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
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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 - 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
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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

Source: digital.library.wisc.edu

Advertisements from Wisconsin city directories, 1857-1921.

  1. Brigham and Co’s Fond du Lac Directory for 1857-58, Fond du Lac Public Library
  2. Madison City Directory and Business Advertiser for 1871-2, Madison Public Library
  3. Wright’s Directory of Appleton for 1887-88, Appleton Public Library
  4. Eau Claire City Directory 1899-1900, L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire
  5. Wisconsin Rapids Directory, 1921, McMillan Memorial Library, Wisconsin Rapids

see more: http://recollectionwisconsin.org/stories-from-city-directories

Students cook in a kitchen at the School of Home Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1910-1920. This image of female students measuring, mixing and baking in an early classroom kitchen at UW-Madison made it to #4 in our list of most popular posts of 2012. Guest curator Erika Janik selected the photo as part of her series on home economics instruction in Wisconsin.  via: UW-Madison Archives by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Students cook in a kitchen at the School of Home Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1910-1920.

This image of female students measuring, mixing and baking in an early classroom kitchen at UW-Madison made it to #4 in our list of most popular posts of 2012. Guest curator Erika Janik selected the photo as part of her series on home economics instruction in Wisconsin. 

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

Source: digital.library.wisc.edu

Wisconsin Historical Society librarians in the stacks, 1896. This image of two librarians in the library of the Wisconsin Historical Society (from the era when the library was located in the State Capitol building) was our #5 most-liked post of 2012. The National Archives at Riverside, California reblogged it and pointed out the woman climbing a bookshelf to reach for an item: “Here at NARA-Riverside, we call that a “safety hazard,” someone get this brave lady a ladder!” via: Wisconsin Historical Images WHi-23281, Wisconsin Historical Society
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Wisconsin Historical Society librarians in the stacks, 1896.

This image of two librarians in the library of the Wisconsin Historical Society (from the era when the library was located in the State Capitol building) was our #5 most-liked post of 2012. The National Archives at Riverside, California reblogged it and pointed out the woman climbing a bookshelf to reach for an item: “Here at NARA-Riverside, we call that a “safety hazard,” someone get this brave lady a ladder!”

via: Wisconsin Historical Images WHi-23281, Wisconsin Historical Society

Source: wisconsinhistory.org

Bucky Badger helps make lunch, UW-Madison, ca. 1967. We’re recapping the top 12 most-liked and most-reblogged photos we posted in 2012. #12 was one of the quirky costumes selected by guest curator Chris Lay in October.  via: UW-Madison Archives by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Bucky Badger helps make lunch, UW-Madison, ca. 1967.

We’re recapping the top 12 most-liked and most-reblogged photos we posted in 2012. #12 was one of the quirky costumes selected by guest curator Chris Lay in October. 

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

Source: digital.library.wisc.edu

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