A selection of manuscripts and ephemera documenting the lives of women in Wisconsin, focusing on women who were active in social movements such as suffrage, temperance, abolition, civil rights and other efforts to reform society as well as women who ran for public office.
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Wisconsin’s Historic Natural Resources Photos

Images from the Wisconsin Conservation Department (1930s to 1960s) and Department of Natural Resources (1960s to present) illustrating fishing, camping, hunting and other recreational activities as well as the work of park wardens, foresters and other conservation professionals.
Women in Blue and Gold – Marquette Women’s Athletics
This collection features nearly 2,000 images documenting women’s intercollegiate athletics at Marquette University from 1975 through 2000.
Women of Edgewood College
This collection highlights several Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters who led and shaped Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin. Materials include video oral history interviews and portrait photographs of each Sister as well as some published biographies.
World War I Military Portraits
This collection of more than 30,000 items includes World War I service records transcribed by the Milwaukee County Chapter of the American War Mothers, portraits of service men and women in military uniform, snapshots of individuals at their homes or serving in the theater of war, and records from the publication A Record of the Heroes of Milwaukee County Who Answered Their Country’s Call in the World War.
World War II Veterans of Mount Horeb

This collection brings together books, photographs, audio interviews, slides, personal scrapbooks and memorabilia collected from Mt. Horeb-area veterans of WWII.