Published books including city directories, county histories, course catalogs and product catalogs.
This digital collection contains two components: images of citizens and businesses along Main Street in the city of Fort Atkinson from the 1880s through the 1970s, and manuscripts, notes, letters, oral histories and photographs from or about poet Lorine Niedecker, who spent most of her life in the Fort Atkinson area.
This digital collection of historic plat books, city directories, and atlases provides accessibility to early information about South Central Wisconsin, specifically Columbia, Dane, Portage and Wood counties. The early city directories for Madison provide helpful historical information on the early years of the state capital in addition to helping those looking for information on specific people and businesses in the area in the 1800s and early 1900s. The directories provide an alphabetical list of citizens with their addresses and occupations, a classified business directory, lists of city and county officials, churches, schools, societies, streets and wards.
The Histories of Beloit College Collection includes published commencement addresses and essays as well as Beloit College President Edward Dwight Eaton’s 1928 history, which contains a thorough account of the College’s origins and development, and a history begun by faculty member Robert Richardson in the 1940s that updates Eaton’s account. Never published, this book contains a great deal of valuable footnotes and marginalia.
The History of UW-Eau Claire Collection includes resources that document the history and evolution of this campus. The collection includes published material as well as archival materials and may eventually include additional books, manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, maps and other resources deemed important to the study of our state’s university system and its campuses.
The History of UW-Milwaukee Collection includes resources that document the history and evolution of this campus. The collection includes published material as well as archival materials and may eventually include additional books, manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, maps and other resources deemed important to the study of our state’s university system and its campuses.
The History of UW-Oshkosh Collection includes photographs and books documenting the history of UW-Oshkosh including athletic events and campus life.
The History of UW-Platteville Collection includes resources that document the history and evolution of this campus. The collection includes images and publications documenting the histories of the Platteville Academy, the State Teachers College, the Wisconsin Mining School and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
The History of UW-Stevens Point Collection includes resources that document the history and evolution of this campus. The collection includes photographs and books documenting the history of UW-Stevens Point including athletics, aerial views of campus, classrooms and daily life.
The History of UW-Whitewater Collection includes resources that document the history and evolution of this campus. The collection includes images of buildings on the UW-Whitewater campus as well as three published histories: Campus Cornerstones (1997), A History of Wisconsin State University Whitewater (1967) and Historical sketches of the first quarter-century of the State Normal School at Whitewater, Wisconsin (1893).
The History of Wisconsin Agriculture and Rural Life collection is based on a bibliography compiled as part of the National Preservation Project for Agricultural Literature. Content includes reports from county agricultural and home agents for the UW-Extension and annual publications including the Wisconsin Crop and Livestock Reporter, Milwaukee Milk Producer, Transactions of the Northern Wisconsin Agricultural and Mechanical Association, proceedings from the annual meetings of the Southern Wisconsin Cheesemakers’ and Dairymen’s Association, and catalogs for the “short course” offered by the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture.
