Industries (Lumber, Wood, Paper)

…(p. 61-87) [near Mellen, Wisconsin]. — Knox Mills (p. 112-137) [near Prentice, Wisconsin]. — Pestigo Harbor (p. 138-189) [near Pestigo]. — Heineman (p. 190-211) [near Merrill, Wisconsin]. — March Rapids…

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Study of labor history imperiled by rightwing attacks on academic freedom

…traditions. By Ken Germanson, president emeritus, Wisconsin Labor History Society, with thanks to Harvey Kaye, Jillian Jacklin, Sergio Gonzalez and Jon Shelton [i] http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2016/09/13/vos-says-speakers-at-uw-campuses-too-liberal/90121674/ [ii] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/gop-leaders-propose-policy-center-named-for-tommy-thompson-at/article_f5505c37-999c-560d-9bdc-95e0f1340b97.html [iii] https://actionnetwork.org/forms/end-intimidation-of-union-organizers-at-uw-madison [iv] https://www.lawcha.org/2015/12/07/well-just-live-within-our-means-then-a-reaction-to-uw-madison-graduate-school-administrations-proposal-to-restructure-graduate-employee-pay/ [v] http://www.unkochmycampus.org/progress-coalition-2017/ [vi] https://www.nytimes*]}*.com/2016/04/29/us/koch-brothers-antonin-scalia-george-mason-law-school.html?_r=2 [vii] http://www.chronicle.com/article/Nancy-MacLean-Responds-to-Her/240699 [viii] http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/449110/nancy-macleans-james-buchanan-libertarianism-book-shortcuts-expose-evil

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Zeidler Scholarships

…Blue): Communism, Finnishness and America in the Upper Midwest, 1907-1940.” 2008 Undergraduate Category: Zachary Sell, a senior student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, for his paper, “‘Good Homes Make Good…

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Education

…Workers’ Education–Basis, Content and Techniques (p. 19-29). — The Year-Round Program (p. 30-37). Schwarztrauber, Ernest Edward. “Workers’ Education: A Wisconsin Experiment”; 1941. Notes: Ph.D. thesis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1941. 319…

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