College sports; Marquette University -- Cross-country running; Marquette University -- Track and field; Athletic directors; Cross-country coaches; Track and field coaches
Melvin "Bus" Shimek shares some of his memories from his 52 year involvement with Marquette University’s track & field and cross-country programs. As a student (1924-1927) Shimek competed as a long distance runner. Coached by Conrad Jennings,...
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field; Relay races;
Portion of a newsclipping from The Marquette Tribune about the June 8, 1934, Central Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships at Marquette Stadium. The clipping includes a reprinted photograph from The Milwaukee Sentinel, featuring the relay...
Hildegarde stands in Central Park with her sister and their mother, Ida Jermain. Hildegarde and her mother are dressed in fur wraps, and Hildegarde is wearing a fur lined hat. The park, including the edge of a pond are visible behind them.
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field; Relay races;
Portion of a newsclipping from The Marquette Tribune about the June 8, 1934, Central Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships at Marquette Stadium. The clipping includes a reprinted photograph from The Milwaukee Sentinel, featuring the relay...
Academic buildings; Architecture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; College buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; College campuses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Marquette University -- Buildings; Universities and colleges -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee;
Remarks by Marquette University President Rev. John P. Raynor, S.J., at the College of Business Administration Dedication as David A. Straz, Jr. Hall, December 2, 1984.
Architecture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; College buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; College campuses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Dormitories -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Marquette University -- Buildings; Universities and colleges -- Wisconsin --...
Detail view of the entrance to the central branch of the YMCA (now David A. Straz, Jr. Tower). A fence surrounded the building; behind it stood a playground for children.
Generation After (Milwaukee, Wis.); Jews -- Czechoslovakia; Jews -- Ukraine -- Education; Jews -- Ukraine -- Religious life; Jews -- Ukraine -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Jews -- Ukraine -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Hasidism...
Louis Koplin describes growing up in a Jewish family in Svalyava, Ukraine (formerly Czechoslovakia) during the late 1920s and 1930s, including the strong Zionist movement in his city. Index follows transcript.
African American athletes; Running races; Marquette University -- Track and field
Caption in Hilltop yearbook: Rising from an intramural sport a little more than a decade ago, track at Marquette now occupies an enviable positon in national and international cinderpath circles. Major track attractions of the North American...
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field; Running races;
Ralph Metcalfe wins sprint at the Central Intercollegiate track meet at Marquette Stadium, raising his arm as he crosses the finish line. Unidentifed runners, one from Notre Dame, place second and third. Art Ravensdale of Marquette placed fourth. ...
Sprinter Ralph Metcalfe crossing the tape ahead of Heye Lambertus, University of Nebraska, and Peyton Glass (Oklahoma A & M, in the final leg of the 880 relay race at the Central Intercollegiate track meet at Marquette Stadium.
Marquette's Ralph Metcalfe (foreground) and three other runners leave sprinters' blocks at the Central Intercollegiate Track Meet at Marquette Stadium. One runner is wearing a Michigan State singlet. A judge watches the start of the race.
Portion of an article appearing in The Marquette Tribune about the Central Intercollegiate track meet at Marquette University. Features a reprinted painting of sprinter Ralph Metcalfe, originally appearing in The Milwaukee Journal.
Composite from 'The Marquette Tribune' featuring eight leading track and field athletes scheduled to participate in the Central Intercollegiate championship at Marquette University on June 2, 1933.
Antinuclear movement -- United States; Catholic Worker Movement; Civil defense drills -- United States; Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980; Hennacy, Ammon, 1893-1970; Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Pacifists -- United States; Peace --...
Article from the Catholic Worker newspaper, written by Dorothy Day, about the second arrest for protesting the mandatory 'Operation Alert' civil defense drill in New York City, which was held on July 20, 1956.
Blum, Virgil C; Foreign study -- Ireland; Marquette University; University College, Dublin;
Typewritten letter from Rev. Virgil C. Blum, S.J., chairman of Marquette University's Junior Year Abroad program, to Marquette University Junior, Mary Jeanne Bowen, studying at University College, Dublin, Ireland. Blum thanks Bowen for her recent...
Blum, Virgil C; Foreign study -- Ireland; Marquette University; University College, Dublin;
Handwritten letter from Marquette University Junior, Mary Jeanne Bowen, to Rev. Virgil C. Blum, S.J., chairman of Marquette's Junior Year Abroad program. Bowen is reporting on her first term studying at University College, Dublin, Ireland. Bowen...
Foreign study -- Ireland; Marquette University; University College, Dublin;
Milwaukee Journal newspaper article about Mary Jeanne Bowen's time in Ireland as Marquette University's first participant in the Junior Year Abroad program. The headline reads ""American Lass Studies at Source."" Bowen studied at University...
Blum, Virgil C; Foreign study -- Ireland; Marquette University; University College, Dublin;
Handwritten letter from Marquette University Junior, Mary Jeanne Bowen, to Rev. Virgil C. Blum, S.J., chairman of Marquette's Junior Year Abroad program. Bowen is reporting on her first term studying at University College, Dublin, Ireland. The...
Gassert, Robert G.; Biever, Bruce Francis; Raynor, John P., 1923-1997; Teresa, Mother, 1910-1997; Pere Marquette Discovery Award; Marquette University -- Awards -- Pictorial works
The procession makes its way up the central aisle at the MECCA Arena ceremony presenting the Pere Marquette Discovery Award to Mother Teresa. Included in the processional are co-presiders Rev. Bruce Biever, S.J. and Rev. Robert Gassert, S.J., ...
Program for the Inaugural Civic Reception and Dinner in honor of The Very Reverend John P. Raynor, S.J., President, Marquette University, January 13, 1966.
Cross-country running; College sports; Marquette University -- Cross-country running
Keith Hanson running alone during the Central Collegiate Conference cross-country Championships. Spectators stand on the side of the course to watch the race.
Athletic directors; College sports; Marquette University -- Track and field; Track and field coaches;
Melvin "Bus" Shimek (on the left) and two unidentified men are photographed with the perpetual plaque for "The Stan Lowe Outdoor Conference Mile Champions," established in memoriam of the former athletic director Stanley Lowe.
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field; Running races;
Ralph Metcalfe wins sprint at the Central Intercollegiate track meet at Marquette Stadium, raising his arm as he crosses the finish line. Unidentifed runners, one from Notre Dame, place second and third. Art Ravensdale of Marquette placed fourth. ...
Sprinter Ralph Metcalfe crossing the tape ahead of Heye Lambertus, University of Nebraska, and Peyton Glass (Oklahoma A & M, in the final leg of the 880 relay race at the Central Intercollegiate track meet at Marquette Stadium.
African American athletes; Running races; Marquette University -- Track and field;
Marquette's Ralph Metcalfe (foreground) and three other runners leave sprinters' blocks at the Central Intercollegiate Track Meet at Marquette Stadium. One runner is wearing a Michigan State singlet. A judge watches the start of the race.