Civilian Conservation Corps Camp 657 was established in Elcho, Langlade County, Wisconsin in 1933. The digital collection includes photos of barracks and work activities taken by CCC recruits Edward Drab, Alois Fisher and Warren Schabell as well as ephemera collected by recruit Ken Eliot, including newsletters published by the camp, menus, badges and a federally-published handbook for CCC enrollees.
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Eldon Murray Papers
Eldon Murray was a prominent activist in the Milwaukee LGBT community. In addition to his work with the Gay Peoples Union (GPU) and the Milwaukee AIDS Project, Murray was the founder of SAGE/Milwaukee, the first organization in Wisconsin dedicated to serving the needs of older gay, lesbian, and bisexual people through community building and counseling services. The digital collection includes selections from the Eldon Murray Papers, including an extensive series of newspaper clippings from the 1940s to the 1970s, photographs, fiction and nonfiction writings, activist organization records, and a handful of publications.
Elkhart Lake Public Library
This growing collection contains oral history interviews of Elkhart Lake residents, programs and minutes of the Elkhart Lake Study Club going back as far as 1938, and more. We will continue to add materials to this collection to aid independent research of Elkhart Lake history.
Elkhorn Local History
From the Matheson Memorial Library in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, this collection consists of oral history interviews that aim to record and preserve the stories and experiences of City of Elkhorn and Walworth County men and women for the education and enlightenment of future generations.
Equal Opportunities, Equal Rights, and Fair Housing in Madison
The Dane County Historical Society has a number of documents that relate to the City of Madison’s efforts to develop Fair Housing, Equal Opportunities, and Equal Rights laws and commissions. Much of this activism took place in the 1950s and 1960s. Also included in this collection are two 1983 oral histories by Historic Madison, Inc., of John McGrath and James Wright, both of whom were directly involved in efforts to create and administer Madison laws that sought to advance equity.
Ethel Everhard Memorial Library (Westfield)
The Ethel Everhard Memorial Library (Westfield) presents this collection of Westfield High School’s annual yearbooks with complete coverage from 1940 through 2014, along with a few scattered earlier volumes dated as early as 1906.
Evansville, Wisconsin Collection
The digital collection of materials from the Eager Free Public Library History Room includes Rock County, Wisconsin plat books from 1891, 1904, and 1917. Evansville was settled in 1839 and became an important stop on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway system. The digital collection includes histories and memories that give accounts of settlement and Evansville’s growth and prosperity. City Directories and photo collections of portraits, homes, and businesses are also included in the project.
Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO)
The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin, specifically Buffalo, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau and Vernon counties.
Farnsworth Public Library
The archives of Farnsworth Public Library are as varied as the people that have called this area home over the years. The Oconto High School Yearbooks Collection is a growing archive that preserves the history and spirit of Oconto High School through its annual publications. Spanning the decades, these yearbooks, most commonly titled The Okato, though referred to in some years as The Bay Mist, document student life, academics, athletics, and community events, offering a rich visual and textual record of changing trends, traditions, and local culture. They give a glimpse of how the teenage experience has changed and stayed the same over many years.
Ferdinand L. Kronenberg Plans and Drawings Collections
Ferdinand L. Kronenberg’s (1877-1944) work spanned nearly five decades in Madison and many Kronenberg-designed buildings survive today. Together they give Madison much of its unique historic architectural identity. Some impressive Kronenberg residential structures survive, but many believe Kronenberg’s most exciting buildings were his commercial designs.
