Wisco Histo

May 22

WASHBURN MUSEUM – Hello, loves!   It’s me, Rita Rennebohm! The girls and I went swimming by the dorms today!! Gosh, the water is COLD!!! Dr. Allenby held the camera - Billie the Cowboy was shy and held his breath underwater!!!! Young Reggie still is!!!!! I suppose we really should go back for him… Um!   - RITA Follow along this week as Madison writer Jay Rath takes a side trip into our collections for his Facebook novel, The Washburn Expedition. via: UW-Madison Archives by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

WASHBURN MUSEUM – Hello, loves!   It’s me, Rita Rennebohm! The girls and I went swimming by the dorms today!! Gosh, the water is COLD!!! Dr. Allenby held the camera - Billie the Cowboy was shy and held his breath underwater!!!! Young Reggie still is!!!!! I suppose we really should go back for him… Um!   - RITA

Follow along this week as Madison writer Jay Rath takes a side trip into our collections for his Facebook novel, The Washburn Expedition.

via: UW-Madison Archives by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

May 21

WASHBURN MUSEUM – Tougers, all! Reg, here. Good to be home, but I wish my frat brothers didn’t initiate me each time. I don’t mind the raw eggs so much, but goldfish give me the fantods. The boys say they do it ’cause they love me so! Three cheers and a tiger for rummy old Omega Lambda Chi! A bene placito! - REG Follow along this week as Madison writer Jay Rath takes a side trip into our collections for his Facebook novel, The Washburn Expedition. via: UW-Madison Archives by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

WASHBURN MUSEUM – Tougers, all! Reg, here. Good to be home, but I wish my frat brothers didn’t initiate me each time. I don’t mind the raw eggs so much, but goldfish give me the fantods. The boys say they do it ’cause they love me so! Three cheers and a tiger for rummy old Omega Lambda Chi! A bene placito! - REG

Follow along this week as Madison writer Jay Rath takes a side trip into our collections for his Facebook novel, The Washburn Expedition.

via: UW-Madison Archives by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

WASHBURN OBSERVATORY – There is no surer sign of spring than the return of the motorcar moths. They return each year at this time, and always seem to have a strange attraction to Dr. Allenby’s sedan, which they bedevil – curiously, just as semester grades are posted. Follow along this week as Madison writer Jay Rath takes a side trip into our collections for his Facebook novel, The Washburn Expedition. via: Public Enemies: Tinseltown Comes to Oshkosh, Oshkosh Public Library

WASHBURN OBSERVATORY – There is no surer sign of spring than the return of the motorcar moths. They return each year at this time, and always seem to have a strange attraction to Dr. Allenby’s sedan, which they bedevil – curiously, just as semester grades are posted.

Follow along this week as Madison writer Jay Rath takes a side trip into our collections for his Facebook novel, The Washburn Expedition.

via: Public Enemies: Tinseltown Comes to Oshkosh, Oshkosh Public Library

earlrj3 asked: Do you have any entries featuring Appleton?

We’ve posted a few things from Appleton over the years, mostly from Lawrence University - http://wiscohisto.tumblr.com/search/appleton 

More places to look online for Appleton history include:

May 20

WASHBURN OBSERVATORY – So good to be home in the spring! Rita, young Reggie, Billie the Cowboy and Dr. Allenby are well-pleased. Sadly, in our absence the curator, Prof. Watson, left the great dome’s portal open all month. While observing the stars last night, Dr. Allenby mistook a bee’s nest for a honey-bearing comet. Madison writer Jay Rath creates “the world’s first Facebook novel” — The Washburn Expedition, a globe-spanning fictional narrative of exploration and intrigue. This week he’s using images from our digital collections to tell the tale of Rita Rennebohm, young Reggie, Billie the Cowboy and Dr. Allenby. Follow along as the intrepid team regroups for an adventure closer to home. via: History of UW-Oshkosh, University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

WASHBURN OBSERVATORY – So good to be home in the spring! Rita, young Reggie, Billie the Cowboy and Dr. Allenby are well-pleased. Sadly, in our absence the curator, Prof. Watson, left the great dome’s portal open all month. While observing the stars last night, Dr. Allenby mistook a bee’s nest for a honey-bearing comet.

Madison writer Jay Rath creates “the world’s first Facebook novel” — The Washburn Expedition, a globe-spanning fictional narrative of exploration and intrigue. This week he’s using images from our digital collections to tell the tale of Rita Rennebohm, young Reggie, Billie the Cowboy and Dr. Allenby. Follow along as the intrepid team regroups for an adventure closer to home.

via: History of UW-Oshkosh, University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

WASHBURN MUSEUM - Dr. Allenby’s commencement speech was very well received yesterday. Everyone laughed and laughed - the chancellor and dean were still chucking this morning! Unfortunately, the speech was meant to be serious.   Madison writer Jay Rath creates “the world’s first Facebook novel” — The Washburn Expedition, a globe-spanning fictional narrative of adventure and intrigue. This week he’s using images from our digital collections to tell the tale of Rita Rennebohm, young Reggie, Billie the Cowboy and Dr. Allenby. Follow along as the intrepid team regroups in Madison! via: Aldo Leopold Archives, Aldo Leopold Foundation by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

WASHBURN MUSEUM - Dr. Allenby’s commencement speech was very well received yesterday. Everyone laughed and laughed - the chancellor and dean were still chucking this morning!

Unfortunately, the speech was meant to be serious.
 
Madison writer Jay Rath creates “the world’s first Facebook novel” — The Washburn Expedition, a globe-spanning fictional narrative of adventure and intrigue. This week he’s using images from our digital collections to tell the tale of Rita Rennebohm, young Reggie, Billie the Cowboy and Dr. Allenby. Follow along as the intrepid team regroups in Madison!

via: Aldo Leopold Archives, Aldo Leopold Foundation by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

May 18

Commencement ceremonies, St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin, 1991. Thanks Mom! via: Mulva Library, St. Norbert College

Commencement ceremonies, St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin, 1991.

Thanks Mom!

via: Mulva Library, St. Norbert College

May 17

Ella Beers, Mr. and Mrs. Gregory and Iola on bicycles, Richland County, Wisconsin. May 17 is National Bike to Work Day! Find out more about Wisconsin’s early bicycling history in our online exhibit, curated by historians Nick Hoffman and Jesse Gant. via: Richland County History Room, Brewer Public Library

Ella Beers, Mr. and Mrs. Gregory and Iola on bicycles, Richland County, Wisconsin.

May 17 is National Bike to Work Day! Find out more about Wisconsin’s early bicycling history in our online exhibit, curated by historians Nick Hoffman and Jesse Gant.

via: Richland County History Room, Brewer Public Library

May 16

Graduation group, St. Peter and Paul Church, Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1906. via: Belgian-American Research Collection, Cofrin Library, UW-Green Bay, by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

Graduation group, St. Peter and Paul Church, Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1906.

via: Belgian-American Research Collection, Cofrin Library, UW-Green Bay, by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

May 15

Anti-Vietnam War protest at graduation, Madison, Wisconsin, 1968. via: UW-Madison Collection, UW-Madison Archives by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections UW-Madison Archives is also on Tumblr!

Anti-Vietnam War protest at graduation, Madison, Wisconsin, 1968.

via: UW-Madison Collection, UW-Madison Archives by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

UW-Madison Archives is also on Tumblr!