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Kenneth Hammer & Custer materials

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Barbara

Kenneth M. Hammer, 95, passed away on Oct. 18, 2013. Hammer was a professor of economics at UW-Whitewater from 1966-1983, but it may surprise you to know that he also gave to Andersen Library a special collection of materials related … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, UN!

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Barbara

October 24 is United Nations Day because the United Nations was officially established on October 24, 1945 when its charter was ratified. The purpose of the new organization was to maintain peace. You can learn all about the United Nations … Continue reading →

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Did a Cosmic Event Kill The Pleistocene Megafauna? F 10/18

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Barbara

Dr. Rex Hanger, UWW Dept. of Geography and Geology, will give a one-hour talk about ““Did a Cosmic Event Kill The Pleistocene Megafauna?”” on Fri., Oct. 18, at 8pm in Upham 140. It’s the third lecture in the 2013-2014 Whitewater … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – 23 September

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Diana

Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing by Melissa Mohr PE3724.S85 M65 2013 New Arrivals, 2nd floor Monday was a tough day at work. I needed to understand a computer problem and, instead of either understanding or fixing the problem, … Continue reading →

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Reagan’s Democrats, Clinton’s Impeachment & the 2000 Election

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Barbara

On Mon., Sept. 30, at 3 p.m., Susan Johnson, Assistant Dean of Student Success of College Letters and Sciences and Associate Professor of Political Science, will talk about “Reagan’s Democrats, Clinton’s Impeachment and the 2000 Election: How Did Dysfunctional Become … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday — Aug 20

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Diana

Servants: A Downstairs View of Twentieth-century Britain by Lucy Lethbridge HD8039.D52 G776 2013 New Arrivals, 2nd Floor I recently came across a book on the New Arrivals Island that will help fill some time during the months of waiting for … Continue reading →

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Friday Fast Facts/Fun

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Barbara

Sometimes people talk about “new” technology without realizing just how old it really is. I culled these items from a librarian’s personal blog. Just something to think about…what technology is out there now that we haven’t started talking about yet?? … Continue reading →

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Digital Public Library of America

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Barbara

There are lots and lots of institutions providing digitized materials, but who has the time to find them? Well, here’s a one-stop discovery tool! The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) provides free access to the digitized riches of libraries, … Continue reading →

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Celebrate the birth of jeans May 20th

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Barbara

Did you know that blue jeans were born on May 20, 1873? That’s the day that U.S. patent no. 139,121 for “Improvement in Fastening Pocket-Openings” was granted to Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss, creating work pants reinforced with metal rivets … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – April 16

Posted on April 16, 2013 by kyle

Atomic Comics: Cartoonists Confront the Nuclear World PN6714 .S97 2012 New Arrivals, 2nd floor Last week, we got a comment on the New Stuff Tuesday entry asking whether or not we buy comic books. While we have an entire collection … Continue reading →

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