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Warrington Colescott, well-known printmaker and UW-Madison art professor, discusses his first meeting with friend and fellow artist Alfred Sessler. Read the transcription .


Martha Peterson, Dean of Students at UW-Madison in the 1950s and 1960s, talks about the position of women on campus at that time. Read the transcription .


Merle Curti, distinguished historian and Professor of History at UW-Madison, relates how he became involved in writing the University's history. Read the transcription .

All images courtesy of the Iconography division of the University Archives. Photograph of Martha Peterson by Edward C. Schumann and Associates; Photograph of Merle Curti by Harold Hone.


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