We are excited to welcome three new content partners to Recollection Wisconsin this quarter! Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design‘s Guido Brink collection contains ephemera concerning the life and artwork of Midwest artist and educator Guido Peter Brink (1913-2002) in addition to the art collection endowed to the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design from… Read More…
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Seeking new content partners for spring and summer 2026 program
Calling for all Wisconsin libraries, museums and local history organizations to participate in the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative! Hoping to digitize but need support scanning and creating metadata? We’re here to help! Recollection Wisconsin seeks new content partners/host sites to digitize local history collections starting in spring 2026. Trained graduate students will complete the work and will receive… Read More…
Find us at WLA!
Interested in learning more about the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative? We’ll be at the 2025 WLA Annual Conference in Middleton, Wisconsin, October 28-31. This year’s theme, “Be the Change,” celebrates innovation and collaboration in libraries. That’s our program in a nutshell! Our program pairs graduate students with libraries, museums and local history organizations to digitize… Read More…
Developing and Managing Archives and Digital Library Internships
Thanks to the Sunshine State Digital Network and Keila Zayas-Ruiz for including our program in their recent webinar, Developing and Managing Archives and Digital Library Internships! Program coordinator, Vicki Tobias, shared her experience developing and coordinating graduate student internships for the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative alongside representatives from Florida State University Libraries, Florida International University… Read More…
Outreach and Engagement: The Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative
The Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative was featured in the July issue of the Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) newsletter (Volume 53, Number 1). Thanks, MAC! Read all about it here: For more information about the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative and our upcoming cohort, visit our website or contact vicki [at] wils.org…. Read More…
Using Local History to Educate and Build Community
by Kayla Hernandez, graduate student at the School of Information Studies at UW-Milwaukee This summer, I have been working at America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) to digitize several collections. The collection that I spent the most time working on is their brand new Beckum-Stapleton Little League collection. ABHM is working alongside a provider to house… Read More…
The Guido Brink Collection at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD)
by Cecelia Loeschmann, UW-Milwaukee SOIS This summer, as part of the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative, I had the honor of working with the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) to begin digitizing and describing the Guido Brink collection. Guido Brink holds a special place in MIAD’s history as one of the founding members and the… Read More…
Promoting Community Connections in Racine
by McKenzie Weaver, graduate student UW-Milwaukee SOIS Over the summer, I’ve been working with the Racine Public Library’s local history librarian, Rebecca Leannah, to digitize their yearbook collection. Yearbooks from the local high schools, Racine High School, Washington Park High School, and William Horlick High School, are some of the most requested items from the… Read More…
The Frank O. King Collection: A Comical Commentary on Historical Events
By Elisabeth Joy Primrose (UW Milwaukee SOIS) for Recollection Wisconsin This summer, Recollection Wisconsin partnered with the Tomah Area Historical Society and Museum (TAHSM) to digitize and provide online public access to materials from the Frank O. King Collection. Frank O. King (1883-1969) was an award-winning American cartoonist best known for creating the comic strip… Read More…
New in Recollection Wisconsin for Summer 2025
This quarter, Recollection Wisconsin welcomed three new content partners and their unique collections to the consortium. Menomonee Falls Public Library’s digital collection, from the Maude Shunk Local History Room Archives located in the library, contains photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, government documents, and postcards from the 1850s until present day. The collection documents the people, industries,… Read More…
