Exhibit — The Art of Organizing in Latinx Milwaukee
Explore the visual culture of protest through art from Voces de la Frontera and earlier generations of Latinx activists.
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Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin
Join us for a talk at 3 p.m. on Thursday, October 10 by Sergio González, author of Mexicans in Wisconsin (Wisconsin Historical Society Press) and Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin (University of Illinois Press), as …
Meet the Personal Archive Assignment: Workshop for Instructors
Presented by Krista Grensavitch and Abigail Nye. Join us in the new Archives active learning classroom (Golda Meir Library, 3rd floor west wing, Room W315) to learn more about bringing the Personal Archive Assignment (PAA) to your own classroom! We …
New Podcast Celebrates Latinx Milwaukee History
By Kathy Quirk The UWM Libraries and the Roberto Hernandez Center have collaborated in a new podcast showcasing Latinx history at UWM and in Milwaukee. The podcast will be formally launched Oct. 5 at a HOLA Archives Podcast Project reception in the …
Milwaukee Home Movie Day 2023
UWM Libraries’ Archives, UWM Films Studies Program, and UWM Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres present Home Movie Day on Saturday, October 14, 2023 from noon to 4 p.m. in Room B91 in Mitchell Hall, 3202 N. Downer …
New Archives Open House
The UWM Libraries are celebrating our greatly expanded and renovated Archives with an open house on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. The event will include remarks by UWM Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Chia …
Libraries Welcome Campus to New Archives Open House Sept. 20
The UWM Libraries’ greatly expanded and renovated Archives Department is now open, providing the UWM community and others with modern and inviting spaces in which to pursue research and learning. An open house will be held on Wednesday, September 20 from …
Golda Meir Library To Participate in Doors Open Milwaukee Sept. 23
The UWM Libraries will take part in Doors Open Milwaukee on Saturday, September 23, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit three collections located in the UWM Golda Meir Library and view some of our rare and fascinating treasures: The …
Latinx Heritage Month 2023 Pop-Up Exhibits
All three of the UWM Libraries’ Distinctive Collections–American Geographical Society Library, Archives, and Special Collections–will have pop-up exhibits, drawn from their collections, celebrating Latinx Heritage Month, September 15 to October 14, 2023.
Exhibit: WPA Toy Loan Project
Archives’ newest exhibit examines the WPA toy loan project in Milwaukee, which gained national recognition for its success and influenced communities in other states to start their own toy loan programs. From 1938 until 1941, children up to 16 years old could …