A photograph of the interior of the renovated Garver Feed Mill building on Madison's east side. A light-up sign for Ian's Pizza may be seen in the background.
Interior view of Schwartz Pharmacy, around the time it opened in 1930.. Pictured left to right: Sam Schwartz (owner), Dr. A.E. Kuehn (physician), Ann McCorquodale (nurse), Rose Schwartz (spouse to Sam), and Norman Lempert (store clerk and stepbrother…
A photograph of James Russell Garver, seated at his office desk at Garver Supply Co. The following is text from the (edited) caption that accompanies the image:
"J.R. Garver, president of Garver Supply Co., Madison manufacturer and distributor of…
A photograph shows siblings Jim Crawmer (left) and Bud Crawmer in front of their family's residence in the Westmorland neighborhood in Madison, Wisconsin.
Detail from Joe Szwaja's (left) campaign literature. Carmen Cruz (right), lived in Szwaja's district and was one of the people who was concerned about Arcato. Cruz worked hard with other activists to contact the US government and convince others to…
Joe Szwaja was elected to the City Council in a special election in 1986, and ran for reelection in April of 1987. While on the City Council, he continued his support of the Madison-Arcatao Sister City Project in new ways
Joe Szwaja’s experience with the Madison-Arcatao Sister City Project in the 1980s has continued to have an influence on his life. For example, in Seattle, where he now lives, he helped to form a kind of grassroots sistering affiliation with Nuevo…
A photograph of a birthday party held for John Schultz's third birthday in 1961. Kathleen, John, and Virginia are pictured, with Grandpa Shea in the background.
A photograph shows the blacktop of Lapham Elementary School's playground surrounded by caution tape. School playgrounds and public park playgrounds were closed due to the Safer at Home order in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
A photograph shows caution tape around the playground equipment at Lapham Elementary School in Madison, Wisconsin. The playgrounds are closed due to the Safer at Home order in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020.
Every year the students staged a major theatrical performance, in Yiddish. Lawrence Weinstein and Betty (Blachman) Jacobs (photo right) performed in Shalom Aleichem’s “200,000/The Big Lottery” in 1939. Shalom Aleichem is perhaps best known for…
Libby Schwartz (front row far right) , with members of the women’s professional pharmacy fraternity, Kappa Epsilon at UW-Madison in 1960.. Although this organization had all female members, it is officially known as a fraternity. Libby graduated from…
This is a partial list of the presentations that "Rogelio Gonzalez" and his wife, "Maria Gonzalez" gave in Madison from Feb 1984-July 1985. Theirs was a public rather than secret sanctuary. This meant that they were willing and eager to tell their…
Copy of the official Madison Common Council resolution, #42,209, naming Arcatao Madison's first sister city. The resolution was authored by Rosa Escamilla, our first Latinx council member and was passed on April 1, 1986. The “Whereas” section makes…
Mary Kay( left) was a guest of honor at MASCP’s 25th Anniversary. She is pictured here with Sue Lloyd, another long time supporter and active member of MASCP. Sue and her husband, the Rev. Art Lloyd, were both passionate supporters of CALA and…
Miss Mary Lee Giggs, Neighborhood House playschool director, poses with her young charges (L-R): Catherine Oliva, Delores Caire, and Sam Moskowsky (Moss). The students posing for this image were selected to highlight the ethnic diversity of the…
A photograph of Garver Supply Co. foreman Arthur M. Petterson standing on a stack of full feed bags, at the Garver Feed Mill building in Madison, Wisconsin.
Catherine Doyle and Ruth Rolich share memories of the Municipal Building. Ms. Doyle discusses her father's career as a federal judge in the building, and memories she has as a young adult coming to the building. Ms. Rolich relates a story about an…
Eve Galanter speaks about her memories of the Municipal Building, including her time on the City Council when the plans for what would become the Monona Terrace were initially discussed.
Greg Mickells recounts his first time in the Municipal Building, which occurred when the City Council was confirming him as director of Madison Public Library in 2012. Mr. Mickells discusses homelessness and resources in downtown Madison and his…
James E. Doyle, Jr. and Jessica Doyle recount their memories of the Madison Municipal Building, most prominently memories of Governor Doyle's father, James Doyle, who was a federal judge in the building.
Jenny Heck relates her experiences and feelings about the Municipal Building renovation, specifically about the music and art present at the Municipal Restored event and her hopes for continuing engagement with the community.
Lillian Sizemore recounts her memories of the Municipal Building, particularly the women's restroom in the corner of the second floor, which featured white carrara marble.
Mayor Paul Soglin speaks to his history with the Madison Municipal Building, including its acquisition by the City of Madison in the late 1970s, and subsequent remodels.
Ms. Webber recalls her memories of the Municipal Building, including participating in committee hearings as a community member and then as a City Council member from 2003-2009. She was especially involved in policies related to transportation and…
Ms. White describes an early encounter with the Municipal Building as a shortcut during cold winter months to the back of the Fess Hotel on King Street, where she would meet a young man with whom she was in a relationship. She describes getting…
Stu Levitan describes his experiences in the Madison Municipal Building, including many meetings with city staff about ordinances and committee work. He discusses some memorable events like the work done with Community Development on Revival Ridge in…
Mr. Nardi discusses his employment with the post office that was located in the Municipal Building. Mr. Nardi was a student at UW-Madison at the time that he worked at the post office and was downtown for protests and other events that took place in…
Ms. Berger and Ms. Lanser recall their memories of the Municipal Building, which involved a meditation group made up of City staff members who would gather for quiet, self-guided meditation practice in a room on the fourth floor of the building.
A photograph of Will and Mary Clare Murphy as young children, on bicycles, with hands on heads, participating in Fourth of July Parade in the Westmorland neighborhood.
Newspaper clipping featuring Beatrice holding a doll that she sewed at the Blessed Martin House (now Multicultural Catholic Center). The dolls were sent to an orphanage in Japan.
The April 15th issue of the Odyssey Oracle newsletter depicts a screenshot from a Zoom call with students and instructors. The newsletter contains writings from Odyssey students related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Safer at Home social distance…
An office plant with green leaves and purple buds accompanies the prompt, "Draw an office plant." Purple raindrops rain in the background. Purple "Love Symbol #2" is drawn in bottom right corner.
Antonio Portillo was 28 years old when he fled Guatemala with his wife, Estella, and their four children. In this interview, Antonio recounts the horrific story of why they were forced to leave Guatemala from one day to the next and how they found…
Oral history interview with Beatrice Chatman. Beatrice shares memories of growing up in her mother's house right next to the South Madison Neighborhood Center (now the Boys & Girls Club) and Blessed Martin House (now the Catholic Multicultural…
Oral history interview with Benedict J. Di Salvo by Laura Damon-Moore for Madison Public Library's Living History project. Mr. Di Salvo grew up in the Greenbush neighborhood in the 1940s and 1950s, where his father, a Sicilian immigrant, and his…
Billy Feitlinger was elected to Madison’s Common Council 3 times in the 1980s. During that time, he served as President of the Council and was instrumental in drafting Resolution #42,209 naming Arcatao, El Salvador, Madison's first sister city. With…
Bob Skloot was and still is a member of Beth Israel Center Synagogue in Madison, WI. In 1983, he was instrumental in convincing his congregation to partner with three other faith organizations–the Community of John XXIII, Covenant Presbyterian Church…
Oral history interview with Chris Wagner. Chris is a retired librarian who had previously worked at Madison Public Library's South Madison neighborhood library starting in 1993. She shares her perspective on what drew her towards librarianship and to…
Oral history interview with Chuck Lane. Chuck is the current owner of Lane's Bakery in the South Madison neighborhood, originally established by his grandfather in 1954. Chuck talks about baking since he was six years old, learning from the knowledge…
Oral history interview with David Smith. David shares memories of growing up in the South Madison neighborhood, the youngest of eight children in his family, and describes the community outside his home as a close-knit extended family. He talks about…
Don Eiler meets with Andy Rubin to show and discuss the collection of artwork that he has at his Madison home. Don shares about his longtime partnership with artist Sam Gilliam and describes many of the pieces of sculpture and other artworks that he…
Oral history interview with Dr. Richard Harris. Dr. Harris recounts his childhood in the South Madison neighborhood, beginning in the 1930s before South Madison was part of the City of Madison. Dr. Harris highlights the experience of Black…
Oral history interview for the Living History Project with Edith Hilliard. Edith speaks to her childhood memories of growing up in the historic Greenbush neighborhood, on Mound Street and Conklin Court. She attended Washington Elementary School and…
This is an oral history interview with Westmorland neighborhood residents Ellen Cross and Howard Cross. There is no audio file for the second part of their interview.
Harvey Barash and his family lived and worked in and around the Greenbush neighborhood from 1939-1951. He was born at Madison General Hospital (now Meriter Hospital) in 1939. Interestingly, after receiving his medical degree from Albert Einstein…
In 1983, Jenny Beatty was 21 years old and coordinator of the 18 month sanctuary of “Rogelio and Maria Gonzalez” (assumed names to protect their identity) and their four children in Madison, Wisconsin. The "Gonzalez" journey for sanctuary was due to…
Joe Szwaja played a key role in mobilizing Madisonians in support of the Madison-Arcatao Sister City initiative. As a graduate student at UW, he became involved with Community Action in Latin America (CALA), ultimately joining as paid staff. He,…
Oral history interview with Kara O'Connor, Rae Rocca, and Elizabeth Heinrichs. The three women share the story of 1029 Chandler Street in Madison, Wisconsin, a house built by Rae's grandmother and Elizabeth's great-grandmother, an Italian immigrant…
Libby Schwartz spent her youth in and around the Greenbush community. She was born in 1940 in the neighborhood’s Madison General Hospital (now Meriter Hospital), and departed Madison after graduating from the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy in 1961.…
Oral history interview with Linda Franklin for the Living History Project. Linda shares childhood memories of growing up with her family on Fisher Street on the South Side of Madison. She shares stories about attending school at Franklin Elementary,…
Marc Rosenthal was on the staff of Community Action on Latin America (CALA) in 1983-6 and worked tirelessly to educate people in Madison about the reality in Central America and our country’s part in the torture, violence and disappearances there. …
Mary Kay Baum is well-known and highly respected in the Madison area as a community organizer, lawyer, school board member, county board member, ordained minister and one-time Madison mayoral candidate. She has dedicated her life to social justice…
Oral history interview with Merle Sweet for the Living History Project. Merle recounts his family's history in the Greenbush neighborhood and nearby on Mills Street. He tells several family stories about his maternal grandfather, Max Shapiro, who was…
Oral history interview with Mona Adams Winston. Mona grew up on Lakeshore Court, next to Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin. Mona recounts childhood stories and memories including riding the city bus downtown to pay her family's bills at various…
Paul Killerlain and Jim Killerlain talk about their respective careers working on teams at Madison Metro. Both narrators discuss their work as bus drivers, and what bus driving in Madison was like in the 1950s through the 1990s. Paul and Jim talk…
Samuel Moss fondly recalls the Jewish community in the Greenbush neighborhood where he was born in 1938 at St. Mary’s Hospital. His Russian born grandparents moved to Madison in 1924 to open the kosher Milwaukee Bakery on S. Murray St. His extended…
Sharon Persich is interviewed about her career at Madison Metro. Sharon shares several projects that she worked on as part of Metro's Scheduling and Planning team, including the shift to the transfer point system, the introduction of real-time bus…
Sylvia Dworetzky Grunes grew up in the tight knit Jewish community in Madison's Greenbush neighborhood, with her Yiddish-speaking Russian immigrant parents. Sylvia lived with her family in several residences in the Greenbush neighborhood beginning…
This is a panel discussion with former Westmorland neighborhood residents held at Oakwood Village in Madison, Wisconsin, about their experiences in the Westmorland neighborhood.
A participant in the Garver Feed Mill story gathering holds a box featuring the branding for the Starplate™ Building System company that was based at the Garver Feed Mill building 1981-1985.
Photo of Greenbush Neighborhood matriarchs. Seated left to right: Olympia Viviani, Rachel Rocca, Mrs. Bormetti, Pieira Trameri. Standing left to right: Anna Lumina, Ceserina Trameri, Elvira Martinelli, Mrs. Odorico, Palmina Martinelli, Mrs. Bradanini
Beatrice Chatman and churchgoers at Mt. Zion Baptist Church on Johnson St. in 1949. Beatrice is sitting in the front row, far left, and her sister (Jeanette) is sitting next to her on the right.
Photograph of Benedict J. Di Salvo, narrator for the Living History project on the Greenbush neighborhood. Benedict is pictured from the waist up, looking at the camera.
This photo is of Bob Skloot in 1980. His daughter, Sarah's hands are on his shoulders. Sarah was 6 years old at the time and Bob had been on the Theatre and Drama faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1968. He continued to teach…
Photograph of Di Salvo's Spaghetti House and Seafood, located at 810 Regent Street in Madison, Wisconsin. The exterior of the building is pictured, with "Di Salvo's" printed on window awnings to left and right of front entrance.
This photo was taken at MASCP's 25th anniversary party in the spring of 2011 in Madison,WI. The guests of honor were Augustin Menjívar, head of the Junta Directiva in Arcatao at that time, and these very early supporters of MASCP: (from left to…
Living History Project narrator Edith Hilliard is pictured with her son, Nimrod Hilliard III. A Family History quilt, made by Edith, hangs in the background.
Elizabeth Heinrichs, Kara O'Connor, and Rae Rocca gather to tell the story of 1029 Chandler Street, a house that had been in Rae and Elizabeth's family from 1923-2015, when Kara's family purchased it. Standing left to right: Elizabeth Heinrichs…
Two teenage girls place garland on an artificial Christmas tree in front of a graphic depicting Santa in a sleigh holding a bag of presents. They are Carolyn Ames and Sharon Thompson and they are decorating at the Loft, a teen center.
Jenny Beatty, Antonio and Estella Portillo and Meg Skinner at a Sanctuary reunion in Madison in 2015. Meg was the first coordinator of the Madison Sanctuary Site and continued helping with the many activities needed to support the "Gonzalez" family…
In the early 1980s when Marc was the staff person for Community Action on Latin America (CALA), they coordinated a program that brought Victor Rubio of the FMLN/FDR together with Neo Mnumzana of the African National Congress (ANC) to speak. The…
(l to r) María Chichilco, a Farabundi Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) guerrilla commander from Arcatao and Mary Kay Baum from Madison in late 1986. They met in San Jose Las Flores to exchange the official resolution making Madison and Arcatao…
In 1998, Maria Serrano (formerly Chichilco) (right) traveled to Madison and was happily reunited with her old friend, Mary Kay Baum. Unknown photographer
This photo accompanied a news article in the Wisconsin State Journal on May 24, 1983. It shows the group of refugees in Madison Sanctuary Site #1 at a public sanctuary event at St. Francis Student House in Madison. (l to r in back) the Reverend Art…
Students from the Talmud Torah (Hebrew School) at the Agudas Achim Synagogue prepare to conduct their own junior congregation services for the high holidays and sabbath. This photo accompanied a newspaper article discussing the 1948 Jewish New Year…
The "Gonzalez" family was publicly introduced to the Madison community at Bethany United Methodist Church on Feb 19, 1984. The entire family was masked and were going by pseudonyms to protect their identities from the US, Guatemalan and Salvadoran…
Photo of tombstone of Roca Benedetto, or Benedict Rocca, an Italian immigrant to came to Madison, Wisconsin at the turn of the 20th century and passed away in in 1905. The tombstone was found in the basement of his wife's and family's Greenbush…
Cover of the 1935 program (4th ed.) for the Workmen’s Circle annual concert. At the lower edge of the cover is a Yiddish transliteration for the location of the concert: “In university theater, Bascom Hall, Madison Wis.” Prior to 1938, when the…
Photo of a rehearsal of the children's play La leyenda del tlacuache. Performers and crew are wearing face covering due to the COVID-19 epidemic. La leyenda del tlacuache is a Nahua folk tale adapted for theater by Monica Cliiff and produced by…
The Stage Coach and truck used for the Madison Youth Summer Theater drives past a playground. Students who watched the performance wave to the actors as they leave after the final play of the season.
Henry Esser stands on the step in front of Koltes & Esser Hardware in the 300 block of West Lakeside Street. Fencing, garbage cans, a hose reel and lawn mower are on display at the curb. The rear of the company truck can be seen parked on the left.…
A photograph of Lynn Slattery Hellmuth taken during her oral history interview at the Garver Feed Mill building on November 2, 2019. Lynn is seated on the left, interviewer Jennifer Gurske is seated on the right.
Spectators looking at the Monkey Island at Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). This is one of many images photographed by Harold Hone for "Wisconsin: A Guide to the Badger State."