Photo Album from University of Wisconsin, 1911

[Education], U. of Wisconsin

Photo Album

[Co-educational College] [Photo Album] Original owner’s name, “UW,” and “1911” handwritten on inside front cover. 115 photographs of various sizes, from 1.5 x 3 in. to 5 x 7 in. Includes many images of outdoor recreation, such as hiking and boating (perhaps on Lake Mendota), campus life, and agricultural scenes. Most photos lack captions, but some locations are labeled, such as outings to the Flambeau River (Park Falls, WI); Ellsworth, WI; and the Boise River. Images of Bascom Hill and North Hall on the historic University of Wisconsin campus. One real photograph postcard shows women students seated outside and is captioned “’The Sun Bath’ Co-eds at UW”. Some photographs show the inside of male dormitories on campus, decorated with pennants for Wisconsin and Rose Polytechnic Institute (Terre Haute, IN). Includes several photos of manual and agricultural labor such as baling hay.

Founded when Wisconsin achieved statehood in 1848, University of Wisconsin–Madison was the first public university established in Wisconsin and remains the oldest and largest public university in the state. At the time this album was compiled, research, teaching, and service at the UW was influenced by a tradition known as "the Wisconsin Idea", which holds that the boundaries of the university should be the boundaries of the state, and that the research conducted at UW–Madison should be applied to solve problems and improve health, quality of life, the environment, and agriculture for all citizens of the state. This Progressive-era policy applied the expertise of the state's university to social legislation that benefited all the state's citizens; it led to classic programs such as regulation of utilities, workers' compensation, tax reform, and university extension services; sometimes expressed in the maxim that "the boundaries of the university are the boundaries of the state". Glue reside from some removed photographs. 1 page detached. 5 photos loose. In good to very good condition.

Item #17121

Price: $385.00