Class picture of 1953 with 35 people including students and faculty. The group poses in front of the Library School. Original caption: "The Cast. Officers: President: Don Peters. Vice Pres: Betsy Donahue. Secretary: Faith Hektoen. Treasurer: Eunice...
Class picture of 1926 with 35 people including students and faculty. The photograph taken outside on the front steps of a building has the caption: "The ensemble".
Students, faculty, and alumni convene for the annual May Breakfast in the spring of 1952. Original caption: "The big social event of the year is the May breakfast. This is an annual tradition, a day when the alumni return to their Library School,...
Students taking an exam. Original caption: "Exams inevitably share a part of the student's life at Library School. They are held in the main class room, and the students, separated by an empty chair, sometimes gaze hopefully out of the windows for...
Students gather for Thanksgiving goodies. Original caption: "Activities that consume some time and interest around the Library School are the open house and parties. A Thanksgiving day treat was arranged and was served on the main entry desk which...
Students gather around the bulletin board to find out their oral examination assignments. Original caption: "Toward the end of the second semester, two subjects become foremost in the students' conversations. One is the oral examination for the...
Picture of the students that were class officers for 1955. Original caption: "The Class Officers who managed to keep eight hands and four noses in business -- big and little."
A group of female students at Library School, jokingly feeding a bronze statue of the fountain located in Dayton street lawn; with a tea cup. Handwritten caption: "Eat, drink and be merry." Students: Misses Dietz, McDonald, Stech, Bidwell, Gist,...
Miss Agnes King, professor at the WLS, sitting at a desk with the U.S. catalog of books opened. Handwritten caption: "Miss King stroking the U.S. Cat."
A student revises carefully the job offer bulletin board. Original caption: "The other subject is job offers. The bulletin board on the second floor is reserved for job offer sheets. It is one board that has an attentive audience."
Angled exterior view of the Library School building on State Street. Original caption: "The University of Wisconsin Library School is housed in a fine, three story brick building. At present the school shares these quarters with the University of...
Candid photograph of Professor Harry Dewey, cataloging instructor, in front of bookshelves and a portable turntable. Original caption: "Mr. Dewey who was never this surprised at anything we did."
Students and faculty who went to Chicago to tour special libraries pose outside the Library School in front of a car. Original caption: "People said they'd never make it. Of the six who went only Mr. Dewey was certain they would. The six set out on...
Rachel K. Schenk, School Director (1950-1963), surrounded by other faculty members: Bernice Gibson and Gladys L. Cavanagh, in front; and Harry Dewey and an unidentified gentleman, behind, pose in front of the Library School. Original caption: "This...
Students assemble a display about children's books on baseball. The display shows pictures, drawings and a small shelve with books available for circulation. Original caption: "Two members of the adolescent literature class are shown preparing a...
A foreign student gives a presentation in a children's literature course. Original caption: "The other student is a displaced person from Latvia who will serve in American libraries when he completes his school work. There is also a national of...