Documents

Pamphlets, conference proceedings, reports, studies, sheet music, recipes, marriage records, military service records and other records.

Ripon Pedrick Genealogy Notebooks

During his lifetime, Samuel Pedrick, a prominent Ripon figure, lawyer and local historian, compiled genealogical information and family histories into numerous notebooks. In 2006, the Ripon Public Library completed a restoration project in which the entirety of the Pedrick genealogical notebooks was digitized and indexed.

Rock Springs Public Library

The Rock Springs Public Library collection includes documents and photographs related to the Rock Springs Memorial Community Center as well as documents related to the history of the village, images of community sites, events and residents of Rock Springs (formerly Ableman) and the surrounding area.

Rural Schools of Wood County

A series of histories of rural schools composed by the staff and students at each school in 1956, apparently as part of the celebration of the centennial of Wood County. They vary widely in content and depth, with some including photographs, farm histories, rosters and school board extracts. Schools are also geo-located on this map.

South Central Library System

This collection includes materials about South Central Library System (SCLS) services, special events, and member libraries.

South Milwaukee Public Library

This collection showcases and preserves the history of South Milwaukee through digitized images, texts, and other media. The collection is a collaboration of resources held by both the library and the South Milwaukee Historical Society.

Sun Prairie Historical Library & Museum

Sun Prairie Historical Library & Museum‘s digital collection shares manuscripts that document the history of Sun Prairie and surrounding areas. This includes petitions and other records of the Village of Sun Prairie Board of Trustees, directories and telephone books, a scrapbook of the Sun Prairie 20th Century Club, as well as data sheets from an environmental study of bird nests at Sun Prairie’s Patrick Marsh from 1948 through 1951.

The Founding of a Fashion Program

In the fall of 1965 Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, began offering a major in fashion design with a minor in clothing and textiles. The four-year Bachelor of Arts degree, which drew substance from an interdisciplinary combination of art, clothing, and textile courses, was the first of its kind in the nation. Explore the history of the Mount Mary Fashion Program through the images and documents in this exhibit.

Theresa Public Library

This collection documents the history of Theresa, Wisconsin through two books. The first, Life in the 1930’s / ’40’s, &’50’s As I Saw It and Lived It, is told through the eyes of local photographer Jim Widmer. Tagebush is a German-language diary and recollection of everyday life recorded in Theresa by author Friedrich Gorg Emanuel Ziemer.

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