First person narrative accounts of Wisconsin soldiers and citizens during the Civil War, including letters, diaries, poems and other records.
Wisconsin Goes to War: Our Civil War Experience
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Wisconsin Highway Dedication Programs
Highway dedication programs from the 1950s and 1960s commemorate the opening of segments of Interstate 90 and Interstate 94.
Wisconsin Labor Advocate Newspaper
The Wisconsin Labor Advocate was a weekly newspaper published in La Crosse in 1886-1887. La Crosse was a hotbed of Labor political party activity in the 1880s and the Labor Advocate was one of at least four La Crosse area Labor-related newspapers from that time. George Edwin Taylor, the newspaper’s editor and owner, was African-American, born in Arkansas in 1857.
Wisconsin Pioneer Experience
A digital collection of diaries, letters, reminiscences, speeches and other writings of people who settled and built Wisconsin during the 19th century. These materials were selected from the collections of the Wisconsin Area Research Centers (ARCs) as well as the headquarters of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records
The field notes and plat maps of the public land survey of Wisconsin are a valuable resource for original land survey information, as well as for understanding Wisconsin’s landscape history. The survey of Wisconsin was conducted between 1832 and 1866 by the federal General Land Office. This work established the township, range and section grid; the pattern upon which land ownership and land use is based.
Wisconsin Sheet Music Database
This collection from the Mills Music Library at UW-Madison consists of music written by Wisconsin composers, published by Wisconsin publishers and/or pieces whose subject matter is Wisconsin. The publications date from the late 1850s to the present.
Wisconsin State Capitol Historic Structure Report
The Wisconsin State Capitol Historic Structure Report presents the architectural history of the state’s capitol building in six volumes published between 1995 and 2005.
Wisconsin Traditions of Social Care
Images of people and buildings contributing to Wisconsin’s social care system, including asylums, hospitals and orphanages.
Wisconsin Traffic Safety Reporter
Issues of the Wisconsin Traffic Safety Reporter newsletter from 1959, published by the Safety Division of the Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department.
Wisconsin’s Historic Natural Resources Photos
Images from the Wisconsin Conservation Department (1930s to 1960s) and Department of Natural Resources (1960s to present) illustrating fishing, camping, hunting and other recreational activities as well as the work of park wardens, foresters and other conservation professionals.
