Posters and flyers advertising a variety of concerts, mostly rock and punk shows that took place in the early 1980s in and around Milwaukee. Milwaukee-area bands represented include Colour Radio, Die Kreuzen and the Violent Femmes.
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Wisconsin Cranberry School Proceedings
The Wisconsin Cranberry School is the primary meeting for Wisconsin cranberry growers, whether members of a cooperative or independent growers. The school is sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Extension and the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association.
Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database
More than 1,000 examples of Wisconsin’s material heritage from public and private collections across the state, including furniture, ceramics, metalwork, quilts and needlework as well as beadwork, basketry, woodcarving and marquetry made in Wisconsin between 1820 and 1930.
Wisconsin Digital Archives
This growing collection of documents about the activities, functions and policies of Wisconsin State Government contains documents published by the Executive and Judicial branches, state government task forces, initiatives, boards, commissions, councils and special study groups. The Wisconsin Digital Archives is a collaborative effort managed by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction as part of the Wisconsin Document Depository Program.
Wisconsin Emergency Management Images and Historic Materials
Photographs taken by emergency management officials documenting natural and man-made disasters that have hit Wisconsin and images of emergency response training and other historic materials related to emergency preparedness.
Wisconsin Folksong Collection 1937-1946
Materials from two collections from Mills Music Library at UW-Madison: field recordings, notes and photographs made by UW-Madison faculty member Helene Stratman-Thomas as part of the Wisconsin Folk Music Recording Project during the summers of 1940, 1941 and 1946 and recordings collected by song catcher Sidney Robertson Cowell during the summer of 1937 for the Special Skills Division of the Resettlement Administration.
Wisconsin Goes to War: Our Civil War Experience
First person narrative accounts of Wisconsin soldiers and citizens during the Civil War, including letters, diaries, poems and other records.
Wisconsin Highway Dedication Programs
Highway dedication programs from the 1950s and 1960s commemorate the opening of segments of Interstate 90 and Interstate 94.
Wisconsin Labor Advocate Newspaper
The Wisconsin Labor Advocate was a weekly newspaper published in La Crosse in 1886-1887. La Crosse was a hotbed of Labor political party activity in the 1880s and the Labor Advocate was one of at least four La Crosse area Labor-related newspapers from that time. George Edwin Taylor, the newspaper’s editor and owner, was African-American, born in Arkansas in 1857.
Wisconsin Pioneer Experience
A digital collection of diaries, letters, reminiscences, speeches and other writings of people who settled and built Wisconsin during the 19th century. These materials were selected from the collections of the Wisconsin Area Research Centers (ARCs) as well as the headquarters of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
