Tag: Archives
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Get Ready For Brown County History Days | WTAQ News Talk | 97.5 FM · 1360 AM | Green Bay, WI
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BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) — The Brown County Federation of History Organizations (BCFHO) has announced that it will host a new event, Brown County History Days from May 15, 2023, to May 21, 2023. Fourteen Brown County historical locations will provide a week filled with over 20 free programs spread throughout Brown County. This event…
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Help UW-Green Bay Archives by sharing stories about local bodies of water
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As a unique Earth Day celebration, UW-Green Bay Archives is working on a special project about local waterways such as the Bay, Fox River, Point au Sable, Baird Creek, Cat Island, Renard (Kidney) Island, Long Tail Point, De Pere locks and dams, Door County natural shoreline areas, etc, and they hope that some of you…
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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 interactive nature journal focuses on Baileys Harbor natural area | Green Bay Press Gazette
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GREEN BAY – A new book that not only celebrates Toft Point State Natural Area in Baileys Harbor but also gives people the chance to include their own thoughts and images from the place is being released Dec. 12. “Wandering Toft Point: A Nature Journal” includes original illustrations of Toft Point and some of the…
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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…
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Share your COVID-19 stories with UW-Green Bay Archives
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The UW-Green Bay Archives invites you to share your COVID-19 experiences and stories for the future. Consider sharing your experience by submitting this form. Keep diaries and journals, take photos, draw pictures of your experiences, and write letters to keep for the future. Later, consider donating a copy to the Archives. Thank you for helping create the…
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‘I Knew This Had to Be It’: Wisconsin man reflects on finding Curly Lambeau’s home
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A trip to the Brown County Register of Deed’s office led them to the City of Green Bay archives, which led them to Brown County Library records, which led them to the UW-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center, and then the County Assessor’s Office. Eventually, local business man discovered the birth place of Curly…
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‘The Packers, My Dad, and Me’ Dives Deep into Family Ties, Shedding New Light on a Favorite Wisconsin Team
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Author Tony Walter and his book about the 1930s Green Bay Packers were showcased during a free, online event. UW-Green Bay’s University Archives was the virtual host and also helped provide material for the book. Source: “The Packers, My Dad, and Me” Dives Deep into Family Ties, Shedding New Light on a Favorite Wisconsin Team – spectrumnews1
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Video/photos take you back through 50 years of Jazz Fest
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Looking forward to Jazz Fest 50 this Saturday, Jan. 25? Take a peek into the past through these photos capturing different Jazz Fests throughout the years, provided by the UW-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center. Jazz Fest, the second oldest jazz festival in Wisconsin, invites middle and high school jazz bands from across the…