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 …
Presented by Shiraz Bhathena, UWM Libraries. Bing Crosby Enterprises gave the first demonstration of videotape in November 1951. Since then, it has become a predominant recording format globally and has documented a massive amount of history. Unfortunately, while the technology …
This past fall, the UWM Archives acquired a box of letters and documents belonging to Herman Weil (1905-1995), a former UWM professor and founder of the Honors College. Weil was a Holocaust survivor and many of the letters in this …
Two departments in the UWM Libraries received grants this fall to extend community engagement efforts. Digital Collections & Initiatives, in collaboration with the UWM Roberto Hernandez Center, was awarded a major grant from Wisconsin Humanities for a podcast based on …
In this talk esteemed Milwaukee poet and UWM Adjunct Associate Professor Emerita Susan Firer introduces us to her professional papers recently donated to the UWM Archives and how they speak to her personal history and the history of Milwaukee. This …
The authors of a newly published book, “Telling Our Stories: A History of Diversity at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1956-2022,” relied heavily on the collections and staff of the UWM Archives. The book chronicles the contributions of the diverse voices …
The UWM Libraries’ Archives $2.8 million renovation project gets underway this week on the west wing, third floor of the Golda Meir Library. The transformative project will create public spaces to meet the research and learning needs of our community, …
The UWM Libraries have launched the Desi Wisconsin South Asian Immigration Oral History Project. Led by Sharath Raja, a prominent Milwaukee resident, the project is an ongoing effort to document some of the first South Asian immigrants to Wisconsin from 1950-1979. The …
The UWM Libraries are very excited to announce that our Archives Renovation Project has met its campaign goal of $2.8 million. Jumpstarted by an unsolicited, anonymous gift of $1 million in 2017, with additional donors and the state of Wisconsin …
The UWM Libraries’ Distinctive Collections (American Geographical Society Library, Archives, and Special Collections) have reopened by appointment. For more information and a link to the appointment request form, please visit Distinctive Collections Reopening Plans.
