The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions digital collection contains over 1,800 images of Native Americans and related Catholic churches, schools, clergy, and religious leaders from across the United States in the early 20th century. American Indian nations of Wisconsin represented in the collection include the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Forest County Potawatomi, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, Oneida Nation, and Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
Marquette University
Clement J. Zablocki – Photographs of Wisconsin’s “Mr. Democrat”
This collection documents the public life of Clement J. Zablocki, who represented Milwaukee’s south side in Congress from January 1949 until his death in December 1983.
Gesu Parish Grade School
This collection of photos, directories, programs, alumni newsletters, and objects documents the Gesu School, founded in 1895 after the combining of St. Gall and Holy Name parishes. After sixty-nine years of continuous educational service, Gesu School held its last graduation exercises on June 7, 1968.
I’ll Tell You A Story – Memories of Pre-Holocaust Europe
In 1983, volunteers from the Generation After (an organization of children of Holocaust survivors) conducted interviews with 65 Jewish immigrants residing in metropolitan Milwaukee. The digital version of the Generation After Oral History Project consists of 25 interview transcripts for subjects with surnames between A-L.
Marquette Hilltop Yearbooks 1915-1996
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.
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.
Ralph Metcalfe – The Olympic Years 1932-1936
Photographs, newspaper clippings, and other printed materials documenting sprinter Ralph Metcalfe between 1932-1936, when the Marquette undergraduate was known as “The World’s Fastest Human.”
Senator Joe McCarthy – Audio Excerpts 1950-1954
Audio files containing public remarks made by Joseph McCarthy, the Republican senator from Wisconsin, during his controversial campaign to remove communists and communist sympathizers from government.
Service at Marquette
150 images from 1969 through 2006 illustrating community service activities at Marquette, from the early days of the Marquette University Community Action Program through hurricane relief efforts in New Orleans.
Tommy G. Thompson Collection
Images documenting the public career of former Wisconsin Governor Tommy G. Thompson. Most of the photographs were taken during Thompson’s 14-year gubernatorial career (1987-2001); however, some images depict his service in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1966-1986) and as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (2001-2005).
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.
