Exploring Milwaukee History

Amanda Seligman and a team of collaborators built the “Encyclopedia of Milwaukee,” a website with more than 700 entries about the history of the Milwaukee area. In part I, Prof. Seligman will offer a peek behind the scenes at the creation of the Encyclopedia, provide an overview of Milwaukee’s past, and highlight some of her favorite entries. In part II, Prof. Seligman will share work produced by her students consisting of a series of reenactments showing a slice of Milwaukee’s history. These will include stories about the first official weather forecast in U.S. history, the first polar bear born in a North American zoo to survive to adulthood, and the Mitchell family’s all pieces of Milwaukee’s past.