One of the largest collection of the American Geographical Society Library (AGSL) is in The Golda Meir Library of U.S. UWM Library is located in Milwaukee, in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The library has more than 4.5 million catalogued items, many of which are available electronically through Electronic Reserve, web-based online catalog, searchable databases and indices.
The building structure was first developed in 1967 and afterwards extended with the expansion of the East Wing in 1974 and gathering focus of conference center in 1987. The library was named for Golda Meir, the fourth Prime Minister of Israel, who graduated in 1917 from the Milwaukee State Normal School, a foundation to which UWM follows its genealogy.
The library’s biggest gathering is the American Geographical Society Library (AGSL), the “premier geology and guide accumulations” in the US, which houses an immense number of verifiable and point by point maps, numerous uncommon and profitable books, research and specialized reports, photos, satellite pictures, computerized information, and pertinent serials.
Other uncommon accumulations of the library incorporate the Morris Fromkin Memorial Collection, Hebraica and Judaica Collection, the Slichter and Hohlweck Civil War Collections, the Frank and Mary Ermenc Slovenian music gathering, the Harry and Dorothy Jagodzinski Franklin Delano Roosevelt Collection, the George Hardie Aerospace Collection, the Gerald Meyers established music accumulation, the John Otis Collection on Wisconsin chapels, the Seventeenth Century Research Collection, the Layton Art Library.
The University Archives comprises of the Milwaukee Area Research Center, the UW–Milwaukee Manuscript Collection, and records of the University. The Archives contains chronicled assets from Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin, including private papers from people, records from organizations and associations just as records from UW–Milwaukee.
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The Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons is the first floor, the west wing of the library. When open overnight, access from 11 PM to 7 AM is limited to UWM students, faculty and staff.
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Exhibit In Golda Meir Library Celebrates 50 Years Of Black Studies At UWM
1968 was a year of widespread upheaval, and the sphere of higher education was no different. Marginalized students and allies across the country began organizing coalitions and demonstrating for better representation on campus, culturally relevant courses, improved access to higher education, and cultural spaces for students of color.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus was at the forefront of this movement, establishing one of the first Black Studies departments in the United States. In June of 1968, the UWM Faculty Senate approved the creation of the Center for Afro-American Studies, a predecessor to today’s Department of African and African Diaspora Studies (AADS), and the UW System Regents approved UWM’s proposal for a permanent Center in Fall 1969.
Now in 2019, AADS at UWM is recognized for the expertise of its faculty, its robust coursework, and as one of the fewer than 20 departments offering a PhD in the discipline.
This triumph would not have been possible without the activism of UWM Students who fought tirelessly for a voice and place in academia. The efforts of these dedicated activists changed the trajectory of UWM and higher education. Read Full Here…
Digitizing Milwaukee’s Polonia At UWM Libraries:
The digital collections team at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries is in the midst of an ambitious project to digitize more than 25,000 glass plate negatives by Milwaukee photographer Roman Kwasniewski. From 1907-1947, Kwasniewski worked as a studio photographer in the Polish-American community on Milwaukee’s south side, documenting social events such as First Communions, Confirmations, graduations, weddings, and anniversaries as well as day-to-day life in the neighbourhood. Together, these photographs offer a portrait of Milwaukee’s second largest ethnic group in the first half of the 20th century.
