Tag: Archives and Area Research Center
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Green Bay Author Releases Book on Curly Lambeau | Seehafer News
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A new book has been published chronicling the life of the founder of the Green Bay Packers. “Lambeau – The Boy Behind Green Bay Football,” written by Multi Media Channels Senior Editor Kris Leonhardt, tells the story of Curly Lambeau from birth to death, including photos supplied by Green Bay area archives, including the Neville…
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7 Unique New Hobbies for the New Year | Discover Green Bay
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By Sophie Bebeau on Jan. 13, 2025 The new year is here, and with it comes the annual tradition of making resolutions we’re only kind of excited about. Eat more veggies. Save more money. Organize the junk drawer. Yawn. What if, this year, your resolution was all about learning something new and different? Sure, you…
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Make something happen. A love letter to Green Bay, DIY and punk rock | Press Times
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By Kana Coonce Contributing Writer A documentary with a title like Green Blah! – based on a derogatory nickname for the city – may not sound like much of a love letter, but the two Green Bay natives who co- wrote and directed it can assure you that it is. Green Blah: The History of…
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UW-Green Bay Archives works with ‘Let Me Be Frank’ productions on latest original play
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We love finding new ways to share the stories that are found in the documents at the Archives. Our newest collaboration is with Let Me Be Frank Productions and their upcoming original play, “Fort Howard: We Wipe America.” The UW-Green Bay Archives Department has nearly 150 feet of records pertaining to the Green Bay business,…
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Green Bay Estuary digital archives collection launch
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has a long history of significant water-related research and education programs related to the Green Bay Estuary. Since its beginning, the University has been environmentally focused, with faculty and students creating a long history of water-related research. Now, UW-Green Bay is the state lead for the designation of a Green…
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Horseshoe Bay Farms Reunion Aug. 13 – Door County Pulse
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Horseshoe Bay Farms was once the largest employer in Door County and one of the most innovative dairy breeding operations in Wisconsin. Its sprawling complex of barns, buildings, gardens and orchards at 7212 Horseshoe Bay Road south of Egg Harbor was awe inspiring in the 1920s, and its remnants remain so today. The people who…
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Telling the story of your house – The Press
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GREEN BAY – Through UW-Green Bay’s Archives and Area Research Center Department, staff members can help homeowners navigate the resources necessary to research their homes’ histories. Every property conceals its own stories about its past owners and structural history, and the Area Research Center provides the resources to help interested homeowners bring these stories to…
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Scandal & intrigue highlight the launch of ‘The Maid and the Socialite: The Brave Women Behind the Scandalous Minahan Trials’
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The Minahan family was prominent in the Green Bay area. But in Lynda Drew’s new book, The Maid and the Socialite: Brave Women on Trial, readers learn the little known account of two local Green Bay women, Mary Cenefelt and Mollie Bertles. Both women, one an illiterate maid and the other a college-educated socialite, suffered physical violence…
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NEW Pride Alive celebrates role of rural LGBTQ life at fairgrounds | Green Bay Press Gazette
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GREEN BAY – It might surprise some to learn that, in decades past, Green Bay’s residents were trailblazers for LGBTQ advocacy. Residents established the first AIDS care center in Wisconsin in the 1980s and recognized same-sex marriage at one of the community’s churches in 1999, well over a decade before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the legality…