260 images of Winnebago County barns captured by photographer Michael Cooney.
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Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, St. Croix, and Rusk Counties – Local History Collection
Selections from the local history collections of fourteen west-central and northwestern Wisconsin public libraries, all members of the IFLS Library System. The digital collection contains texts (including community records, local history narratives and retrospectives, high school yearbooks and maps) and images of community sites, events and residents.
Belgian-American Research Collection
The Belgian-American Research Collection was established by the Cofrin Library, UW-Green Bay, to help preserve and make available original materials reflecting the character of the Belgian community in northeastern Wisconsin. An architectural survey was conducted to identify typical Belgian architecture including log, stone and brick houses and oral histories were recorded to document the Walloon language spoken in Brown, Door and Kewaunee Counties.
Belleville Public Library
The Belleville Area Historical Society’s Frenchtown digitization project with the Belleville Public Library focuses on the history of the French immigrant settlement in the Belleville/Montrose/Exeter area as they began arriving in the 1850s through the 1920s. 3-D objects and photographs will also be on display in the library’s display cabinets.
Beloit – College, City, and Environs
Images of buildings, streets and locations in Beloit as they looked in the past and present, woven into short video presentations.
Beloit College Radio History
Photographs and documents depicting the evolution of Beloit College’s identity on the airwaves from 1907 to the present.
Beloit Local History
City directories, phone directories, plat maps and other publications documenting the history of the city of Beloit and Rock County, Wisconsin from the 1890s to the 1940s.
Beloit Relays
From the 1930s through the 1970s, Beloit College hosted track and field events for athletes from more than 50 colleges and universities. This digital collection contains images of cover pages from the official Beloit Relays program booklets as well as photographs of some of the Beloit athletes who took part in the events.
Berlin, Wisconsin Yearbooks
“The Mascoutin” is the yearbook for the public high school in Berlin, Wisconsin. Berlin Public Library has digitized these yearbooks dating back to 1950.
Big Streets in a Little City – Downtown Street Scenes in Kiel, 1860-1980
More than 600 photographs of the city of Kiel, Wisconsin from the mid-1800s to the late 20th century. These images depict commerce, recreation, cultural events and other day-to-day activities in the community.
