8 minutes till cake time!

This school year we are featuring recipes from cookbooks located in the UW-Stout Archives Special Collections. The Special Collections are older, more rare, or Stout related books that were originally located in the UW-Stout Library’s main stacks collection. This past year we added a wealth of cookbooks to the special collections, and I scoured the shelves to find new recipes to try that would make cooking from home fun, affordable, and easy.

The apple season is upon us and what better way to celebrate than with a delicious Apple Spice Cake from the Better Homes and Gardens Microwave Cookbook, 1976, TX832 .M47 1976. This cookbook provides tips and tricks for cooking and baking time saving recipes with your microwave. Most recipes use just the microwave, or a combo of the microwave, oven, or stovetop. Learning to cook a variety of recipes with a microwave can be a useful skill, especially if you are a college student without ready access to a stovetop or oven. You can still find this cookbook on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Better-Homes-Gardens-Microwave-Cook/dp/0696010356

Look for more fun recipes and cooking tips on the Better Homes and Gardens website: https://www.bhg.com/recipes/

 

Apple Spice Cake, p. 48

½ cup packed brown sugar

¼ cup butter or margarine, softened

1 egg

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

¼ teaspoon ground ginger

¼ teaspoon ground cloves

¼ teaspoon salt

½ cup milk

2 tart medium apples, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced (2 cups)

Crumb topping (Mix ¼ cup brown sugar, ¼ cup all-purpose flour, and ½ tsp. ground cinnamon. Cut in 2 tbsp. butter till mixture resembles coarse crumbs.)

Whipped cream

Cream sugar and butter. Add egg; beat well. Stir flour with baking powder, spices, and ¼ teaspoon salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk; beat after each addition. Spread in greased and floured 8 x ½ inch round baking dish. Arrange apples over batter; sprinkle with Crumb Topping. Micro-cook, uncovered, about 7 minutes, giving dish a quarter turn every 2 minutes. Serve warm or cool. Cut in wedges; top with whipped cream.

I was skeptical at first about baking a cake in the microwave, and wondering if the cake would bake all the way through, but it really worked. This recipe is pretty straight forward. I used Honey Crisp apples, and I did cut 2 apples, but it was a little over 2 cups. You can judge how many apple slices you want to put on your cake. My apple slices were layered 2 or 3 high. To save money on spices, I used McCormick’s Ground Allspice, which I already had, versus buying ground ginger and cloves. When making the crumb topping, I suggest using cold and not softened butter, or you will have a big, goopy mess on your hands (I literally did). The recipe says to cook the cake about 7 minutes, but I did 8 minutes total. I suggest cooking the cake 8-9 minutes, or by judgement on how it looks. My baking dish fit on the microwave turn plate, so I didn’t turn my dish every 2 minutes, like it says in the recipe. I give this recipe 2 thumbs up, and highly recommend topping it with whip cream or ice cream. As Mr. Food would say, "Ooh! It's so good!"

The batter is ready

The apple slices and crumb topping

Into the microwave it goes

Finished dessert, hot out of the microwave

It's delicious with whip cream. "Ooh! It's so good!"

If you want to try similar apple cake recipes, but baked in the oven, check out Stout’s Favorites 2^nd Edition cookbook, 1958, via the Internet Archive:

Raw Apple Cake, p. 58: https://archive.org/details/StoutsFavoritesSecondEdition/page/n61/mode/2up

Apple Crumble, p. 65: https://archive.org/details/StoutsFavoritesSecondEdition/page/n69/mode/2up

Spice Cake (without the apples), p. 62: https://archive.org/details/StoutsFavoritesSecondEdition/page/n65/mode/2up

By: Julie Hatfield, Archives Assistant, UW-Stout Archives

Roadtrip your way through History: Rock Falls Raceway Edition

 

Many of you may watch the Daytona 500 or the Indy 500, but does anyone watch the NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals? Discover the fun of Drag Racing, where two competitors drive down a straight 1/8th or 1/4 mile track and balance speed, force, and reaction times to see who will be the winner. The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) has drag strips all over the U.S. that people can race at, and some are close to home in Brainerd, MN; Cedar Falls, Iowa; and Rock Falls, WI. Rock Falls Raceway, a short 30 minute drive from Menomonie, has operated as a race track since 1969, when it was originally called Amber Green Dragways and owned by Dr. Frank. In 1979, the track was sold to drag racer Al Corda and renamed Rock Falls Raceway. In 2015, Corda sold the track to Jim Greenheck, owner of CTech Manufacturing.

Amber Green Tower and Starting line, ca. 1970s

      

       

Amber Green staging lanes, ca. 1970s

Rock Falls Raceway is a Division 5 track in NHRA’s West Central Division. The track is also part of the Midwest Drag Racing Association (MDRA), and individual racers can sign up to be MDRA members. Racing at the track usually occurs on the weekends from the end of April to the end of October, with a variety of races for everyone: Test Days for anyone to see what their vehicle can do, racing to win money or trophies, Muscle Cars, trucks, Sport Compact, Motorcycles, High School Racing, Jr. Dragsters, Bracket Racing, etc. Discover a schedule and racing info. Here: https://www.rockfallsraceway.com/ 

Rock Falls Raceway Flyer, 1987

There are a few ways to reach the racetrack from Menomonie: Drive South out of town on UW-12 E towards HWY 29, turn Right onto HWY E, turn right onto Hwy H, cross the Chippewa River and turn right onto State Hwy 85 at Caryville. In Caryville turn left onto 190^th Ave, drive about a mile and turn right onto 1000^th St. and the track is at the top of the hill. You can also get to the racetrack via Cty Rd J, to Cty Rd C, and turn right onto Cty Rd H to Caryville. Or take Hwy WI-25 S towards Downsville, to Cty Rd C, to Cty Rd H to Caryville.

My dad, John Hatfield, has been spectating and racing at the racetrack since the 1970s. Growing up, I spent many summer weekends spectating and being pit crew for my dad, and I have worked at Rock Falls Raceway since 2005. My dad, along with many other racers who race at the track, have a great knowledge and passion for racing, working on cars, and perfecting their craft. The racetrack has gone through many physical and operational changes over the past 50 years, as technology and racing standards have changed. Below are racing time cards, ca. 1970s-1980s. Currently, they are computer print outs that print out at the end of the racetrack.

                    

Staging lanes, only one black top lane, ca. 1970s-1980s

Front of staging lanes, all blacktop surface, 2015

Starting line, with new concrete barriers, photo taken from previous spectator side, 2019

John Hatfield sitting in burnout box, next in line to stage at the Christmas tree

There are also car enthusiasts and car clubs at UW-Stout that love to work on and drive cars, and that have raced at Rock Falls Raceway in the past. From 1969-1979, the Northern Pine Corvettes was a club for people interested in corvettes and cars in general. Around 1977, it was renamed Stout Street Machines and in September 1979 it merged with the Stout Antique Auto Club. The archives has a small collection for the Northern Pine Corvettes, Stout Series 38, with Articles of Incorporation, membership lists, their newsletter “Around the Corner,” event information, and newsletters received from other area corvette clubs.

The UW-Stout Auto Club, previously the Stout Antique Auto Club, founded in 1966-1967, is a current club on campus. They sponsor a car show every school year, attend car shows and swap meets, work on their cars, and raise money for charity.

                           

Stoutonia, Oct. 22, 1987, p. 15

                                                                                   

Stoutonia, Sept. 22, 2005, p. 6

Check out UW-Stout Auto Club’s Annual car show on October 3^rd, 9am-2:30pm: https://www.facebook.com/events/513573972639153/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22search_results%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22search%22%7D]%7D

Drag racing + Area History. What could be better? Check out Rock Falls Raceway. 

A little slice of racing action: John Hatfield making a pass down the track, Oct. 2019

Photographs and fliers courtesy of John Hatfield, long-time spectator and drag racer at Amber Green Dragways/Rock Falls Raceway

By: Julie Hatfield, Archives Assistant, UW-Stout Archives

Additional Sources:

NHRA: https://www.nhra.com/nhra ;  https://www.nhra.com/about-nhra 

NHRA’s Racing 101 article: https://www.nhra.com/nhra-101

Al Corda April 22, 2020, podcast interview (previous Rock Falls track owner and long time drag racer) by The Class Racing Podcast with Aaron and Chuck: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/classracing/episodes/2020-04-22T11_37_21-07_00

Rock Falls Raceway Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/RockFallsRaceway  

Amber Green Dragways – Eau Claire, WI Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/651525141556117

UW-Stout Auto Club Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/12924095789

Stoutonia articles via the Internet Archive:

Sept. 22, 2005, p. 6: https://archive.org/details/StoutoniaVolume96/page/n25/mode/2up?q=auto+club

Oct. 20, 2005, p. 6: https://archive.org/details/StoutoniaVolume96/page/n85/mode/2up?q=auto+club

April 5, 1984, p. 5: https://archive.org/details/StoutoniaVolume74/page/n571/mode/2up?q=auto+club

Oct. 22, 1987, p. 15 (Stout Auto Club racing at Rock Falls Raceway): https://archive.org/details/StoutoniaVolume78/page/n169/mode/2up?q=auto+club

Aril 21, 1988, p. 4: https://archive.org/details/StoutoniaVolume78/page/n591/mode/2up?q=auto+club

 

Dunn County News Articles (via the Menomonie Public Library):

April 13, 1988, p. 4, UW-Stout Antique Auto Club auto show and swap meet at Dunn County Rec Park, featuring Al Corda’s NHRA Winston Stock world champion drag car (owner of Rock Falls Raceway): https://menomoniepubliclibrary.newspapers.com/image/542953960/?terms=rock%2Bfalls%2Braceway

Oct. 25, 1995, front page, “New Program lets kids ‘beat the heat’: https://menomoniepubliclibrary.newspapers.com/image/542411791/?terms=rock%2Bfalls%2Braceway

Bake Coffee Cake like Betty Crocker!

This school year we are featuring recipes from cookbooks located in the UW-Stout Archives Special Collections. The Special Collections are older, more rare, or Stout related books that were originally located in the UW-Stout Library’s main stacks collection. This past year we added a wealth of cookbooks to the special collections, and I scoured the shelves to find new recipes to try that would make cooking from home fun, affordable, and easy.

I recreated an easy 5-ingredient coffee cake from Betty Crocker’s Guide to Easy Entertaining, 1959, TX731 .B47x. This cookbook provides easy tips and tricks about hospitality, hosting a party, and recipes to make and how to prepare for different occasions such as brunches, dinners, and parties. You can still find this cookbook and other vintage Betty Crocker cookbooks on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Betty-Crockers-Guide-Entertaining-Facsimile/dp/0470386266

Learn more about the history of Betty Crocker on the Betty Crocker website: https://www.bettycrocker.com/betty-crocker-kitchens

Butter-Ball Coffee Cake, p. 158, from the Brunch Section

2 cans Betty Crocker Bisquick Refrigerated Biscuits

¼ cup butter, melted

¾ cup sugar

1 tbsp. cinnamon

¼ cup chopped nuts

Heat oven to 375*. Grease a 9” round layer pan. Separate biscuits and dip in melted butter, then coat each entirely with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon. Place 15 biscuits around the outer part of the pan, overlapping to make a circle. Overlap remaining 5 biscuits to fill center. Pour remaining butter over. Sprinkle with chopped nuts. Bake 25 to 30 minutes. Allow to stand 5 minutes before serving. The rich, buttery biscuits break apart easily.

I believe this coffee cake could be a good addition for the upcoming holiday season, at home as a side dish or dessert with dinner, or as a special sweet treat. The recipe calls for 2 cans of Betty Crocker Bisquick Refrigerated Biscuits. I don’t know if these are manufactured anymore, but try Pillsbury refrigerated biscuits, or I used Food Club Buttermilk refrigerated biscuits, 10 in each tube. To prep the coffee cake, I created an assembly line, like you would to coat fish or chicken with breading to fry or cook it. I used a pair of tongs to dip the biscuits in a glass measuring cup of melted butter, coated the biscuits in a bowl of the sugar/cinnamon mixture, and then placed the biscuits in a 9-inch round cake pan (I think any baking dish could work) starting on the outer circle and finishing in the middle, and sprinkled with pecan pieces at the end. This recipe is delicious, easy to make, and sure to impress. Bon Appetit!

Ingredients: 2 cans biscuits, pecan pieces, butter, and cinnamon/sugar mixture

Setting up my prep. assembly line

The finished coffee cake. The presentation is sure to impress anyone!

By: Julie Hatfield, Archives Assistant, UW-Stout Archives

Celebrate National Strawberry Month with a sweet UW-Stout inspired recipe

Happy National Strawberry Month! I am kicking off May with recreating an easy 5 ingredient sweet treat that is sure to please, Strawberry Pie, which I first made last April 2019, from Stout’s Favorites 2^nd edition cookbook, p. 81, via the Internet Archive at

https://archive.org/details/StoutsFavoritesSecondEdition/page/n87/mode/2up

Strawberry Pie, Stout's Favorites 2nd ed., p. 81

The cookbook was published by the Home Economics Club of Stout State College, 1958, featuring favorite recipes of faculty and students, and "dedicated to all those people who enjoy preparing and eating good food.” The recipe was submitted by Darlene Anderson, a freshman during the 1958-59 school year and a member of the Tower Yearbook staff.

Cooking tips: I used a premade 10-inch Food Club graham cracker pie crust (versus making a pie crust) to make this a 5-ingredient pie! To make this recipe really simple you could use a pre-made 9 or 10-inch pie crust vs. making your own, thaw frozen pre-sliced strawberries vs. washing and cutting fresh strawberries, and use ready-made Cool whip vs. whipping cream. Even with using a 10-inch pie crust I had strawberry pie filling left over, which tastes great on its own.

The ingredients: 10 inch pie crust; frozen, pre-sliced unsweetened strawberries; milk; whipping cream; marshmallows

Cooking in action: measuring strawberries, whipping the cream, getting marshmallows ready to melt in my double boiler on the stove

What the melted milk and marshmallows look like

The finished pie. Bon Appetit! 

My biggest obstacle with this recipe, as with a lot of recipes I have made from the two Stout’s Favorites cookbooks over the years, is making sure to convert my measurements from the recipe before I go shopping, to match how ingredients are measured and sold in the present day. For this recipe, a ½ pound of marshmallows equals 8 ounces, so I used ½ of my 16 oz. bag of Kraft Jet Puffed marshmallows. 1 quart of strawberries = 4 cups or about 28 ounces. I bought two 14 oz. bags of frozen pre-sliced strawberries, which equals 28 ounces. I used about 1 ¾ bags of strawberries. With the amount of pie filling this recipe makes, you could make two 9-inch pie crusts, or put the leftover mix into cups and top with whip cream like I did. If you buy whipping cream and whip it yourself, they come in ½ pint containers, or you can use ready-made Cool Whip. For some recipes, it depends on how much you want to make so you could use more or less of some ingredients if you wanted. Some recipes are more open to interpretation, because the person who provided the recipe didn’t provide step-by-step instructions, which many recipes have today.

If you want to try similar strawberry recipes I have made in the past, try Mile High Dessert, p. 83 of Stout’s Favorites 2^nd ed., made in April 2016: 

https://archive.org/details/StoutsFavoritesSecondEdition/page/n89/mode/2up

 and Virginia Strawberry Supreme, p. 31 of Stout’s Favorites, made in April 2018:  https://archive.org/details/StoutsFavoritesFirstEdition/page/n33/mode/2up

If you want to try whipping your own whip cream, I really like using my Pampered Chef Whipped Cream Maker:  https://www.pamperedchef.com/shop/Bakeware/Pastry+%26+Baking+Tools/Whipped+Cream+Maker/1461

This is the perfect treat to eat on a warm spring day. Bon Appetit!

By: Julie Hatfield, Archives Assistant, UW-Stout Archives

Roadtrip your way through History: Caddie Woodlawn Edition

Do you want a fun way to learn about history? Take a road trip! About a 15-minute drive south of Menomonie, WI, along Highway 25, is the Caddie Woodlawn Historical Park. The park includes the original home of Caroline Augusta Woodhouse, for whom the Caddie Woodlawn book series is based on. The park was dedicated in 1970. Caroline Woodhouse’s home was moved in 1970 from the original site about 300 yards to the east. The park is operated by the Dunn County Historical Society (located in Wakanda Park in Menomonie, WI), and includes a covered picnic area and restrooms, and admission is free. I first visited the park in August of 2010, which is about the same time I visited the Laura Ingalls Wilder (who wrote the Little House on the Prairie series) site in Pepin, WI, for the first time. I read these books when I was younger and like learning about pioneering and Wisconsin history, and I realized I could explore these places I had read about, and they were just a short drive from Menomonie. I visited the Caddie Woodlawn Historical Park again a few weeks ago, and it was a farther drive to the park than I remembered. The place still looked the same, except there is a new yellow “Woodlawn House” sign by the front door of the house. The surrounding area by the park is very peaceful, and it is a good way to explore history close to home while social distancing during the COVID-19 Pandemic. After visiting the park, you could keep driving south towards Durand and enjoy Wisconsin’s beautiful scenic landscape.

Park sign next to HWY 25

Caddie Woodlawn Historical Park Marker, 1970

The original Woodhouse family home

Peaceful farmland scenery surrounding the park

Other side of the park, including the block of Dunnville Sandstone

Looking out towards HWY 25 from the historical marker

Caddie Woodlawn was published in 1935, and its sequel Magical Melons was published in 1939, during the same time frame the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder was published. The author Carol Ryrie Brink wrote about her grandmother’s adventures growing up as a tomboy in 1860s Dunnville, Wisconsin, about a 20-minute drive south of Menomonie on HWY 25. Brink’s grandmother’s name was Caroline Augusta Woodhouse, which was changed to Caddie Woodlawn for the books. The UW-Stout Library houses a 1973 edition of Caddie Woodlawn in the Education Materials Center on the 2^nd floor, Young Adult Fiction, call number: BRINK Caddie 1973.

1973 book cover

In the archives, we have area history books and documents related to Dunn County’s history as well as archival collections related to Caddie Woodlawn and the historical park site. Some collections are:  Manuscript 82, Dunn County Historical Society Records, 1950-1982; Stout Mss O, Downsville Cut Stone Company, 1928-1968 (a block of Dunnville Sandstone is located at the historical park); Stout Small Collection 52, a 1981 term paper by Martha Stratton about Caddie Woodlawn and creation of the Caddie Woodlawn Memorial Park by the Dunn County Historical Society; Stout Small Collection 40, a copy of a talk given by Carol Ryrie Brink, author of Caddie Woodlawn, ca. 1960; and Vertical File 18, Caddie Woodlawn: A Pioneer Girl on Wisconsin’s Frontier, compiled by the Dunn County Historical Society and edited by John M. Russell. There is also a Caddie Woodlawn Country Map prepared by John M. Russell available on the Wisconsin Historical Society website, and articles in the Dunn County News and Stoutonia student newspaper about the Caddie Woodlawn Historical Park dedication and site available online (links available below). When the archives reopens to the public, you could always set up an appointment with us to investigate all the treasures we have relating to Caddie Woodlawn.

Vertical File 18 book cover

Caddie Woodlawn Country map located in Vertical File 18 book

By: Julie Hatfield, Archives Assistant, UW-Stout Archives

Sources:

• ·         Caddie Woodlawn. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caddie_Woodlawn  (accessed 4/21/2020)
• ·         Caddie Woodlawn Historical Marker. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=31194&Result=1
• ·         Caddie Woodlawn Historical Park. Dunn County Historical Society. http://www.dunnhistory.org/sitecw.html
• ·         UW-Stout University Archives and Area Research Center Historical Driving Tour. http://archives.lib.uwstout.edu/ics-wpd/DrivingTour/index.html,

http://archives.lib.uwstout.edu/ics-wpd/DrivingTour/caddie_main.html

• ·       Caddie Woodlawn. 1973. UW-Stout Library. https://uwi-primoalma-prod.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=UWI71301783620002121&context=L&vid=STOUT&lang=en_US&search_scope=Search_Stout&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&isFrbr=true&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,%20caddie%20woodlawn&sortby=rank&facet=frbrgroupid,include,553543901&offset=0

• ·         Dunn County News. July 8, 1970. “Mrs. Brink Receive Key to City During Ceremonies Saturday.” Menomonie Public Library Dunn County News Archive, 1862-2020.   https://menomoniepubliclibrary.newspapers.com/image/542311775/?terms=caddie%2Bwoodlawn  (accessed 4/21/2020)
• ·         History of Dunn County, Wisconsin. Minneapolis, Minnesota: H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1925. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.IHDunnCounty
• ·         Stoutonia. Internet Archive. Caddie Woodlawn searches: https://archive.org/search.php?query=caddie+woodlawn&and[]=collection:%22stoutonia%22&sin=TXT
• ·         Wisconsin Historical Society. Caddie Woodlawn Country Map, 1974. Dunn County Historical Society, prepared by John M. Russell. http://cdm15932.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/1686

Women's Right to Vote: Celebrating the Ratification of the 19th Amendment

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, Seneca Falls Convention, 1848

The Seneca Falls Declaration is one of the most important documents in the women’s suffrage movement, presented in Seneca Falls, New York, on July 19, 1848, by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and other prominent women. The declaration was modeled after the Declaration of Independence, and provides an overview of the 12 resolutions that were adopted at the convention, which helped determine the future actions of women who wanted to gain the rights of full citizens.

In 1869, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), which worked for universal suffrage through the United States federal government. That same year, Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe formed the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), which worked for suffrage at the state level through campaigns geared towards individual state governments. In 1890, the two organizations combined to form the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA), which was instrumental in securing the ratification of the 19^th Amendment in 1920.

On the state level, the Wisconsin Women Suffrage Association (WWSA) was formed in 1869, led by Reverend Olympia Brown. By 1911, the Political Equality League (PEL) was formed and organized as a branch of the National PEL and led by Ada L. James. Both organizations worked tirelessly organizing committees in each county and gaining support prior to the 1912 November election. In 1911, the Wisconsin legislature passed a suffrage bill that would have allowed women in Wisconsin to vote in all elections, but to become a law it had to be voted on in a referendum, set for during the November 5, 1912, election. Fourteen counties (out of 71, WI now has 72 counties) voted yes in the referendum, many in Northwest Wisconsin, but Dunn County was not one of them. The vote was close in Dunn County: 49.3% votes for it, and 50.7% votes against. In 1913, the PEL and WWSA merged their organizations, kept the WWSA name, and elected a new president, Theodora Winton Youmans. They continued the mission to organize clubs and fight for women’s suffrage. Check out these 1917 Stoutonia student newspaper articles about organizing suffrage clubs at Stout Institute, County Normal and Agricultural Schools.

Stoutonia, Feb. 28, 1917, p. 1

Stoutonia March 14, 1917, p. 3

Stoutonia March 28, 1917, p. 3

Women finally won the vote in Wisconsin, and the nation, in 1920. The 19^th Amendment to the Constitution established the nationwide vote for women. It was proposed by Congress in June 1919 and ratified August 26, 1920. Wisconsin was the fist state to ratify the 19^th Amendment on June 10, 1919, just beating Illinois. Check out these 1920 Dunn County News articles announcing the ratification of the 19^th Amendment and Stout Institute’s involvement in the celebration.

Dunn County News, Aug. 19, 1920, p. 1

Dunn County News, Aug. 26, 1920, p. 1

Dunn County News, Aug. 26, 1920, p. 1, Stout Institute's Celebration Involvement

Dunn County News, Sept. 2, 1920, p. 1 Organizing Dunn County Women for Voting

Even though museums, archives, and libraries are closed to the public during this time, there are a wealth of online resources and online exhibits where you can learn about women’s suffrage and the 100 year Anniversary of the ratification of the 19^th Amendment on a national and local level, which some are available below. When we return to physically being open, you could also request collections to be shipped from the Wisconsin Historical Society through the Area Research Center Network to look at them at the UW-Stout Archives. While an undergraduate history major at UW-Eau Claire, I requested items from the Ada James Collection, who led the Political Equality League, for writing a paper about the 1912 suffrage referendum in Wisconsin, and it was very interesting. Happy Women’s History Month!  

By: Julie Hatfield, Archives Assistant, UW-Stout Archives

Sources:

• ·         Dunn County News. Aug. 19, Aug. 26, Sept. 2, 1920. Menomonie Public Library Dunn County News Archive, 1862-2020.   https://menomoniepubliclibrary.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=%22dunn+county+public+health+nurse%22&dr_year=1935-2000&silo=456&p_county=Dunn+County%2C+Wisconsin  (accessed 3/31/2020)
• ·         Stoutonia. Volume 3. Feb. 28, March 14, 18, 1917. University of Wisconsin-Stout, Archives Department. https://archive.org/details/stoutonia?&sort=date   (accessed 3/31/2020)
• ·         Davis, Kenneth C. Don’t Know Much about History: Everything you need to know about American History but never learned. New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2003.
• ·         Janik, Erika. A Short History of Wisconsin. State Historical Society of Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2010.
• ·         Schneir, Miriam, ed. Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings. 3^rd ed. New York: Vintage Books, 1994, p. 76-78.
• ·         Yanak, Ted, and Pam Cornelison. The Great American History Fact-Finder. With a foreword by Norman Y. Mineta. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.
• ·         Ada James Collection. Articles, speeches, and outgoing correspondence. 1816-1952. Wis Mss OP, Boxes 24 and 29; Micro 848 reels 1-4. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives. Madison, Wisconsin.  http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=uw-whs-wis000op
• ·         Hatfield, Julie. “Northwest vs. Southeast: Factors Affecting the 1912 Suffrage Referendum Vote in Wisconsin.” University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire McIntyre Library MINDS@UW (July 2008). https://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/28775

Additional Resources:

• ·         Library of Congress. National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection. https://www.loc.gov/collections/national-american-woman-suffrage-association/about-this-collection/  (accessed 3/27/2020)
• ·         National Archives Website, Women’s History Resources: https://www.archives.gov/news/topics/womens-history 
• ·         ____. Rightfully Hers: American Women the Vote exhibit at the National Archives Museum, Lawrence F. O’Brien Gallery, from May 10, 2019-January 3, 2021:  https://museum.archives.gov/rightfully-hers  
• ·         National Park Service. Women’s Suffrage History Timeline. https://www.nps.gov/wori/learn/historyculture/womens-suffrage-history-timeline.htm  (accessed 3/27/2020)
• ·         Women’s Vote Centennial. Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission. https://www.womensvote100.org/
• ·         _____.  Wisconsin Resources  https://www.womensvote100.org/wisconsin
• ·         Wisconsin Historical Society. https://wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS16290
• ·         ______. “We Stand on Their Shoulders”:  A History of Wisconsin Women and Voting. Exhibit located in Radell Gallery, 4^th Floor.  https://historicalmuseum.wisconsinhistory.org/womens-suffrage-exhibit/
• ·         Twitter Hashtags:  #WomensHistoryMonth, #19thAmendment, #WomensVote100,  #RightfullyHers