This post was contributed by Bronwen Maseman, a Madison-based librarian, educator, consultant, and researcher. This case study is part of the Community Archiving Workshop Regional Training of Trainers program, funded by an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant (RE-85-18-0039-18) in partnership with the Association of Moving Image… Read More…
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New in Recollection Wisconsin, Spring 2022
This quarter, we added four new collections from both new and existing content partners! Milwaukee Public Library has been working hard on these two new collections: The CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) Arts Program Photographs collection includes photographs taken between February and May of 1976 in Milwaukee, documenting life during the 1976 Bicentennial. After… Read More…
New in Recollection Wisconsin, Fall 2021
This month, Recollection Wisconsin added three new collections from new content partners and a new collection from a current content partner! The Verona Public Library Local History digitization project is a growing selection of digital materials culled from the physical archives of its Local History Collection which currently includes photographs, city directories, and community writing… Read More…
New in Recollection Wisconsin, Summer 2021
Last month, we welcomed four new collections from three of our current content partners: UW-Milwaukee’s Desi Wisconsin, oral histories from some of the first South Asian immigrants to Wisconsin on their journey to develop a distinct identity. Two magazines from UW-Oshkosh: Context (1976-2001) was dedicated to sharing the important research and creative activities of the University’s faculty and academic… Read More…
New Recollection Wisconsin Collections
The most recent ingest of the Recollection Wisconsin collection into the Digital Public Library of American is complete and we’ve surpassed 600,000 historical photos, documents, and other resources in the collection! Among the additions this quarter are these two new collections: Listening to War brings together first-person accounts of veterans and civilians in Wisconsin during… Read More…
New Content Partners and Collections for April 2020
There is new Recollection Wisconsin content available in both the Digital Public Library of America and Recollection Wisconsin! We are excited to welcome new content partners Waunakee Public Library, Milton Public Library, and Pauline Haass Public Library in Sussex! Their collections have been added to Recollection Wisconsin along with these new collections from Viterbo University: Lumen, Viterbo’s student newspaper since 1954. University… Read More…
Supporting Digital Projects in Southcentral Wisconsin
This post is contributed by Tamara Ramski, Digitization Specialist, South Central Library System (SCLS). The South Central Library System (SCLS) provides services to public libraries in seven counties in south-central Wisconsin. In 2017, SCLS began offering member libraries assistance with local history digitization projects through a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant funded by… Read More…
Wisconsin state government documents online
More than 15,000 state government documents are now available through Recollection Wisconsin and DPLA, thanks to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB). These collections are in active development, with new content added each month. The Wisconsin Digital Archives, maintained by DPI, includes materials from the executive and… Read More…
ECHO: Exploring Cultural History Online, Winding Rivers Library System
This post was contributed by Barry McKnight, current Digital Assistant for the ECHO Project at Winding Rivers Library System and Cassandra Torgerson, who held the position of Digital Assistant at WRLS in 2014. The Winding Rivers Library System, based in La Crosse, wanted to increase access to the unique history materials owned by our system… Read More…
CCC Camp 657, Langlade County Historical Society
In March 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of the first New Deal programs designed to create jobs for Americans during the Great Depression. From 1933-1942, the CCC put nearly three million unemployed young men to work building parks, planting trees, stocking streams and rivers, and other environmental conservation projects. The… Read More…
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