Digital collection of maps and atlases from Fond du Lac County, including landowner atlases. This collection is incomplete and new directories will be added as they become available.
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Frank L. Weyenberg Library of Mequon-Thiensville
This collection contains local history documents, images, and audio files from the City of Mequon, Village of Thiensville, and Ozaukee County.
Fred Lesher Bird Field Notes and Journals
Fred Lesher taught in the English Department at UW-La Crosse from 1965 until his retirement in 1996. Lesher had a life-long interest in ornithology, and from 1958 to 2002, he kept detailed journals of his birding. The journals, in 14 volumes with over 3000 pages, are important documents of birding in the Coulee Region of southwest Wisconsin, northeast Iowa and southeast Minnesota.
Freda Meyers Nishan Photograph Collection
Freda Meyers Nishan (1878-1938) was a well-known philanthropist in Reedsburg, having given donations for the Presbyterian manse, the Reedsburg Hospital and other civic projects. This collection of photographs was passed on to the Reedsburg Public Library by local historian Lee Gnatzig who had received the photographs several years earlier from Vicki (Macoulian) Manougian, a relative of Edward Nishan.
Freedom Flotilla Photograph Collection
The Freedom Flotilla, also known as the Mariel Boatlift, occurred in 1980 after President Carter opened the doors to the United States for hundreds of thousands of Cuban refugees, of which nearly 15,000 would eventually arrive at the resettlement camp at Fort McCoy in western Wisconsin. This collection contains photographs taken by journalists reporting on the “Cuban Odyssey,” most of whom worked for the La Crosse Tribune, bringing together nearly 250 images of individuals and events directly involved with the Freedom Flotilla.
Gartner Diaries
Diaries of the travels of Austrian Norbertine priest Father Maximilian Gaertner of Wilten Abbey in Austria. Gaertner arrived in Wisconsin in 1846 and remained there until recalled to Wilten Abbey in 1858.
Geology Lantern Slides
In early 2016, these lantern slides were donated to the Beloit College Archives by the Department of Geology. Little is known about their date of production or the company that created them. Previously used in classroom teaching, they depict a variety of geological features across the globe.
Gesu Parish Grade School
This collection of photos, directories, programs, alumni newsletters, and objects documents the Gesu School, founded in 1895 after the combining of St. Gall and Holy Name parishes. After sixty-nine years of continuous educational service, Gesu School held its last graduation exercises on June 7, 1968.
Go Tell It at the Quilt Show!
Short video interviews with quilters in Lodi, Wisconsin, recorded in 2018. The Lodi Woman’s Club Public Library and the Lodi Valley Quilters Guild partnered with the non-profit Quilt Alliance to record the stories of local quilters and quilts as part of the Quilt Alliance’s Go Tell It at the Quilt Show! project.
Grant County Historical Society
Photographs documenting life in Grant County, Wisconsin since the mid-19th century, including portraits of early settlers and images of the Joe Greer Rodeo of the 1940s. Communities represented include Beetown, Boscobel, Cassville, Cuba City, Fennimore, Hazel Green, Lancaster and Platteville.
