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.
South Central Library System
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.
Black Earth Public Library
A collaboration between the Black Earth Historical Society and the Black Earth Public Library to provide access to photographs and other materials about the village of Black Earth, Dane County, Wisconsin. Content includes a scrapbook of Black Earth High School graduating class photos 1885-1963 and portrait photographs of past village presidents.
Columbus Public Library
This digital collection of early postcards from the community of Columbus, Wisconsin is organized in partnership with the Columbus Area Historical Society.
Company A of the 19th Regiment of Wisconsin Collection
This collection is about residents of Reedsburg and surrounding areas who were involved with Company A of the 19th Regiment of Wisconsin Infantry. The collection includes tintype portraits of soldiers from the U. S. Civil War.
Dane County Library Service
A history of the Dane County Library Service, covering 50 years of service to the residents of Dane County, Wisconsin. Includes news clippings, photos of bookmobiles and oral history interviews with bookmobile drivers and other staff.
E. D. Locke Public Library
Local history materials in this digital collection from the E.D. Locke Public Library in McFarland, Wisconsin include family histories and local history publications as well as elementary and high school yearbooks from the 1950s.
Go Tell It at the Quilt Show!
Short video interviews with quilters in Lodi, Wisconsin, recorded in 2018. The Lodi Woman’s Club Public Library and the Lodi Valley Quilters Guild partnered with the non-profit Quilt Alliance to record the stories of local quilters and quilts as part of the Quilt Alliance’s Go Tell It at the Quilt Show! project.
Jane Morgan Memorial Library
In 2018, the Jane Morgan Memorial Library and the Cambria-Friesland Historical Society began to digitize materials from their archives that are important to the history of Cambria and nearby communities in Columbia County, Wisconsin. The digital collection includes photographs, postcards and pamphlets such as a booklet published for the 1944 Cambria centennial and the “Cambria Victory Homecoming” after World War II.
Kilbourn Public Library
Oral history interviews with prominent residents of the Wisconsin Dells and Lake Delton area as well as with local historians. The interviews were conducted by the Dells Country Historical Society in the 1970s and 1980s.
Kvamme Local History Collection
Selected materials from the Kvamme Local History Collection maintained by Stoughton Public Library. Documents in this collection include Stoughton city directories and telephone directories as well as volumes of newspaper clippings on topics of local interest including World War II, Syttende Mai, the Martin Luther Children’s Home and the Stoughton Ski Jump.
Lester Public Library of Arpin
The Lester Public Library of Arpin archive, preservation, and digitization project is gathering and preserving area history through video recordings of residents’ personal stories and digitization of physical materials, such as photographs and documents.
Marshall Community Library
Photos of headstones from cemeteries in the community of Marshall, Dane County, Wisconsin and surrounding townships. The documented cemeteries are Deansville, Medina, North York, Oak Lawn, St. Mary’s, York Center and York Medina.
Mildred Hinrichs Photograph Collection
This collection of photographs of Lake Redstone and Reedsburg was taken by Mildred Hinrichs. Lake Redstone Beginnings contains snapshots of the building of Lake Redstone. Reedsburg Volume 1 includes photographs of Reedsburg taken from 1993-1996. Reedsburg Volume 2 includes photographs of Reedsburg taken from 2000 to 2006.
Pardeeville Military Newspaper Clippings
Newspaper clippings from the Pardeeville-Wyocena Times about residents from Pardeeville, Wisconsin and surrounding areas who served in the military in World War II.
Pionier Presse Translations
English translations of selected articles from the Pionier Presse, a German-language newspaper published in Sauk City 1853-1927. Alternate titles include Pionier am Wisconsin and Sauk City Presse.
Portage County Public Library
The Portage County Public Library collection contains Tattler yearbooks from 1916 to 1976, covering Stevens Point High School, Emerson High School, PJ Jacobs High School, and Stevens Point Area Senior High.
Poynette Area History
The Poynette Area Public Library and the Poynette Area Historical Society have partnered to provide this digital collection documenting the histories of the communities of Poynette, Arlington, Dekorra, Lowville and Leeds in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
Reedsburg High School Yearbooks Collection
These yearbooks from various years start with 1905 from Reedsburg High School.
Reedsburg Historic Books
This collection contains books detailing the history of Reedsburg and the surrounding area.
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.
Reedsburg Library Archives Photograph Collection
This collection is a set of photographs documenting the history of Reedsburg and surrounding communities.
Reedsburg Library Archives Postcard Collection
This collection is a set of postcards with images from the Reedsburg area.
Reedsburg Old Settlers Letters Collection
This collection of letters was solicited by the Reedsburg Old Settlers Association from its members from 1914 through 1956. Many of them were published in local newspapers at the time. The Old Settler Association was active from 1876-1922.
Reedsburg Old Settlers Photograph Collection
This collection of photographs, collected by the Reedsburg Old Settlers Association, is primarily made up of portraits, along with some places and events. The Association was active from 1876-2022.
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.
Rosemary Garfoot Public Library
The Rosemary Garfoot Public Library of Cross Plains, Wisconsin created a partnership with the Cross Plains – Berry Historical Society to house the Society’s archives in the Library. This digital collection is gleaned from those archives and contains recorded oral histories, scanned photographs and documents highlighting the rich history of the Cross Plains area and the Rosemary Garfoot Public Library.
Sauk City Property History
Research files on Sauk City residences and commerical properties, including photographs and notes, compiled by local historian Myrtle Wilhelm Cushing in the 1970s.
Sauk County Normal School/Sauk County Teachers College Yearbooks
These yearbooks are from 1951-1954 and 1961-1964 from the Sauk County Normal School/Sauk County Teachers College.
South Central Wisconsin Local Histories
Publications documenting the early history of Adams, Columbia, Dane, Green, Portage, Sauk and Wood Counties and the communities of Albany, Belleville, Cambria, Cambridge, Columbus, Fitchburg, Madison, Monroe, Prairie du Sac, Reedsburg and Waunakee. Materials were contributed from the collections of South Central Library System member public libraries.
Stories of Sauk Prairie
A collection of audio oral history interviews with residents of Sauk Prairie, Wisconsin, conducted by Doris Litscher Gasser in the 1980s and 1990s. Each item in the digital collection also includes a photograph Gasser took of the each community member interviewed and an article published in the Sauk Prairie Star based on each interview.
Sun Prairie Public Library
Sun Prairie history is a collaborative project between the Sun Prairie Public Library and the Sun Prairie Historical Museum. Both organizations have collections of historical archives that chronicle the people, places, and events and tell the story of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, a formerly rural space that has become a suburb of Madison.
Verona Public Library
The Verona Public Library’s Local History digitization project is a growing selection of digital materials culled from the physical archives of their Local History Collection. This digital archive will include access to photographs, city directories, and community writing projects.
Waunakee Public Library
The Waunakee Public Library local history collection features photographs, newspaper clippings, books, government documents, board minutes, and more from the local Waunakee area and surrounding towns. There is a wide range of materials ranging from the early 1900’s until present day.
