The Wisconsin HIV/AIDS History Project brings to light significant stories from the state’s history of HIV/AIDS through the medium of oral histories. This collection includes video interviews with physicians, nurses, social service workers, AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW) staff, and long-time survivors. The interviews were conducted by Linda Wesp at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2017-2018.
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Oscar Grady Public Library
This photo collection captures the Saukville community throughout the 1900s and early 2000s. Images were collected by brothers Jim and John Peterson and donated to Oscar Grady Public Library for the purpose of digital preservation and public access.
Oshkosh Businesses
Photographs, newspaper articles, postcards, pamphlets and catalogs of businesses that once flourished in Oshkosh, including Deltox Rug Co., Oshkosh Trunk Co., and Stein’s clothing store.
Oshkosh City Directories
Browse or search the collection to discover all kinds of interesting facts about historic Oshkosh as well as sketches of prominent people, local businesses and their advertisements, and views of Oshkosh. Each directory has been divided into sections: surnames, businesses, street directories, and more. Some directories include Menasha, Neenah, Omro, and Winneconne. Funding for the project was obtained from a grant from the Alberta Kimball Foundation.
Oshkosh Local History Books
Books documenting the history of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, published between 1887 and 1919.
Oshkosh Yearbooks
This collection contains 138 issues of The Index, the Oshkosh High School student publication, dating between 1906 and 1940. The Index began as a monthly school publication containing poetry, short creative writings, editorials, alumni information, student photos, sports statistics and summaries, and other writings and reporting about various school events and issues. Winter and Spring issues included photos of graduating students. The Index became an annual yearbook in 1926.
Oshkosh, Omro, and Winnebago County, Wisconsin – Atlases and Histories
Resources concerning Winnebago County, Wisconsin and the communities of Oshkosh and Omro in the 19th century, including county histories, local histories, atlases, maps and photographs.
Owen J. Gromme Field Notes 1914-1989
Twenty-two volumes of the writings, studies and sketches of Owen Gromme, an artist, author, biologist, botanist and zoologist.
Ozaukee County Local History Collection
Personal reminiscences of growing up in Ozaukee County, reflections of local residents who served during wartime, histories of various local communities, and histories of public services and groups in those communities, including fire departments and women’s clubs.
Papers of Lizzie Black Kander
The papers of Lizzie Black Kander (1858-1940), whose social work among Russian Jewish immigrants in Milwaukee earned her the nickname, “Jane Addams of Milwaukee.” The original manuscripts are housed in three boxes (1 cubic foot) at the Milwaukee Area Research Center, Golda Meir Library, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as Milwaukee Mss DN. The papers relate to her founding and operation of the settlement house that ultimately became the Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee. They include reports, correspondence, promotional brochures, clippings, materials used in publishing a cookbook for fund-raising purposes, and minutes of meetings. Photographs include portraits of Kander, images of her family, group meetings, and the exterior of the Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee.
