Golda Meir Library
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Library catalog
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, searchable database
Database
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s and indexes
Index card
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The building was first constructed in 1967 and then expanded with the addition of the East Wing in 1974 and conference center in 1987. The Library was named for Golda Meir
Golda Meir
Golda Meir ; May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was a teacher, kibbutznik and politician who became the fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel....
, the fourth Prime Minister of Israel
Prime Minister of Israel
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, who graduated in 1917 from the Milwaukee State Normal School, an institution to which UWM traces its lineage.
Collections
The library's largest collection is the American Geographical SocietyAmerican Geographical Society
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Library (AGSL), the "foremost geography and map collections" in the US, which houses a vast number of historical and detailed map
Map
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s, many rare and valuable books, research and technical reports, photograph
Photograph
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s, satellite images, digital data, and relevant serials.
Other special collections of the library include the Morris Fromkin Memorial Collection, Hebraica and Judaica Collection, the Slichter and Hohlweck Civil War Collections, the Frank and Mary Ermenc Slovenian music collection, the Harry and Dorothy Jagodzinski Franklin Delano Roosevelt Collection, the George Hardie Aerospace Collection, the Gerald Meyers classical music collection, the John Otis Collection on Wisconsin churches, the Seventeenth Century Research Collection, the Layton Art Library.
The University Archives consists of the Milwaukee Area Research Center, the UW–Milwaukee Manuscript Collection, and records of the University. The Archives contains historical resources from Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin
Wisconsin
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, including private papers from individuals, records from businesses and organizations as well as records from UW–Milwaukee.