About the Collection
The Center for Limnology is a research facility affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Center for Limnology was established in July 1982 to plan, conduct, and facilitate inland freshwater research. The Center grew out of almost one hundred years of limnology at the University initiated by E.A. Birge and Chancey Juday, who founded limnology in North America through extensive descriptive and comparative studies. Our roots were further developed by Arthur D. Hasler, who led the way in experimental limnology and facilitated four decades of aquatic studies at Wisconsin. Our present program builds on these approaches and has expanded to include long-term studies, synthesis, modeling, Great Lakes research, and application to resource management and environmental issues.
This image collection is a depiction of three generations of limnological research in Wisconsin. The collection mainly focuses on the important pioneers of limnology, Dr. Edward A. Birge, Chancey Juday and Arthur D. Hasler, research laboratories, and field equipment. A significant portion of the 125 images are from the photo archives of the Center for Limnology Library. Additional photos of historical significance were obtained by permission from the Wisconsin Historical Society archives.
Copyright Information
Original photographic images included in the History of Limnology at the University of Wisconsin are held by the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS). Contact WHS archives staff, at the location below, for information related to copyright or permission to reproduce or use these digital images.
Wisconsin Historical Society
Visual Materials Collections
816 State St. Madison, WI 53706
608-264-6460
www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi
All responsibility for questions of copyright and invasion of privacy shall be assumed by the image user. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyright material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted works. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," the user may be liable for copyright infringement.
The Wisconsin Historical Society reserves the right to refuse permission to reproduce if, in its judgment, fulfillment would involve violation of the copyright law. Whenever possible, the Wisconsin Historical Society provides information about copyright owners and other restrictions in the catalog records, finding aids, and donor records. The Society provides such information as a service to aid patrons in determining the appropriate use of an item, but the legal determination ultimately rests with the patron.
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About the Collection
Click the image to view more Hoofers-related items elsewhere in the UW Collection
The scrapbooks in this collection were created by members of Hoofers to document their organization. Through photographs, newsletters, newspaper clippings and other memorabilia, the scrapbooks detail the group’s outings and activities from the 1930s through the early 1960s.
Long a part of the unique atmosphere of the UW-Madison campus, Hoofers has grown to become one of the largest student outdoor recreation organizations in the country. The idea for Hoofers originated in the late 1920s, during a series of camping trips taken by Memorial Union Director Porter Butts and professor Harold “Doc” Bradley. In 1931, the two men collaborated with several UW students to make Hoofers a reality.
Hoofers was conceived of as a means of promoting outdoor recreation by providing access to a wide variety of activities. The early focus of the group was primarily on skiing, but they also sponsored hiking, camping, biking, and canoeing. Although it is a student organization, Hoofers membership has always been open to the larger community.
Over the years, the clubs and activities sponsored by Hoofers have changed numerous times. Currently, Hoofers has approximately 2,200 members in six clubs: Sailing, Ski and Snowboard, Riding, Mountaineering, Outing, and SCUBA.
For more information on Hoofers, visit their website: http://www.hoofers.org/
Or view a timeline of early Hoofers history at: http://archives.library.wisc.edu/uw-archives/exhibits/hoofers/index.html
About the Collection
There have been many histories written of the University of Wisconsin and its schools, colleges, and departments. The University is fortunate to have a major, scholarly 4 volume history covering 1848 to 1971. The first two volumes, covering 1848-1925, were written by Merle Curti and Vernon Carstensen and basically defined the genre of university histories. The second two volumes (1925-1945, 1945-1971) were written by E. David Cronon and John W. Jenkins.
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About the Collection
UW Madison Class Albums
From at least 1872 until the early 1890s, when the Badger Yearbook seemed on pretty firm footing, most classes at the University of Wisconsin created a class album. All of the albums have photographs of students, and sometimes faculty members. Many of the albums also have autobiographical essays, which range from very short, basic facts to some which are more than a page with students obviously responding to a series of questions. Some also include a history of the class, usually written by the class historian.
These albums are invaluable sources for the early history of students on campus. As an example, in the album for 1874, the first year that women were admitted into the university proper (women had been on campus in the Normal Department and Female College since at least the mid 1860s), most students talk about whether they support co-education. Students often mention their political and religious affiliations, whether they are self supporting, what their future plans are, etc. The albums are also of obvious interest to genealogists.
Together, the class albums and the Badger Yearbook provide a nearly continuous history of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
About the Collection
University Communications Library Collection
According to a history written by Jack Burke, managing editor of UW’s News Service from 1965-1977, two UW professors created the first UW-Madison monthly news periodical back in 1870. Further efforts by professors at the turn of the 20th century led Helen Patterson Hyde, a UW journalism professor from 1923-1958, to propose that Wisconsin was actually the first state university to establish a news service. During the 1930s and 1940s the office was called by turns "Press Bureau," "Information Service," and "News Service," before it settled on "University of Wisconsin News Service" in 1945. By 1973 its official title was “University of Wisconsin-Madison News and Publications Service,” and as the office’s scope expanded further, became the “Office of News and Public Affairs” in 1984. Since 2000 the office has been known as University Communications.
Located in the basement of Bascom Hall, the University Communications Library has served the research needs of University Communications staff members since 1948. The library’s main collection consists of about 10,000 files of news clippings about the people, departments, buildings, and subjects that make the University of Wisconsin-Madison what it is today. University Communications publications and press releases comprise a significant part of this collection, especially during the early years of its existence. The library also has perhaps the only collection of newsletters and publications produced by offices and departments all over the UW-Madison campus. A graduate project assistant in the School of Library and Information Studies works twenty hours per week to tend the files and answer reference queries about the university’s history.
In an effort to get the word out about this hidden treasure, we have begun working with the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center to develop a virtual collection accessible to everyone online. Due to potential copyright issues, only releases written by University Communications staff members are available digitally. The original paper files at the University Communications Library also contain clippings of related stories published in newspapers around the state, the nation, and sometimes the world. These files range in size from one sheet of paper to several inches thick. For more information about specific people or subjects, please contact the University Communications Librarian at
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, phone 608-262-8280, or visit the web site at http://www.news.wisc.edu/library/index.html
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