Books

Published books including city directories, county histories, course catalogs and product catalogs.

Albertson Memorial Library

Materials from the Albertson Memorial Library’s print collection that are important to the history of Albany and nearby surrounding communities in Green County, Wisconsin. Content includes annual yearbooks published by Albany High School: The Winnetkan, 1948-1960 and The Comet, 1962-1978.

Angie W. Cox Library

This growing collection of materials from the Angie W. Cox Library in Pardeeville, Wisconsin includes local high school yearbooks, city directories, family histories, historic photographs and library history materials.

Appleton Memory Project

This growing selection of local history materials includes images of former Appleton mayors with descriptions of key events during their terms, the publications Appleton, Wis., Illustrated (1892) and Pioneers of Outagamie County (1895), city and telephone directories for the Appleton area from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and other items pertaining to city and town life, the library, schools and tourism.

Appleton Public Library Local History Collection

Print resources including Appleton city directories and Outagamie County plat books. Two narrative histories of the area are also included: Land of the Fox, Saga of Outagamie County (1949) and Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley Counties of Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago (1895).

Barneveld Local History Collection

Barneveld Local History Collection

This collection spans more than a century of Barneveld’s history, from early settlement through the devastation of the 1984 tornado and the rebuilding effort. Content includes books, photographs, video, business and village records, and personal scrapbooks and memorabilia.

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.

Blanchardville Historical Society

Two compilations of local history published by the Blanchardville Woman’s Club: Blanchardville, Gem of the Pecatonica (1976) and Memories of Blanchardville (1990).

Brillion: History for All

A variety of publications documenting the community of Brillion, Calumet County, Wisconsin including family histories, church histories, and a scrapbook of letters and other documents chronicling the incorporation of the city compiled by local resident Arthur Neumeyer in 1944.

Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto and Shawano Counties – Historical Atlases, Directories, Plat Maps and High School Yearbooks

Plat books, atlases, school yearbooks and school newspapers documenting northeastern Wisconsin, specifically Brown, Door, Kewaunee and Shawano counties. School yearbooks and newspapers included in this collection are The Okato (1922-1926), The Bay Mist (1910, 1912, 1922), The Aeroplane (1914-1921), East High Aeroplane (1924-1925), The Flashes (1912-1925), The Thistle (1908, 1913), The Crescent Beach Echoes (1909-1911, 1913, 1917, 1920, 1923), The Bugler (1918, 1922), Scroll of the Wolves (1929) and Lake Whispers (1915-1916, 1921-1925).

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