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Recollection Wisconsin Shared Collection

Wisconsin’s story is still being written, folding in the customs and traditions of everyone who calls this place home. You’re invited to help build a shared history of our state by contributing your photos, documents and audio files to the Recollection Wisconsin Shared Collection.

Reedsburg Historic Survey Collection

This collection contains photos and surveys of architecturally and historically significant buildings in the city of Reedsburg which were compiled from 1983-1984.

Reedsburg Old Settlers Letters Collection

The Reedsburg Old Settlers Association solicited letters from its members from the late 1800’s through the middle of the twentieth century.  Many of these were published in local newspapers at the time.  The following original letters are located in the library’s archives and date from 1914 to 1956.  The Old Settlers Association was active from 1876-2022.

Reedsburg Old Settlers Photograph Collection

This collection of photographs, collected by the Reedsburg Old Settlers Association, is primarily made up of portraits, along with some places and events. The Association was active from 1876-2022.

Reform Norwegian American Newspaper

Reform was a Norwegian-language newspaper published in Eau Claire, Wisconsin by novelist and journalist Waldemar Ager. The digital collection includes approximately 2400 issues of this weekly newspaper, from 1896 until 1941. It is made available online by the Waldemar Ager Association in partnership with the McIntyre Library Special Collections and Archives Department at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

Remember When

Remember When… was a popular feature in the Milwaukee Journal from 1963 through 1994. Published twice-weekly until 1981 and weekly after that, the feature was prepared by Milwaukee Public Library staff to highlight Milwaukee’s rich and colorful past as preserved in the Historic Photo Collection of the library.