018, these three large scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and other materials related to the ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) and the Military Science department on the UWL campus. In addition to the scrapbooks, this collection contains other photographs, multiple issues of The Cadence newspaper, and several cadet handbooks. Additional manuscript material is available in UWL Special Collections.

UW-La Crosse Student Handbooks Collection

Student handbooks from the Wisconsin State Normal School and State Teachers College (precursors to UW-La Crosse) from the 1920s through the 1960s, featuring campus organizations, activities, procedures, regulations, maps and other campus and community information.

UW-Madison Collection

UW-Madison Collection

Books, manuscripts, photographs and other resources documenting the history of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Sub-collections and themes include yearbooks, student handbooks, class albums and student scrapbooks; the Badger Bites cookbook collection; Campus Voices oral history collections, campus humor publications; Wisconsin Alumni Magazine; Hoofers Club; Athletic Department; Multicultural Student Center and the Mildred Fish Harnack Collection.