Category: News

• Documenting COVID-19: The University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives Launches Project to Capture Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Posted on Apr 8th

  The global impact of COVID-19 is a profound moment in time. As the virus spreads around the world, it has turned lives […]

• Farewell St. Paul University Catholic Center

  Posted on Jan 6th

  On Sunday, January 3, 2016, St. Paul University Catholic Center celebrated its last mass in its current building.  Originally conceived in 1906 […]

• From Wausau to Hollywood: Elroy Hirsch’s journey from the playing field to the movie set

  Posted on Jan 6th

  Badger football fanatics are likely familiar with the legacy of Elroy “Crazylegs” Hirsch, a star for UW (Madison) and its eventual Director of Athletics. Less […]

• Share your campus history!

  Posted on Dec 18th

  We LOVE our alumni. Especially alums like Larry O. (’64) who generously shared with us his memories and items from his clarinet-playing […]

• “Looking Back: The Vietnam Era in Madison” A Talk and Panel Discussion

  Posted on Nov 18th

  Looking Back: The Vietnam Era in Madison, a special event co-sponsored by the UW-Madison Archives and Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries, will […]

• From Books to Bombs: Student Romance in Peace & War

  Posted on Nov 5th

  Little else sets our souls aflame at UW-Archives than finding a mysterious love letter. And nothing surpasses a love letter that mentions […]

• Robert E. Gard Foundation Oral History Project

  Posted on Oct 12th

  Robert E. Gard Foundation Oral History Project is a new collection of oral history interviews that commemorate the 50th anniversary of Gard’s “Arts in […]

• Oral History in the Digital Age

  Posted on Aug 24th

  Please join us for a workshop on collecting, editing, preserving, and disseminating oral histories in a digital environment. The workshop will be […]

• Reeves selected for Humanities Council

  Posted on Jun 26th

  UW Oral History Program head, Troy Reeves, was recently selected to serve on the Wisconsin Humanities Council. Reeves has led workshops and public conferences […]

• All about the Archives

  Posted on Jun 24th

  What do we do? The primary purpose of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives is to collect and preserve University records and information […]