The American History seminar of Professor Frederick Jackson Turner, in the quarters of the State Historical Society in the Capitol in 1893. Turner’s class meet in the Capitol because of the superiority of the Historical Society’s library. During its early years the Law School also held classes in the Capitol, and university students frequently attended legislative deliberations. WHi(X3)46720

Here, where the best libraries in the State are concentrated, men of science and literary taste naturally resort. It must always be the favorite watering place, always remain the Athens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Journal, 1855

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