From: "Heather S. Sonntag" <hssonntag@wisc.edu> Subject: RE: Next BHG lecture 1/12, 7pm (hybrid event) - BAAP Oral Histories & Digital Preservation Project! Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2023 16:44:17 +0000 Message-id: <SJ0PR06MB835977274243C769E80E7BF8DBF79@SJ0PR06MB8359.namprd06.prod.outlook.com>
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Art Meschefske at the Badger Plant recounting the 1945 nitroglycerin explos
ion that killed 4 workers to BHG interviewer Lisa Hartman in 1998. Photo cr
edit: Mike Mossman
The Badger History Group (BHG) invites you to our next lecture of the 2022-
2023 season on Thursday, January 12, 2023, at 7:00 pm with BHG Board Member
s Mike Mossman and Heather Sonntag who will co-present, Hidden Gems: Excerp
ts of Interviews from the BHG Digitization Project.
BHG has an exceptional collection dating to the 1990s of taped interviews w
ith workers of the former BAAP, displaced residents, and members of the Bad
ger Village community (including original field tapes from Dave Erickson’
s documentaries), along with earlier Army newscasts, film footage of the pl
ant, and training videos. This historical treasure chest was recently digit
ized and indexed, using grants from Sauk County and Wisconsin Humanities. C
ome hear the skinny about the digital preservation project, and then watch
and discuss some previously unshared selections, ranging from old timers re
turning to their homesteads and community cemeteries, the first Badger empl
oyee, the principal and teachers of Badger Village school, to a HoChunk vet
eran, war protestor Karleton Armstrong, and Badger effluent pouring into La
ke Wisconsin.
Presenters are BHG founding member and current Vice President Mike Mossman,
and archivist, historian and BHG board member Heather Sonntag.
The digitization project was funded in part by a grant from Wisconsin Human
ities, with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Am
erican Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and by a grant from the Sauk County Extensi
on Education, Arts and Culture Committee and the Wisconsin Arts Board with
funds from the State of Wisconsin. Any views, findings, conclusions or reco
mmendations do not necessarily represent those of the grantors.
This will be a hybrid event starting at 7pm, via Zoom and in-person at the
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f Badger Army Ammunition. In the Museum, masks are optional. Seating is lim
ited for both museum and zoom, so registration is recommended. Zoom link in
formation is below. To register, please call the museum at 608-448-0244 and
specify for museum or zoom, your name, and number in your group.
Support this program and future lecture series. Become a member of the Badg
er History Group today!
TO REGISTER IN ADVANCE & ZOOM IN
Register for the lecture on January 12, 2023 at bhg-arch@tds.net
Please include for Museum or Zoom, (Zoom link below)
Name
Number in your group
Zoom meeting details:
Topic: Hidden Gems: Excerpts of Interviews from the BHG Digitization Projec
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Time: January 12, 2023 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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