Category Archives: Archives & ARC

Plat Maps (New Stuff Tuesday)

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Jennifer Motszko

Plat Maps have long been a great resource for individuals researching information on property. A plat map is a scaled drawing of a piece of land with marked divisions showing acreage and, often, property owners. Genealogists find these types of … Continue reading →

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Poems for Liberty (New Stuff Tuesdays)

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Jennifer Motszko

The Archives & Area Research Center received the Dougan Farm Collection, a gift from Jackie Dougan Jackson, in July 2018. The collection documents the activities and history of a family farm and dairy near Beloit, Wisconsin. The farm also had … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – November 19th

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Jennifer Motszko

Whitewater Federation of Women’s Clubs Records Archives & Area Research Center, 1st floor The Whitewater Federation of Women’s Clubs began in January 1899 as a way to bring together local organizations, including the Alpha, Emerson, Junto, Minneiska, and Home Culture … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – October 8th

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Jennifer Motszko

Whitewater College High School Yearbooks, 1940-1942 Archives & Area Research Center, 1st Floor From the very beginning of the Whitewater Normal School (now UW-Whitewater) until the 1960s, the college offered a training or laboratory school for local children, kindergarten through … Continue reading →

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Honoring the WWI Gold Star men

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Jennifer Motszko

As the smoke cleared from the battlefields of World War I, the Whitewater Normal School came together to honor those who served and those who made the ultimate sacrifice for the cause.  May 30, 1919, was the first Memorial Day … Continue reading →

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Whitewater Normal School Exhibit

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Jennifer Motszko

This post was created by UW-Whitewater student Morgan Zdroik As we celebrate the University of Wisconsin Whitewater’s 150th anniversary, you may wonder what 1868, the first year of, then Whitewater Normal was like. Who were the faculty? What did campus … Continue reading →

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Chancellor Greenhill Exhibit

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Jennifer Motszko

This post was created by UW-Whitewater student Brendan Knoflicek. This spring semester of my junior year of college I had the opportunity to work as a public history intern at the UW-Whitewater Archives and Area Research Center in Andersen Library. … Continue reading →

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