{"id":16986,"date":"2015-11-06T18:53:20","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T00:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=16986"},"modified":"2015-11-06T18:50:46","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T00:50:46","slug":"underground-railroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/16986","title":{"rendered":"Underground Railroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/hoardmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hoard Historical Museum<\/a> in Fort Atkinson (401 Whitewater Ave.) will host a free &#8220;Calling All Families&#8221; presentation about the <a href=\"http:\/\/business.fortchamber.com\/events\/details\/calling-all-families-woolly-mammoth-hunt-2286\" target=\"_blank\">Underground Railroad<\/a> from 10:30am-noon on Sat., Nov. 7. The program will be presented by Bonnie Geyer. This is a family\/children-friendly event.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/gatewaytf.jpg\" alt=\"cover of Gateway to Freedom book\" class=\"alignright\" \/>You also can learn more about the Underground Railroad with Andersen Library resources. Search for <a href=\"http:\/\/uwi-primoalma-prod.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com\/primo_library\/libweb\/action\/dlSearch.do?vid=WW&#038;institution=WW&#038;search_scope=WW_VOY\" target=\"_blank\">books, media and more at UW-Whitewater<\/a> to find items both new and old, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=qYqQBgAAQBAJ&#038;dq=Gateway+to+freedom+:+the+hidden+history+of+the+underground+railroad&#038;source=gbs_navlinks_s\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Gateway to freedom: The hidden history of the underground railroad<\/em><\/a> (3rd-floor Main Collection, E450 .F66 2015) and <em>Negro slavery in Wisconsin and the underground railroad<\/em> from 1897 (3rd-floor Main Collection, E445 .W8 D21 or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisconsinhistory.org\/turningpoints\/search.asp?id=44\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a> via the Wisconsin Historical Society). Search <a href=\"http:\/\/library.uww.edu\/databases-by-title\" target=\"_blank\">article databases<\/a> for articles such as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/libproxy.uww.edu:9443\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&#038;AuthType=ip,uid&#038;db=f5h&#038;AN=28052528&#038;site=ehost-live&#038;scope=site\" target=\"_blank\">Runaway slave on the Wisconsin-Canada line<\/a>&#8221; (<em>America&#8217;s Civil War<\/em>, 2008, vol.21:no.1, pp.34-38) and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/libproxy.uww.edu:9443\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&#038;AuthType=ip,uid&#038;db=31h&#038;AN=4011448&#038;site=ehost-live&#038;scope=site\" target=\"_blank\">The fluid frontier: Blacks and the Detroit River Region<\/a>&#8221; (<em>Canadian Review of American Studies<\/em>, 2000, vol.30:no.2, pp.129-149). The web site <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/nr\/travel\/underground\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aboard the Underground Railroad<\/a><\/em> from the National Park Service provides information including a map and a listing of sites such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miltonhouse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Milton House<\/a> in Milton, WI.<\/p>\n<p>Please <a href=\"http:\/\/library.uww.edu\/get-help\/ask-a-librarian\" target=\"_blank\">ask a librarian<\/a> (via email, chat, phone 262.472.1032 or visit the Reference Desk) for assistance with finding materials.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"FDLP logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/federaldepository.jpg\" \/> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">Andersen Library is a federal and Wisconsin depository library with federal and state government documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in various formats (print, DVD\/CD-ROM, online). Check out <em>your<\/em> government at Andersen Library!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hoard Historical Museum in Fort Atkinson (401 Whitewater Ave.) will host a free &#8220;Calling All Families&#8221; presentation about the Underground Railroad from 10:30am-noon on Sat., Nov. 7. The program will be presented by Bonnie Geyer. 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