WCFTR - AV and Digital Humanities Projects

This is a test website to demonstrate the features that Omeka S offers for Comm Arts and the WCFTR

This two-year project was funded by a 2023 NHPRC grant and matching funds from UW-Madison, allowing WCFTR to fully process and digitally curate four collections that broaden our understanding of American film culture: the Amos Vogel papers, the Chuck Kleinhans and Julia Lesage papers, the Elfrieda Abbe papers, and the Wisconsin Film Festival collection. The four collections contain extensive connections with American film history, and they offer the chance to study a vibrant film culture that extends far beyond familiar studios and directors.

The Overture Center collection at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research includes photographs, playbills, news articles, and ballyhoo from the center's long history in Madison, Wisconsin. The exhibits on this website help introduce Overture Center as a state-of-the-art performance space that has become an integral part of the Madison community. By focusing on the center's history and development, this collection demonstrates Overture's mission to “Support and elevate our community’s creative culture, economy, and quality of life through the arts.”

These early television exhibits present items from the Faye Emerson and Ziv Television collections, including clips, sample episodes, and photographs, alongside introductions that offer users various entry points to appreciating the programs and understanding the historical conditions that produced them.

The Hartford Smith Jr. collection at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research includes the full 1968 radio series Seeds of Discontent and many of the raw interviews recorded during its production, as well as correspondence, scripts, reports, press releases, and clippings related to the series and Smith's career as an educator and social worker.

Papers of actress Faye Emerson reflecting her private and professional life, particularly her work in television, radio, film, and theater.

The Alvin Boretz collection at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research includes scripts, notes, and correspondence from his prolific career as a screenwriter in radio, television, film, and theater. The exhibits on this website help introduce Alvin Boretz's writings by focusing on his time working in radio, television, film, and theater through a curated group of items.