Wisconsin Magazine of History

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Cover of 2023 summer edition of the Wisconsin Magazine of History featuring a black and white photo of a woman waterskiing.

Summer 2023 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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In this Issue: The Women of Wisconsin Brewing; Tommy Bartlett's Water Ski Show; Door County and Migrant Labor; Book Excerpt: "Sand and Fire"

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Front cover of the Wisconsin Magazine of History with black and white image of 1940's baseball player, Sophie Kurys, one foot on the base and poised to throw the baseball.

Spring 2023 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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In this Issue: The story of the All-American Girls Softball League; Raymond Hagen's memoir of growing up on Washington Island; The story of "Stambaugh's Treaty" between the Menomonee nation and the New York Indians, a group of seven Indian nations from New York who had been forced west; and a book excerpt from "Obreros Unidos: The Roots and Legacy of the Farmworkers Movement."

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Cover of winter edition of the Wisconsin Magazine of History with full page color photo of historic wooden Norwegian building with steep, shingled roof.

Winter 2022 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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The Norway Building Finally Finds Home. Women's Agency and Divorce in Early Wisconsin. Book Excerpt: "Enslaved, Indentured, Free." More!

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Cover of fall 2022 issue of the Wisconsin Magazine of History with full page black and white photo of Helen Barnhill after 1988 election. A child is hugging her.

Fall 2022 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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Two Trailblazing Black Women in the Republican Party. Wisconsin's "Plaster Doctor: Quack or Cure?" Book Excerpt: "Wisconsin Waters." More!

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Cover of the Wisconsin Magazine of History Summer 2022 edition. An aerial photo of a red biplane as it takes a sharp corner, leaving curved trail of white smoke. Green fields in the background.

Summer 2022 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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How Oshkosh Landed the World's Largest Fly-In. A Paper Carrier Remembers D-Day. Book Excerpt: "Meet Me on the Midway." More!

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Cover of Spring 2022 issue of the Wisconsin Magazine of History with a black and white photo of 4 people outside on a winter day. One of the people is holding a sign that says "Wallace: Blood is on your hands."

Spring 2022 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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Black Wisconsinites react to George Wallace. Wisconsin's place in the maple syrup industry. Book excerpt: Letters from Clara. More!

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Cover of the Wisconsin Magazine of History Winter 2021 edition.A photo of the Walter and Mary Ellen Rudin house, built in Madison, WI, in 1957. One of three prefabricated homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built by Marshall Erdman. Photographed at dusk from outside with the homes many windows illuminated from within.

Winter 2021 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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Marshall Erdman and the DIY Madison Show. Republican Game Changer David Keene. Book Excerpt: "The Farm on Badger Creek." More!

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Cover of the autumn 2021 issue of the Wisconsin Magazine of History showing a full page photo of the Victorian interior of the Villa Louis Mantion in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. In the photo there is a stained glass window, blue floral wallpaper, a grandfather clock, and green loveseat with red pillow.

Autumn 2021 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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Villa Louis at 150. Settler Colonialism at Black River Falls. Book Excerpt: "Hope is the Thing." More.

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Cover of Wisconsin Magazine of History Summer 2021 edition. Cover art from a program for a racing weekend at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, Sept. 1962.

Summer 2021 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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Sold Out - Off to the Races with Road America. Country Visits at Villa Louis. Book Excerpt: The Birdman of Koshkonong.

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Cover of Wisconsin Magazine of History, Spring 2021, with a full page black and white photo showing young African American walking together and holding signs about equality and the NAACP. A neon sign in the background advertises a Duke Ellington performance.

Spring 2021 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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Remembering Freedom House. Camp Randall's Confederate Prisoners. Book Excerpt: "Hidden Jungles."

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Cover of Wisconsin Magazine of History Winter 2020 edition. Sepia tone image of Aldo Leopold seated in natural setting smoking a pipe, wearing a bow tie.

Winter 2020 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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Reading the Landscape with Aldo Leopold. The Ice Boat Revolution. Book Excerpt: Tending the Valley.

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Cover of the Fall 2020 edition of the Wisconsin Magazine of History showing a black and white full page photo of two men in white shirts standing outside at Pendarvis in Mineral Point, Wisconsin.

Fall 2020 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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All Roads to Pendarvis House. The Truth Behind "Tail Gunner" Joe McCarthy. Book Excerpt: "Make Way for Liberty."

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Cover of the Summer 2020 edition of the Wisconsin Magazine of History with full page, black and white portrait of writer Zona Gale.

Summer 2020 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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Zona Gale and the So-called School of Wisconsin Authors. Outside Artist Sid Boyum. Book Excerpt: "Hmong in Wisconsin." More!

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Cover of the Spring 2020 edition of the Wisconsin Magazine of history showing a color painting of Grand Portage as it might have appeared in 1792 on Lake Superior's north shore.

Spring 2020 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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The Colby Meteorite. A Prohibition Murder Mystery. Book Excerpt: "The Cadottes" More!

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Full page color photo dated 1935 of father and mother with four children as they prepare to settle in Alaska.

Winter 2019 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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From the Northwoods to Alaska. John Muir's University Days. Book Excerpt: "Job Man." More!

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Cover of the Summer 2019 edition of the Wisconsin Magazine of History with full page black and white photo of Theodora Winton Youmans dated circa 1915.

Summer 2019 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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Winning Women's Suffrage. Lead Mining & Slavery. Book Excerpt: "Proxmire: Bulldog of the Senate." More!

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Cover of the Spring 2019 Wisconsin Magazine of History with full page, black and white photo of a whaleback ship dating to 1893.

Spring 2019 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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A Whale of a Boat. Jefferson's Lineage in Wisconsin. Book Excerpt: "Madison in the Sixties." More!

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