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Reedsburg Military Service: Company A Scrapbooks and Photographs

This collection includes two scrapbooks and miscellaneous photographs donated to the Reedsburg Public Library by Company A in 1978.  Photographs, postcards and newspaper articles include activities of Company A, 1st Wisconsin Infantry (formerly Company B, 10th Separate Battalion), and Company A, 128th Infantry, 32nd Division.

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.

Reminiscences of Lucien B. Caswell

A 1914 memoir by Wisconsin pioneer and civic leader Lucien B. Caswell (1827-1919). Caswell was a lawyer in Fort Atkinson and went on to be elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly and later the United States House of Representatives. Part of the State of Wisconsin Collection, University of Wisconsin Digital Collections.

Richard Bong Photograph Collection

Richard Bong, from the small town of Poplar, Wisconsin, became a flying cadet in the US Army Air Corps, in time for America’s entry into World War II. Flying in a P-38 fighter plane, he shot down 40 confirmed enemy planes, more than any other American pilot, and became America’s all-time Ace of Aces. His many decorations for outstanding skills and extraordinary courage included the Congressional Medal of Honor.