Primary sources from the UW-Milwaukee Libraries and the Wisconsin Historical Society that provide a window onto Milwaukee’s civil rights history in the 1960s. The efforts of civil rights activists and their opponents are documented in photographs, unedited news film footage, text documents and oral history interviews.
Documents
Pamphlets, conference proceedings, reports, studies, sheet music, recipes, marriage records, military service records and other records.
Marquette University – Building a Campus
More than 1300 images and printed materials documenting the built environment through the course of Marquette University’s history.
Marquette University – In the Spotlight
This collection presents unique materials from the Raynor Memorial Libraries’ Department of Special Collections and University Archives. In the Spotlight highlights materials that are relevant to current events, historical anniversaries, or that are central to Marquette University’s rich heritage.
Marquette University Intercollegiate Athletic Hall of Fame
This collection illustrates the accomplishments of Marquette University’s most elite athletes and coaches, all enshrined in the M Club Athletic Hall of Fame. The bulk of this collection presents photographs, negatives, and color transparencies. Select paintings, sketches, plaques, and textual materials have also been digitized.
Mead Public Library
The collection, which is an invaluable resource for those studying local genealogy and history, includes photographs, scrapbooks, pamphlets, newsletters, programs, yearbooks, catalogs and memorabilia relating to the City of Sheboygan and Sheboygan County from the 1840s through 2016. Subjects covered include buildings, businesses, farms, organizations, churches, and individuals.
Medical College of Wisconsin History Collection
Commencement announcements from the Marquette University School of Medicine in the 1910s, photographs of Milwaukee County General Hospital and Milwaukee Children’s Hospital, and the publication An Anchor for the Future: A History of the Medical College of Wisconsin (1991).
Menominee Collection on the Termination and Restoration Era, 1961-1973
In 1954, the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin was terminated under federal policy that stripped them of their status as a recognized federal tribe. The 1973 Restoration Act allowed the Menominee Indian Tribe to restore their federally-recognized tribal status. The materials in this digital collection tell a personal and national story of the Menominee struggle for sovereignty during the Termination period.
Milwaukee Annual Reports
These yearbooks for city government were produced by the Milwaukee Common Council from 1921 until 2000, after which they were replaced by the city’s website. Designed to be a way to communicate directly with Milwaukee’s citizens, they highlighted activities by the various departments and were a quick-reference guide for city information. In addition to yearly accomplishments, most of the later years’ editions feature biographies of elected officials, maps of aldermanic districts, budget summaries, phone directories, photos, and handy facts about the city.
Milwaukee County Historical Society
The Milwaukee County Historical Society (MCHS)’s photograph collection is one of its key archival collections, alongside county records, manuscript collections, maps, and a small non-circulating library of books. MCHS’s photograph collection documents the history of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County and comprises photographic prints, slides, and negatives. The bulk of the photograph collection documents the 1890s through the 1980s, although older and more recent materials are also represented. The collection is divided into multiple portions, including those corresponding to individual photographers, subjects, and streets in Milwaukee County.
Milwaukee County Marriage Certificates
This collection of more than 20,000 marriage certificates dating from 1822-1876 was digitized from microfilm and indexed by the Milwaukee County Genealogical Society.
