A partnership that began in 1993 between the UWM Libraries and UWM’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) has resulted in a comprehensive and still growing collection of Américas Award books available in the Golda Meir Library’s Curriculum Collection…. Read More
Shevaun Watson, associate professor in UWM’s English department, has been selected to receive the 2022 Morris Fromkin Memorial Grant and Lecture, sponsored by the UWM Libraries. Watson will present the 53rd annual Fromkin lecture on “The Comforts of Heritage: Tourism,… Read More
The 2021 Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture will be presented by Anne Bonds, associate professor, UWM Department of Geography, and Derek Handley, assistant professor, UWM Department of English, with Reggie Jackson, journalist and educator/consultant, Nurturing Diversity Partners, LLC, and Lawrence Hoffman, GIS… Read More
A presentation of the results of a two-year oral history project conducted by the Roberto Hernandez Center, faculty, staff, and the UWM Libraries. UWM Libraries Director Michael Doylen and Roberto Hernandez Center Director Alberto Maldonado will begin the event; Jesus… Read More
As our nation debates when and why people from other countries should be allowed to come to the United States, this exhibition invites you to meet eight immigrants whose journeys began in Columbia, Mexico, Uruguay and Honduras, who are living… Read More
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… Read More
This semester, the UWM Libraries launched a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Plan to guide our work as we seek to be more intentional in our efforts to create a safe and welcoming environment for everyone at UWM. The plan… Read More
A project that charts the racial housing covenants employed to segregate Milwaukee County in the 20th century and the fight against them has been awarded the UWM Libraries’ 2021 Morris Fromkin Memorial Grant and Lectureship. The winning proposal – “Mapping… Read More
The UWM Libraries’ Archives and Special Collections hold one of the largest collections of historical and contemporary LGBT materials in Wisconsin and the Midwest, including a rich record of Milwaukee’s LGBT communities. Topics covered in the Libraries’ LGBT Collection include… Read More
The UWM Libraries join Chancellor Mark Mone and the UWM community in condemning police brutality, systemic racism, and racial injustice, here in America and across the world, and at the same time proclaim our strong support of the Black Lives… Read More