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Fieldwork Recordings – Dictionary of American Regional English

Dictionary of American Regional English

From 1965–1970, fieldworkers for the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) conducted interviews with nearly 3,000 “informants” in 1,002 communities across America. They visited native residents in all fifty states and Washington, D.C., collecting local words, phrases and pronunciations. DARE’s main partners in the effort to digitize, interpret, and make accessible these audio recordings were the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures and the University of Wisconsin Libraries, all at UW–Madison.

Fond du Lac and Green Lake County Atlases, Directories, and Histories

This digital collection contains 13 published books and a wall map providing accessibility to early information about the City Of Berlin and Green Lake County. City and county directories list residents with their addresses and occupations and include an alphabetic list of business firms and a street and avenue guide. City information for 1892 is now easily accessible from a wall map.

Fond du Lac County and City Directories

Digital collection of Fond du Lac County and City Directories starting in 1857. This collection is incomplete and new directories will be added as they become available.

Fond du Lac Maps and Atlases

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.

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.