Notes on the Madison LaFollette High School Museum
Mary Erickson fondly remembers attending La Follette High School in the 1960s.
Over the years, she held onto her high school memorabilia: The pins she received as a cheerleader rooting on the Lancers, the hand-written essays her teachers graded with A’s, the photos she captured for the yearbook and the prom dresses her mom sewed for her sister.
Hoping to preserve those memories, Erickson donated a box of her decades-old items to the high school’s archives and history museum before it officially opened in 2002. She said she now regrets that decision after learning last year contents of the museum were thrown away.
The museum included “over 50 years worth of treasures,” Erickson said.
