MEDIA COVERAGE FOR SAPF RIBBON CUTTING
March 8, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (March 8, 2018) – The State Archive Preservation Facility, a facility shared by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and the Wisconsin Historical Society, ribbon cutting has received the following press. WKOW (March 8, 2018) State Journal (March 8, 2018)
Media Advisory: Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Veterans Museum to Hold Ribbon Cutting and Media Tours of the State Archive Preservation Facility
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Veterans Museum to Hold Ribbon Cutting and Media Tours of the State Archive Preservation Facility Media Advisory: Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Veterans Museum to Hold Ribbon Cutting and Media Tours of the State Archive Preservation Facility When: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Time: 10:00
Winter 2017
Cover Story: Listening to Learn: Oral Histories from Women in Service | 100 Years: World War I
The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence – January 1918
No. 1 Det. Aerial Observers A.E.F. Dear Folks:- This is not going to be much of a letter for the simple reason that there is nothing to write. Of course there is lots I’d like to say but it is no use for it will be all cut out.
Pearl Harbor Remembered through Oral Histories
In this 14 minute clip, Thomas Butler, a quartermaster in the Navy, recounts his experience aboard the USS Tennessee on December 7, 1941. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Oral History Collection contains more than 15 interviews with veterans who were stationed at Pearl Harbor on that fateful day. It also includes
The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence – December 1917
Christmas Day Dec. 25, 1917 Dear Mother:- Received your night letter this morning. Thank you for all your good wishes. I hope you received my message O.K. We had our Christmas dinner at three o’clock this afternoon and it sure was a dandy. I enclose my place card &
Jeff Carnes: Veteran in the Spotlight
As a military linguist, Jeff Carnes provided a critical link between American troops, foreign forces, and the local population, establishing trust in treacherous times. Fluent in Arabic, Carnes connected intimately with the local people during his tour in Iraq in 2003. He recalls a conversation with an Iraqi civilian named
The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence – November 1917
Tuesday Nov. 27, 1917 Dear Mother:- Yesterday’s letter was intended to take the place of the one I didn’t have a chance to write Sunday. Jack Bainbridge’s brother, wife and family are mighty fine people and were certainly nice to me. The brother is about forty-one or so and
William Stark and the Church Pennant
While serving aboard a landing craft (USS LCI (L)-23) in the Solomon Islands during World War II, William Stark of Waukesha was saved by what he must have believed was partly “divine intervention.” In 1943, when his landing craft beached to unload, Motor Machinist’s Mate Second Class William Stark was