Documents

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

Posselt, Theodore (Ted) Keith Collection

The Theodore (Ted) Keith Posselt collection of materials was donated to the Angie Williams Cox Public Library by an unknown source. The collection was discovered in a box in a closet during 2025. Theodore (Ted) Keith Posselt (1910 – 1989) was a resident of Columbia County, Wisconsin for many years graduating from Pardeeville High School in 1925. He was a reporter for local newspapers as well as wrote and directed a few community plays. Mr. Posselt served in the military during World War II and his Mission Report Book is part of this collection. Along with the items digitized in this collection, there is personal correspondence available for viewing by appointment at the library. Theodore Keith Posselt is buried in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Public Documents of the State of Wisconsin

Public Documents of the State of Wisconsin, commonly known as Wisconsin Public Documents (WPD), consists of the annual and biennial reports of all important Wisconsin state agencies from 1852 through 1914.

Publications Related to La Crosse

A variety of publications relating to La Crosse and the surrounding region, including souvenir programs and pamphlets, church histories, directories and other published and unpublished documents.

Ralph Metcalfe – The Olympic Years 1932-1936

Photographs, newspaper clippings, and other printed materials documenting sprinter Ralph Metcalfe between 1932-1936, when the Marquette undergraduate was known as “The World’s Fastest Human.”

Recollection Wisconsin Shared Collection

Wisconsin’s story is still being written, folding in the customs and traditions of everyone who calls this place home. You’re invited to help build a shared history of our state by contributing your photos, documents and audio files to the Recollection Wisconsin Shared Collection.

Reedsburg City Directories and Telephone Books

These Reedsburg city directories and telephone books are part of the Reedsburg Public Library’s Archives collection. Several of the books were donated in 2024 by the children of the late local historian Phyllis Miller.

Reedsburg Historic Collection

This collection contains items relating to Reedsburg’s history housed in the Reedsburg Public Library’s local history and archives department. Examples include: booklets from Reedsburg’s Butterfest, advertising flyers, programs from celebrations and plays, as well as brief histories written by individuals.

Reedsburg Historic Survey Collection

This collection contains photos and surveys of architecturally and historically significant buildings in the city of Reedsburg which were compiled from 1983-1984. A slide show highlighting some of these properties and their architectural details is included in the collection.

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.

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.

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