Historian How To: Cataloging Oral Histories Using OCLC

The purpose of this quick class is to teach the student how to use the Online Computer Library Catalog (OCLC) for cataloging oral histories on WorldCat.Org. The content covers using...

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Ghost Mountain Commander from Neillsville

Presentation of the Distinguished Service Cross to Lieutenant Colonel Herbert M. Smith for his service while serving in the Battle of Buna-Gona. Photo credit: Mss2003.087. On December 7, 1942, a...

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School and Youth Tours

...but you must choose an alternate time. Request a First Alternate Tour Time * Hours Minutes AMPM Request a Second Alternate Tour Date * Request a Second Alternate Tour Time...

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Rows of archival boxes at the State Archive Preservation Facility in Madison

Federal Grant Awarded to Wisconsin Veterans Museum

...Library Services (IMLS) through the Museums for America grant program. The IMLS grant will fund the second phase of a collections digitization project. The first phase for digitizing Civil War...

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Drink & Draw February

...RSVP to the event and you will receive the link to the online event via email. Please add the event to your calendar. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation....

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WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HOSTS “RETURN TO CAMP RANDALL” CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT AND MONUMENT DEDICATION

June 29, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (June 29, 2015) – The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs today announced that it will host “The Return to Camp Randall,”...

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MEDIA ALERT FOR SATURDAY, JULY 18: WI DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HOSTS “THE RETURN TO CAMP RANDALL” CIVIL WAR EVENT

...can learn more about the museum, how the museum honors our servicemen and women, and more. Videographers and photographers welcome. More information: www.wisvetsmuseum.com/events MEDIA CONTACT: Karen Burch, 608-264-6086; Karen.Burch@dva.wisconsin.gov...

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MEDIA ALERT FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11: WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM PRESENTS, “TALKING SPIRITS CEMETERY TOUR XVII”

...invited to experience those stories from the perspective of those who lived them as the Wisconsin Veterans Museum continues an annual tradition with “Talking Spirits Cemetery Tour XVII.” The 90-minute...

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MEDIA ALERT FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11: WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM PRESENTS, TALKING SPIRITS CEMETERY TOUR XVII

...invited to experience those stories from the perspective of those who lived them as the Wisconsin Veterans Museum continues an annual tradition with “Talking Spirits Cemetery Tour XVII.” The 90-minute...

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MEDIA ALERT: NEW WWI EXHIBIT FACT SHEET, “WWI BEYONG THE TRENCHES: Stories from the Front”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   World War I Centennial Between the United States entering the First World War on April 6, 1917, and the armistice on November 11, 1918, more than...

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