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
The UWM Libraries are deeply grateful to Daniel Soyer, a grandson of Morris Fromkin, who has created an endowment for the research grant and lecture series that bears his grandfather’s name. Morris Fromkin, who practiced law first in Milwaukee and… Read More
Every two years, the UWM Libraries, the Graduate School, and the Office of Research celebrate UWM faculty and staff who have published books or recordings since the last UWM Authors ceremony. Because of the pandemic, this year the Libraries have… 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
Every two years, the UWM Libraries join with the Graduate School and the Office of Research to honor recent UWM authors at a special event. The next UWM Authors Recognition Ceremony will be a virtual, asynchronous celebration that will launch… Read More
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.
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
A collaborative team led by Ann Hanlon, head of Digital Collections and Initiatives at the UWM Libraries, and Dan Siercks, interim director for Web and Data Services in the UWM College of Letters & Science, has received a $50,000 Andrew… Read More
This November, the UWM Libraries’ Special Collections celebrates Native American Heritage Month with an exhibit of works by Native American women poets in the Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, located on the first floor west wing of the Golda Meir… Read More