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MILWAUKEE _ Work is complete on the first phase of the\u00a0Encyclopedia of Milwaukee<\/a>, the most comprehensive resource of its kind for answers to questions about the history of Wisconsin’s largest city.<\/p>\n

With nearly 700 entries ranging from Hall of Fame baseball player\u00a0Hank Aaron<\/a>\u00a0to former Socialist Party Mayor\u00a0Frank Zeidler<\/a>, the online resource can be a helpful tool, especially for reporters, educators, researchers and anyone else interested in learning more about Milwaukee and its colorful past.<\/p>\n

“It’s a first stop for curious general readers on their journey into the history of the Milwaukee metropolitan area,” said Joseph Walzer, the Encyclopedia of Milwaukee’s project director.<\/p>\n

The project, which began in 2008, has evolved\u00a0to include an extensive collection of images, articles, hyperlinks, external resources and commentary. Entries are written by local historians, authors, faculty members or other experts, as well as\u00a0graduate and undergraduate students working in close collaboration with faculty. Entries are then subject to detailed fact-checks and editing chains.<\/p>\n

The encyclopedia can be a valuable tool for reporters seeking background and context for stories about Milwaukee and the region ahead of the Democratic National Convention.<\/p>\n

The next stage of the project includes expanding the resources available for educators to use the encyclopedia as an interactive classroom tool to teach students. For instance, some UWM instructors and local high schools have already integrated the encyclopedia into their curriculums or used entries in projects for National History Day.<\/p>\n

Organizers plan to make more lesson guides available for teachers. The guides are built in partnership with Milwaukee-area educators. Plans are also in the works to give students opportunities to produce digital public history pieces.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe real values of EMKE are its accessibility and its dependability,\u201d said John Gurda, a historian on the encyclopedia’s board of directors who wrote and hosted the Emmy Award-winning PBS series \u201cMaking Milwaukee.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the first digital resource of its kind in Milwaukee, and the articles are the product of sound, extensively reviewed research,” said Gurda, who is also a UWM alum. “In a Wiki-world, EMKE stands out boldly for its fairness, accuracy and breadth.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact: Joseph Walzer, project director, Encyclopedia of Milwaukee, jbwalzer@uwm.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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