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# Recollection Wisconsin

Sharing our stories. Exploring our past.

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## Posts

- [WiLSWorld Shorts: Building Successful Internships with Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wilsworld-shorts-building-successful-internships-with-recollection-wisconsin-digitization-initiative) - On June 12, 2026, we had the opportunity to share our program as a WiLSWorld Shorts presentation. This one-hour panel explored what makes our internship program work, from both the student and host organization perspectives. Participants heard directly from graduate student interns and site supervisors who participated in the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative (RWDI). Funded
- [Summer 2026 Digitization Initiative Cohort](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/summer-2026-digitization-initiative-cohort-2) - The Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative (RWDI) connects libraries, archives, and cultural organizations across the state with graduate student interns to digitize local history collections. Through these partnerships, RWDI helps ensure that photographs, yearbooks, published histories, and archival materials documenting Wisconsin communities are preserved and shared online for anyone to explore. We’re thrilled to welcome our summer 2026
- [Stranger in a Familiar Land](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/stranger-in-a-familiar-land) - by Magnolia Sandell In the Spring of 2026 I had the opportunity to intern at the Whitewater Public Library (WPL) through the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative, a wonderful way to round out my 1st year as a Library and Information Science graduate student at UW-Madison. Although I have a professional focus on academic libraries I’ve
- [Wisconsin Historical Newspapers Online](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wisconsin-historical-newspapers-online) - Digital access to historical newspapers is always in high demand from genealogists and other researchers. Recollection Wisconsin harvests a handful of historical newspaper collections (see list below). However, due to lack of centralized full-text searching and other technical limitations, we don't actively work to digitize or support access to newspaper content. Fortunately, there are many
- [Recollection Wisconsin Named One of Family Tree Magazine’s Best State Genealogy Websites for 2026](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/recollection-wisconsin-named-one-of-family-tree-magazines-best-state-genealogy-websites-for-2026) - We’re excited to share that Recollection Wisconsin has once again been recognized by Family Tree Magazine as one of the “Best State Genealogy Websites” in the country for 2026. Each year, Family Tree Magazine highlights outstanding online resources that help people discover and explore their family history. Their annual list recognizes websites that make genealogical
- [New in Recollection Wisconsin, Spring 2026](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-in-recollection-wisconsin-spring-2026) - This quarter, we welcomed three new collections and two new content partners to Recollection Wisconsin, bringing with them a wealth of community history to the state’s trove. America's Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee was founded in 1988 by one of the only known survivors of a lynching in the U.S., Dr. James Cameron. The museum
- [Join the Recollection Wisconsin Steering Committee!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/join-the-recollection-wisconsin-steering-committee-2026) - The Recollection Wisconsin Steering Committee is seeking nominations to fill four vacant seats. The Committee helps shape the priorities and future directions of the Recollection Wisconsin statewide digital consortium. The Committee is made up of librarians, archivists, curators, educators, digital practitioners, and digital collection users representing a broad range of cultural heritage and memory-keeping organizations
- [New in Recollection Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-in-recollection-wisconsin-4) - This quarter, we welcomed Lakeshore Technical College and Kenosha County Library System as our newest Recollection Wisconsin content partners! Lakeshore Technical College's digital archive provides access to yearbooks, photographs, and documents showing the college’s history from the early 20th century into the 21st century. Kenosha County's digital collections feature photographs, documents, newspapers, maps, and more, covering a broad range of
- [Still the Same, After All These Years: Digitizing the Oconto Yearbooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/still-the-same-after-all-these-years-digitizing-the-oconto-yearbooks) - By Bri Quintero Bungert, UW-Madison iSchool (2026) This past semester, I had the wonderful opportunity of working with the Farnsworth Public Library in Oconto, Wisconsin, as a part of the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative. My project focused on digitizing the library’s yearbook collection, the years ranging from 1910 to 1949. The collection, which has been
- [Digital Preservation in Wisconsin Libraries is Entering a New Chapter](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-preservation-in-wisconsin-libraries-is-entering-a-new-chapter) - PreserveWI, Wisconsin's statewide digital preservation program, is moving into its next chapter. Digital preservation - the long-term, monitored storage of digital cultural heritage materials - is an essential but often underfunded part of any digitization program, and PreserveWI exists to make it achievable through shared statewide infrastructure. This collaborative initiative between Recollection Wisconsin and the
- [Summer 2026 Digitization Initiative Cohort](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/summer-2026-digitization-initiative-cohort) - The Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative (RWDI) connects libraries, archives, and cultural organizations across the state with graduate student interns to digitize local history collections. Through these partnerships, RWDI helps ensure that photographs, yearbooks, published histories, and archival materials documenting Wisconsin communities are preserved and shared online for anyone to explore. We’re thrilled to welcome our summer 2026
- [Digitizing Local History with the Middleton Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digitizing-local-history-with-the-middleton-area-historical-society) - by Russell Knapp, UW-Madison iSchool (2025) This past semester, I had the pleasure of working with Middleton Area Historical Society (MAHS) as a part of the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative. My project included digitizing items held by MAHS that related to the history of the transportation and hospitality industries in the town of Middleton. This
- [Locating the “Local” in Our History at Menomonee Falls Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/locating-the-local-in-our-history-at-menomonee-falls-public-library) - by Elizabeth Feucht, UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies This spring semester, I’ve had the privilege of working with the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative and Menomonee Falls Public Library to digitize an array of objects from the Maude Shunk Local History Room Archives. These included ledgers, reports, a scrapbook, and other ephemera produced by the (erstwhile)
- [Meet Team Middleton Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/meet-team-middleton-area-historical-society) - We are thrilled to be working with the Middleton Area Historical Society (MAHS) as part of the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative! The Middleton Area Historical Society was established in 1972 with a mission to preserve and publicize the history of the Middleton, Wisconsin area. It is two museums - the Rowley House Museum and the
- [Wisconsin state government documents online](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wisconsin-state-government-documents-online) - More than 15,000 state government documents are now available through Recollection Wisconsin and DPLA, thanks to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB). These collections are in active development, with new content added each month. The Wisconsin Digital Archives, maintained by DPI, includes materials from the executive and
- [Leaping Into Lesbian History in La Crosse: The Leaping La Crosse News](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/leaping-into-lesbian-history-in-la-crosse-the-leaping-la-crosse-news-2) - This post was researched and written by Ashley Morrison, a practicum student with Recollection Wisconsin in Spring 2022. Ashley will earn her MLIS from the iSchool at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May 2022. Originally titled “NFLO News” for the National Lesbian Feminist Organization - La Crosse Chapter, the Leaping La Crosse News was a
- [The Toolkit: Transcription Tips](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-toolkit-transcription-tips) - The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: How do I transcribe recordings? Here are some tips and resources for transcribing (and/or indexing) oral histories and other audio, video and film recordings, compiled from field experts. What is transcription? This section
- [The Toolkit: Building Community Engagement](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-toolkit-building-community-engagement) - The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: How do I build community participation in my digital project? Here are some ideas for building engagement with community members around your digital initiatives and organization's work. Who? Think about the community group
- [The Arctic Fox Valley](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-arctic-fox-valley) - Like my trip to La Crosse, I didn’t let a snowstorm keep me from a two-day trip to the Fox Valley region. The first day was clear and cold with a drive to the Arvid E Miller Memorial Library Museum, a repository for the Mohican Nation Stockbridge-Munsee Community. The next day, I conducted an inventory
- [Hmong Heritage Month 2021](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/hmong-heritage-month-2021) - In honor of Hmong Heritage Month 2021, we’re pleased to celebrate and share several Hmong collections shared by Recollection Wisconsin and our partner organizations. Hmong Heritage Month began in 2004 as an opportunity for Wisconsinites to reflect on the many sacrifices that the Hmong, or Hmoob, people have made in service to our country and
- [Sauk City Public Library, Sauk City Property Histories and Pionier Presse Translations Case Study](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/sauk-city-public-library-sauk-city-property-histories-and-pionier-presse-translations) - Myrtle Cushing was a passionate local historian who collected material and pictures documenting the history of Sauk City, Wisconsin. In 1992, her work was translated into the book, Lives Lived Here by Michael Goc. As part of Sauk City Public Library's (now the George Culver Community Library) digitization project, her book and very detailed notes
- [The Toolkit: Content Statements](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-toolkit-content-statements) - The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: Should my institution include a content warning or statement on our digital collection website? What is a content statement? A content statement is a message on your digital collection website or within your
- [Wisconsin Local History Projects and COVID-19](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wisconsin-local-history-projects-and-covid-19) - We are heartened to see so many libraries, archives and local history organizations collecting materials and stories that document this unique and historic moment, the impact of COVID-19 on lives and communities across Wisconsin. Each project has its own focus; some emphasize a specific geographic location or population while others concentrate on a format such
- [Digital Records Management at UW River Falls](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-records-management-at-uw-river-falls) - Hello! My name is Morgan Paavola and I am the Interim Head of the University Archives and Area Research Center, and Records Manager at the University of Wisconsin River Falls. This summer we have had the pleasure of hosting Kristen Whitson, an MLIS student at the UW Madison Information School. The University Archives at UWRF
- [Batter Up, Play Ball!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/batter-up-play-ball) - Many thanks to UW-Madison iSchool graduate student, Thalia Coombs, for her contribution to this exhibit! You may recall the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) from the 1992 film, A League of Their Own starring Geena Davis and Tom Hanks. Who will ever forget that "there's no crying in baseball!" But did you know the
- [Spring 2026 Digitization Initiative Cohort](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/spring-2026-digitization-initiative-cohort) - The Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative (RWDI) connects libraries, archives, and cultural organizations across the state with graduate student interns to digitize local history collections. Through these partnerships, RWDI helps ensure that photographs, yearbooks, published histories, and archival materials documenting Wisconsin communities are preserved and shared online for anyone to explore. We're thrilled to welcome our
- [We’ve Got the Power!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/weve-got-the-power) - Did you know that two major energy sources – hydro and solar power – have deep roots in Wisconsin history? It’s true. You might even say a current of energy-related ingenuity surged through our great state throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Read on if we’ve ignited your curiosity. Don’t go chasing waterfalls… Hydroelectric energy,
- [Four Historic Wisconsin Businesses](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/four-historic-wisconsin-businesses) - by Jacqueline Steel, UW-Madison iSchool In fall 2024, I worked collaboratively with the Eagle River Historical Society and the Nicolet Federated Library System staff to digitize and describe a collection of materials that document historical resorts and supper clubs primarily in northern Wisconsin. Working with ERHS director Vito Bortolotti and NFLS director Tracy Vreeke, I
- [Building the Community: NEDCC Symposium Keynote](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/building-the-community-nedcc-symposium-keynote) - Keynote presentation by Emily Pfotenhauer, WiLS, for a digital preservation symposium coordinated by the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), Boston, November 9, 2018.
- [Recollection Wisconsin Staff Share Projects Around the State (and Beyond!)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/recollection-wisconsin-staff-share-projects-around-the-state-and-beyond) - We’ve been on the road this fall, promoting Recollection Wisconsin and our projects that champion digital stewardship of local history resources –- Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) and Listening to War: Digitizing Wisconsin’s Wartime Oral Histories. Here’s a recap of our adventures! We rolled into La Crosse, Wisconsin on October 24th for the 2018 Wisconsin
- [Supporting Digital Projects in Southcentral Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/supporting-digital-projects-scls) - This post is contributed by Tamara Ramski, Digitization Specialist, South Central Library System (SCLS). The South Central Library System (SCLS) provides services to public libraries in seven counties in south-central Wisconsin. In 2017, SCLS began offering member libraries assistance with local history digitization projects through a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant funded by
- [New in Recollection Wisconsin, Winter 2026](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-in-recollection-wisconsin-winter-2026) - We are pleased to welcome Montello Public Library to Recollection Wisconsin, via Winnefox Library System. You can explore Montello High School’s excellently named Granite Hilltopper yearbooks from 1940 to 2018 in their digital collection.
- [Immersion Workshop Highlights](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/immersion-workshop-highlights) - Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative On January 15–16, we kicked off the Spring 2026 Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative with our Immersion Workshop, two days designed to get students and host site supervisors ready to hit the ground running. Day one we convened at the Fitchburg Public Library, with lots of coffee, conversation, and hands-on work. After
- [Dispatches from DPLAfest](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/dispatches-from-dplafest) - Post contributed by Gail Murray, Resources for Libraries & Lifelong Learning. Reposted from WI Libraries for Everyone, Division for Libraries & Technology, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. In late April, 350 librarians, archivists, educators, developers, and scholars convened at the Harold Washington Library in downtown Chicago for the 4th DPLAfest, a 2-day gathering of individuals
- [Mount Mary College Yearbooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/mount-mary-college-yearbooks) - Yearbooks from Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s oldest four-year women’s college, are now available through Recollection Wisconsin. This digital collection includes fully searchable issues of Arches, the college yearbook published from 1930-1970, and EXIT, a smaller publication focused on graduating seniors, published between 1971 and 1995. The digitization project was funded by the Mount Mary
- [Federal funding and local history: Impacts of IMLS in Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/imlsinwisconsin) - The federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Grants to States program is the largest source of federal funding for library services in the U.S. In Wisconsin, Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds from IMLS are administered by the Department of Public Instruction's Division for Libraries and Technology. Each year, DPI distributes nearly
- [Carson Gulley, Madison's first celebrity chef](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/carson-gulley-madisons-first-celebrity-chef) - The following is an excerpt from Madison Food: A History of Capital Cuisine by Nichole Fromm & JonMichael Rasmus (Arcadia, 2015), shared here with permission of the authors. This section from Chapter 5, “Soul Proprietors: African American Restaurant Owners and Chefs,” recounts the stellar career and civil rights struggles of Carson Gulley, the first celebrity
- [Creating The Washburn Expedition](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/creating-the-washburn-expedition) - Madison-based writer and cartoonist Jay Rath describes his serial work, The Washburn Expedition, as "the world's first Facebook novel." Updated twice each weekday, the story follows "the continuing adventures of Dr. Allenby, plucky Rita, young Reggie and Billie the Cowboy as they search the world for THRILLS and ROMANCE!" Jay uses film stills, old advertisements, and
- [Madison Central High School yearbooks, Dane County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/madison-central-high-school-yearbooks) - A digital collection of Madison Central High School yearbooks from the Dane County Historical Society has been added to the Recollection Wisconsin syllabus. Madison Central High School was Dane County’s oldest high school, opening as Madison High School in 1853 with 90 students and only one teacher. It became Madison Central High School in 1922
- [Ripon College basketball, Ripon College Archives](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ripon-college-basketball) - To mark the beginning of both the men’s and women’s basketball seasons in November, the Ripon College Archives has digitized selections from its basketball photograph collections. Intercollegiate basketball teams have competed at Ripon since at least 1907. The new digital collection showcases almost 200 photos of men's and women's intercollegiate and intramural basketball teams at
- [Wisconsin joins the Digital Public Library of America](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wisconsin-joins-dpla) - On August 28, the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) announced that Wisconsin is one of the newest additions to its growing roster of partners. DPLA brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives and museums and makes them freely available to the world. Since launching in April 2013, DPLA has aggregated over 11 million
- [Wisconsin goes live in DPLA!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wi-joins-dpla) - Recollection Wisconsin is celebrating today, as digital collections from our partners across the state are now available in the Digital Public Library of America! After three years of collaborative planning and development, Wisconsin’s libraries, archives, historical societies and museums are joining their peers around the country in providing free online access to their digital collections
- [DPLAFest](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/dplafest) - This spring, Hannah Stitzlein, a graduate student in the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) at UW-Madison, is working on an independent study project with Recollection Wisconsin to evaluate metadata in preparation for our participation in the Digital Public Library of America. Hannah is a distance student living in Ohio. In April, she headed
- [2013: Our year in review](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/2013review) - Recollection Wisconsin: 2013 by the numbers 130,956 items available through recollectionwisconsin.org 95,876 followers on our Tumblr blog 49,453 page views on the new recollectionwisconsin.org website 1,542 followers on Twitter 447 followers on Facebook 235 attendees at our conference sessions, workshops, and webinars 8 students supervised and mentored 1 national award received 2013 was an exciting year
- [Student spotlight](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/student-spotlight) - Recollection Wisconsin has been fortunate to have the opportunity to work with many UW-Madison students over the years. As the school year comes to a close, we wanted to highlight the work of three great students who have recently passed through our (virtual) doors. Jody Bembinster completed her required practicum as a distance student in
- [2014: Our year in review](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/2014review) - In 2014, Recollection Wisconsin focused on building connections both inside and outside the state. We reached out to K-12 educators with new materials for classroom use and surveyed libraries and museums in small communities across Wisconsin to collect feedback on their digitization needs and interests. We forged relationships in the region by helping to plan
- [Meet our Spring 2026 Cohort!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/meet-our-spring-2026-cohort) - We are excited to announce our next Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative cohort starting in January 2026. This initiative brings together Wisconsin content partners and information school graduate students to create new digital collections. Content partners will select collections to digitize, and student staff will handle digitization and metadata work as part of a paid practicum or independent
- [New in Recollection Wisconsin for Fall 2025](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-in-recollection-wisconsin-for-fall-2025) - We are excited to welcome three new content partners to Recollection Wisconsin this quarter! Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design's Guido Brink collection contains ephemera concerning the life and artwork of Midwest artist and educator Guido Peter Brink (1913-2002) in addition to the art collection endowed to the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design from
- [Seeking new content partners for spring and summer 2026 program](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/seeking-new-content-partners-for-spring-and-summer-2026-program) - Calling for all Wisconsin libraries, museums and local history organizations to participate in the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative! Hoping to digitize but need support scanning and creating metadata? We’re here to help! Recollection Wisconsin seeks new content partners/host sites to digitize local history collections starting in spring 2026. Trained graduate students will complete the work and will receive
- [Find us at WLA!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/find-us-at-wla) - Interested in learning more about the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative? We'll be at the 2025 WLA Annual Conference in Middleton, Wisconsin, October 28-31. This year’s theme, “Be the Change,” celebrates innovation and collaboration in libraries. That's our program in a nutshell! Our program pairs graduate students with libraries, museums and local history organizations to digitize
- [Developing and Managing Archives and Digital Library Internships](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/developing-and-managing-archives-and-digital-library-internships) - Thanks to the Sunshine State Digital Network and Keila Zayas-Ruiz for including our program in their recent webinar, Developing and Managing Archives and Digital Library Internships! Program coordinator, Vicki Tobias, shared her experience developing and coordinating graduate student internships for the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative alongside representatives from Florida State University Libraries, Florida International University
- [Outreach and Engagement: The Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/outreach-and-engagement-the-recollection-wisconsin-digitization-initiative) - The Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative was featured in the July issue of the Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) newsletter (Volume 53, Number 1). Thanks, MAC! Read all about it here: RWDI MAC newsletter July 2025Download For more information about the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative and our upcoming cohort, visit our website or contact vicki [at] wils.org.
- [Using Local History to Educate and Build Community ](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/using-local-history-to-educate-and-build-community) - by Kayla Hernandez, graduate student at the School of Information Studies at UW-Milwaukee This summer, I have been working at America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) to digitize several collections. The collection that I spent the most time working on is their brand new Beckum-Stapleton Little League collection. ABHM is working alongside a provider to house
- [The Guido Brink Collection at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-guido-brink-collection-at-the-milwaukee-institute-of-art-design-miad) - by Cecelia Loeschmann, UW-Milwaukee SOIS This summer, as part of the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative, I had the honor of working with the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) to begin digitizing and describing the Guido Brink collection. Guido Brink holds a special place in MIAD’s history as one of the founding members and the
- [The Frank O. King Collection: A Comical Commentary on Historical Events](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-frank-o-king-collection-a-comical-commentary-on-historical-events) - By Elisabeth Joy Primrose (UW Milwaukee SOIS) for Recollection Wisconsin This summer, Recollection Wisconsin partnered with the Tomah Area Historical Society and Museum (TAHSM) to digitize and provide online public access to materials from the Frank O. King Collection. Frank O. King (1883-1969) was an award-winning American cartoonist best known for creating the comic strip
- [Promoting Community Connections in Racine](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/promoting-community-connections-in-racine) - by McKenzie Weaver, graduate student UW-Milwaukee SOIS Over the summer, I’ve been working with the Racine Public Library’s local history librarian, Rebecca Leannah, to digitize their yearbook collection. Yearbooks from the local high schools, Racine High School, Washington Park High School, and William Horlick High School, are some of the most requested items from the
- [New in Recollection Wisconsin for Summer 2025](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-in-recollection-wisconsin-for-summer-2025) - This quarter, Recollection Wisconsin welcomed three new content partners and their unique collections to the consortium. Menomonee Falls Public Library’s digital collection, from the Maude Shunk Local History Room Archives located in the library, contains photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, government documents, and postcards from the 1850s until present day. The collection documents the people, industries,
- [Meet Team Racine Public Library!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/meet-team-racine-public-library) - The Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative summer cohort started their project work last month. This summer, we’re working with four new organziations and graduate students to digitize some very unique Wisconsin local history collections. We’re excited to work with Racine Public Library to digitize and provide online public access to materials from their Racine local history collection, specifically
- [Meet Team Tomah Historical Museum!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/meet-team-tomah-historical-museum) - The Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative summer cohort started their project work in June 2025. This summer, we’re working with four new organziations and graduate students to digitize some very unique Wisconsin local history collections. We’re excited to work with the Tomah Area Historical Society and Museum to digitize and provide online public access to materials from the Frank
- [Join the Recollection Wisconsin Steering Committee!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/join-the-recollection-wisconsin-steering-committee) - The Recollection Wisconsin Steering Committee is seeking nominations to fill two vacant seats on the Steering Committee....
- [Door County Library: A Digital Readiness Case Study](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/door-county-library-a-digital-readiness-case-study) - About Door County Library Active since 1866, community libraries throughout Door County, Wisconsin combined in 1953 to become branches of the Door County Library (DCL). Currently there are seven branches and a main library in Sturgeon Bay which also houses the Miller Art Museum and the local history and genealogy collection in the Laurie History
- [Wisconsin Library Association: The Past Through Tomorrow - Empowering Digital History at the Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wisconsin-library-association-the-past-through-tomorrow-empowering-digital-history-at-the-library) - In November 2021, Kristen Whitson (Recollection Wisconsin), Steven Rice (Door County Historical Museum) and Beth Renstrom (Sturgeon Bay Historical Society) presented at the Wisconsin Library Association conference. Session Description:"Recollection Wisconsin resources can prepare your library to respond to the digital heritage needs of your community. Join us to hear about Recollection Wisconsin’s NHPRC-funded Digital Readiness
- [Madison Trust for Historic Preservation: A Digital Readiness Case Study](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/madison-trust-for-historic-preservation-a-digital-readiness-case-study) - Since 1974, the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation (Madison Trust) has focused on advocacy for and education about Madison, Wisconsin’s historic places. The organization is managed by a Board and Administrative Office Manager Jennifer Gurske and has relied on a volunteer board of trustees and community volunteers invested in local history preservation. Digitization project beginnings
- [Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal Programs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/franklin-delano-roosevelts-new-deal-programs) - Guest curator, Joe Hermolin, is the Langlade County Historical Society president (a Recollection Wisconsin content partner) and Steering Committee member. Hermolin worked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for many years in the Department of Biomolecular Chemistry in the Medical School. In retirement, he moved to rural Langlade County and developed an interest in the region’s
- [Interview with Dana Gerber-Margie](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/interview-with-dana-gerber-margie) - For the past year, Digital Archives Assistant Dana Gerber-Margie worked with WiLS and Recollection Wisconsin on the NEH-funded project, Listening to War: Uncovering Wisconsin’s Wartime Oral Histories to identify, inventory, and plan for the digitization and preservation of hidden, at-risk audiovisual collections across Wisconsin. This year-long planning project sought out oral history collections that capture
- [Bon Appétit, Wisconsin Foodies! Part One: Savory Dishes](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/bon-appetit-part-one) - Some of our favorite Wisconsin food traditions owe their origin to our state’s Indigenous and immigrant communities. Relying on oral tradition, beloved recipe books, local ingredients and a little ingenuity, generations of cooks created, transformed, and passed down these beloved dishes, often shared at ceremonial or holiday gatherings, community meals or local eateries. Over time,
- [Where We Get Our Food](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/where-we-get-our-food) - Guest curator, Joe Hermolin, is the Langlade County Historical Society president (a Recollection Wisconsin content partner) and Steering Committee member. Hermolin worked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for many years in the Department of Biomolecular Chemistry in the Medical School. In retirement, he moved to rural Langlade County and developed an interest in the region’s history. Indigenous
- [Curating Community Digital Collections: Final Cohort Update](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/curating-community-digital-collections-final-cohort-update) - Where has the time gone? It’s practically September and the Recollection Wisconsin consortium is winding down Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) and helping our year two (and final) cohort wrap up their digital preservation projects. (cue fireworks) Over the past two years, it’s been inspiring to witness the power of collaboration in practice and to support CCDC
- [WiLS interview: Vicki Tobias, Program Coordinator, Curating Community Digital Collections](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wils-interview-vicki-tobias) - Vicki Tobias, our coordinator for the IMLS-funded CCDC program, recently gave an interview to WiLS (Wisconsin Library Services), the 501(c)(3) member organization that manages the Recollection Wisconsin consortium. Read about her work with CCDC and with the iSchool at UW-Madison, her favorite podcasts, her forays into playing bass guitar, and her chihuahuas Peppi and Diego!
- [Veterans' stories from Green Bay and Two Rivers](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/veterans-stories-from-green-bay-and-two-rivers) - My trip to the Green Bay area covered the most institutions I’ve visited so far in a single trip: over two days, I worked at the UW Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center, in downtown Green Bay at the Neville Public Museum of Brown County, and then at the Lester Public Library in Two
- [Save the Date: Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference August 9-11](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/umdcc16) - The 2nd Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference (#UMDCC16) will take place August 9-11, 2016 at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa (Quad Cities). The UMDCC provides opportunities for digital collections creators and curators in the region and beyond to network, share best practices, participate in hands-on workshops, and learn from leaders in digital cultural heritage.
- [On the Road: Ashland and Three Lakes](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/on-the-road-ashland-and-three-lakes) - Last week I spent two days in the far north for training visits with the Ashland Historical Society Museum and the Demmer Memorial Library in Three Lakes. I was excited to see several inches of snow on the ground, since we haven't yet had any snowfall in Madison this season. My first stop was the
- [Jay "Ding" Darling Collection, Beloit College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/jay-ding-darling) - This month we added the Jay "Ding" Darling Collection from the Beloit College Archives to our search engine. Jay Norwood Darling, better known as "Ding," spent most of his career as an editorial cartoonist for the Des Moines Register and Leader. A dedicated conservationist, he also created the Federal Duck Stamp Program and, in 1936, founded the National Wildlife
- [Kewaunee Ships of War, Kewaunee Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/kewaunee-ships-of-war) - During World War II, Wisconsinites contributed to the war effort in many ways. Wisconsin's shipbuilding industry flourished in communities along the shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, where manufacturers such as the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company and Globe Shipbuilding of Superior built submarines, cargo ships, and other vessels for the United States military. In 1941,
- [Meet Team MIAD!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/meet-team-miad) - The Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative summer cohort started their project work this month. This summer, we’re working with four new organziations and graduate students to digitize some very unique Wisconsin local history collections. We’re excited to work with the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) to digitize and provide access to materials from the
- [Meet Team ABHM!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/meet-team-abhm) - The Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative summer cohort started their project work this month. This summer, we're working with four new organziations and graduate students to digitize some very unique Wisconsin local history collections. We’re excited to work with America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) in Milwaukee! Their project includes digitizing materials that document Milwaukee’s Beckum-Stapleton Little League,
- [Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative on the Road: Sharing Stories and Strategies](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/recollection-wisconsin-digitization-on-the-road-sharing-stories-and-strategies) - Spring was a busy and exciting season for the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative, as program participants showcased their work at two regional conferences. Their presentations emphasized both the technical and collaborative nature of digitization, while also highlighting the importance of community partnerships and cultural stewardship in preserving and providing access to Wisconsin’s rich history. Kierstin
- [New in Recollection Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-in-recollection-wisconsin-3) - We recently added some brand new digital collections to Recollection Wisconsin! Belleville Public Library’s collection focuses on the history of the French immigrant settlement in the Belleville/Montrose/Exeter area as they began arriving in the 1850s through the 1920s. The collection currently contains documents and postcards but will grow to include photos and other historical materials.
- [Meet our Summer 2025 Cohort](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/meet-our-summer-2025-cohort) - We are excited to announce our next Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative cohort starting in late May 2025. This initiative brings together Wisconsin content partners and information school graduate students to create new digital collections. Content partners will choose collections to digitize, and student staff will handle the digitization and metadata work as part of a paid practicum
- [Recollection Wisconsin Urges Continued Support for the Institute of Museum and Library Services](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/recollection-wisconsin-urges-continued-support-for-the-institute-of-museum-and-library-services) - President Trump issued an executive order on March 14, 2025, that would eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the only federal agency dedicated to supporting American museums and libraries. On March 31, 2025, all employees of the IMLS were placed on administrative leave, effectively shutting down the agency. Without IMLS, Wisconsin’s libraries,
- [Digitizing the Brooks Stevens Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digitizing-the-brooks-stevens-collection) - by Rebecca Silber, UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies As part of the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative, I was delighted to be paired up with the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) this spring, as a student participant. I hold a BFA and have a background in design, and so spending the semester focusing on digitizing, creating descriptive
- [Meet Our Spring 2025 Cohort!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/meet-our-spring-2025-cohort) - We are excited to announce our next Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative cohort starting in January 2025. This initiative brings together Wisconsin content partners and information school graduate students to create new digital collections. Content partners will choose collections to digitize, and student staff will handle the digitization and metadata work as part of a paid
- [Spring Cohort Begins Digitization Work](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/spring-cohort-begins-digitization-work) - Our Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative spring cohort commenced last week with a 3-hour virtual training event. Participants learned more about Recollection Wisconsin, the Digital Public Library of America and WiLS. Recollection Wisconsin staff presented key digitization best practices and shared knowledge, tools and resources to support students' scanning, metadata creation, folder- and file-naming and organization schemes, digital preservation, and creating project
- [Meet Team Menomonee Falls Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/meet-team-menomonee-falls-library) - We’re excited to work with Team Menomonee Falls Library as part of the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative! Founded in 1906, the Menomonee Falls Public Library encourages lifelong learning by providing materials, services, and programs to enrich our community’s educational, informational, and recreational needs. It also seeks to stimulate children’s appreciation for reading and interest in learning.
- [Meet Team Washington Island Museums](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/meet-team-washington-island-museums) - We are thrilled to be working with the Washington Island museums this spring as part of the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative! Their project includes photographing and digitizing materials held by the Jacobsens Museum, part of the Town of Washington Museums group. This includes boat models (schooners) built by Jens Jacobsen (1867-1952) in the late 1800s,
- [New in Recollection Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-in-recollection-wisconsin-2) - This quarter, we welcome the Eagle River Historical Society as our newest content partner! The Eagle River Historical Society / Craig Moore Research Library collection consists of several thousand images of the Eagle River area from approximately 1880 to 2000. A number of these images come from photographs taken by residents, tourists, and local photography
- [Recollection Wisconsin 2024 Year in Review](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/recollection-wisconsin-2024-year-in-review) - As we reflect on 2024, it’s clear that this year has been one of growth, collaboration, and forward momentum for Recollection Wisconsin. We’ve not only maintained our work but expanded into new and impactful initiatives. Together with the Recollection Wisconsin community, we’ve made strides toward preserving and sharing Wisconsin’s unique cultural heritage in innovative ways.
- [Meet Team Milwaukee Art Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/meet-team-milwaukee-art-museum) - We are thrilled to be working with the Milwaukee Art Museum this spring as part of the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative! Their project focuses on digitizing, creating descriptive information for and providing public access to materials from the Brooks Stevens Archive, one of several special Museum Collection archives acquired from the Stevens family in 1997.
- [Digital Curation With the Hoocąk Waaziija Haci Language Division (Ho-Chunk Nation)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-curation-with-the-hoocak-waaziija-haci-language-division-ho-chunk-nation) - by Kierstin Wagner, UW-Milwaukee SOIS This semester, I have had the pleasure of working with the Hoocąk Waaziija Haci Language Division (Ho-Chunk Nation) to organize, preserve, and provide access to decades of invaluable language-learning materials. My work with the language collections spanned three phases. The first phase involved inventorying and organizing the materials. Since 2017,
- [Digitizing a Community Newspaper: Tips, Tricks, and How to Make Meaning Out of Metadata](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digitizing-a-community-newspaper-tips-tricks-and-how-to-make-meaning-out-of-metadata) - by Julia Lalor, UW-Madison iSchool ('24) When I first set out to digitize copies of the community newspaper the Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter, I was somewhat skeptical of the impact that this project would have. I took the Edgerton Public Library at its word that digital copies of this newspaper would benefit researchers, but from the
- [Recollection Wisconsin 2023 Year in Review](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/recollection-wisconsin-2023-year-in-review) - This last year was a year of anticipation, hard work, and celebration for Recollection Wisconsin. We wrapped up the last leg of a strenuous, multi-year legislative advocacy process for state funding, briefly celebrated that funding success, and then buckled down for the work ahead. We restarted the gears of the Recollection Wisconsin machinery and, as
- [Meet Team Hoocąk Waaziija Haci (Ho-Chunk) Language Division!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/meet-team-hoocak-waaziija-haci-ho-chunk-language-division) - We are thrilled to be working with the Hoocąk Waaziija Haci (Ho-Chunk) Language Division in Tomah, Wisconsin as part of the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative. Their project includes organizing, digitizing, creating descriptive information and preserving their language learning materials, and hosting some materials in Mukurtu, (MOOK-oo-too), a grassroots project aiming to empower Indigenous communities to
- [The Toolkit: Thank You, Volunteers!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-toolkit-thank-you-volunteers) - The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: How can my organization more successfully engage and sustain a robust volunteer community? This month, we celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Week by recognizing how vital volunteers are to our Recollection Wisconsin content partners, many
- [Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center: A Digital Readiness Case Study](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/richard-i-bong-veterans-historical-center-a-digital-readiness-case-study) - Located in Superior, Wisconsin, the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center preserves and honors the memory of Major Richard I. (Dick) Bong and all veterans of World War II and subsequent conflicts, and provides educational resources for the Twin Ports area community and beyond. A native of Poplar, Wisconsin, Major Bong was known as America’s
- [Sharing Local History Resources: A Digital Readiness Case Study](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/sharing-local-history-resources-a-digital-readiness-case-study) - You digitized some of your favorite and most engaging materials from your local history collection – now what? Some local history organizations digitize collections to facilitate reference requests or reduce wear and tear on their oldest or most frequently handled materials. Others share images on their organization’s website or social media sites to generate community
- [Update: Planning (and Building!) a Statewide Digital Readiness Community of Practice](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/update-planning-and-building-a-statewide-digital-readiness-community-of-practice) - That’s a wrap on our planning project! Over the past six months, we collaborated closely with local history practitioners across Wisconsin to better understand their needs related to digital collections creation, management and preservation. 127 individuals representing over 90 different Wisconsin local history and historic preservation organizations responded to our survey in August 2019. Survey
- [NHPRC Funds “Building a Statewide Digital Readiness Community of Practice”](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/nhprc-funds-building-a-statewide-digital-readiness-community-of-practice) - We are thrilled to announce our implementation grant proposal – Building a Statewide Digital Readiness Community of Practice – was fully funded. This one-year project slated to begin later in 2020, builds on work completed through a 2019 National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) planning grant and will support “digital readiness” in small and
- [The Washburn Expedition](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-washburn-expedition) - Madison-based writer and cartoonist Jay Rath uses historic photos he finds online to create The Washburn Expedition, a serial novel he's presented on Facebook since 2009. This spring, we invited Jay to delve into Recollection Wisconsin's collections and create a new adventure for Dr. Allenby, Rita Rennebohm, young Reggie and Billie the Cowboy. In this segment,
- [Wisconsin memoirs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wisconsin-memoirs) - This post is contributed by Ally Hrkac, our current Material Culture Summer Service Learner. Ally recently completed her B.S. in Secondary Education at UW-Madison and is working with Recollection Wisconsin this summer to develop online exhibits and educational resources. This exhibit highlights multiple forms of memoirs written by Wisconsin residents. In viewing these accounts, we
- [The Toolkit: Digitizing Yearbooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-toolkit-digitizing-yearbooks) - The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: I’d like to digitize my community’s high school yearbooks, but I’m concerned about copyright, harmful content and privacy issues, especially if we add these to our online public collection. Who doesn’t love old
- [The Toolkit: Rights Statements](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-toolkit-rights-statements) - The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: My digital collection is a mix of public domain and in-copyright materials. How will my users know what they can and can’t use? Generally speaking, until recently there haven’t been widely used standards
- [Welsh in Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/welsh-in-wisconsin) - The earliest immigrants from Wales to Wisconsin arrived in 1840, with peak immigration between about 1850 and 1860. To read more about Welsh settlement in the state, see Phillips G. Davies, Welsh in Wisconsin (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2006). Tell everyone who inquires after us that we think the country will prove very agreeable to us.
- [Digitizing Milwaukee's Polonia at UWM Libraries](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digitizing-milwaukees-polonia) - The digital collections team at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries is in the midst of an ambitious project to digitize more than 25,000 glass plate negatives by Milwaukee photographer Roman Kwasniewski. From 1907-1947, Kwasniewski worked as a studio photographer in the Polish-American community on Milwaukee's south side, documenting social events such as First Communions, Confirmations, graduations,
- [Milwaukee Polonia, UW-Milwaukee](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/milwaukee-polonia-uw-milwaukee) - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries has launched an exciting (and enormous!) new digital collection -- Milwaukee Polonia: The Roman Kwasniewski Photographs -- now available for searching through Recollection Wisconsin. Roman Kwasniewski was a studio photographer in the Polish-American community on Milwaukee’s south side from 1907-1947. Using a unique rapid-capture system that we blogged about last year, UWM has
- [A Mission and a Vision for Recollection Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/a-mission-and-a-vision-for-recollection-wisconsin) - Recollection Wisconsin has been connecting cultural heritage institutions and their digital materials statewide since 2013, first as Wisconsin Heritage Online and then as Recollection Wisconsin. Although the consortium was founded on and has operated with the ideals of collaboration, service, and access, we've not had formal mission and vision statements in that time. One of
- [New in Recollection Wisconsin for Fall 2024](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-in-recollection-wisconsin-for-fall-2024) - This quarter, we welcomed two new content partners into the Recollection Wisconsin community! The Madison Trust for Historic Preservation Archives collection includes newsletters from the 70s through 2011 as well as Parade of Homes Plan Books from 1953 through 1990. The Milwaukee County Historical Society's digital collection documents the history of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County from the 1890s
- [Meet Team Eagle River Historical Society!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/meet-team-eagle-river-historical-society) - We are thrilled to be working with the Eagle River Historical Society and the Nicolet Federated Library System as part of the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative. This project focuses on digitizing and sharing materials that document historic resorts and supper clubs in the Eagle River, Wisconsin area including post cards, brochures, menus and matchbooks. This
- [Enhancing Digital Collections Stewardship Learning Group](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/enhancing-digital-collections-stewardship-learning-group) - Recollection Wisconsin invites you to join a FREE four-month learning group to learn the fundamentals of digital project planning, creating, and maintaining digital collections. In collaboration with WebJunction, participants will complete eight modules on digital collections stewardship and come together virtually every other week for four months to discuss concepts and projects. FREE!This program is
- [Meet Team Edgerton Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/meet-team-edgerton-public-library) - We’re thrilled to be working with the Edgerton Public Library as part of the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative. Their project involves digitizing some of the oldest print issues of the Edgerton Reporter and Edgerton Tobacco Reporter dating back to 1885. In addition to scanning and creating metadata for these issues, the project team will work
- [Add Some Wisconsin Flair to Your Next Online Meeting](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/add-some-wisconsin-flair-to-your-next-online-meeting) - Recollection Wisconsin is a treasure trove of images for any occasion, but next time you have to be on camera for an online call, select a virtual background to showcase your Wisconsin spirit! Transport yourself to the lovely Mitchell Park Domes (from Milwaukee Public Library) or to this stunning view of Grandad Bluff (from La
- [Pass the Peas, Please: Wisconsin's Canning History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/canning) - The story of commercial canning in Wisconsin turns out to be the story of the pea. The canning of beets, corn, cucumbers and other crops has been an important part of Wisconsin industry since the late 1800s. However, it was a native Pennsylvanian and his peas that started it all. The first commercial canning operation
- [Digitization Initiative Begins!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digitization-initiative-begins) - On September 4th, we kicked off the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative with a 3-hour virtual training session with students, host site supervisors and WiLS and Recollection Wisconsin staff. Over the course of the afternoon, participants learned more about Recollection Wisconsin, the Digital Public Library of America and WiLS. Recollection Wisconsin staff presented key digitization best
- [Meet the Fall Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative Cohort](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/meet-the-fall-recollection-wisconsin-digitization-initiative-cohort) - Meet our fall cohort! We are excited to announce the first Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative cohort starting in September 2024. This initiative brings together Wisconsin content partners and information school graduate students to create new digital collections. Content partners will choose collections to digitize, and student staff will handle the digitization and metadata work as
- [Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/celebrating-hispanic-heritage-month) - September 15 through October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month and we’re taking this opportunity to share several related history and archival resources!First, what’s up with the name? In recent years some members of Spanish-speaking populations of the United States have questioned the use of Hispanic to describe themselves. Latino, or sometimes the gender-inclusive Latinx, sometimes
- [New in Recollection Wisconsin, Spring 2024](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-in-recollection-wisconsin-spring-2024) - This quarter, we welcomed Monticello Public Library as Recollection Wisconsin’s newest content partner with their burgeoning collection of historical photos and documents. We also added new materials to Mount Mary University’s Digital Fashion Archives, including a retrospective on the development of the University’s Fashion program itself, which users can explore through images and documents.
- [The Toolkit: File Formats](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-toolkit-file-formats) - The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: JPEG, WAVE, MOV, PDF - what do they all mean? Which should we use for things we’re digitizing? Digital file formats quickly give way to alphabet soup: JPEG, WAVE, MOV, PDF…Here are several
- [The Toolkit: Inheriting a Digital Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-toolkit-inheriting-a-digital-project) - The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: Help! I inherited my organization's digitization project and I don't know where to start! Some of us have the luxury of building a digitization project or program from scratch. Others, though, take on
- [Our Digital Readiness Fairs are officially underway!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/our-digital-readiness-fairs-are-officially-underway) - On June 29, 2021, Appleton Public Library and their local history librarian, Katie Stilp, hosted our first of four summer events. Over 40 fair-goers enjoyed presentations from UW-Madison iSchool faculty Dorothea Salo who shared strategies for A/V preservation, Kitty Werner of the Oconto County Genealogical Society who talked about their newspaper digitization project, and Lawrence
- [Stories about Submarines](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/stories-about-submarines) - The Wisconsin Maritime Museum is yet another example of small staff museums doing big things to save its history. The museum is in a large space right off the Manitowoc River, off Lake Michigan. I had a lot to inventory, so unfortunately I had to bypass the exhibits and go straight to the archives. I
- [Recollection Wisconsin at Fall Conferences](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/fall-conferences) - Are you headed to the Wisconsin Library Association conference in La Crosse or the Local History-Historic Preservation conference in Elkhart Lake later this month? Say hi to the Recollection Wisconsin team! CCDC Project Coordinator Vicki Tobias and Recollection Wisconsin Program Manager Emily Pfotenhauer will be in the WLA Exhibit Hall, Booth 13, Wednesday and Thursday
- [Digital Readiness Fairs: That's a Wrap!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-fairs-thats-a-wrap) - The Digital Readiness Community of Practice has been an NHPRC-funded project at Recollection Wisconsin since 2019, and we’ve spent the past two years planning for, growing, learning about and implementing the statewide network of resources and practitioners. The Community of Practice and digital readiness efforts will continue to be a focus of Recollection Wisconsin, though
- [CCDC 2018: That's a Wrap!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-2018-thats-a-wrap) - It’s cliché, but true, I can’t believe how quickly this summer flew by! Our first Curating Community Digital Collections cohort just wrapped up their summer work. Well done, folks, well done. (Cue Pomp and Circumstance.) Let’s crunch a few CCDC numbers . . . 6 host sites and 8 host site supervisors 6 graduate students
- [Wisconsin farmers' markets](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wisconsin-farmers-markets) - This post is contributed by Ally Hrkac, our current Material Culture Summer Service Learner. Ally recently completed her B.S. in Secondary Education at UW-Madison and is working with Recollection Wisconsin this summer to develop online exhibits and educational resources. “This smell of the country gets me. I don’t wonder the farmer is held under the
- [Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/recollection-wisconsin-digitization-initiative) - We’re thrilled to announce a new initiative supporting Wisconsin local history organizations in their digitization work! The aptly-named Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative is a collaborative endeavor which brings together Wisconsin organizations with local history collections (public libraries, museums, archives, and local history or community organizations) and Wisconsin information school graduate students to digitize and publicly
- [Embarking on a New Chapter in Digital Cultural Heritage in Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/embarking-on-a-new-chapter-in-digital-cultural-heritage-in-wisconsin) - Since 2016, Recollection Wisconsin has proudly served as a hub for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), connecting users with a wealth of digital cultural heritage items. This collaboration allowed materials from Recollection Wisconsin to be seamlessly integrated into the national DPLA platform, expanding the accessibility of Wisconsin-based content to researchers far and wide.
- [East Troy Electric Railroad Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/east-troy-electric-railroad) - A new digital collection has zoomed in from East Troy, providing a history of electric railroads, streetcars and buses in southeastern Wisconsin. The East Troy Electric Railroad dates to 1907 as a branch of the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company (TMER&L Co.). Established in 1896, TMER&L operated the largest electric railway system in Wisconsin.
- [Organizing Oral Histories at the Bong Veterans Historical Center](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/organizing-oral-histories-at-the-bong-veterans-historical-center) - My name is Laura Vavrosky and I’m thrilled to be part of the Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) program this summer. After taking several classes in Library and Information Studies through the University of Wisconsin–Madison, I’m eager to apply my knowledge of metadata and information organization to a practical cause. The 3-day workshop all CCDC
- [Rapid Response Collecting and COVID-19](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/rapid-response-collecting-and-covid-19) - Over the past few weeks, it's been fascinating to watch the growth of community archiving efforts to document COVID-19 and its impact on our communities. There are a multiple local, regional and national efforts underway with new projects popping up every few days. Here are a few Wisconsin-based “rapid response collecting” activities: The Wisconsin Historical
- [Recollection Wisconsin Goes Fee-Free!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/recollection-wisconsin-goes-fee-free) - Recollection Wisconsin has made the significant decision to eliminate all onboarding fees, hosting fees, and harvesting fees for all incoming and current content partners. This move is a leap toward increased accessibility and showcases our commitment to fostering a collaborative and inclusive digital collections platform. The decision is also aligned with Recollection Wisconsin’s work in
- [History of UW-Stout](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/history-of-uw-stout) - A new digital collection from the University of Wisconsin-Stout Archives looks at more than a century of vocational education in northwest Wisconsin. In 1891, James Huff Stout, heir to the Knapp, Stout and Company lumber fortune, established a school in his home city of Menomonie. Inspired by the industrial arts education movement of its day,
- [Badger Highways, Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/badger-highways) - Wisconsin's highways are an unremarkable part of everyday life for most of us in 2013, but in the 1920s, the expanding state and county highway system was exciting news, enough to warrant a monthly magazine devoted to the subject. Badger Highways, published by the Wisconsin Highway Commission from 1925-1929, included information about state and federal
- [Recollection Wisconsin Seeks Two New Members for Steering Committee](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/recollection-wisconsin-seeks-two-new-members-for-steering-committee) - Nominations are no longer being accepted for the 2024 term. Please look for the next opportunity to participate in the Recollection Wisconsin Steering Committee in November of 2024. The Recollection Wisconsin Steering Committee is seeking nominations to fill two vacant seats. The Committee helps shape the priorities and future directions of the Recollection Wisconsin statewide
- [A Superior Lake to Match a Superior Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/a-superior-lake-to-match-a-superior-collection) - At the end of August, I had the pleasure of making the long drive north from Madison to Superior, Wisconsin to visit the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center. I had never been so far north in Wisconsin before, so this was a real treat – and I had a great time, meeting quite lovely
- [Updates to the Digital Readiness Toolkit](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/updates-to-the-digital-readiness-toolkit) - Recollection Wisconsin has enhanced and expanded its Digital Readiness Toolkit to incorporate guidance and best practices on digitizing and sharing audiovisual content. These enhancements, a result of valuable contributions from the Community Archiving Workshop, include a comprehensive digital readiness self-assessment tool for your organization, a framework for prioritizing A/V materials for digitization, and in-depth guidance
- [Film Inspection and Digitization Kits Available to Borrow](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/film-inspection-and-digitization-kits-available-to-borrow) - Recollection Wisconsin, in partnership with the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, can loan a Film Inspection Kit for examining 8mm or 16mm film and a Wolverine Film Scanner for reformatting 8mm and Super8 film. Funding for the kits was provided by a grant to the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) from the Institute
- [Portraits of Wisconsin workers](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/portraits-of-wisconsin-workers) - The thirteen photographs in this slideshow depict farm laborers, factory employees, and other Wisconsin workers from the 1890s to the 1970s. Looking at these images, we wonder: what was on the minds of these now-anonymous men and women as they posed for the photographer? Were they proud of their work, their uniforms, their employers? Were
- [Brodhead Historical Society Online Image Archive](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/brodhead-historical-society-online-image-archive) - Recollection Wisconsin recently added the Brodhead Historical Society's online image archive to our search engine. This digital collection features more than 1300 photographs from Brodhead and neighboring communities in south central Wisconsin. Pat Weeden, president of the Brodhead Historical Society, provided more details about this ongoing project in an email interview. When did you start
- [Recently Added: Collections from Antigo, Brodhead and Middleton](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/recently-added-collections-from-antigo-brodhead-and-middleton) - We add new content to the Recollection Wisconsin search engine every month. Some of the most recent additions include postcards from the Middleton Area Historical Society, photographs from the Brodhead Historical Society, and Civil War letters from the Langlade County Historical Society. Civil War letters of Francis Deleglise, Langlade County Historical Society Francis Deleglise, founder
- [Madison Public Library's Living History Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/living-history-project) - Recently added to Recollection Wisconsin and DPLA, the Living History Project is a multifaceted community history initiative launched by the Madison Public Library earlier this year. The goal of the project is to work with community members and organizations to gather and preserve Madison history. Within the larger project are several collections made up of
- [State Funding Awarded to Recollection Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/state-funding-awarded-to-recollection-wisconsin) - Thanks to the hard work of our Governing Board, Steering Committee, and other Content Partners, Recollection Wisconsin has been awarded a dedicated funding line in the Department of Public Instruction’s 2023-2025 Wisconsin state budget. We are so grateful to everyone who took the time to participate in the advocacy process, from writing letters and meeting
- [Emily Pfotenhauer Wins Society of American Archivists Spotlight Award](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/emily-pfotenhauer-wins-society-of-american-archivists-spotlight-award) - Former Recollection Wisconsin Program Manager Emily Pfotenhauer has been selected to receive the 2023 Society of American Archivists Spotlight Award. This award, given only once a year, recognizes the contributions of individuals who work for the good of the archives profession and of archival collections, and whose work would not typically receive public recognition. Emily’s
- [Movie-struck Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/movie-struck-wisconsin) - Guest curator Katherine Quanz received her PhD from the Department of English and Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her work on sound design history and aboriginal media has appeared in Velvet Light Trap and the anthology Cinephemera. She is currently completing her Masters of Library and Information Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Despite
- [Major Richard Bong (1920-1945)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/major-richard-bong-1920-1945) - This digital exhibit is provided by guest curator Autumn Wolter, intern at the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior, Wisconsin. View the full digital collection at https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/BVHC. Richard (Dick) Ira Bong, America's Ace of Aces, was born on September 24, 1920 in Superior, Wisconsin to Carl and Dora Bong. He was their firstborn
- [New in Recollection Wisconsin for Spring 2023](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-in-recollection-wisconsin-for-spring-2023) - This quarter, we added some new collections to Recollection Wisconsin and DPLA! Winnefox Library System premiered the Princeton Newspaper Collection from Princeton Public Library and Berlin High School Mascoutin Yearbooks from Berlin Public Library. Milwaukee Public Library debuted the Irene Bishop Goggans Collection. Bishop Googans documented the African-American community in Milwaukee and across the country in
- [Digitizing at-risk media with RADD](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/radd) - Recovering Analog and Digital Data (RADD), in the Laboratory Library at the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) at UW-Madison, is a collection of equipment for digitizing audio cassettes, VHS tapes, floppy disks and other outmoded media formats. The oral histories, musical performances, and other unique information stored on these types of materials are
- [The Toolkit: Can We Digitize and Put These Images Online? Should We?](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-toolkit-february2020) - The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: Our library has a collection of photographs that shows the people, places, and events of our town. The earliest photographs are probably from the early 1900s and the most recent date to the 1970s.
- [Celebrating our first year in DPLA](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/celebrating-our-first-year-in-dpla) - In August, Recollection Wisconsin celebrated its first anniversary as a partner in the Digital Public Library of America. As the state’s DPLA Service Hub, Recollection Wisconsin shares almost half a million digital cultural heritage resources from dozens of Wisconsin libraries, archives, and museums on this national stage. Here’s a look at what your DPLA Service
- [New in Recollection Wisconsin for Fall 2022](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-in-recollection-wisconsin-for-fall-2022) - This quarter, we added collections from four Winnefox Library System libraries: Brandon Public Library, Caestecker Public Library (Green Lake), Patterson Memorial Library (Wild Rose), and Spillman Public Library (North Fond Du Lac). These collections contain historical newspapers, high school yearbooks, scrapbooks, family histories, and more. We also added a collection from our new content partners at Carthage College,
- [The Toolkit: Recording Oral Histories](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-toolkit-recording-oral-histories) - The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: How do I record audio for my oral history project? Capturing the audio stories of community members’ lives is an excellent way to document and preserve history through the eyes of ordinary people.
- [McDonald's in Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/mcdonalds) - Guest curator Nichole Fromm is a librarian who blogs about restaurants at Eating in Madison A to Z with her husband JM. She was also the proud recipient in 1986 of a Golden Arches Good Taste Award. For better or worse, McDonald’s has built up a place in American hearts and minds. This exhibit uncovers
- [Preserving Local History Resources in Appleton](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/preserving-local-history-resources-in-appleton) - My name is Rebekah Bain, and I am a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. I am in the coordinated MA History and Master of Library Information Science programs, with an archives concentration. I am very honored to be a part of the Curating Community Digital Collections 2019 cohort, and I have been enjoying
- [On the River: Oral Histories from La Crosse](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/on-the-river-oral-histories-from-la-crosse) - Right after a snowstorm hit us on Saturday, I drove through subzero temperatures to spend a few days in La Crosse! La Crosse is a college town with a vibrant downtown right on the Mississippi River. I spent a full day at the La Crosse Public Library and the next day in the UW La
- [Finding Relevance in the Past](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/finding-relevancy-in-the-past) - by Laura Jones, UW-Milwaukee SOIS My name is Laura Jones, and as a budding Library and Information Science graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, I was itching to get my hands on some materials in order to practice the skills and theories I’ve learned throughout my coursework. After the cancellation of several summer internships
- [Recollection Wisconsin 2022 Year in Review](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/recollection-wisconsin-2022-year-in-review) - In 2022, Recollection Wisconsin prioritized planning for long-term financial sustainability. We know the services and expertise provided by Recollection Wisconsin are important to our individual partners and the state's cultural heritage community and that without them, fewer organizations would be able to share their community's history with the world. This year, in order to provide
- [Recollection Wisconsin Steering Committee Nominations Open](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/recollection-wisconsin-steering-committee-nominations-open-2022) - Nominations are no longer being accepted for the 2023 term. Please look for the next opportunity to participate in the Recollection Wisconsin Steering Committee in November of 2023. The Recollection Wisconsin Steering Committee is seeking nominations to fill four seats. The Committee helps shape the priorities and future directions of the Recollection Wisconsin statewide digital
- [Planning for a Digital Readiness Community of Practice - Community Conversations](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/planning-for-a-digital-readiness-community-of-practice-community-conversations) - The Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), Recollection Wisconsin, and Wisconsin Library Services (WiLS) are collaborating on a grant-funded project, Planning a Digital Readiness Community of Practice, to assess local historical societies’ "digital readiness." They are working together to learn more about Wisconsin local history affiliates’ capacity to digitize and share their historic collections online. Throughout September, we
- [The art of rosemaling](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/rosemaling) - This exhibit was created in collaboration with Emily Nelson, an undergraduate History major at UW-Madison graduating in May 2015. She's volunteering with Recollection Wisconsin in order to gain experience in historical writing and social media. Emily is a native of Ladysmith, Wisconsin and her Norwegian heritage inspired her to explore the art of rosemaling. Rosemaling
- [LGBTQ+ Collections](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/lgbtq-collections) - As Pride Month 2021 comes to a close, we're glad to share several LGBTQ+-related resources from Recollection Wisconsin and our partner organizations. As Governor Tony Evers shared in the order designating Pride Month: "The tradition of recognizing June as Pride Month began to commemorate the concerted campaign toward a liberation movement against repressive intervention in
- [Seven Questions with Joe Hermolin, Langlade County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/seven-questions-with-joe-hermolin-langlade-county-historical-society) - Meet Joe Hermolin, one of our most active and ardent Recollection Wisconsin community members! Along with shepherding many digitization projects as a content partner and president of the Langlade County Historical Society, Joe has served on the Recollection Wisconsin Steering Committee and currently participates in our Education Advisory Committee and Digital Readiness Community of Practice.
- [Oral Histories: Common Questions](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/oral-histories-common-questions) - In February I had the opportunity to speak at a meeting held by the Milwaukee County Genealogical Society to present Recollection Wisconsin as a resource for researchers and to explain our current Listening to War project. I opened the presentation with a story about my most vivid memories of Iraq and how this image helps
- [Recollection Wisconsin Discourages the Use of Prison Labor for Digitization](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/recollection-wisconsin-discourages-the-use-of-prison-labor-for-digitization) - The Recollection Wisconsin Steering Committee offers the following recommendation on the use of prison labor for digitization. Background Libraries and cultural organizations are sometimes contacted by state corrections departments such as Oklahoma Correctional Industries (OCI) offering digitization services, particularly for high school yearbooks. These services, typically free or nearly so, may appeal to organizations that
- [Celebrating 120 Years of Providing Access to Wisconsin State Documents](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/celebrating-120-years-of-providing-access-to-wisconsin-state-documents) - Guest post by Abbigail Swanton, Division for Libraries and Technology, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Reposted from Wisconsin Libraries for Everyone. The National Archives is celebrating October as American Archives Month to highlight how history is made accessible to you. Wisconsin is celebrating, too! For nearly 120 years, Wisconsin libraries have been providing access to Wisconsin state
- [Recollection Wisconsin Helps Bring Local History to Students](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/recollection-wisconsin-helps-bring-local-history-to-students) - Recollection Wisconsin has launched a refreshed website for educators teaching state and local history in K12 classrooms! Recollection Wisconsin provides free online access to over half a million historical photos, maps, documents, and narratives that tell the stories of Wisconsin's people and places. The site helps teachers find these valuable primary sources quickly and easily,
- [Historical Images: Elections in Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/historical-images-elections-in-wisconsin) - Elections, in something close to their current form, have been taking place in Wisconsin since 1825. The first known state vote took place in Green Bay in 1825, when only white male citizens over the age of 21 were allowed to vote. After Wisconsin was made a territory in 1836, one of the legislature’s first
- [Preserving At-Risk 16mm Acetate Films: A Case Study of the Milwaukee Public Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/preserving-at-risk-16mm-acetate-films-a-case-study-of-the-milwaukee-public-museum) - This post was contributed by Bronwen Maseman, a Madison-based librarian, educator, consultant, and researcher. This case study is part of the Community Archiving Workshop Regional Training of Trainers program, funded by an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant (RE-85-18-0039-18) in partnership with the Association of Moving Image
- [Preserving At-Risk Acetate Reel to Reel Audio Recordings: A Case Study of the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Special Collections and Archives](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/preserving-at-risk-acetate-reel-to-reel-audio-recordings-a-case-study-of-the-university-of-wisconsin-eau-claire-special-collections-and-archives) - This post was contributed by Bronwen Maseman, a Madison-based librarian, educator, consultant, and researcher. This case study is part of the Community Archiving Workshop Regional Training of Trainers program, funded by an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant (RE-85-18-0039-18) in partnership with the Association of Moving Image
- [Preserving At-Risk Audiocassettes: A Case Study of the History Museum at the Castle in Appleton, Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/preserving-at-risk-audiocassettes-a-case-study-of-the-history-museum-at-the-castle-in-appleton-wisconsin) - This post was contributed by Bronwen Maseman, a Madison-based librarian, educator, consultant, and researcher. This case study is part of the Community Archiving Workshop Regional Training of Trainers program, funded by an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant (RE-85-18-0039-18) in partnership with the Association of Moving Image
- [The Toolkit: You asked, let's chat!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-toolkit-you-asked-lets-chat) - The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear. This month, we’re featuring a few frequently-asked questions posed by local history practitioners during our summer Digital Readiness Fairs. Any advice for getting started with a digitization project?How should we create metadata to allow a better
- [Wisconsin Fish Stories](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wisconsin-fish-stories) - Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote, “In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” But in much of Wisconsin, once the lakes thaw, some thoughts turn to sport fishing, particularly on the first Saturday in May which signals the opening of fishing season. Watch this online video exhibit on the history of recreational fishing
- [Ice cream parlors](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ice-cream-parlors) - This exhibit was created in collaboration with Emily Nelson, who completed her B.A. in History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Spring 2015. Several necessary establishments occupied Wisconsin towns at the turn of the 20th century: a blacksmith shop, a tavern, a bank, a drugstore. Other locations were novelty treasures, such as the ice cream
- [Octagon houses](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/octagon-houses) - This exhibit was created in collaboration with Emily Nelson, an undergraduate History major at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A tour of 19th century Wisconsin architecture brings up lumber baron’s mansions, dairy barns, and . . . octagon houses? It was once a craze among the stylish to structure their homes in the shape we now
- [The Good Stuff: Wisconsin’s sausage heritage](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/sausage) - Guest curator Terese Allen has written scores of articles and books about Wisconsin’s food traditions and culinary culture, including the award-winning titles The Flavor of Wisconsin and The Flavor of Wisconsin for Kids. She is food columnist for Edible Madison and Edible Door magazines, vice-president of the Culinary History Enthusiasts of Wisconsin (CHEW) and a
- [Lumber camp life](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/lumber-camp-life) - Logging has been a vital part of Wisconsin’s history since before statehood, and the life of the lumberjack remains a vivid element of Wisconsin folklore. Establishing a Logging Camp Most logging crews in Wisconsin operated only in the winter, taking advantage of hard, frozen ground to haul heavy loads of logs on sleighs rather than
- [Digital Preservation Advocacy](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-preservation-advocacy) - Earlier this month, Emily Pfotenhauer and Vicki Tobias delivered a WiLSWorldShorts webinar focused on Digital Preservation Advocacy. Webinar slides, recording and a list of supporting resources are all available on the WiLS website. This hour-long webinar introduced participants to key concepts related in digital preservation work for libraries, archives and cultural heritage institutions. Topics included
- [New in Recollection Wisconsin, Spring 2022](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-in-recollection-wisconsin-spring-2022) - This quarter, we added four new collections from both new and existing content partners! Milwaukee Public Library has been working hard on these two new collections: The CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) Arts Program Photographs collection includes photographs taken between February and May of 1976 in Milwaukee, documenting life during the 1976 Bicentennial. After
- [Winding Rivers Library System digitization project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wrls) - Slides and handout from the Winding Rivers Library System's Exploring Cultural History Online kickoff event, La Crosse, Wisconsin, June 19, 2014. The WRLS ECHO project is an LSTA-funded initiative to digitize photographs and postcards held by member libraries and local historical societies in the region. Handout (pdf)
- [NEH Grant Will Digitize, Share Wartime Oral Histories](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/neh-grant-will-digitize-share-wartime-oral-histories) - The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently announced $18.6 million in grants for 199 humanities projects across the country. “These new NEH-supported projects deepen our understanding and appreciation of the traditions, values, and historical figures who have shaped our country,” said NEH Senior Deputy Chairman Jon Parrish Peede. We are thrilled to share the
- [Best Practices for Managing Born Digital Content](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/borndigital) - Webinar presented for WiLS by Emily Pfotenhauer, Recollection Wisconsin Program Manager, June 24, 2014. Based on information from the Demystifying Born Digital reports from OCLC Research and the Digital Preservation Education and Outreach (DPOE) curriculum developed by the Library of Congress. Handout - Resource links
- [IMLS-funded digital preservation initiative launches](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/imls-grant-launches) - Curating Community Digital Collections, our two-year IMLS-funded digital preservation initiative, officially launched on December 1. Recollection Wisconsin is thrilled to welcome Vicki Tobias as the Program Coordinator for this new project. In this role, Vicki will work with staff at small and mid-sized libraries and cultural heritage organizations, graduate students in the library schools at
- [Call for applications: Curating Community Digital Collections](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/applications-ccdc) - Do you have a digital preservation project on your list of new year’s resolutions? Are you starting to acquire digital materials without a plan to adequately deal with them? Perhaps you already have a few preservation projects in mind but don’t know where to start? Fear not! Recollection Wisconsin and WiLS are excited to offer
- [Announcing the 2018 CCDC Cohort](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/announcing-2018-ccdc-cohort) - We are excited to announce the participants in our first IMLS-funded Curating Community Digital Collections cohort! This summer, each team -- made up of a supervisor at a host library or museum, a library school grad student and a professional mentor -- will work together to plan for improved management and organization of the host
- [CCDC Workshop Wrapup](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/workshop-wrap-up) - On May 22, Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) participants convened at the Lowell Center in Madison, Wisconsin for an intensive training experience - an immersion workshop focused on digital preservation. The event also functioned as the official launch of CCDC’s year one summer projects. Over three days, the workshop offered a range of presentations and
- [CCDC Student Reflections: Barron County](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-student-reflections-barron-county) - Hello! I’m Jodi Kiffmeyer, a student at UW-Madison’s iSchool. Last semester I rediscovered a passion for family and community history while taking a genealogy course at the iSchool. Unfortunately, I also discovered that it’s not always easy to find historical information online when your family comes from rural northern Wisconsin, as mine does. That’s one
- [CCDC Student Reflections: Menominee Nation](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-student-reflections-menominee-nation) - My name is Steve Moray and I am a graduate student at UW-Milwaukee in a coordinated MA History/MLIS degree program concentrating in archives. I am working with the College of Menominee Nation Library in Keshena, Wisconsin to help preserve their digital collections. It’s still early on in the process, but so far I have organized
- [CCDC Student Reflections: Manitowoc County](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-student-reflections-manitowoc-county) - My name is Cameron Fontaine and I am a UW-Milwaukee MLIS student working with the Manitowoc County Historical Society through the CCDC program. The Manitowoc County Historical Society is a gorgeous site comprised of historic buildings and artifacts which serve as a sort of living museum, the Pinecrest Historical Village. They host scores of school
- [CCDC Student Reflections: Outagamie Waupaca Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-student-reflections-outagamie-waupaca-library-system) - Hello, I’m Kristina Warner! I am starting my second year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison at the Information School specializing in archival management. This summer I am working with the Outagamie Waupaca Library System in Appleton, Wisconsin. The biggest projects that we are working on are creating a digital preservation policy, workflow and data management
- [CCDC Student Reflections: La Crosse Public Library Archives](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-student-reflections-la-crosse-public-library-archives) - Hi! I’m Jessica Behrman, and I am about to enter my second year at the Information School at UW-Madison. My practicum this summer is with the La Crosse Public Library Archives, where I'm working on creating workflows for digital photograph ingestion, migrating existing content into new digital collections, and implementing quality control measures going forward.
- [CCDC Student Reflections: Rock County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-student-reflections-rock-county) - I’m Sarah Lange, and I’ll begin my second year at UW-Madison’s iSchool in the fall. This summer I’m working at Rock County Historical Society in Janesville, Wisconsin. I’m developing a digital preservation policy as well as oral history best practices and a workflow for managing the society’s Story Squad collection, which includes story cards, short
- [CCDC: Vicki on the Road, Part 1](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-vicki-road-part-1) - This month, I am thrilled to be visiting each of our Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) host sites for an extended check-in with each team. It’s been almost two months since our immersion workshop in Madison where we introduced CCDC participants to basic digital preservation concepts and best practices, tools and workflows for preservation tasks,
- [WiLSWorld 2018: Innovations in Digital Projects](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wilsworld-2018) - This session for WiLSWorld 2018, July 24 in Madison, highlighted new tools and innovative approaches Wisconsin libraries are using to create, share and preserve digital collections. Presenters: Vicki Tobias, Program Coordinator, Curating Community Digital Collections, WiLS Ann Hanlon, Head, Digital Collections and Initiatives and DH Lab, UW-Milwaukee Randi Ramsden, Program Coordinator, National Digital Newspaper Program,
- [CCDC Host Reflections: College of Menominee Nation](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-host-reflections-college-of-menominee-nation) - This is Bethany Huse with the College of Menominee Nation. I am one of the Librarians here at the College, and one of my duties is that I spend half of my days in the Special Collections. Over this summer, we’ve had the privilege to participate in the CCDC project and have Steve Moray, a
- [CCDC: Vicki on the Road, Part 2](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-vicki-on-the-road-part-2) - Earlier this month, I wrapped up my “Tour de Year One CCDC Host Sites” with visits to Rock County Historical Society in Janesville, Outagamie Waupaca Library System in Appleton and College of Menominee Nation in Keshena. While all of our teams have similar broad goals for their summer projects -- develop digital preservation workflows, best
- [CCDC Host Reflections: Manitowoc County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-host-reflections-manitowoc-county-historical-society) - Hello from the Manitowoc County Historical Society! My name is Amy Meyer and I am the Executive Director of the museum. As an institution whose collection is managed and organized by volunteers, the knowledge gained through participating in the CCDC program has been remarkable. The work with the CCDC has already transformed the way our
- [CCDC Host Reflections: Outagamie Waupaca Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-host-reflections-outagamie-waupaca-library-system) - Hello! I’m Amanda Lee, the OWLSnet Manager with the Outagamie Waupaca Library System. OWLSnet is a library consortium consisting of 29 libraries (with 49 service locations) in the Outagamie Waupaca Library System and the Nicolet Federated Library System. One of my main goals as the OWLSnet Manager is to provide services for this consortium, including
- [CCDC Host Reflections: Rock County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-host-reflections-rock-county) - Greetings from the Rock County Historical Society in Janesville, WI! My name is Kristin Arnold, and I am the archives manager at RCHS, where I work alongside dedicated volunteers and innovative staff members. One of the most exciting projects happening at RCHS is the Story Squad program, led by our insightful and gracious History Teller,
- [CCDC Host Reflections: Barron County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-host-reflections-barron-county-historical-society) - Hello from the Barron County Historical Society! I’m Tamera Schutz, the Executive Director. Three years ago, we started digitizing our photos, with vague thoughts of sharing them online and providing another way to ensure their preservation. The digitization of these photographs raised a lot of questions, as we did not know where to go from
- [CCDC Host Reflections: La Crosse Public Library Archives](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-host-reflections-la-crosse-public-library) - Hello from La Crosse! I’m Scott Brouwer, Archivist at the La Crosse Public Library Archives. In my position, I enjoy the many things in which I am involved, including collection processing, website management, digital content management, research assistance, media consulting, local history reference, photo scanning, metadata creation, and extensive local history programming. I would encourage
- [Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference 2018](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/umdcc2018) - Registration is now open for the Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference (#UMDCC18) at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota November 8-9. Join your digital collections colleagues for 1.5 days of networking, sharing of best practices, and hands-on learning. View conference schedule Register The Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference features: Keynote speaker Abigail Potter (Digital
- [CCDC: Collaborating to Build Digital Capacity](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-collaborating-to-build-digital-capacity) - In this panel, participating students and site supervisors shared their experiences and lessons learned from the Summer 2018 IMLS-funded Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) cohort. Presented for the Wisconsin Library Association annual meeting in La Crosse, October 25, 2018.
- [CCDC Lightning Talk: Creating Community Through Digital Futures](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-lightning-talk-creating-community-through-digital-futures) - Curating Community Digital Collections lightning talk by Vicki Tobias, WiLS, for Creating Community Through Digital Futures, a symposium hosted by the Art Institute of Chicago, November 1, 2018.
- [CCDC 2019: Apply to Participate!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc2019apply) - We're now accepting applications from Wisconsin libraries, archives, museums and historical societies to participate in Year Two of our IMLS-funded Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) program. In 2019, CCDC will support a cohort of ten teams. Each team will include a graduate student from the iSchool at UW-Madison or the School of Information Studies at
- [CCDC 2018 Resources: Student-created Policies, Workflows and Documentation](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-2018-resources-student-created-policies-workflows-and-documentation) - Last summer, our CCDC students worked with their host sites and mentors to develop digital preservation policies, workflows, and other documentation. Selected examples of these documents are now available on the CCDC website for other cultural heritage organizations to review and adapt for their own digital stewardship work. CCDC 2018 Resources/Student-created policies, workflows and other documents: https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digipres/2018resources
- [Curating Community Digital Collections - Points of Pride 2018](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/curating-community-digital-collections-points-of-pride-2018) - Our sincere thanks to everyone who supported and/or participated in Curating Community Digital Collections in 2018. We are grateful for your time and continued support of digital stewardship work throughout Wisconsin (and beyond!). Thank you CCDC students Jodi Kiffmeyer, Jessica Behrman, Sarah Lange, Kristina Warner, Cameron Fontaine and Steve Moray; mentors Stacey Erdman, Jesse Henderson,
- [Announcing the 2019 CCDC Host Sites](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/announcing-2019-ccdc-host-sites) - Congratulations to the following Wisconsin cultural heritage institutions and information agencies selected to participate in Year Two of the IMLS-funded Curating Community Digital Collections program: Appleton Public Library, AppletonCollege of Menominee Nation, KeshenaDoor County Library, Sturgeon BayDouglas County Historical Society, SuperiorLake Mills Aztalan Historical Society, Lake MillsMcMillan Memorial Library / South Wood County Historical Museum,
- [Six Questions with Amy Rudersdorf](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/six-questions-with-amy-rudersdorf) - We’ve had the good fortune to collaborate with AVP Senior Consultant, Amy Rudersdorf, for the past year. Amy has been instrumental in helping us develop the workshop and training content for Curating Community Digital Collections, as well as providing advice on a range of questions related to digital preservation and serving as a “mentor to our mentors.” As such, we thought you might like to know a bit more about Amy, her background and experience, and thoughts about digital stewardship work.
- [New Partnership to Support AV Archiving](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-partnership-to-support-av-archiving) - Recollection Wisconsin is excited to announce that we are an anchor site for the Community Archiving Workshop Regional Training of Trainers (TOT) program. The Community Archiving Workshop (CAW) is a project of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) designed to address the challenge of obsolescence in audiovisual collections. First launched in 2010, the CAW model is designed to help community
- [Students Share CCDC at Midwest Archives Conference](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/students-share-ccdc-at-midwest-archives-conference) - This April, first-year Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) cohort and UW Madison iSchool graduate students Jessica Behrman and Kristina Warner presented a poster at the Midwest Archives Conference in Detroit, Michigan on “Curating Community Digital Collections: Digital Preservation at Small Cultural Heritage Institutions.”
- [CCDC Projects Begin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-projects-begin) - And…we’re off and running! Curating Community Digital Collections 2019 participants kicked off their summer projects at our digital preservation immersion workshop in Madison, Wisconsin, May 21-23.
- [CCDC Student Georgia Brown Begins Work at Door County Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-student-georgia-brown-begins-work-at-door-county-library) - My name is Georgia Brown, and I am about to start my final year of the coordinated History and Library Science Master’s program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. I am so excited to be working with Door County Library in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin this summer on their digital preservation practices. Studying history really highlights how
- [Digital Preservation Work at Door County Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-preservation-work-at-door-county-library) - My name is Laura Kayacan, the Adult Services Librarian at Door County Library in Sturgeon Bay, and I am one of the Supervisors for this summer’s CCDC program. I look forward to Georgia Brown’s help with the digital preservation of our files, and to the guidance from Mentor Sarah Titus, who is nearby at St.
- [Reflections from Appleton Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/reflections-from-appleton-public-library) - by Katie Stilp, Appleton Public Library Local History Librarian Appleton Public Library is fortunate to be a host site for the Curating Community Digital Collections program this summer. When I began the position of Local History Librarian a year ago, I inherited hundreds of photographs – both digitized and born digital. Our digitized photographs include
- [Digital Preservation Workflows and Policies at UW River Falls](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-preservation-workflows-and-policies-at-uw-river-falls) - Hello, everyone - I'm Kristen Whitson, an MLIS student at the UW Madison Information School. I'm glad, proud, excited, nervous, challenged, and thrilled to be a part of this year's CCDC cohort! This summer, I'm working with the UW River Falls University Archives and their University Archivist Morgan Paavola. Morgan has been in her role
- [McMillan Memorial Library and South Wood County Museum join forces to preserve digital content](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/mcmillan-memorial-library-and-south-wood-county-museum-join-forces-to-preserve-digital-content) - This is Colin McGinnis the Adult Services Manager at the McMillan Memorial Library. Our director, Andy Barnett, in coordination with the South Wood County Museum got us involved in this year's Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) project. I have enjoyed the process of getting reacquainted with digital collections. I had metadata for digital collections course
- [Digital Preservation at Douglas County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-preservation-at-douglas-county-historical-society) - My name is Taylor Kelley, and this fall I’ll be beginning my final semester at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Information Studies, where I’m working on an MLIS degree with an archives concentration. I’m really excited to be participating in the Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) program this summer and see it as an
- [Preserving Veterans’ Stories Through Digital Preservation](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/preserving-veterans-stories-through-digital-preservation) - My name is Briana Fiandt and I’m the Curator of Collections at the Richard I Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior, WI. I am the site supervisor for this summer’s CCDC program and I’m so excited about the project that we have undertaken. The Bong Historical Center is a museum dedicated to telling the stories
- [Meinholz, CCDC and Digital Preservation in Wisconsin Rapids](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/meinholz-ccdc-and-digital-preservation-in-wisconsin-rapids) - My name is Dale Meinholz, an MLIS student at the UW Milwaukee School of Information Studies. This summer I am working in Wisconsin Rapids with the McMillan Memorial Library and the South Wood County Historical Museum. I am excited to be a part of Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC). My first few visits to Wisconsin
- [History + Technology Inspires Career Path for Winter](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/history-technology-inspires-career-path-for-winter) - By Jon Winter, Business Manager for the Douglas County Historical Society in Superior and site supervisor for CCDC Team DCHS. Jon is a lifelong resident of Douglas County with family roots in the County dating back to the early 1890s. Curating digital collections brings together under one roof two of my greatest interests: history and computers. I
- [Digital Preservation Continues at RCHS](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-preservation-continues-at-rchs) - Hello from Janesville! My name is Kristin Arnold and I am the archives manager at the Rock County Historical Society (RCHS). This summer, we have the pleasure of hosting Sam Steingraeber from the School of Information Studies at UW-Milwaukee. We are so fortunate to be able to participate in CCDC for a second time. Last
- [RW receives NEH planning grant](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/rw-neh-planning-grant) - The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $21.1 million in grants for 248 humanities projects. We are thrilled to share the news that among these is a $40,000 planning grant to WiLS, project manager for Recollection Wisconsin. Our NEH-funded project will identify, assess, and plan for the digitization of oral history interview recordings
- [Introducing our NEH project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/introducing-our-neh-project) - In March, we announced the news that we received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), as part of the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources category, to identify, inventory, and plan for the digitization and preservation of hidden, at-risk audiovisual collections across Wisconsin. More than a month into the grant, it’s time to
- [Finding Oral Histories in Eau Claire](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/finding-oral-histories-in-eau-claire) - As a proud new team member of Recollection Wisconsin, I’ll be writing a series of dispatches from my travels all over Wisconsin to find oral history collections at libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and other memory organizations. I have this rare opportunity thanks to our NEH grant-funded yearlong project, Listening to War: Uncovering Wisconsin’s Wartime
- [Brisk Autumn Trip to Stevens Point](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/brisk-autumn-trip-to-stevens-point) - The end of October doesn’t just mean colorful leaves, warmer blankets and Halloween -- it also means the Wisconsin Local History and Historic Preservation Conference! This year’s conference was held in Wisconsin Dells, which is kind of like one big pool party for families (it was a little too chilly for conference participants to partake
- [Central Wisconsin: Four Organizations in Three Days](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/central-wisconsin-four-organizations-in-three-days) - For my last post I talked about my trip to Stevens Point in central Wisconsin. Well, I must’ve liked it so much that I went back again to the center of the state. This time, I visited four institutions in four towns: Neillsville, Marshfield, Wausau, and Medford. The first leg of my trip was to
- [Listening to War: Directory and oral history tip sheets](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/listening-to-war-directory-and-oral-history-tip-sheets) - An important product of our yearlong NEH-funded planning project was a directory of the audiovisual collections we identified around the state. The directory, Wisconsin’s Wartime Oral Histories, is now available online. It includes descriptions of 35 A/V collections from 25 Wisconsin libraries, archives and museums. These oral history collections document Wisconsin residents' experiences of World
- [NEH-Funded Project "Listening To War" Moves Forward](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/listening-to-war-moves-forward) - This spring, we shared the news of a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support our project Listening To War: Digitizing Wisconsin's Wartime Histories. This initiative builds on the NEH-funded planning work we undertook in 2016-2017 to identify veterans' oral history interviews in small and mid-sized libraries and historical societies
- [NEH-funded "Listening to War" project: reflections and update](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/listening-to-war-update) - This is a photo of me taken on February 10th, 2003, in Kitzingen Germany, Larson Barracks. I am 21 years old, it is two days before my 22nd birthday, and I have been married for two months. I will arrive at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait on my 22nd birthday at 1am. I
- [A Day to Remember](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/a-day-to-remember) - Veterans Day means a lot to me. It's a day I take to reflect on my past and remember my experiences in the Army. When I look back, the main things I recall are the people I served with, the connections we made, and our experiences together. The past loses its meaning when we forget
- [Digitization and Public Libraries: SCLS Workshop](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digitization-and-public-libraries-scls-workshop) - Workshop presented for South Central Library System directors meeting, Sun Prairie, November 15, 2018.
- [Digitization Kits for Public Libraries](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digitization-kits-for-public-libraries) - We are excited to announce a new effort, in collaboration with South Central Library System, to increase the capacity of public libraries across the state to digitize their local history resources. SCLS will distribute digitization kits to Wisconsin's public library systems, which can then loan out the kits to their member libraries starting this fall.
- [Public library systems attend training workshops for digitization kits](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digitization-kit-workshops) - In July, 22 staff from 12 regional public library systems around the state participated in training workshops presented by South Central Library System and Recollection Wisconsin. The workshops, held in Madison at SCLS headquarters and in Keshena at the College of Menominee Nation Library, introduced system staff to the mobile digitization kits that were distributed
- [Content Partner Case Studies](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/content-partner-case-studies) - Curious to know how Recollection Wisconsin content partners accomplish their digitization work? We asked a few of our content partners to reflect on and share their experiences creating digital collections from local history resources. These case studies include digitization best practices, lessons learned and impact stories from local history organizations in Wisconsin. Railroad and Logging
- [The Toolkit: Digitizing Indigenous Materials](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-toolkit-digitizing-indigenous-materials) - The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: Our institution has a collection of materials that are related to Indigenous communities of Wisconsin. We are interested in digitizing these materials. How should we go about this? As mentioned in the February
- [The Toolkit: Buying a Scanner](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-toolkit-buying-a-scanner) - The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: What scanner should I buy? Unfortunately, there is no quick or easy answer. It really depends on individual project goals (and budget constraints!). The options available can be overwhelming – flatbed scanners, overhead
- [Midwest Archives Conference: Building a Statewide Digital Readiness Community of Practice](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/midwest-archives-conference-building-a-statewide-digital-readiness-community-of-practice) - Earlier this spring, WiLS staff Vicki Tobias and Kristen Whitson presented at the Midwest Archives Conference annual conference on the Digital Readiness Community of Practice. Joined by Launch Committee members Robin Untz (Lake Mills Aztalan Historical Society) and Janean Mollett Van Beckum (History Center of Washington County), the group shared the project origins and goals,
- [Digital Readiness Fairs: Registration Now Open!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-fairs-registration-now-open) - Join Recollection Wisconsin and local history practitioners this summer at one of four virtual Digital Readiness Fairs! These free, half-day events offer a mix of activities and learning opportunities, and showcase digitization work from around the state. Hear from local history practitioners and how they have tackled digitization projects, including challenges, successes, and lessons learned
- [Missed the first three Digital Readiness Fairs?](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/missed-the-first-three-digital-readiness-fairs) - It's not too late to jump on the bandwagon! Join us for the last Digital Readiness Fair of the summer on August 18, 2021 from 1 - 4:30 pm (CST). Hosted by the Kenosha County Historical Society, this fair will include guest presenter sessions on the Jewish Museum of Milwaukee's video oral history program and
- [The Toolkit: Wrapping Up a Digitization Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-toolkit-wrapping-up-a-digitization-project) - The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: My digitization project will end later this year. What do I need to do to wrap up this work? All good things must come to an end, right? Whether grant-funded or supported by
- [Preserving Digital Interactive Exhibits at the Neville Public Museum of Brown County](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/preserving-digital-interactive-exhibits-at-the-neville-public-museum-of-brown-county) - My name is Stephanie Surach and I’m earning my MLIS at UW-Milwaukee's School of Information Studies. I’m very excited to be part of the CDCC 2019 cohort and to have the opportunity to work on digital preservation at the Neville Public Museum of Brown County in Green Bay. The Neville Public Museum has an extensive
- [Building a Strong Foundation for Digital Collection Development at Lake Mills Aztalan Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/building-a-strong-foundation-for-digital-collection-development-at-lake-mills-aztalan-historical-society) - by Robin Untz and Claire Flood for Curating Community Digital Collections Part I: Our Organization - The Lake Mills Aztalan Historical Societyby Robin Untz, President, Lake Mills Aztalan Historical Society When the Lake Mills Aztalan Historical Society was established in 1941, its purpose was to preserve the town’s original brick church (1852) by transforming it
- [Preserving Exhibit Digital Interactives at the Neville Public Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/preserving-exhibit-digital-interactives-at-the-neville-public-museum) - by Louise Pfotenhauer, Collections Manager, Neville Public Museum Mary Ann Brevort and a handful of military companions set out for what was to be a short trip home across the Fox River after attending a dance at military Fort Howard. Instead, the group spent hours braving wind, rain, and cold as you can see in
- [New Opportunities](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-opportunities) - by Sam Steingraeber, CCDC student One of the advantages of writing this post near the end of my tenure in the Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) program is that I can reflect on the experience as a whole, from the workshop in Madison, to the weekly trips to the Rock County Historical Society in Janseville,
- [Training the Trainers Community Archiving Workshop - Building Audiovisual Preservation Capacity in Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/community-archiving-workshop) - What is a Community Archiving Workshop? Recollection Wisconsin is one of three national anchor sites for the Community Archiving Workshop Regional Training of Trainers (TOT) program, supported by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The Community Archiving Workshop (CAW) is a project of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) designed
- [Back for more digital preservation adventures in 2019!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/back-for-more-digital-preservation-adventures-in-2019) - My name is Bethany Huse, Librarian and Head of Special Collections at the College of Menominee Nation (CMN) S. Verna Fowler Academic Library/Menominee Public Library. I had the honor of participating in Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) for a second time in 2019. Our Library is unique in that it is a tribal, academic, and
- [Thank You to Recollection Wisconsin Partners](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/thank-you-to-recollection-wisconsin-partners) - To honor the contributions to Recollection Wisconsin from our partners across the state, enjoy this slideshow with collection highlights from each of the 244 organizations - from Albany to Woodville - that make Recollection Wisconsin possible.
- [The Toolkit: Three Resolutions for Better File Management in 2020](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/toolkit-january2020) - Recollection Wisconsin’s Digital Projects Toolkit brings together guidelines, tools and resources for creating, managing and sharing digital collections. In this monthly series, we’ll address some common questions and concerns we often hear from libraries, archives and museums tackling digital work. Have a question you’d like answered? Contact us! To kick things off, we’ll take a
- [CCDC...That's All Folks!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccdc-thats-all-folks) - Thank you for your support of Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC). This two-year, IMLS-funded program completed in December 2019. In the coming months, we will make available our program curriculum and our process for creating CCDC. Congratulations and thank you to all the students, mentors and host sites who participated in CCDC in 2018 and
- [Meet Kristen Whitson!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/meet-kristen-whitson) - Building a Community of Practice for Digital Readiness in Wisconsin is supported by an Archives Collaboratives Implementation Grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the granting arm of the National Archives. Read the full implementation grant narrative.
- [Grand hotels](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/grand-hotels) - This gallery offers a closer look at some of the state's grandest hotels and resorts built between the 1870s and the 1940s. Some, like Oakton Springs in Pewaukee, have long since vanished; others, like the Northernaire of Three Lakes and Milwaukee's Pfister, continue to serve visitors from around the country. Use the arrows or thumbnails
- [Deer hunting](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/deer-hunting) - Our guest curator for this post is Beth A. Zinsli, a member of a large deer hunting clan from central Wisconsin. She was raised on venison, Colby cheese, and other typical Wisconsin fare. She is also a Ph.D. candidate in art history and visual culture studies at UW-Madison. Hunting whitetail deer is an annual fall ritual
- [Stories from city directories](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/stories-from-city-directories) - This exhibit highlights a selection of advertisements from Wisconsin city directories published between 1857 and 1930. City directories are commercially-published compilations of the names, addresses and professions of people in a particular town or city. The earliest formal city directories published in the United States document major urban areas on the East Coast and date
- [Irish in Southern Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/irish-in-southern-wisconsin) - While some immigrants from Ireland trickled into what is now Wisconsin as early as the 1600s to take part in the fur trade, the biggest influx of Irish settlers in the state took place in the first half of the 19th century. Though Irish families are documented in town histories and census reports throughout Wisconsin,
- [Exploring effigy mounds](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/exploring-effigy-mounds) - This exhibit was created in collaboration with Emily Nelson, an undergraduate History major at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. More than a thousand years ago, Indigenous people in southern Wisconsin sculpted the landscape into the shapes of the creatures they saw around them. These mounds in the earth continue to watch over the people of the
- [Milwaukee's struggle for civil rights](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/civil-rights-milwaukee) - This feature is curated by Mark Speltz, senior historian for American Girl. Mark began exploring the photographic record of the civil rights movement in Milwaukee as a graduate student in public history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In the six years since, he has interviewed participants, politicians, and photographers and remains ever hopeful new photographs and
- [Home economics education](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/home-economics) - Our guest curator for this exhibit is Erika Janik, an award-winning writer, historian, and the producer and editor of Wisconsin Life on Wisconsin Public Radio. Erika is the author of Odd Wisconsin; A Short History of Wisconsin; Madison: A History of a Model City, and Apple: A Global History. Originally from Redmond, Washington, she now knows more
- [Wisconsin department stores](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wisconsin-department-stores) - Our guest curator for this exhibit is Michael Leannah, author of the new book Something for Everyone: Memories of Lauerman Brothers Department Store from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. Leannah has had a long career in the public schools of Milwaukee and Sheboygan and also works as an author and editor. He grew up in Marinette, Wisconsin
- [Recreation on and in Wisconsin's lakes](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wisconsin-lakes) - This post is contributed by Material Culture Summer Service Learner Ally Hrkac. Ally recently completed her B.S. in Secondary Education at UW-Madison and worked with Recollection Wisconsin in Summer 2013 to develop online exhibits and educational resources. “A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable.” -- William Wordsworth Wisconsin is a land of
- [The Coldest Crop: Ice Harvesting in Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ice-harvesting) - We take for granted freezers filled with ice cream, meats and more, and refrigerators packed with milk, eggs and leftovers. But it really wasn’t that long ago that keeping food and drink cold (and safe) for transport was a difficult business. States like Wisconsin -- with cold temperatures, plenty of fresh water and breweries with
- [Bicycling in the 19th century](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/bicycling) - The guest curators for this post are Nick Hoffman and Jesse Gant. Nick is the curator at the History Museum at the Castle in Appleton and Jesse is a Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Together they are writing an introductory book-length history of 19th century bicycling culture in Wisconsin for the Wisconsin Historical
- [Bandolier bags](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/bandolier-bags) - The beaded bandolier bag is a distinctive form created by American Indians in the Great Lakes and Plains regions beginning in the mid-19th century. These large, vividly colored and intricately beaded bags were a central element of men's formal dress for dances and ceremonies. Wearing two bags at once, as Charlie Congray does in the image
- [Wisconsin's Civil War monuments](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/civil-war-monuments) - In 2012, guest curator Melinda Roberts set out to visit every one of the state's 532 Wisconsin Historical Society "official" historical markers. Since then, she has photographed and researched more than 5,500 Wisconsin historical markers and sites, museums, lighthouses, and veterans memorials, all documented on her website, Wisconsin Historical Markers (now defunct). Read more about
- [National Archives Grant Will Support Strategic Planning](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/national-archives-grant) - Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero has awarded $3,492,445 for 35 projects in 21 states to improve public access to historical records. WiLS (Wisconsin Library Services), the program manager for the Recollection Wisconsin consortium, was awarded $22,547 from the National Archives grants program to undertake a community-driven strategic planning process intended to build
- [New Recollection Wisconsin Collections](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-recollection-wisconsin-collections) - The most recent ingest of the Recollection Wisconsin collection into the Digital Public Library of American is complete and we've surpassed 600,000 historical photos, documents, and other resources in the collection! Among the additions this quarter are these two new collections: Listening to War brings together first-person accounts of veterans and civilians in Wisconsin during
- [New in Recollection Wisconsin, Summer 2021](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-in-recollection-wisconsin) - Last month, we welcomed four new collections from three of our current content partners: UW-Milwaukee's Desi Wisconsin, oral histories from some of the first South Asian immigrants to Wisconsin on their journey to develop a distinct identity. Two magazines from UW-Oshkosh: Context (1976-2001) was dedicated to sharing the important research and creative activities of the University’s faculty and academic
- [Family Tree Magazine Names Recollection Wisconsin Among Best State Genealogy Websites](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/family-tree-magazine-names-recollection-wisconsin-among-best-state-genealogy-websites-2021) - Recollection Wisconsin has been named to Family Tree Magazine’s list of Best State Websites for Genealogy for 2021. This list recognizes the best go-to online resources for genealogy researchers in each state, Washington, D.C., and US territories including Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and Guam. We are honored to be named among these excellent organizations supporting genealogists across the
- [Wisconsin Historical Society Local History and Historic Preservation Conference: Digital Readiness Workshop](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wisconsin-historical-society-local-history-and-historic-preservation-conference-digital-readiness-workshop) - In October 2021, Emily Pfotenhauer and Kristen Whitson, both of Recollection Wisconsin, presented a Digital Readiness workshop at the Wisconsin Historical Society Local History and Historic Preservation conference. The 90-minute workshop guided participants through the first steps in Recollection Wisconsin's Digital Project Planning worksheet (see the handout we used here). Building a Community of Practice
- [Survey for Social Studies Teachers Grades 3-5](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/survey-for-social-studies-teachers-grades-3-5) - This survey is now closed. Thank you for sharing your input with us! We are looking for input from social studies educators who are teaching grades 3-5! A big part of what we do at Recollection Wisconsin is provide primary resources and educational materials for Wisconsin history teachers and classrooms - and we'd like to
- [The Toolkit: Working With Vendors](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-toolkit-working-with-vendors) - The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: How do I work with a vendor? Here are some resources to help you begin to formulate the questions you need to ask a vendor and the information that you need to be
- [Ready to toss those old phone books? Think again!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ready-to-toss-those-old-phone-books-think-again) - Phone books from the mid-century are crucial data sources for a new toolkit offered by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR): “Through the Cracks: Preventing Vapor Intrusion Exposure in Wisconsin and Keeping Children and Families Safe.” Libraries have a unique opportunity to support public health and
- [Digital Projects on the Move - How to use Digitization Kits for your Next Digitization Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-projects-on-the-move) - Wisconsin libraries and local history organizations are building digital collections through community engagement and circulating toolkits. These kits provide equipment, training documentation and support to digitize or create born-digital resources. Local practitioners gain hands-on experience curating digital resources without incurring the expense of building and maintaining a digitization lab. Introducing mobile or circulating toolkits through
- [Curating Indigenous Digital Collections](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/curating-indigenous-digital-collections) - Presented at the Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference, November 5, 2020. Native Nations are charged with collecting, preserving, and sharing language and culture. Tribal cultural institutions not only preserve the belongings, stories, and words of their communities, they also protect tribal identity, knowledge, and sovereignty. Whereas most digital archives initiatives champion open access to content
- [Recollection Wisconsin 2021 Year in Review](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/recollection-wisconsin-2021-year-in-review) - 2021 was a year in which Wisconsin’s cultural heritage organizations continued to grapple with fewer resources, fewer staff hours, and less certainty about what the next day would look like. And, pandemic variants, staffing shortages, and budget reductions will continue to disrupt service for the foreseeable future. Yet, the work of Recollection Wisconsin and our
- [National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) Digital Preservation Conference: Building a Digital Readiness Community of Practice](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/national-digital-stewardship-alliance-ndsa-digital-preservation-conference-building-a-digital-readiness-community-of-practice) - On November 4, 2021, Kristen Whitson (WiLS Digital Projects Specialist) and Kristen Leffelman (Wisconsin Historical Society Southeast Outreach Coordinator), along with Jennifer Gurske (Madison Trust for Historic Preservation) and Dustin Mack (The History Museum at the Castle) presented virtually at the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA). The group shared the project origins and goals, project
- [Rolling Out the Digital Readiness Levels](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/rolling-out-the-digital-readiness-levels) - Over the past few months, we have been busy gathering feedback from experts and colleagues and honing the Digital Readiness Levels. The Levels are a structured roadmap for organizations to plan and sustainably grow their digital initiatives in order to improve access to collections, and a foundational resource for the Digital Readiness Community of Practice.
- [Save the Date for Virtual Digital Readiness Fairs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/save-the-date-for-digital-readiness-fairs) - As the spring winds gust across the Wisconsin landscape, so too are we moving forward with the wind at our backs. This month in the Digital Readiness Community of Practice, we have several exciting developments to share. Digital fairs: Planning continues for our summer Digital Readiness Fairs. These free, half-day events will be held virtually
- [New in Recollection Wisconsin, Fall 2021](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-in-recollection-wisconsin-fall-2021) - This month, Recollection Wisconsin added three new collections from new content partners and a new collection from a current content partner! The Verona Public Library Local History digitization project is a growing selection of digital materials culled from the physical archives of its Local History Collection which currently includes photographs, city directories, and community writing
- [Chippewa Valley Museum: A Digital Readiness Case Study](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/chippewa-valley-museum-a-digital-readiness-case-study) - The Chippewa Valley Museum in Eau Claire, Wisconsin connects people to the community and inspires curiosity by collecting, preserving and sharing the region’s historical and cultural resources. Significant collections document the history of farming and farm life, Gillette Safety Tire Factory, business and industry in Eau Claire including logging history, folk art, education, and the
- [Digital Readiness Fair Hosts: In Their Own Words](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-fair-hosts-in-their-own-words) - Throughout Summer 2021, we facilitated four Digital Readiness Fairs where local history practitioners and invited guest experts shared their experiences working with digital projects including their challenges and successes, “best practices” and a few lessons learned along the way. Did you miss the Digital Readiness Fairs? We’ve got you covered! Content from all four Digital
- [Eau Claire Area Historical Photographs, Chippewa Valley Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/eau-claire-area-historical-photographs-chippewa-valley-museum) - More than 1,100 photographs depicting Eau Claire and the surrounding area are now available online from the Chippewa Valley Museum archives. The Museum has partnered with the L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire to provide access to this wide-ranging collection, which offers a look at businesses, industry, recreation, and daily life in
- [Recollection Wisconsin Steering Committee Nominations Open](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/recollection-wisconsin-steering-committee-nominations-open-2020) - The Recollection Wisconsin Steering Committee is seeking nominations to fill three vacant seats. The Committee helps shape the priorities and future directions of the Recollection Wisconsin statewide digital consortium. The Committee is made up of librarians, archivists, curators, educators and other digital practitioners representing a broad range of cultural heritage institutions throughout Wisconsin. We are
- [Lake Mills Aztalan Historical Society: A Digital Readiness Case Study](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/lake-mills-aztalan-historical-society-a-digital-readiness-case-study) - Located in Lake Mills, Wisconsin, the Lake Mills Aztalan Historical Society (the Museum) is dedicated to preserving and sharing local pioneer and ancient Native American history. The Museum site opened in 1942, a year after the Society was founded. The Museum comprises seven pioneer buildings including the 1852 Baptist Church which houses the Society’s artifact
- [Digital readiness and mid-point musings](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-and-mid-point-musings) - The Building a Statewide Digital Readiness Community of Practice project has passed its halfway point! We’ve submitted our mid-year report to the NHPRC, and it feels like a good time to reflect on our accomplishments, challenges, and observations. When we proposed the project in early 2020, the original plan called for the Launch Committee and
- [“It’s all digital readiness, isn’t it?”](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/its-all-digital-readiness-isnt-it) - In past conversations and presentations, we’ve talked about the origins of this project and how it relates to other Recollection Wisconsin endeavors. Digital readiness and community building work is in our program DNA and, really, provides the foundation for so much of our work to digitize, share and preserve Wisconsin local history. Through our Digital
- [2017: Our Year in Review](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/2017-our-year-in-review) - What did Recollection Wisconsin get up to in 2017? A lot! Read all about it in our 2017 Year in Review.
- [WAAL and WAPL Conferences 2018](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/waal-and-wapl-conferences-2018) - WAAL conference, April 27, 2018, Oshkosh Presented by Josh Hickman, Beloit College and Emily Pfotenhauer, WiLS. WAPL conference, May 4, 2018, Pewaukee Presented by Gail Murray, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and Emily Pfotenhauer, WiLS.
- [Meet Our New Search!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/newsearch) - This week we launched a new and improved central search interface for Recollection Wisconsin digital collections. Through this new search, you can find state and local history resources as well as materials from across the country and around the world, all from the collections of dozens of Wisconsin libraries, archives, historical societies and museums. This
- [Help Us Assess and Plan for Digital Readiness in Wisconsin!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/help-us-assess-and-plan-for-digital-readiness-in-wisconsin) - Do you work with a local historical society, historic preservation group, or other organization affiliated with the Wisconsin Historical Society? Help us assess and plan for digital readiness in Wisconsin, and develop a plan for a Digital Readiness Community of Practice that will increase your capacity to create, manage and share digitized historical resources. Please
- [We're Hiring a Digital Readiness Program Assistant!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/were-hiring-a-digital-readiness-program-assistant) - Join our team! We’re looking for a program assistant to work with Recollection Wisconsin program staff at WiLS to support a one-year, National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)-funded initiative, Building a Wisconsin Digital Readiness Community of Practice. This collaborative, community-driven program will foster the skills and infrastructure necessary for digital readiness in small and
- [The Toolkit: Four Simple Metadata Improvements](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-toolkit-four-simple-metadata-improvements) - The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: What quick or simple improvements can I make to my metadata to help users find what they need? Recollection Wisconsin is the collective effort of 240 libraries, historical societies, museums, and other historical
- [Railroad and Logging Photos, Langlade County Historical Society Case Study](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/railroad-and-logging-photos-langlade-county-historical-society) - The mission of the Langlade County Historical Society (LCHS) is to preserve, advance, and disseminate knowledge of the history of Langlade County. This is done by the maintenance of a museum, local historical artifacts and archives, and historic sites on the museum campus. In addition, the LCHS prepares programs and publications dealing with local history.
- [Stoughton Public Library, Kvamme Local History Collection Case Study](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/case-study-stoughton-public-library-kvamme-local-history-collection) - The Kvamme Local History Collection at the Stoughton Public Library was established in 1984 by Lois Kvamme as a memorial to her husband, Torstein O. Kvamme, a former principal, band and history teacher at the local high school. Through gifts and donations, the collection has grown over the years. The digital collection includes Stoughton city
- [Project Launch: Building A Digital Readiness Community of Practice](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/project-launch-building-a-digital-readiness-community-of-practice) - Building a Digital Readiness Community of Practice is officially underway! Our intrepid Launch Committee, Recollection Wisconsin and Wisconsin Historical Society staff met on October 30 for two hours of (re)introductions, robust discussion, brainstorming and community-building. What’s this project all about? In short, we’re building a collaborative, community-driven program to foster skills and infrastructure necessary to
- [Workshopping the Digital Readiness Levels](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/workshopping-the-digital-readiness-levels) - One of the foundational resources we are creating as part of the Digital Readiness Community of Practice project is a road map for embarking on digital collections development work. Based on the NDSA’s Levels of Digital Preservation, our Digital Readiness Levels offer a structure for organizations to plan and sustainably grow their digital initiatives in
- [Building a Digital Readiness Community of Practice Update: Why Digitize?](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/building-a-digital-readiness-community-of-practice-update-why-digitize) - As we continue to compile tools and resources for local history organizations to tackle digital readiness, we keep returning to one of the foundational questions of this initiative: why digitize? What motivates historical societies and public libraries to digitize their collections?During the 2019 planning grant that inspired our work, 85 Wisconsin history organizations answered that
- [Recollection Wisconsin 2020 Year in Review](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/recollection-wisconsin-2020-year-in-review) - In this last extraordinary year, we've witnessed resilience and creativity from our partners and colleagues as they responded to both the global pandemic and powerful social justice movements. They documented the personal experiences of community members in challenging times, supported teachers and students as schools closed and learning transitioned to virtual environments, and turned a
- [Tumblr top three: June 2013](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tumblr-june-2013) - Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for the month of June, including two photos in honor of June Dairy Month. 3. Dairy school students at UW-Madison 2. The Milky Way 1. Real-life Rosie the Riveters in Superior Highlights from digital collections across Wisconsin are added to our Tumblr blog several times
- [The Toolkit: File Naming](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-toolkit-file-naming) - The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: My digital file names are a mess. Can you help? What did I name that digital file? Where did I save that spreadsheet? I know I just scanned that photo last week! Do
- [Recollection Wisconsin Gap Analysis:  Report from Phase 1](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/recollection-wisconsin-gap-analysis-report-from-phase-1) - In September of 2019, the Recollection Wisconsin Governing Board and Steering Committee identified a priority to systematically develop the shared collection to foster diversity and inclusion, so that more Wisconsin residents can see their stories represented. To work towards this goal, it was recommended that Recollection Wisconsin undertake a gap analysis to understand current collection
- [About our logo](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/about-our-logo) - Like our new name, our new logo reflects what we do - our program "re-collects" a wide variety of historical resources from collections around the state into a single (virtual) access point. Rounded up in one place, these diverse materials can lead to new ways of exploring, experiencing, and understanding Wisconsin's past. Our new logo
- [Tumblr top three: September/October 2014](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tumblr-september-october-2014) - Counting down the most popular posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, in September and October. 3. Warming up with a hot toddy 2. Celebrating Labor Day 1. Observing Indigenous Peoples' Day Art Shegonee, executive director of the Native American Center, watches speakers during a rally celebrating cultural resistance and survival on Columbus Day, 1992. UW-Madison
- [Tumblr top ten of 2014](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tumblr2014) - And now presenting the ten posts that inspired the most comments, likes and shares on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, in 2014. For more great images, see which Tumblr posts got the biggest buzz in 2013. 10. Standing for indigenous people on Columbus Day, 1992 Tumblr likes and reblogs: 104 9. Nuns and books on
- [Tumblr top three: June 2014](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tumblr-june-2014) - Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for the month of June. 3. LGBT Pride Month 2. Wisconsin's founding member of the National Organization for Women (NOW) 1. Celebrating Juneteenth Highlights from digital collections across Wisconsin are added to our Tumblr blog several times each week. Check out our monthly top posts
- [Tumblr top three: April/May 2014](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tumblr-april-may-2014) - Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, in April and May. 3. Celebrating Syttende Mai Syttende Mai -- the seventeenth of May -- is the day Norway (and many people of Norwegian heritage in Wisconsin) celebrates its independence. We celebrated by sharing this hand-painted 1775 trunk, which was most likely
- [Tumblr top three: February/March 2014](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tumblr-february-march-2014) - Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, in February and March. 3. A Wisconsin-born celebrity strikes a pose 2. Enjoying the ice in Milwaukee 1. A tough team from Wood County Highlights from digital collections across Wisconsin are added to our Tumblr blog several times a week. Check out our monthly top
- [Tumblr top three: January 2014](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tumblr-january-2014) - Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for the month of January. 3. An icy playground on Lake Michigan 1. and 2. Milwaukeeans remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Two photos we shared in honor of Martin Luther King Day show Milwaukee residents gathered on the first anniversary of King's
- [Tumblr top ten of 2013](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tumblr2013) - In 2013 we made 210 posts to our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo. Here are the ten posts that inspired the most comments, likes, and shares from our readers. These ten images are diverse, but they all come from the collections of Wisconsin libraries, archives, and historical societies, and they all depict the lives of everyday
- [Tumblr top three: October 2013](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tumblr-october-2013) - Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for the month of October. 3. Two Wisconsin soldiers during World War I 2. Dow Riots at UW-Madison 1. An unusual Halloween costume Highlights from digital collections across Wisconsin are added to our Tumblr blog several times a week. Check out our monthly top posts
- [Tumblr top three: August 2013](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tumblr-august-2013) - Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for the month of August. 3. An iconic State Fair treat 2. Early 20th century university women 1. Works from an early Wisconsin music industry star Composer Carrie Jacobs-Bond was born in Janesville, Wisconsin on August 11, 1862. One of the most well-known
- [Tumblr top three: July 2013](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tumblr-july-2013) - Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for the month of July. And thanks to Erik Koeppel of Volume One, the Chippewa Valley-area news and entertainment magazine, for spotlighting our Tumblr. In his article "Wisco Histo you can't resist, yo!" he wrote: I dare you to try and not get
- [Tumblr Top Three: May 2013](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tumblr-may-2013) - This month we reached an exciting landmark on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo: 75,000 followers, wow! Thanks to everyone who's followed us and welcomed our images from Wisconsin collections into your Tumblr stream. In this post, we count down the most-liked and most-shared photos we posted to Tumblr in May. 3. Cat show winners in Trempealeau County;
- [Tumblr Top Three: April 2013](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tumblr-april-2013) - Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for the month of April. 3. and 2. Spencer Tracy in Manitowoc; Stacking hay in Waukesha County Two very different photographs tied for April's second-place spot. Actor Spencer Tracy was born in Milwaukee on April 5, 1900 and went on to star in dozens of
- [Tumblr Top Three: March 2013](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tumblr-march-2013) - Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for this past month. Women are at the center of all three images, which is appropriate given that March was Women's History Month. 3. Sewing class ca. 1927 This glass negative from Milwaukee Vocational School (now Milwaukee Area Technical College) shows female students
- [Tumblr Top Three: February 2013](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tumblr-february-2013) - Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for the month of February. 3. A very close tie A charming snapshot of two friends at the Kenosha County airport just barely edged out a portrait of three imposing Platteville police officers (and police dog). 2. A story of migration and
- [Introducing our new website](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-website) - Wisconsin Heritage Online, the statewide digital collaborative, has a new name—Recollection Wisconsin—and a new look. Our newly redesigned website, recollectionwisconsin.org, provides free access to a growing set of historical resources from the collections of libraries, archives, museums and historical societies across the state. Anyone can use the site to explore historic photographs, postcards, maps, letters,
- [World War I Military Portraits, Milwaukee Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wwi-milwaukee-public-library) - At the centennial of the start of World War I, the Milwaukee Public Library has launched an extensive new digital collection documenting the men and women of Milwaukee County who served in the war. The bulk of the collection consists of more than 30,000 handwritten service record cards compiled by the Milwaukee County Chapter of
- [Railroad and logging photographs, Langlade County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/railroad-logging-langlade-county) - The Langlade County Historical Society in Antigo recently made a major addition to its digital collections: more than 400 photographs documenting railroads and the lumber industry in northwoods Wisconsin from the late 19th century up to the 1990s. Some photographs were taken by Antigo-based professional photographer Arthur J. Kingsbury for his picture postcard business, but
- [CCC Camp 657, Langlade County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ccc-camp-657-langlade-county-historical-society) - In March 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of the first New Deal programs designed to create jobs for Americans during the Great Depression. From 1933-1942, the CCC put nearly three million unemployed young men to work building parks, planting trees, stocking streams and rivers, and other environmental conservation projects. The
- [Family Tree Magazine Names Recollection Wisconsin Among Best State Genealogy Websites](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/family-tree-magazine-names-recollection-wisconsin-among-best-state-genealogy-websites) - Recollection Wisconsin has been named to Family Tree Magazine’s list of Best State Websites for Genealogy for 2020. This list recognizes the best go-to online resources for genealogy researchers in each state as well as Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. We are honored to be named among these excellent organizations supporting genealogists across the country!
- [Marquette University History Online](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/marquette-university-history-online) - Over 11,000 photographs illustrating the history of Marquette University in Milwaukee are now available online thanks to the University Archives' ongoing scan-on-demand program. For the past six years, the Archives has digitized materials in response to research requests from students, faculty, alumni and the general public. Some of the most heavily-requested subjects include athletics, campus
- [New Recollection Wisconsin Content Partners](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-recollection-wisconsin-content-partners) - We are excited to welcome these new content partners and their new collections! Portage County Public Library, in collaboration with Portage County Historical Society, UW-Stevens Point Archives, and South Central Library System, is making available Tattler yearbooks from 1916 to 1976 which cover four local high schools. Manitowoc Public Library, in partnership with the Manitowoc
- [RW named to Family Tree Magazine's Best State Websites list](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/family-tree) - Recollection Wisconsin has been named to Family Tree Magazine’s list of Best State Websites for Genealogy for 2015. This list honors the best websites that specialize in genealogy research for one of the 50 US states. The 75 websites represent the go-to online destinations for tracing American ancestors, state by state.
- [Tumblr top three: November 2013](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tumblr-november-2013) - Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for the month of November. 3. Ojibwe basket collected in Wisconsin Dells November was Native American Heritage Month, so we used Tumblr to highlight items from several digital collections focusing on Native history and culture in Wisconsin. The digital collection of the Logan
- [New Content Partners and Collections for April 2020](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-content-partners-and-collections-for-april-2020) - There is new Recollection Wisconsin content available in both the Digital Public Library of America and Recollection Wisconsin! We are excited to welcome new content partners Waunakee Public Library, Milton Public Library, and Pauline Haass Public Library in Sussex! Their collections have been added to Recollection Wisconsin along with these new collections from Viterbo University: Lumen, Viterbo's student newspaper since 1954.University Images,
- [Announcing the 2019 CCDC Cohort](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/announcing-the-2019-ccdc-cohort) - We are excited to announce the participants in our second IMLS-funded Curating Community Digital Collections cohort!
- [Veterans Photographs, College of Menominee Nation/Menominee Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/menominee-veterans-photographs) - Menominee County in northeastern Wisconsin has one of the highest per-capita rates of military service in the nation. A new initiative from the College of Menominee Nation's S. Verna Fowler Academic Library and Menominee Public Library pays tribute to the many veterans in the community. Bryan Stevenson, Head of Special Collections at the College, invited
- [ECHO: Exploring Cultural History Online, Winding Rivers Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wrls-echo) - This post was contributed by Barry McKnight, current Digital Assistant for the ECHO Project at Winding Rivers Library System and Cassandra Torgerson, who held the position of Digital Assistant at WRLS in 2014. The Winding Rivers Library System, based in La Crosse, wanted to increase access to the unique history materials owned by our system
- [Medical College of Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/medical-college-of-wisconsin) - Six digital collections of documents, photographs and artifacts from the Medical College of Wisconsin can now be discovered through Recollection Wisconsin. The collections, created by the MCW Libraries, trace the development and consolidation of Wisconsin's first medical schools beginning in the 1890s. Additional digital projects in the works from the MCW Libraries include an oral
- [Historic Trade Cards, Milwaukee Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/milwaukee-historic-trade-cards) - In the late nineteenth century, one of the most prevalent and eye-catching forms of advertising could fit easily in your pocket: the trade card. Retailers and manufacturers distributed small printed cards, known as trade cards or advertising cards, to shoppers along with packaged goods such as soap and medicines. Printers took advantage of the newly
- [Eastern Shores Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/esls) - Slides and handout from a webinar presented for Eastern Shores Library System as part of their Ozaukee and Sheboygan Memories project, February 20, 2015. The project is made possible with Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds awarded to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
- [South Wood County Postcards](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/south-wood-county-postcards) - The South Wood County Historical Museum in Wisconsin Rapids has shared online nearly 200 postcards from the cities of Grand Rapids, Nekoosa and Port Edwards. This new digital collection showcases just some of the Museum's sizable archive of postcards. Intern Emily Ho worked with Museum board president Phil Brown to create descriptions and build the digital
- [Scandinavia Memory Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/scandinavia-memory-project) - Twenty-two yearbooks and other publications from schools in the village of Scandinavia in Waupaca County, Wisconsin are now available online from the Scandinavia Public Library. Although no schools remain in the community, from 1877-1932 the village was home to Scandinavia Academy (renamed Central Wisconsin College in 1920), a junior college supported by the Norwegian Lutheran
- [Mineral Point Library Archives](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/mineral-point-library-archives) - In A Field Guide To Mineral Point (Mineral Point Historical Society, 2012), Nancy Pfotenhauer writes: Mineral Point started as a wild and wooly frontier town. The discovery of lead in 1828 attracted dirt-poor hard-scrabble diggers, educated second sons, land speculators, lawyers, and lawless desperadoes . . . The very first to arrive were Yankees from
- [Civil War letters of Francis Deleglise, Langlade County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/deleglise-civil-war-letters) - Francis Deleglise was a young man of 25, living in Appleton with his wife and children, when he enlisted in the Iron Brigade, Wisconsin’s most famous Civil War unit. The Iron Brigade fought in the Army of the Potomac, suffering unusually high casualties at Gainesville, Antietam (the Civil War's bloodiest battle), and Gettysburg. Throughout his
- [Share your Wisconsin winter stories](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/winter-stories) - All of us create Wisconsin through our contributions to this place and in knowing, remembering, and sharing our stories. We’ve teamed up with Wisconsin Life, an audio essay series on Wisconsin Public Radio that celebrates what makes Wisconsin unique, to collect and share your stories, memories and experiences of winters in Wisconsin. We invite you to contribute
- [Grant County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/grant-county-historical-society) - The Grant County Historical Society maintains two locations in southwest Wisconsin: the Cunningham Museum in Lancaster and the Mitchell-Rountree Stone Cottage in Platteville. They've also made many items from their extensive photo archives available online in a variety of ways -- on Facebook, on their own website, and now through Recollection Wisconsin. Volunteer Dennis Wilson
- [Antigo soldiers in World War I, Langlade County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/antigo-world-war-one) - More than 200 of William H. Wessa's photographs of the 107th Trench Mortar Battery Company (TMB) of Antigo, Wisconsin are now online from the Langlade County Historical Society. Wessa was a professional photographer and lifelong Antigo resident. He brought his camera with him when he signed up for service with the TMB during World War
- [Camp Gallistella Collection, UW-Madison Archives](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/camp-gallistella-collection-uw-madison-archives) - From 1912 to 1962, the University of Wisconsin-Madison offered an unusual housing opportunity for graduate students and their families spending the summer session in Madison: camping in tents on the Lake Mendota shoreline. The tent colony, called Camp Gallistella, appeared every summer along the lake in the area now known as Eagle Heights. This unique aspect
- [St. Norbert College Yearbooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/st-norbert-college-yearbooks) - Another set of yearbooks has recently been added to Recollection Wisconsin, providing an interesting counterpart to the yearbooks now available online from Mount Mary College. St. Norbert College in De Pere is, like Mount Mary in Milwaukee, a four-year private Catholic college founded in Wisconsin in the 19th century and still in operation today. But
- [Growing up on the Isle of Pines on Lake Little Sissabagama](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/isle-of-pines) - Memories of growing up on the Isle of Pines on Lake Little Sissabagama By Ted Crandall, as told to Peter Lytle. Submitted by Connie Schield, Stone Lake Area Historical Society. My parents, Walter and Mary Crandall, were the caretakers of a private fishing camp on a seven acre heavily wooded island on Lake Little Sissabagama
- [Senator William Proxmire Collection, Wisconsin Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/senator-william-proxmire) - When Senator William Proxmire retired in 1989 after 32 years in the U.S. Senate, he and his staff donated more than 200 boxes of office files to the Wisconsin Historical Society. The Society has now made available online an extensive selection of those materials, including official press releases, newsletters sent home to constituents, campaign strategy
- [Crandon High School Yearbooks, Crandon Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/crandon-high-school-yearbooks) - “The Cardinal endeavors not only to record a year in our School’s history, but to serve as a stimulus for recollecting our thoughts in future years. This book is merely a printed symbol; the memories which it represents are within us.” This quote from the 1938 Crandon High School yearbook evokes the value of historical
- [Postcards from Middleton Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/postcards-middleton) - More than 60 postcards illustrating the city of Middleton, Wisconsin in the early 20th century are now available online from the Middleton Area Historical Society. The postcards were collected by area residents and depict local businesses, residential neighborhoods, schools and churches. The digital project began in Summer 2012 when the Middleton Area Historical Society hosted
- [Alfalfa production at Cornfalfa Farms, New Berlin Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/alfalfa-production) - The New Berlin Historical Society is home to an archive of photos and documents from the Swartz family, whose experimental farming methods at Cornfalfa Farms in Waukesha County gained national recognition in the 1910s and 20s. The Swartzes led the way in making alfalfa a viable crop in the state, earning Peter C. Swartz the
- [St. Norbert College Catalogs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/st-norbert-college-catalogs) - Fifteen college catalogs from St. Norbert College, spanning the years 1902-1916, are now available online through Recollection Wisconsin. This collection complements a digital collection of yearbooks from 1917-1926 made available earlier in 2013 by the Miriam B. and James J. Mulva Library at the College. St. Norbert College was founded in De Pere, Wisconsin in
- [Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, Wisconsin Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/sanborn-maps) - Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps are essential resources for historic preservationists, genealogists and other researchers looking for detailed documentation of American cities and towns and how they've changed over time. Thanks to a generous grant from the Caxambas Foundation, the Wisconsin Historical Society is currently building a digital collection of its Sanborn maps, representing more than
- [Making Cheddar Cheese](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/making-cheddar-cheese) - By Doug Strand. Submitted by Connie Schield, Stone Lake Area Historical Society. I started working at the Stone Lake Dairy in 1953. I was working as an apprentice to learn cheese making. I worked for two years, then took my test and passed. I was twenty-four years old. We made American Cheddar cheese. Every Thursday
- [Professional Development Opportunities While Working From Home](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/working-from-home) - Looking for a little direction as you work from home? Check out the Recollection Wisconsin Digital Projects Toolkit and other virtual training opportunities to enhance your digital collections work. Reposted from DPI's Wisconsin Libraries for Everyone blog. The Recollection Wisconsin Digital Projects Toolkit is a free online course covering the basics of digitization projects. There are
- [The story behind our new name](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/new-name) - If you're familiar with our former website, wisconsinheritage.org, the first thing you'll probably notice about the new site is a new name: Recollection Wisconsin. As part of the process of refreshing our identity, we chose to move away from the name Wisconsin Heritage Online, which we've used since the program started in 2005. We think
- [Tumblr top three: July/August 2014](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tumblr-july-august-2014) - Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for July and August. 3. Celebrating Bastille Days in Milwaukee 2. Traditional Norwegian craft and music in southwest Wisconsin 1. College recruiting in another era Blogger Cool Chicks from History shared this post and added: "Apparently the “femininity” campaign was unsuccessful as Viterbo
- [A Message from Recollection Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/a-message-from-recollection-wisconsin) - From all of us, we hope you are safe and well.As we all face the impacts of COVID-19, we will continue to make available historical resources that inspire, delight, and enlighten. Many of our content partners - libraries, museums, historical societies, and other cultural institutions - have had to close their doors to support public
- [2019 Year in Review](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/2019-year-in-review) - In 2019, Recollection Wisconsin supported our Content Partners by improving the discoverability of and access to their collections, researching and launching projects to build capacity and knowledge of digital collection creation and stewardship, rescuing and reformatting valuable cultural history assets, and more! Read all about it in the Recollection Wisconsin 2019 Year in Review.
- [Survey results: Digital Heritage in Wisconsin's Small Communities](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/survey-results) - This spring we surveyed libraries, historical societies and museums in small Wisconsin communities (defined as population under 6,000) to find out how we can help them build and grow digital collections of historical materials. Many thanks to all 140 organizations that took the time to respond to our survey! Read on for a summary of the
- [2018 Year in Review](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/2018-year-in-review) - 2018 was an exciting year! Read our Year in Review for a recap of the past year and a preview of what's on our plates in 2019.
- [WEMTA 2013](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wemta2013) - Download handout (pdf) - Recollection Wisconsin WEMTA 2013
- [Wisconsin Local History and Historic Preservation Conference 2016](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/localhistory16) - Workshop: Digital Projects Clinic Date: October 21, 2016 Presenters: Emily Pfotenhauer and Melissa McLimans, WiLS Materials: Presentation slides Digital Project Planning Worksheet Handout -- Further Resources
- [Update on DPLA staffing changes](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/dpla-changes) - The recent news of a significant downsizing of staff at the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has led to some questions about the future of this national digital library. DPLA is working to secure additional funding and build in more sustainability. They remain committed to continuing their core work to aggregate digital cultural heritage
- [Recollection Wisconsin wins 2013 AASLH Award of Merit](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/aaslh-award-2013) - We are thrilled to announce that Recollection Wisconsin and our parent organization, WiLS, are the recipients of an Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) for the newly redesigned recollectionwisconsin.org website. The AASLH Leadership in History Awards, now in its 68th year, is the most prestigious recognition for achievement in
- [Wisconsin Local History and Historic Preservation Conference 2017](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/localhistory17) - Workshop: Introduction to Digital Projects Wisconsin Local History and Historic Preservation Conference 2017 La Crosse, October 20, 2017 Presented by Ann Hanlon, UW-Milwaukee Materials: Presentation slides Digital Project Planning Worksheet Handout -- Further Resources
- [Summer students report from the field](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/summer-students-field-reports) - This summer, Recollection Wisconsin partnered with the Material Culture Program at UW-Madison to provide hands-on learning opportunities for five undergraduate Summer Service Learners at area historical societies and museums. This summer marked the seventh year of this successful program, which has now offered 22 students the chance to gain valuable experience in applied learning at
- [Local History Conference 2013](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/localhistory2013) - Slides and handouts from workshops presented at the Wisconsin Conference for Local History and Historic Preservation, Wisconsin Rapids, October 11, 2013. Presenters: Sarah Grimm, Electronic Records Archivist, Wisconsin Historical Society and Emily Pfotenhauer, Recollection Wisconsin Program Manager, WiLS. Handout – Sample Inventory Fields Handout - Digital Project Checklist Handout - List of Resources
- [WLA 2013](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wla2013) - Slides and handouts from the "Planning a Successful Digital Project" start-to-finish session presented at the Wisconsin Library Association annual conference, Green Bay, October 25, 2013. Presenters: Sarah Grimm, Electronic Records Archivist, Wisconsin Historical Society and Emily Pfotenhauer, Recollection Wisconsin Program Manager, WiLS. Handout - Further resources Handout - Digital Project Planning Worksheet
- [Local history regional meeting, Brodhead](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/regional-meeting-brodhead) - Slides from the Capital Region's regional meeting for the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Wisconsin Council for Local History, hosted by the Brodhead Historical Society, Brodhead, Wisconsin, August 14, 2014.
- [Recollection Wisconsin reaches a milestone](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/milestone) - We're very excited to have hit a major milestone this fall -- more than 200,000 photos, maps, books and other digital historical resources can now be discovered through the Recollection Wisconsin portal. We've grown so much since the portal first launched (as Wisconsin Heritage Online) in 2006, thanks to expanding digitization efforts from libraries, archives,
- [Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies 2015](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wcss2015) - Slides and handouts presented for the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies annual conference, Madison, Wisconsin, March 16, 2015. Handout: Teaching Visual Literacy (pdf) Handout: Using Recollection Wisconsin in the Classroom (pdf)
- [Historic Preservation Workshop](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/histpres15) - Slides from a presentation for the Wisconsin Historical Society's workshop for historic preservation consultants, November 13, 2015.
- [South Central Library System Workshop - Tech Day 2016](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/scls) - Slides_SCLSTechDay_2016 DigitalProjectChecklist2016 DigitalProjectPlanningWorksheet SampleMetadata_Photo Resourceshandout2016
- [DPOE Workshop](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/cuwl2016) - Managing Digital Content Over Time An Introduction to Digital Preservation Sponsored by the Digital Initiatives Coordinating Committee Council of University of Wisconsin Libraries June 6, 2016 Pyle Center, Madison Presenters Sarah Grimm Electronic Records Archivist, Wisconsin Historical Society Emily Pfotenhauer Recollection Wisconsin Program Manger, WiLS Slide decks Intro Module 1: Identify Module 2: Select Module
- [African American history materials available through Umbra Search](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/african-american-history-materials-available-through-umbra) - Recollection Wisconsin has partnered with Umbra Search African American History at the University of Minnesota — a program that makes African American culture and history more broadly available through a freely available search tool (umbrasearch.org), strategic digitization, public events and workshops. Digitized materials that document African American cultural history, held in the collections of Recollection
- [Service Hub Charter](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/service-hub-charter) - In November 2016, our Governing Partners officially adopted a charter. This document affirms each partner's commitment to access, collaboration, and sustainability of the Recollection Wisconsin Service Hub for the Digital Public Library of America.
- [Updated metadata guidelines](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/updated-metadata-guidelines) - Recollection Wisconsin has finalized an updated, simplified set of metadata guidelines for our Content Partners. The new Recollection Wisconsin Metadata Essentials replaces the Wisconsin Heritage Online Metadata Guidelines (last updated 2009) and Wisconsin Heritage Online Quick Guide to Metadata (2010). The biggest change in the new guidelines is that now only four metadata fields are
- [2016: Our year in review](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/2016-our-year-in-review) - 2016 was a busy year for Recollection Wisconsin, with lots of new partnerships, projects and presentations. Read all about it in our 2016 Year in Review.
- [Awareness of Race](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/awareness-of-race) - I was probably six or seven years old, 1966 or '67. Summers were untethered for me in Racine, everyday, all day, at the Park & Rec program at Island Park in the beautiful old pavilion where I looked up to the teenage playground leaders. We bounced big red rubber balls loudly on the concrete or
- [WAAL 2013](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/waal2013) - Handout - Resources for Identifying and Selecting Digital Content for Preservation Handout - Sample Inventory Fields You’ve Got to Walk Before You Can Run: First Steps for Managing Born-Digital Content Received on Physical Media. Ricky Elway, OCLC Research, August 2012.
- [WAPL 2013](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wapl2013) - Handout - Recollection Wisconsin WAPL 2013
- [WiLSWorld 2013](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wilsworld2013) - Handout – Resources for Identifying and Selecting Digital Content for Preservation Handout – Sample Inventory Fields (Wisconsin Historical Society) Handout – Sample Inventory (DPOE)
- [The Sad Fate of a Beautiful Doe](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/the-sad-fate-of-a-beautiful-doe) - The Sad Fate of a Beautiful Doe By Carolyn Skille Crotteau. Submitted by Carol McDonnell, Stone Lake Area Historical Society. My Dad was a true sportsman who supported our family during hard times by trapping and hunting in the Stone Lake, Wisconsin area. One day during deer hunting season, he and I were having lunch together
- [Schoolhouse Hill](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/schoolhouse-hill) - Downhill Hauling the empty corn wagon down Schoolhouse Hill back to Dad's picker when the brakes went out on the Co-op #3, missed the downshift and was grinding gears and sweating bullets but relatively optimistic until I noticed the septic tank crossing the T intersection at the bottom of the hill. The neighbor had a
- [An American Girl](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/an-american-girl) - An American Girl -- My Great-Grandmother, Christine Henk By Lexi Hutton, age 10. Submitted by Connie Schield, Stone Lake Area Historical Society. Christine was born on December 12, 1905 at home in a log cabin built by her father. She was the fourth child of Bertha and Joseph Herman. Her family had crossed the ocean
- [Memories and Family Stories](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/memories-and-family-stories) - By Clovis Harold Tripp. Submitted by Carol McDonnell, Stone Lake Area Historical Society. In 1901, my Grandpa Fred Ernest Tripp moved to Washburn County, Wisconsin with his wife and four small children. In those early years, Grandpa Tripp would farm in the summer and work in the woods with his brother Rob in the winter.
- [Memorial day with the NEW family](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/memorial-day-with-the-new-family) - While my sisters and I were growing up we hardly ever saw our father as he worked two or three jobs at a time. Then my parents divorced and we all thought we would never see him. Then came the first holiday as a family separated by divorce. It was Memorial day 1982. My father
- [Geocaching the kids' honeymoon](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/geocaching-honeymoon) - An interactive honeymoon - Wisconsin side of Lake Superior near the Apostle Islands Submitted by Linda McShannock Chuck and I spent the last couple of years building a log cabin on his property on the Wisconsin side of Lake Superior. When my daughter and her boyfriend came up to spend a weekend with us at the
- [Tumblr top three: September 2013](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tumblr-top-three-september-2013) - Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for the month of September. 3. Milwaukee: Gateway to the world 2. A 19th century "op-art" quilt 1. An idyllic fall scene
- [Support from Summer Students](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/support-from-summer-students) - This summer, Recollection Wisconsin welcomes two UW-Madison students to our office. We're also working with the Material Culture Program at UW-Madison to connect undergraduate students with opportunities at nearby local historical societies. Rachel Thompson (left) is working with Recollection Wisconsin to complete her practicum field project, required for all School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS)

## Pages

- [Sharing our Stories. Exploring our Past.](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/) - Discover photos, maps, books, artifacts, oral histories and more from dozens of Wisconsin communities.
- [Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative: Student Information](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/rwdi/rwdi-students) - We’re partnering with Wisconsin local history organizations around the state to digitize new collections. We’re looking for motivated information school students (that’s YOU!) to complete scanning and metadata work for a Wisconsin local history organization, public library or museum (our host sites!). Completed projects will be publicly accessible in Recollection Wisconsin (that’s US!). It’s a
- [Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative: Host Site Information](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/rwdi/rwdi-contentpartners) - Calling all Wisconsin local history organizations! Want to digitize a collection but need support scanning and creating metadata? We’re here to help! Recollection Wisconsin seeks new content partners (host sites) to digitize local history collections. Trained graduate students will complete the work and will receive a stipend from us. Your collection will be added to
- [Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/rwdi) - Join us! Recollection Wisconsin seeks new content partners and information school graduate students to participate in a collaborative effort to build our digital collections. Content partners will select new collections to digitize. Student staff will complete digitization and metadata work as part of a practicum or independent study experience, and receive a stipend from us.
- [Recollection Wisconsin Content Partner Update Archive](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/organizations/resources/recollection-wisconsin-content-partner-update-archive) - May 2026February 2026November 2025August 2025May 2025February 2025November 2024August 2024May 2024February 2024November 2023May 2023November 2022August 2022May 2022February 2022October 2021July 2021April 2021February 2021November 2020July 2020April 2020February 2020
- [Governance](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/about/governance) - We believe that access to information has the power to enrich the lives of all the people of Wisconsin; therefore, we will work towards the free and open availability of Wisconsin’s cultural heritage collections.-- Recollection Wisconsin Service Hub Charter, adopted November 2016 Recollection Wisconsin is a consortium administered by WiLS and managed by six Governing
- [Training Resources](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/rwdi/training-resources) - Resources and materials shared with Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative participants. About Recollection Wisconsin and the Initiative Introduction to Recollection Wisconsin for Content Partners (YouTube, 10:55) Introduction to the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative (YouTube, 15:08) Digitization Digitization Best Practices (YouTube, 23:51) Digitization (scanning) standards (PDF) Metadata essentials (PDF) Digitization project planning worksheet (PDF) Folder and file
- [Travel Back in Time to Holmen](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/holmen) - Holmen, founded largely by Norwegian immigrants, is nestled in the bluffs of La Crosse County. While it is possible that Holmen was named for an Indiana state senator, it is perhaps more appealing to believe it was named after the Norwegian word, holm, a projection or low, level, rich land extending into the water. Image
- [Plan and Prioritize: Gold Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/plan-and-prioritize/gold) - Establish a Digital Collection Development Policy Think about how digital projects fit into your organization’s collection development policy. A collection development policy outlines the types of materials your organization will collect and care for. It typically identifies the subject matter, geographic locations, time periods, type or formats of materials, and other factors that influence collecting
- [Evaluate: Silver Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/evaluate/silver) - Understanding Use Do you know how users are searching for, finding, and using your digital content? Gathering data and stories about collection use can help you make the case for allocating funding to digital projects and can inform your decisions about what to digitize next. A solid plan for documenting and evaluating collection use will
- [Evaluate: Bronze Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/evaluate/bronze) - Identifying Audiences Who are the people your digitization projects will reach? “Everyone!” is a good umbrella goal, but taking steps to define specific user groups and their needs will help you connect with them more effectively. Start by brainstorming a list of key audiences, or undertake a community mapping exercise to identify potential user groups.
- [Share: Gold Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/share/gold) - Web Content Accessibility Making your digital content accessible to all potential users means putting in place tools and features to make web content available to people with disabilities. For instance, a user who is Deaf or hard of hearing may make use of text transcripts of audio or video recordings. A user who is blind
- [Digitization Kits for Public Libraries](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/kits) - This project aimed to increase the capacity of Wisconsin's public libraries to digitize their local history resources and make them available online through Recollection Wisconsin and DPLA. South Central Library System distributed digitization kits to public library systems, which can then loan out the kits to their member libraries. Kits included a basic flatbed scanner
- [Disciplinary Literacy in Social Studies](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/socialstudies) - Disciplinary Literacy (DL) in Social Studies uses reading, writing, speaking, listening and performance skills to enhance social studies learning. In the History classroom, the focus of disciplinary literacy is to teach students how to read and interpret historical texts, write and explain historical concepts and think about issues and events from a historian’s perspective. For
- [Project Planning](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/toolkit-original-version/planning) - Why Digitize? Before you start a digitization project, it’s useful to consider why you want to build a digital collection. Thoughtfully selecting the materials you’ll digitize will help keep your digital project focused and manageable. How will your digital project support your organization’s mission? How will it meet the needs of your community? Reasons for
- [Contribution](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/contribution) - Wisconsin’s story is still being written, folding in the customs and traditions of everyone who calls this state home. You’re invited to take part in that ongoing conversation and help build a shared history of our state by contributing to the Recollection Wisconsin Shared Collection. Use the form below to share your . . .
- [Contact Us](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/contact) - Please use the form below to send us your questions, comments and suggestions, or reach us by email at info@recollectionwisconsin.org. For permission to reuse digital content, please contact the owner of the original item directly. Need help with a digitization project? See Get Help from an Expert. Staff Contact Info Kristen Whitson Recollection Wisconsin Program
- [Annual Reports](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/about/annual-reports) - 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 20192018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014
- [Funding](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/about/funding) - Primary support for Recollection Wisconsin in the current biennium (FY25 - FY27) is provided by the state of Wisconsin Universal Service Funds administered by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and distributed to WiLS (Wisconsin Library Services). Additional support comes from in-kind contributions of staff time, expertise and technology infrastructure from our Governing Partners.
- [Listening to War: Wisconsin's Wartime Oral Histories](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/listeningtowar) - The Listening to War digital collection brings together first-person accounts of veterans and civilians in Wisconsin, from the Spanish-American War of 1898 to the 21st-century Afghanistan War. These stories of everyday life during wartime come from men and women who served on the battlefront; nurses, journalists, shipbuilders, and others who contributed to wartime work at
- [Content Partner Resources](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/organizations/resources) - Upcoming Harvest Dates Recollection Wisconsin collections are harvested quarterly, in March, June, September, and December. That harvest is ingested the next month by DPLA - in April, July, October, and January - and typically available in Recollection Wisconsin and DPLA by the end of that month or early the next month. Guidelines and Recommendations for
- [Get Help from an Expert](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/guidelines/consulting) - Confused about your scanner settings? Don't know what to do with the box of VHS tapes that arrived at your door? Feeling generally overwhelmed and not sure where to start? Our team of consultants is here to help! These experts can answer your questions, help you develop a project plan or provide guidance and training
- [Listening to War: Digitizing Wisconsin’s Wartime Oral Histories](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wioralhistory) - Listening to War: Wisconsin’s Wartime Oral Histories was supported by two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The project digitized and preserved more than 1,100 oral history interviews documenting the lives of Wisconsin veterans and civilians during wartime. These audiovisual recordings come from cultural heritage organizations across Wisconsin, including academic libraries, public
- [Travel Back in Time to Eastman](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/eastman-wi) - The R. W. Troxel Glass Plate Negative Collection, housed at UW-La Crosse Murphy Library, offers a glimpse into life around south western Wisconsin shortly after the turn of the century, especially Eastman, a village near the Mississippi in Crawford County. There's just something so special about the delicacy of glass plate negatives and their ability
- [Metadata](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/toolkit-original-version/metadata) - “Metadata, the information we create, store, and share to describe things, allows us to interact with these things to obtain the knowledge we need.” Understanding Metadata, NISO "Metadata is a love note to the future." Jason Scott What is Metadata? Metadata literally means "data about data," or, you might say, "information about stuff." Metadata provides
- [Recollection Wisconsin Overview](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/about/overview) - MissionRecollection Wisconsin connects cultural heritage institutions statewide to preserve, promote, and facilitate digital access to Wisconsin’s rich history through collaboration and shared infrastructure. VisionRecollection Wisconsin envisions a connected future preserving all voices through the visibility and exploration of the rich and complex history of our state. Recollection Wisconsin brings together digital cultural heritage resources from
- [Collection Harvesting](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/organizations/harvesting) - We partner with the UW-Madison General Library System to harvest metadata from Content Partner repositories using OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting). We can harvest metadata from OAI-enabled collections in CONTENTdm, ResCarta or Omeka. If you use a different digital asset management system that supports OAI-PMH, we may be able to harvest from
- [Collection Hosting](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/organizations/hosting) - We partner with the Milwaukee Public Library to offer a hosting solution for digital collections using the CONTENTdm content management system. This partnership provides online public access to your collection through a customized landing page as well as discovery through Recollection Wisconsin and the Digital Public Library of America. It is not a solution for
- [Accessing the Digital Readiness Toolkit](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/accessing-the-digital-readiness-toolkit) - There are multiple ways to access Recollection Wisconsin's Digital Readiness Toolkit, the complete guide to creating and tending a digital collection: as a PDF, an ebook via Pressbooks, or in print! PDF Ebook Print
- [Audiovisual Lending Kits](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/caw/audiovisual-lending-kits) - Recollection Wisconsin, in partnership with the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, can loan any of the following audiovisual kits: - Film Inspection Kit for examining 8mm or 16mm film- Wolverine Film Scanner for reformatting 8mm and Super8 film- Audio Digitization Kit for reformatting audio cassette tapesFunding for the kits was provided by a
- [About](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/about) - Recollection Wisconsin connects cultural heritage institutions statewide to preserve, promote, and facilitate digital access to Wisconsin’s rich history through collaboration and shared infrastructure. We envision a connected future preserving all voices through the visibility and exploration of the rich and complex history of our state. Recollection Wisconsin brings together digital cultural heritage resources from Wisconsin
- [Digitize: Bronze Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/digitize/bronze) - Digitization Standards When digitizing, aim for a “capture once, use many times” approach. Get the best quality you can the first time around; don’t anticipate going back to re-digitize down the road. A high-quality primary file can be copied, edited, or resized as needed for all kinds of future uses. So what quality do you
- [Recollection Wisconsin for Educators](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers) - How to Use Learn how you can find and incorporate resources from Recollection Wisconsin into your classroom. Get Help Connect with the Recollection Wisconsin team to get help finding what you need for your classroom or community. Teaching Tools Discover classroom resources from our partners and tips for incorporating primary sources into your curriculum. Explore
- [Using Recollection Wisconsin in the Classroom](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/using-recollection-wisconsin-in-the-classroom) - Educators in Wisconsin social studies classrooms can use Recollection Wisconsin in a number of ways, either by freely exploring the collection for images or documents to supplement lessons or by using some resources we've created to help guide you through the collection. Explore the Collection Use newspaper articles, photographs and other primary sources as evidence
- [Planning a Digital Readiness Community of Practice](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/cop/planning) - Thanks to an Archives Collaboratives Planning Grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), from July-December 2019, Recollection Wisconsin undertook a community-driven strategic planning process to build digital readiness in local historical societies and historic preservation groups. Recollection Wisconsin partnered with WiLS and the Wisconsin Historical Society to conduct a survey of the
- [Activity: Pull Quotes](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/activities/quotes) - This activity supports Common Core in English Language Arts -- CCR Anchor Standards for Reading -- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1 and CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2. Grade level: Appropriate for grades 4-12 with teacher modifications Duration: One class period (may be combined with the Predict the Headline activity) Use Recollection Wisconsin to find historical newspaper articles. To locate historical newspapers through Recollection Wisconsin, head to the Browse Collections by Category page
- [Activity: Predict the Headline](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/activities/headlines) - This activity supports Common Core in English Language Arts -- CCR Anchor Standards for Reading -- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1 and CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2 Grade level: Appropriate for grades 4-12 with teacher modifications Duration: One class period (may be combined with the Pull Quotes activity). Use Recollection Wisconsin to find historical newspaper articles. To locate historical newspapers through Recollection Wisconsin, head to the Browse Collections
- [CCDC 2018 Resources](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digipres/2018resources) - Student-created policies, workflows and other documents CCDC students worked with their host sites and mentors to develop digital preservation policies, workflows and other documentation. We’ve highlighted selected examples here for other cultural heritage organizations to reuse and adapt for their own digital stewardship work. Annotated bibliography of all student-created resources Digital Preservation Policies La Crosse
- [Travel Back in Time to La Crosse](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/la-crosse) - The largest Wisconsin city on the state's western border, La Crosse has historically made full use of its place on the Mississippi River. This shipping center for lumber, beer and goods has since added three institutions of higher education and is now becoming a regional medical and technology hub. All images are from the La
- [Travel Back in Time to Wonewoc](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/wonewoc) - The village of Wonewoc in Juneau County sits along the Baraboo River. More excellent images of the town in Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) from Winding Rivers Library System and Wonewoc Public Library.
- [Travel Back in Time to Onalaska](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/onalaska) - Popular legend (and most websites) says Onalaska's name comes from the poem, "The Pleasures of Hope", by the Scottish poet Thomas Campbell. And while that seems, well, poetic, there is some evidence that the name is derived from Lenni Lenape (an indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands) folklore and/or is the name of a woman.
- [Travel Back in Time to  Viroqua](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/viroqua) - The historic city of Viroqua located in Vernon county is known for its outdoor recreation and agricultural history. Images from Viroqua Library and Vernon County Historical Society.
- [Travel Back in Time to Black River Falls](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/black-river-falls) - On the banks of the Black River, Black River Falls is the administrative center of the Ho Chunk nation. The Ho Chunk that called the area home had been forcibly removed to Nebraska in the 1870s. Settlers built a lumber mill on the river which powered the growth of the city. The location has also
- [Travel Back in Time to Stoddard](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/stoddard) - Stoddard, Wisconsin is on the banks of the Mississippi and unlike many of the towns and villages along the Ol' Miss, Stoddard was not a fur trading post nor steamboat stop. It was a farming community with a downtown dedicated to the needs of farmers. Many images are from the Vernon County Historical Society and
- [Travel Back in Time to Mauston](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/mauston) - The county seat of Juneau County, Mauston is situated along the poetically named Lemonweir River. All images are from Hatch Public Library and the Wisconsin Historical Society.
- [Digitization Initiative Goals](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/rwdi/initiative-goals) - These goals inform our past planning, current work and eventual evaluation to measure program success. Program-level goals Tangible return on funding and Wisconsin taxpayers support. Support Wisconsin higher education institutions and their students, future Wisconsin information professionals, and Wisconsin libraries, archives, museums and local history organizations, and their staff and communities served. Cohort-based programs, community
- [Wisconsin Council for Local History - Northeast Region](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wclhne) - Presentation and Resources September 11, 2024 Slides WiLS (Wisconsin Library Services) Ideas to Action grant Recollection Wisconsin Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative Digital Readiness Toolkit Digital Project Planning Worksheet Contact us with questions: info@recollectionwisconsin.org.
- [Describe: Gold Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/describe/gold) - Controlled Vocabularies A controlled vocabulary is a predetermined list of terms and phrases used to describe resources. Controlled vocabularies help establish consistency and enable discovery by grouping and connecting related content. In other words, using the same subject terms, creator names, place names, etc. as everyone else describing digital materials means that search terms will
- [Describe: Silver Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/describe/silver) - Item-Level Description Different types of metadata provide different types of information. Descriptive metadata for digital cultural heritage items aims to answer some very basic but important questions for you and your users: What am I looking at?Who created it?When was it created?Where was it created?Who owns it?How can I use it? But where does all
- [Projects](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/our-projects) - Community Archiving Workshop Recollection Wisconsin is one of three national anchor sites for the Community Archiving Workshop Regional Training of Trainers program, supported by a grant from IMLS. The Community Archiving Workshop (CAW) model was developed by the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) to address the challenge of obsolescence in audiovisual collections. Curating Community
- [Northwest Wisconsin Museum Consortium Presentation - Resources](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/nwmc) - April 23, 2024 SlidesWiLS (Wisconsin Library Services)Ideas to Action grantRecollection WisconsinRecollection Wisconsin Digitization InitiativeDigital Readiness ToolkitDigital Project Planning Worksheet Contact us with questions: info@recollectionwisconsin.org.
- [Travel Back in Time to Whitewater](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/whitewater) - Whitewater, Wisconsin is the homeland of several Native Nations: Peoria, Sauk & Fox, Potawatomi, Miami, Ho-Chunk, and Kickapoo. European settlers began arriving in the area in the early 19th century, attracted by its natural resources and potential for farming. The town experienced significant growth with the establishment of the Whitewater Manufacturing Company in 1868, which
- [Travel Back in Time to Sturgeon Bay](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/sturgeon-bay) - Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, boasts a rich history that begins with its Indigenous roots. The region was originally inhabited by the Menominee and Potawatomi tribes, who relied on the abundant natural resources of the area for sustenance and trade. European exploration and fur trading in the 17th century brought French and Dutch settlers to the region,
- [Travel Back in Time to Reedsburg](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/reedsburg) - Let's give some love to Reedsburg, WI in Sauk County. Many of today's images come from the Reedsburg Public Library's digital collection of a local intensive survey done in 1983 and 1984. Each building pictured, and hundreds more, have multiple pages of building information if you follow the link to the original image. See if
- [Travel Back in Time to Wausau](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/wausau) - The central Wisconsin city of Wausau with a population of 40,000 people is the home of the Central Wisconsin Digitization Project and Marathon County Public Library (MCPL), where several of today's images can be found. Thanks also to Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries and UW Digital Collections for contributing images! The area now known as
- [Travel Back in Time to South Milwaukee](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/south-milwaukee) - The Milwaukee area was a gathering place for many Indigenous people, including the Ho-Chunk, Ojibwe, Odawa, Potawatomi, Fox, Sac, and Menominee. "The confluence of three rivers, presence of abundant natural resources, and mix of tribes positioned Milwaukee as an ideal trading post." (Encyclopedia of Milwaukee) South Milwaukee is a distinct city from its northern cousin
- [Travel Back in Time to Lake Geneva](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/lake-geneva) - Lake Geneva was known as the "Newport of the West," filled with elegant summer homes and home to a picturesque shoreline. Today, visitors come to enjoy both as well as trails, a lovely downtown, and much more. Images are (mostly) from the Images of Lake Geneva Collection from the Lake Geneva Public Library.
- [Travel Back in Time to Elkhart Lake](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/elkhart-lake) - Early settlers came to Elkhart Lake to farm, but tourism soon followed. Lake resorts, gambling and auto racing (on open roads and then on a track) made (and keeps) Elkhart Lake a popular destination. Images are from Mead Public Library and part of the Monarch Library System's Digital Collection.
- [Travel Back in Time to Kewaskum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/kewaskum) - Established along a horseshoe bend in the Milwaukee River, Kewaskum was incorporated in 1895. The name “Kewaskum” comes from a Potawatomi word which meant alternately “turning back on his tracks” or “retracing his steps.” The Kewaskum Public Library, which provided all of the images, has an essay about the Potawatomi and its Chief for whom
- [Travel Back in Time to Richland Center](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/richland-center) - Thanks to Richland County History Room the downtown of Richland Center is well documented, from a tintype dating to ca. 1860 to a parade of elephants on Main Street. And, if you're interested in how they did it, the Richland County History Room, located within the Brewer Public Library, shares their processes and the benefits
- [Travel Back in Time to Two Rivers](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/two-rivers) - On the shores of Lake Michigan, in Manitowoc County is the city of Two Rivers. A center for commercial fishing and manufacturing, and home to the ice cream sundae. All images are from the Two Rivers History: Hubert R. Wentorf Photo Collection and Fisher-Hamilton Industries Product Catalogs local history collection from the Lester Public Library.
- [Travel Back in Time to Dodgeville](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/dodgeville) - Dodgeville, named after founder and early territorial governor of Wisconsin, Henry Dodge, is home to the state's oldest functioning courthouse, was once the largest city in Wisconsin, and hosts the state's grilled cheese championship*. *From competition rules, the sandwich must be at least 60% cheese and processed cheese is prohibited and will result in disqualification.
- [Travel Back in Time to New Richmond](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/new-richmond) - New Richmond, "The City Beautiful" was founded in 1857 by Hiram Foster. Of particular note, the city was decimated by a F5 tornado on June 12, 1899. This tornado directly hit the town, leveling much of the business district and killing 117 persons in New Richmond and vicinity. This is, to this day, Wisconsin's deadliest
- [Travel Back in Time to Nekoosa](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/nekoosa) - In Wood County on the banks of the Wisconsin River is Nekoosa. The city is known for its long history with logging and the paper industry. Several images are from the South Wood County Historical Corporation.
- [Travel Back in Time to Waterford](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/waterford) - Waterford, Wisconsin can be found in Western Racine County along the banks of the Fox River. All images come from the amazing Waterford Area Local History collection curated by the Waterford Public Library.
- [Travel Back in Time to Yuba](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/yuba) - In the 2017, Yuba, Wisconsin, just 0.30 square miles, was home to 59 people. The village was platted in 1856 for Edward Pinick, but the first business wasn't opened until 1875 -- in true Wisconsin fashion, it was a saloon. Images from Richland County History Room and Brewer Public Library.
- [Travel Back in Time to Merrill](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/merrill) - Merrill, Wisconsin, originally named Jenny Bull Falls, was at the heart of the logging industry and is the Lincoln County seat. These images from T.B. Scott Free Library highlight, for the most part, the downtown, business area of Merrill, but be sure to explore the full Central Wisconsin Digitization Project and search Merrill. You will
- [Travel Back in Time to Hortonville](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/hortonville) - What's the connection between Hortonville and San Diego? Both share the same founder, Alonzo Horton! We have no images of Mr. Horton, but we have some great images his namesake village in the heart of the Fox Valley. Most of the images are from the Hortonville Public Library.
- [Travel Back in Time to Baldwin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/baldwin) - The village of Baldwin, up in beautiful St. Croix County was originally named Clarksville, but within four months, switched to Baldwin in honor of D.A. Baldwin, a prominent railroad executive. Images are from Baldwin Public Library (Wisconsin) and are part of Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Rusk, and St. Croix Counties: Local History Collections.
- [Travel Back in Time to Fort Atkinson](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/fort-atkinson) - Fort Atkinson was built on the site of Fort Koshkonong which was used during the Black Hawk War of 1832. These lovely images are from the Hoard Historical Museum of Fort Atkinson.
- [Travel Back in Time to Ripon](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/ripon) - Enjoy a look at this historic city Ripon, the birthplace of the Republican Party and hotbed of abolitionism (the party was formed in opposition to slavery spreading into the western territories). All part of a wonderful collection from the Ripon Historical Society.
- [Travel Back in Time to Antigo](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/antigo) - In the heart of the great Northwoods is the city of Antigo, the county seat of Langlade County. Images are from the truly excellent Langlade County Historical Society Collection.
- [Travel Back in Time to Columbus](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/columbus) - The collection of postcards and images of this lovely town on the banks of the Crawfish River document the houses, stores, schools, and people of the "red bud city." Explore more in this wonderful collection from the Columbus Public Library (WI).
- [Travel Back in Time to Potosi](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/travel-back-in-time-to-potosi) - Let's take a look at the business district of Potosi in Grant County. Images provided by Grant County Historical Society and Wisconsin Historical Society.
- [Travel Back in Time to Omro](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/omro) - In the heart of the Fox Valley, Omro was a fur trading outpost in the 1600s and its location on the Fox River was important through the 1900s for communication and transportation. Images are from the Oshkosh, Omro, and Winnebago County, Wisconsin Collection from Carter Memorial Library - Omro, WI and Omro Area Historical Society.
- [Travel Back in Time to Janesville](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/janesville) - The first settlers of Janesville arrived from Milwaukee in 1835. Within 10 years the city's population exploded to over 3,000 people. By 1900 Janesville was a small commercial district with electric lighting and electric street rail cars. These beautiful postcards come from the Janesville's Past Collection courtesy of the Hedberg Public Library.
- [Travel Back in Time to Menasha](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/menasha) - Located in the Fox Valley region, the beautiful waterfront city of Menasha comes from the word for "island" in the Menominee Language. All images are from the Menasha Local History Collection from the Elisha D. Smith Public Library.
- [Travel Back in Time to Evansville](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/evansville) - The city of Evansville located in Rock County, boasts some of the finest architecture in the state of Wisconsin. These images of a snowy downtown Evansville are from the Evansville, Wisconsin Collection from the Eager Free Public Library.
- [Travel Back in Time to Oshkosh](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/oshkosh) - Named after the Menominee Chief Oshkosh, the city of Oshkosh is the seat of Winnebago County. All images are from the OSHKOSH PUBLIC LIBRARY.
- [Travel Back in Time to New Glarus](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/new-glarus) - In 1845 emigrants from the canton of Glarus in Switzerland, left their homeland because of dire economic conditions and established a colony in southern Wisconsin and named it New Glarus. Over the following years, more Swiss from various cantons settled in New Glarus and other areas of Green County. New Glarus is known for its
- [Travel Back in Time to Platteville](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/platteville) - We're zooming over to the other side of the state to Platteville, Wisconsin the largest city in Grant County. Originally home to the Ho-Chunk, Kickapoo, Sauk, Fox and Miami Indigenous people, Platteville is located in the gorgeous rolling hills and bluffs of Wisconsin's Driftless Area. Present day Platteville was settled in 1829 by John Rountree
- [Travel Back in Time to Pleasant Ridge](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/pleasant-ridge) - Some communities simply don't have a Main Street or at least not a traditional one, but they have important stories to tell. Pleasant Ridge, Wisconsin (near present-day Beetown) is one of them. In 1848, Charles and Caroline Shepard, their three children Harriet, John and Mary, his brother, and Sarah Brown, who had not yet been
- [Share: Bronze Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/share/bronze) - Choosing a Collection Management System There is an ever-growing number of options for providing online public access to digital collections. Sharing items on Facebook or Instagram, adding them to a blog or webpage, or loading them to the Internet Archive are all ways to get your digital materials in front of more people. But adopting
- [Travel Back in Time to Wisconsin Main Streets](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time) - See what some of Wisconsin’s main streets looked like in days gone by! These are adapted slideshows from Recollection Wisconsin’s #MainStreetMonday series on Facebook.
- [Travel Back in Time to West Salem](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/west-salem) - The quaint town of West Salem has a history as vibrant as its fall foliage. Before European settlers arrived, this land was home to Ho-Chunk and Sioux communities, rich with Indigenous culture and traditions. Today, the town is a blend of this rich history and the stories of those who have shaped it over the
- [Travel Back in Time to Waukesha](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/waukesha) - Before European settlers, the Potawatomi people called this land home. Waukesha's name is derived from the Potawatomi word "Wauk-tsha," meaning "fox." In the 1830s, European-American pioneers, drawn by abundant water and fertile soil, began to move to the area. The beautiful Fox River was the lifeblood of the community. Waukesha witnessed a boom in the
- [Travel Back in Time to Oconomowoc](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/oconomowoc) - Oconomowoc, home to one of the first screenings of the Wizard of Oz in 1939 and to an abundance of lakes, sits halfway between Madison, WI and Milwaukee, WI. The city has played host to summer resort-goers since the 1870s. Thanks to a collaboration between University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, Waukesha County Historical Society &
- [Travel Back in Time to Mosinee](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/mosinee) - Let's go to central Wisconsin to visit Mosinee, WI in Marathon County! Traditionally, this area was inhabited by the Ojibwe, the Menominee, and the Potawatomi. (Side note: want to see a history of Indigenous land anywhere in the world? Check out native-land.ca and search!). All three Native Nations ceded their territory between 1833 and 1837.
- [Travel Back in Time to Linden](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/linden) - Linden is a small town and village west of Dodgeville and Mineral Point (the village sits within the town). Located within the homelands of the Ho-Chunk, the Miami, the Sauk and Fox, and the Kickapoo, Linden's main industries have been mining and agricultural pursuits. Thanks to the Mineral Point Historical Society and Mineral Point Library
- [Travel Back in Time to Cambria](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/cambria) - Cambria, Wisconsin, is a charming village in south-central Wisconsin. This land was originally home to Indigenous peoples, including the Ho-Chunk and the Menominee tribes. In the mid-1800s, white settlers arrived in the area. Cambria thrived as a farming hub, with agriculture playing a crucial role in its growth. In the early 1900s, the village even
- [Obtain Permissions: Gold Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/permissions/gold) - Rights Statements Each item you make available online should be accompanied by a statement describing the item’s copyright status. This rights statement helps users understand what they legally can and cannot do with your materials. For Recollection Wisconsin Content Partners: Standardizing Rights Information Recollection Wisconsin is adopting the standardized rights statements developed by DPLA and
- [Activity: Presenting Ideas in New Ways](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/activities/presentingideas) - This activity supports Common Core in English Language Arts — CCR Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.4 and CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.5. Grade level: Appropriate for grades 4-12 with teacher modifications Duration: Two or more class periods Consider using one or more of the following tools for students to present their research findings or to develop narrative writing projects. For more ideas, see
- [Activity: Gathering Multiple Sources](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/activities/sources) - This activity supports Common Core in English Language Arts — CCR Anchor Standards for Writing – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.7, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.8, and CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.9. Grade level: Appropriate for grades 4-12 with teacher modifications Duration: One or two class periods Students can use Recollection Wisconsin as a starting point for many research projects, using the site to gather information from diverse sources. Watch the Searching recollectionwisconsin.org video
- [Activity: Family Stories and Oral Histories](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/activities/oralhistories) - This activity supports Common Core in English Language Arts — CCR Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.1 and CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.3. Adapted from the Wisconsin Historical Society lesson plans Our Families’ Stories in Wisconsin, by Dr. Ava McCall and Thelma Ristow and Oral Interview Training for the Hmong Oral History Project, by Paul Aleckson. Grade level: Appropriate for grades 4-12 with teacher
- [Activity: Thought Bubbles](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/activities/thoughtbubbles) - This activity supports Disciplinary Literacy in Social Studies — Thinking Like a Historian — Through Their Eyes and Common Core in English Language Arts — CCR Anchor Standards for Writing – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.3. Adapted from History Tech. Grade level: Elementary Duration: One class period Use Recollection Wisconsin to find one or more historic photographs depicting groups of people. To locate photographs
- [Activity: Share Your Story](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/activities/story) - This activity supports Common Core in English Language Arts — CCR Anchor Standards for Writing – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.3. Grade level: Appropriate for all grade levels Duration: One or two class periods Recollection Wisconsin offers visitors the opportunity to contribute to Wisconsin’s historical record by sharing their personal stories of life in the state. Have students write their own short autobiographies, describing
- [Activity: Visual Writing Prompts](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/activities/visualwriting) - This activity supports Common Core in English Language Arts — CCR Anchor Standards for Writing – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.3. Inspired by Daily Teaching Tools and Visual Writing Prompts. Grade level: Appropriate for all grade levels Duration: One class period Use historic photographs – perhaps portraits or action scenes – from Recollection Wisconsin to inspire creative writing activities with the following prompts,
- [Copyright](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/toolkit-original-version/copyright) - “A good [digital] collection respects intellectual property rights.” A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections, NISO (2007) Determining the copyright status of the materials you make available online -- and clearly sharing that status with your users -- are essential parts of any digital project. Two important things to remember: Owning a physical
- [Recollection Wisconsin for Educators - Archived](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived) - Recollection Wisconsin supports K-12 educators by offering classroom activities and lesson plans for teaching Social Studies and English Language Arts. Our growing collection of primary and secondary sources from Wisconsin libraries, archives, museums and historical societies is ripe for all kinds of classroom uses. Disciplinary Literacy in Social Studies The classroom activities in this section use
- [Primary Sources and English Language Arts](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/englishlanguagearts) - Recollection Wisconsin supports the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts by offering a vast database of primary sources for students to research, read, write about and reflect upon. The activities outlined here incorporate some of the College and Career Readiness (CCR) Anchor Standards for Reading, Writing, and Speaking and Listening, which are skills
- [Digital Readiness Community of Practice](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/cop) - Recollection Wisconsin’s Digital Readiness Community of Practice (CoP) connects Wisconsin’s public history practitioners and knowledge keepers with the skills, tools, and resources to support digital readiness at their institutions. This community is open to all and is aimed in particular at volunteers and staff in local historical societies and historic preservation organizations. You are invited
- [Storage](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/toolkit-original-version/storage) - Digital Archival Storage The goal of digital archival storage is to manage your digital objects over time, across generations of technology, so that the file you create today can be opened and used 5, 10 or 50 years from now. An overview of Storage and Maintenance considerations for digital files is available from the Wisconsin
- [Digital Readiness Toolkit (TEST)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit-test)
- [DPLA Service Hub](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/dpla) - Recollection Wisconsin is a member of the Digital Public Library of America’s Hub Network. DPLA brings together millions of metadata records from libraries, archives and museums across the country into a single, searchable website. Recollection Wisconsin joined the DPLA Hub Network in 2016 and now contributes over 630,000 metadata records from nearly 250 Wisconsin organizations
- [Working with Volunteers](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/toolkit-original-version/planning/volunteers) - Many of our Recollection Wisconsin Content Partners rely heavily on volunteers to perform a range of activities including digital collections work. Supporting a volunteer-based project or program can be challenging for any organization. We asked our Content Partners to share their most valuable experiences working with volunteers. Their advice, Engaging Volunteers: Tips from Wisconsin Recollection
- [Program History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/about/program-history) - The Recollection Wisconsin program was established in 2005 as a collaborative effort of Wisconsin libraries, archives, museums and historical societies. From 2005-2012, the program was known as Wisconsin Heritage Online (WHO). In August 2016, Recollection Wisconsin joined the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). For a full account of our recent history, read our Annual
- [Search Tips](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/explore/search/searchtips) - Refine your search You can refine your search by access rights, type, subject, date, location, language and collection using the menus on the left side of the search results. You can also filter items by Contributing Institution. A Contributing Institution is a library, archive, museum or other Content Partner that contributes metadata describing its digital
- [Digitize: Gold Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/digitize/gold) - Quality Control As you digitize, be sure to review the digital files on a regular basis. The goal of regular quality control is to ensure that you are creating faithful digital copies of the original materials and that the digital files are being created according to the standards you determined at the start of your
- [Travel Back in Time to Saukville](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/saukville) - On the banks of the Milwaukee River, where two major American Indian trails existed, water has always been a critical feature of Saukville, Wisconsin. Until the 1830s, Menominee and members of other tribes, lived in the area, but were required by U.S. government treaties to move. As European immigration grew, the river remained important for
- [Digital Readiness Toolkit](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit) - Digital Readiness Toolkit: Focus Areas Plan and PrioritizeWhat is your project plan and how will you decide what to digitize?Obtain PermissionsHow will you know if you can share these materials?DigitizeHow will you undertake the actual digitization work?DescribeHow will you describe the digitized materials? ShareHow will you share what you’ve digitized?Store and MaintainWhat is the long-term
- [Preserving Audiovisual Collections with CAW](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/caw) - Through a partnership with Community Archiving Workshop (CAW), a project of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA), Recollection Wisconsin is working to build capacity for identifying, preserving, and digitizing film, videotape, audiotape and other audiovisual collections. Preservation of these collections is an urgent need. Audiovisual documents contain the primary records of the history of
- [Teaching Tools](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers/teaching-tools) - From Recollection Wisconsin Engaging Researchers Through Digital Image Inquiry – This presentation was prepared for WEMTA in March of 2020 (slides and recording). Resources for Educators – This one-page flyer shares how to use Recollection Wisconsin’s collection of photos, maps, newspapers, letters, diaries, artifacts, oral histories and other primary sources in the classroom. Recollection Wisconsin Online Exhibits
- [Travel Back in Time to Manitowoc](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/manitowoc) - On the shores of Lake Michigan, Manitowoc's history is intertwined with trade and shipbuilding. Take a look at the city's downtown over the decades. All images are from the Manitowoc Local History Collection of the Manitowoc Public Library.
- [Travel Back in Time to Mineral Point](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/mineral-point) - Mineral Point, located in the southwest corner of the state, is chock full of history and the digital collection from Mineral Point Public Library is as well. The Mineral Point Library Archives started as the “Mineral Point Roots Cellar” in 1981 when Robert Neal donated his collection of local history materials to the Mineral Point
- [Store and Maintain: Bronze Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/store/bronze) - Documenting Digital Collections Use a Collection-Level Log to document your existing digital collections and any new collections you create or acquire. Creating a list and updating it regularly will give you a big-picture view of the digital collections your organization is responsible for storing and maintaining. This log is not the same as the item
- [Travel Back in Time to Stevens Point](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/stevens-point) - PBS Wisconsin, in its ongoing local history project, Wisconsin Hometown Stories, featured Stevens Point. It tells the story of a city shaped by its distinctive geography and natural resources in Central Wisconsin. The episode even visited some of our favorite places and Recollection Wisconsin partners, McMillan Memorial Library, Wisconsin Historical Society, and UW Stevens Point
- [Travel Back in Time to Cedar Grove](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/cedar-grove) - In the late 1840s, immigrants from the Netherlands, due to political instability, religious difficulties, and economic challenges, began to arrive in significant numbers in Sheboygan County. Cedar Grove, a village within the Town of Holland, was one of the locations that became home to the new immigrants. Today, a working replica windmill in the center
- [Recollection Wisconsin Statement on Harmful Content and Culturally Sensitive Materials](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/harmful-content-statement) - Harmful Content Recollection Wisconsin provides access to historical materials collected by Wisconsin libraries, archives, museums, and other organizations for the purposes of education, research, and preservation. These materials represent a wide range of cultures and time periods. As a result, some content or its description contains outdated, offensive, harmful, or biased views and depictions. You
- [Listening to War: Related Resources](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/listeningtowar/resources) - Wartime History in Wisconsin Collections Directory: Wisconsin’s Wartime Oral Histories This directory describes oral history collections documenting the experiences of Wisconsin veterans and civilians during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Persian Gulf War. This is not a comprehensive list, but offers a sample of the range of wartime
- [Harmful Content and Culturally Sensitive Materials Reporting](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/harmful-content-form)
- [Recollection Wisconsin Celebrates American Archives Month, 2022](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/recollection-wisconsin-on-social-media) - Throughout the month of October 2022, Recollection Wisconsin celebrated American Archives Month by featuring a new image each weekday from among the treasures of our content partners. From famous Wisconsinites to a beloved mythical monster, we presented a daily Wisconsin history delight on Facebook and Twitter. Find the full month of images below!
- [Statement: Recollection Wisconsin Steering Committee Discourages the Use of Prison Labor for Digitization](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/prison-labor-statement) - Background Libraries and cultural organizations are sometimes contacted by state corrections departments such as Oklahoma Correctional Industries (OCI) offering digitization services, particularly for high school yearbooks. These services, typically free or nearly so, may appeal to organizations that do not have staff with digitization experience or access to scanning equipment. While we want all Wisconsin
- [Recollection Wisconsin Logos](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/about/recollection-wisconsin-logos) - You are welcome to download and use these logos to share links and information about Recollection Wisconsin. If high-resolution files are needed for print purposes, or if alternate logos are needed, please contact us.
- [Content Partner FAQ](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/organizations/contributor-faq) - What's a Content Partner? Recollection Wisconsin Content Partners are cultural heritage institutions that share descriptive information (metadata) about their unique historical and cultural resources. Content Partners include university and college libraries, public libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, schools and other organizations from across Wisconsin. View a list of all of our Content Partners. What types
- [Partner with Us](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/organizations) - Recollection Wisconsin Content Partners include libraries, archives, museums, historical societies and other cultural heritage institutions from all parts of the state. Content Partners contribute descriptive information (metadata), URLs and thumbnail images representing their unique historical and cultural resources. We bring that information together into a single, searchable website and share it with the Digital Public
- [Digital Readiness Community Conversations](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/cop/planning/community-conversations) - Thursday, September 12, 2019 8:30 AM-2:00 PMNorthwoods Regional MeetingHosted by the Florence County Historical SocietyFlorence Utility Commission Conference Room501 Spring Avenue, Florence, WI 54121 Friday, September 13, 2019 8:30 AM-3:00 PMWest Central Regional MeetingHosted by the Stanley Area Historical Society Museum228 Helgerson Street, Stanley, WI 54768 Tuesday, September 17, 2019 1:00
- [Travel Back in Time to Crandon](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/crandon) - Crandon is the only incorporated community in Forest County and therefore the county seat. The city saw growth as the railroad lines made their way north, allowing for the lumber industry to boom. Spend some time exploring the city in Crandon Public Library's Crandon Community Building Collection.
- [Digital Readiness Fairs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/cop/digital-readiness-fairs) - "The fairs are great ways to make resources and information accessible to anyone who wants to learn."Digital Readiness Fair participant Our sincere thanks to all the local history practitioners and invited guest experts who participated in our Digital Readiness Fairs in summer 2021. Participants shared their experiences working with digital projects including their challenges and
- [Travel Back in Time to Ashland](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/ashland) - In honor of its first post office being opened on March 2nd, 1855, let's spend some time in Ashland! Images of one of Wisconsin's northernmost cities all come from the Ashland Historical Society Museum.
- [Curating Community Digital Collections](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digipres) - Thank you for your interest in Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC). This two-year, IMLS-funded program completed in December 2019. Interested in designing and implementing a statewide, cohort-based digital preservation training program (or something similar)? Our digital preservation curriculum and program materials are now publicly available: Curating Community Digital Collections: A Starter Package. Congratulations and thank
- [Travel Back in Time to Alma](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/alma) - Alma, Wisconsin is right on the banks of the Mississippi, so it makes sense that most of the images we have feature the Mighty Mississippi. The character and growth of the city has been tied to the river, the surrounding bluffs, and the shipping industry. Alma is officially two streets wide, Main Street and Second
- [Travel Back in Time to Wilmot](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/wilmot) - Wilmot, near the southern border of Wisconsin, was named as a joke; a joke that may have made sense at the time, but definitely needed some research to understand today (at least we needed to do a little research). According to 1879's "The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties," a meeting was called in 1848
- [Travel Back in Time to Oconto Falls](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/oconto-falls) - The power of the Oconto River was harnessed to help build the city of Oconto Falls. Logging, and the sawmill built on the banks of the river, led the development of the area. Pioneer, Alva Volk, wrote of the area, "extremely beautiful with tall, stately pines stretching far up into the heavens upon all sides,
- [Travel Back in Time to Elroy](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/elroy) - The history of the railroad is, in many ways, the history of Elroy. The railroad spurred growth in the late 1800s and when the railroads declined, the land was sold to the Wisconsin DNR and developed into the "400" State Trail which begins in Elroy ends in Reedsburg. Images in this album come from the
- [Travel Back in Time to La Farge](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/la-farge) - The village of La Farge, home to the country's largest food cooperatives, Organic Valley, is right on the banks of the Kickapoo River and its history is tied to it. Just north of La Farge, archaeological work started in 1959 uncovered significant archeological sites dated from between 10,000 BCE and 1150 CE. Read more on
- [Travel Back in Time to Portage](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/portage) - Portage, located on the banks of the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers and home to members of the Ho-Chunk and Menominee tribes, was the location where French explorers, Marquette and Joliet “portaged” over the area between the two rivers to reach the Mississippi. It is also home to a historic home district, which is explored below.
- [Travel Back in Time to Pardeeville](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/pardeeville) - Pardeeville, near the headwaters of the Upper Fox River, was named for John S. Pardee, a Milwaukee business man who, in 1848, sent out a representative to build a store in the area. Fun fact, Pardeeville is the birthplace of Theresa West Elmendorf, who, as everyone knows, was the first female president of the American
- [Travel Back in Time to Eau Claire](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/eau-claire) - At the confluence of the Eau Claire and Chippewa Rivers, Eau Claire has long been an important site of commerce and trade for Sioux and Ojibew people, fur traders, and loggers. Enjoy this tour of Eau Claire's business districts as they looked in the past. Images are courtesyof the Chippewa Valley Museum and the L.E.
- [Travel Back in Time to Vesper](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/vesper) - The village of Vesper is named for the vesper sparrow described by Audubon as, "a rather chunky sparrow of the open fields," that was common to the area. First formed around a sawmill in the 1870s, Vesper was incorporated in 1948. Images are from McMillan Memorial Library.
- [Travel Back in Time to Neenah](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/neenah) - Neenah, whose name comes from the Ho-Chunk word for "running water," is well placed on the banks of Lake Winnebago and the Fox River. The location of the city spurred agriculture, trade, and a booming paper industry. Images are from Neenah Public Library and in their wonderful digital collection: https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ANeenahLocHist.
- [Travel Back in Time to Luxemburg](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/luxemburg) - Though much of the surrounding area was settled by immigrants from Belgium, settlers of Luxemburg did indeed hail from Luxembourg. Early businesses in Luxemburg included a tavern and a cheese factory, which very adequately represents the peak Wisconsin lifestyle. Images are part of the Belgian-American Research Collection from UW-Green Bay Libraries: https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/BelgAmrCol.
- [Travel Back in Time to Sheboygan](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/sheboygan) - Located on the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan, Sheboygan saw immense growth in the mid-1800s. Cheese and chairs have been big parts of the economy over the years. The best fun fact: in 1970, after a tough battle with Bucyrus, Ohio, it was named Bratwurst Capital of the World. Images are from University of Wisconsin
- [Travel Back in Time to Keshena](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/keshena) - According to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, "the Menominee occupied a vast territory, over 10 million acres of land, of what is now Wisconsin and Upper Michigan." The tribe's point of origin is roughly 60 miles east of the present reservation, which is incredibly unique. Keshena is seat of government for the Menominee Tribe.
- [Travel Back in Time to Friendship](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/friendship) - Friendship, the seat of Adams County, is at the foot of Friendship Mound, a castellated mound which is a unique geologic feature central Wisconsin. These images document Adams County, Wisconsin, circa 1910-1930 and come from the Taylor Brothers Collection at UW-La Crosse Murphy Library and part of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections: https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/TaylorBrosof.
- [Travel Back in Time to Durand](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/durand) - On the banks for the Chippewa River, Durand, Wisconsin, county seat of Pepin County, was named for Miles Durand Pindle. Prindle made the original plat and also owned the first general store, stage routes, and a steamboat that served river traffic between Eau Claire and La Crosse.Images are from the Durand Community Library, and the
- [Travel Back in Time to Necedah](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/necedah) - Necedah is situated on the Yellow River, a tributary of the Wisconsin River, which made it an ideal lumbering town, with logs first shipped via water and later rail. Today, folks can visit the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge, home to whooping cranes, wolves, and a vast wetland bog. Images are from Necedah Library - Necedah
- [Travel Back in Time to Norwalk](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/travel-back-in-time-to-norwalk) - In the heart Wisconsin's Driftless Area, Norwalk is known as the Gateway to the Tunnels, once for railroad tunnels for the Chicago and North Western Railway and now as part of the Elroy-Sparta State Trail. For a neat, interactive map of the Elroy-Sparta Trail, complete with more history, check out this story map from Wisconsin
- [Travel Back in Time to Watertown](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/watertown) - Early immigrants to Watertown were mostly from New England, but in the 1850s, more and more Germans made Watertown their home. In fact, German immigration to the area was so significant that by 1917 seventy to eighty percent of the population in the county was of German heritage. Lots of great Wisconsin history in this
- [Explore](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/explore) - User Guides Wisconsin Historical Newspapers Online Recollection Wisconsin for Genealogists Recollection Wisconsin for K-12 Educators
- [Browse Collections by Format](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/formats) - Artwork - Painting, sculpture, illustration and other works of art.Audio - Oral histories, music, speeches and other recorded sound.Books - Published books including city directories, county histories, course catalogs and product catalogs.Documents - Pamphlets, conference proceedings, reports, studies, sheet music, recipes, marriage records, military service records and other records.Ephemera - Advertisements, tickets, receipts and other
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- [Travel Back in Time to Wisconsin Rapids](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/wisconsin-rapids) - Wisconsin Rapids, cut by the Wisconsin River was formed in 1900, when the communities of Grand Rapids, on the east bank, and Centralia, on the west, but did not have a shared name until 1920. Logging and the paper industry spurred early settlement and the area today is known for cranberry production. All images are
- [Travel Back in Time to Kaukauna](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/kaukauna) - Paper mills, public school history, and a name that only folks from Wisconsin know how to pronounce, the city of Kaukauna, is located on the banks of the Fox River. Images are from Kaukauna Public Library: https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/KMP.
- [Travel Back in Time to Bloom City](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/bloom-city) - A 1906 history of Richland County tells us, "Bloom City, formerly called Spring Valley, is quite an important gathering place for the people of the town. There is perhaps nothing in its annals of any great historical importance, other than the fact of its existence, which statement is equally true of its business rival, West
- [Travel Back in Time to Slinger](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/slinger) - Slinger, Schleisingerville until 1921, was founded by Baruck Schleisinger Weil, who moved to Washington County in 1845 after immigrating from the Alsace region of France. According to the Encyclopedia of Milwaukee, "For the sake of brevity, villagers approved shortening 'Schleisingerville' to its commonly used nickname, 'Slinger,' in 1921." Others argue that the name changed in
- [Travel Back in Time to Kiel](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/kiel) - Kiel, Wisconsin, is located near the banks of the Sheboygan River and was once the "Wooden Shoes Capital of Wisconsin," which, though impressive, was mostly because Kiel was home to the only wooden shoe manufacturer in the state. Enjoy images of Kiel, all courtesy of the excellent Heritage Collection at Kiel Public Library.
- [Travel Back in Time to Barneveld](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/barneveld) - Barneveld, located in the rolling hills of Iowa County, was extensively damaged in 1984 by a F5 tornado. The town's name has (at least) two popular theories. The first is that the town's surveyor for the railroad named it after his hometown in the Netherlands. More poetically, the second theory posits that a local resident,
- [Travel Back in Time to Mequon](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/mequon) - Did you know that Mequon, in Ozaukee County, is one of the largest cities in Wisconsin – by land area. It is 46.28 square miles, larger than Green Bay, Eau Claire, and La Crosse. Images from Frank L. Weyenberg Library and the Ozaukee County Historical Society.
- [Travel Back in Time to Rochester](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/rochester) - Rochester, in Racine County, is split by the Fox River which runs through the Village. This city is full of charm and collection favorites. Images are from Waterford Public Library: https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WaterfordLocHist.
- [Travel Back in Time to Rhinelander](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/rhinelander) - Rhinelander is situated on the banks of the Wisconsin River and its growth was tied to the lumber industry in late 1800s. Its proximity to lakes and easy access to over a thousand miles of snowmobile trails makes the city a favorite year round recreation destination. It is, perhaps most importantly, the home of the
- [Travel Back in Time to Prairie du Chien](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/prairie-du-chien) - When we received the message, “do you have anything on Prairie du Chien,” we couldn’t believe we hadn't done this historic location before. And yes, we have many images, maps, and archival items illustrating the city’s importance. In fact, a search for "Prairie du Chien" brings back over 800 results! At the confluence of the
- [Travel Back in Time to Port Washington](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/port-washington) - When you start researching Port Washington, things get interesting really fast! Did you know that in 1850, the legislature decided to split the county into a northern section, which would remain Washington County, with Port Washington as its seat. The southern section would be Tuskola County, with its seat at Cedarburg. Tuskola never came to
- [Travel Back in Time to New Lisbon](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/new-lisbon) - On the banks of the Lemonweir River, a tributary of the Wisconsin River, New Lisbon was an important transportation hub in the second half of the 19th Century. Wagon roads, a train station, and even a steamboat! Images are from New Lisbon Library.
- [Travel Back in Time to Madison](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/madison) - It can be hard to decide what is the Main Street in some cities. In Madison, is it East Washington? Park? Regent Street? Well, we're making the (pretty common) case for State Street today. Now, largely a pedestrian thoroughfare, State Street connects two important engines together, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the State Capitol. It
- [Travel Back in Time to Lone Rock](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/lone-rock) - Lone Rock, in Richland County, got its name from a massive pile of sandstone that was a landmark for early raftsmen on the Wisconsin River. The rock itself was used in the town development, with pieces forming farm structures, the foundation of the Congregational Church, and the foundations for many more houses in Lone Rock.
- [Travel Back in Time to Elcho](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/elcho) - Just North of Antigo, in Langlade County, you will find Elcho. It grew in much the same way as many northern Wisconsin towns with economies centered on lumbering, but a fire that destroyed much of the downtown in 1923, was just the opportunity Charles W. Fish needed to turned the town into….a picturesque Tudor village??
- [Travel Back in Time to Cuba City](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/cuba-city) - Cuba City, located in Southwest Wisconsin, has a pretty great naming legend. Three men, in the 1870s, were given the opportunity to name the town, but couldn't agree. One wanted Stephensville (who coincidentally, we're sure, was named John Stephens). Another, Solomon Craiglow, wanted Yuba. The third did not care. The story continues, that when Stephens
- [How to use the Toolkit](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/how-to-use) - The Digital Readiness Toolkit focuses on seven topics at the heart of digital cultural heritage work. Each of these focus areas is organized into three levels: Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Together, these seven focus areas and three levels form the Digital Readiness Levels -- a structured roadmap to plan and sustainably grow a digitization project.
- [Digital Projects Toolkit - Original Version (replaced June 2022)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/toolkit-original-version) - Our Digital Projects Toolkit introduces the basic elements of cultural heritage digitization projects. In each section, you'll find practical tools, guidelines and examples as well as resources for more in-depth learning. Project Planning A good project starts with a good plan. This section offers guidance in selecting what to digitize and a template for creating
- [Store and Maintain: Gold Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/store/gold) - Storage Management Your work’s not done after you’ve moved your files into storage -- they need active management. Use a Storage Log like the example below to document where files are stored, when they were moved to storage, how often you will check the storage (audit schedule), and how often you will need to update
- [Digitize: Silver Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/digitize/silver) - Prepare Physical Materials for Reformatting Review the materials to be scanned as a group and prepare them - perhaps in batches, depending on the size of the collection - to be scanned. Remove staples, paper clips, binder clips, or rubber bands (Watch out for sharp ends!)Remove items from binders or sleevesReview items for torn areas;
- [Store and Maintain: Silver Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/store/silver) - Digital Storage is Not a Backup The type of storage we’re talking about here is NOT the same as a backup system. A backup is a snapshot of your computer at a certain moment in time. Backups enable quick restoration after accidental data loss, system crashes or other errors. Backups are typically saved for 30-90
- [Digital Readiness Glossary](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/digital-readiness-glossary) - Recollection Wisconsin's Digital Readiness Glossary includes many commonly used archives, digital collections, and organizational terms and acronyms. Terms below are listed alphabetically. Scroll to the term you're looking for, or click the magnifying glass icon in the upper right corner of the table below to search. You can also scroll to the right to see
- [Credits](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/credits) - Building a Statewide Digital Readiness Community of Practice In 2020-2021, staff and volunteers representing cultural heritage institutions across Wisconsin met regularly to identify priorities, plan events, and provide feedback on content created to support the digital readiness needs of Wisconsin’s public history practitioners. This Digital Readiness Community of Practice Launch Committee was central to the
- [Focus Area 7: Evaluate](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/evaluate) - As you move through the Digital Readiness Levels, take time to review and reflect on your work on a regular basis. Evaluation is both outward-looking -- how is our work making a difference for our users and our community? and inward-looking -- what have we learned? How can we improve or evolve our work? Although
- [Evaluate: Gold Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/evaluate/gold) - Wrapping Up a Digital Project As you approach the end of a project, think ahead to how you will wrap it up. Tying up loose ends, gathering documentation, and taking time to reflect will help make your next project even more successful! Steps in wrapping up a digital project: Connect with partners. Make sure you’re
- [Focus Area 1: Plan and Prioritize](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/plan-and-prioritize) - Digital work can be more complex and take more time than you may expect. It’s helpful to start small, set realistic goals, and define roles and tasks in advance. In other words, develop a plan to guide your work. BRONZE SILVER GOLD
- [Focus Area 6: Store and Maintain](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/store) - The activities in this section of the Toolkit will help put your organization in a position to manage your digital content over time, across generations of technology, so that the files you create or collect today can be opened and used 5, 10, or 50 years from now. BRONZE SILVER GOLD
- [Focus Area 3: Digitize](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/digitize) - Digitization is the process of making a digital copy of a physical object -- for instance, scanning a document, using a digital camera to photograph an artifact, or converting an audiocassette into a WAV file. Another common term for this process is reformatting. Your goal here is to create a digital file that accurately represents
- [Focus Area 2: Obtain Permissions](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/permissions) - Determining the copyright status of the digital materials you will make available online can seem daunting, but there are tools available to help you assess your organization’s risks and responsibilities. Before you get started, think about the following: Owning a physical item does not necessarily mean you hold the copyright to that item.Scanning an item
- [Obtain Permissions: Silver Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/permissions/silver) - Public Domain Many of the historical materials in your collections may be in the public domain, which means that copyright protections do not apply. Materials in the public domain may be freely used by anyone, for any use, without permission or attribution. In addition, whether the materials are in the public domain or in copyright,
- [Obtain Permissions: Bronze Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/permissions/bronze) - Donor Agreements Does your deed of gift form include specific language about digitizing and sharing donated items online? Be aware that a donor can transfer copyright to you with a donation only if they are the copyright holder. If you don’t already use a deed of gift form, donor agreement, or gift agreement, now is
- [Plan and Prioritize: Silver Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/plan-and-prioritize/silver) - Develop a Project Plan Use the Digital Project Planning Worksheet to outline your project before you get started. You can also use this worksheet to keep a record of decisions and changes made during your project, so others can take up the work if a staff member or volunteer moves on. We’re big fans of
- [Plan and Prioritize: Bronze Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/plan-and-prioritize/bronze) - Why Digitize? We recommend asking the big question before you start any digital work: Why? What results do you want to see? How will this work advance your organization’s mission? How will it serve the needs of your community? Goals for digitization projects might include: Improve internal access and intellectual control, such as by creating
- [Focus Area 5: Share](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/share) - This section of the Toolkit is all about access. Who will access the digital content you’re creating or acquiring? Where and how will they access it, and for what purpose? The appropriate level of access may vary depending on the content. You might share some items openly online with no restrictions. Other materials might be
- [Share: Silver Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/share/silver) - Restricting Use A common question we field is how to share digital items online in such a way that they can’t be downloaded or shared without permission. Ultimately, it is impossible to fully prevent someone from copying or saving your images if they wish to do so. However, there are several strategies an organization can
- [Focus Area 4: Describe](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/describe) - Descriptive information about your digital content, called metadata, helps users find your items, understand their contents and origins, reflect on your community’s history and values, and make sense of how they may use the materials. BRONZE SILVER GOLD
- [Describe: Bronze Level](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-readiness-toolkit/describe/bronze) - File Naming As you digitize your collection items and save your digital files, you’ll need to assign a file name to each one. Using a well-defined and consistent system for organizing and naming digital files will make your life easier, now and in the future. If feasible, develop your file naming system before you begin
- [Digital Projects Case Studies](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digital-projects-case-studies) - In order to help others working on digital projects, some of our content partners have provided an overview of their experiences selecting, digitizing, cataloging, and sharing their historical resources for online access.
- [Recollection Wisconsin for Genealogists](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/explore/genealogy) - For multiple years, Recollection Wisconsin has been named one of the Best State Websites for Genealogy by Family Tree Magazine. The following tips for searching our site will improve your genealogy research results and help you discover your family history. Sources for Genealogy Research Some useful formats to consider include: City directories County histories and
- [Curating Community Digital Collections: A Starter Package](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digipres/curating-community-digital-collections-a-starter-package) - Interested in designing and implementing a statewide, cohort-based digital preservation training program (or something similar)? Let us help you get started! We gathered and organized some of the most useful materials created during Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC), an IMLS-funded program from 2017-2019 that paired graduate students with small or under-resourced cultural heritage organizations to
- [Travel Back in Time to Cazenovia](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/travel-back-in-time/cazenovia) - The Village of Cazenovia, on the banks of the Little Baraboo River in Westford Township in Richland County, may be tiny, but it has a wonderful photographic collection documenting its history. All images are from the Richland County History Room.
- [Activity: Old Maps and New](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/activities/maps) - This activity supports Disciplinary Literacy in Social Studies — Thinking Like a Historian — Change and Continuity. Adapted from the Wisconsin Historical Society lesson plan “Old Map, New Map: Let’s Compare,” by Mark Waggoner. Grade level: Appropriate for grades 4-12 with teacher modifications Duration: One or two class periods Use Recollection Wisconsin to locate a historic map
- [Listening to War: Project Background](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/listeningtowar/about) - NEH Foundations Grant 2016-2017 Listening to War: Uncovering Wisconsin’s Wartime Oral Histories was a yearlong project to identify oral history collections documenting the lives of Wisconsin veterans and civilians during wartime, held by small and mid-sized libraries, archives, museums and veterans centers across Wisconsin. Recollection Wisconsin worked with an Advisory Committee and a consultant from
- [Acknowledgments](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/listeningtowar/acknowledgments) - Listening to War is made possible by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded to WiLS (Wisconsin Library Services), project manager and fiscal agent for the Recollection Wisconsin consortium. (2016-2017, PW-234713-16 and 2017-2020, PW-259003-18) Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- [Test page for Andi](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/test-page-for-andi) - Recollection Wisconsin Content Partners 2020 Year to Date DPLA Recollection Wisconsin Usage Top Five Viewed Recollection Wisconsin Resources for November 2020
- [Activity: Analyzing Photographs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/activities/analyzingphotographs) - This activity supports Disciplinary Literacy in Social Studies — Thinking Like a Historian — Through Their Eyes. Grade level: Elementary Duration: One class period Select one or more historic photographs from Recollection Wisconsin. As a class or in small groups, encourage students to consider the following questions: What was going on at this time? What was
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- [Listening to War: Terms of Use](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/listeningtowar/terms-of-use) - Copyright The libraries, archives, museums, and veterans’ organizations contributing content to Listening to War have made their materials available online with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0). This means that users can share and adapt the material under the following terms: Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if
- [Listening to War Planning Grant](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wioralhistory/nehfoundations) - Listening to War: Uncovering Wisconsin’s Wartime Oral Histories was a yearlong project to identify oral history collections documenting the lives of Wisconsin veterans and civilians during wartime, held by small and mid-sized libraries, archives, museums and veterans centers across Wisconsin. Recollection Wisconsin worked with an Advisory Committee and a consultant from AVP to develop a
- [Listening to War: Harmful Content Statement](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/listeningtowar/harmful-content-statement) - Users are advised that some of the interviews in Listening to War: Wisconsin's Wartime Oral Histories contain descriptions of violence, injury, disease, mental distress, and other trauma. This includes eyewitness accounts of wartime combat and its aftermath as well as first-hand experiences of refugee camps, concentration camps, and prisoner-of-war camps. In addition, the interviews presented
- [Listening to War: Content Contributors](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/listeningtowar/contributors) - [table id=14 /] This project is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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- [Activity: Main Street Then and Now](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/activities/mainstreet) - This activity supports Disciplinary Literacy in Social Studies -- Thinking Like a Historian -- Change and Continuity. Grade level: Elementary Duration: One or two class periods Have students search the Recollection Wisconsin collections to find photographs and postcards depicting Main Street (or other downtown areas) in your local community or a neighboring city. To find images of historic
- [Scanning](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/toolkit-original-version/scanning) - Digitization Philosophy Digitization means taking a tangible object and turning it into a computer file. The umbrella term for this process is reformatting – for instance, scanning a document, photographing an artifact or converting an audiocassette. The goal of reformatting is to create an accurate digital representation of the original analog object. Aim for the
- [Terms of Use](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/about/terms-of-use) - Recollection Wisconsin does not own the copyright to the individual digital items on this website. The digital content brought together by Recollection Wisconsin and reproduced on this website is made available by contributing third-party organizations. If you want to copy, adapt, publish or otherwise distribute any of this third-party content, it is your responsibility to
- [Presentations](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digipres/presentations) - Creating Community Digital Collections, DPLAFest, Chicago, April 2019 Creating Community through Digital Futures, Chicago, November 2018 CCDC: Collaborating to Build Digital Capacity, WLA annual conference, October 2018 Report to Recollection Wisconsin Governing Board, August 2018 WiLSWorld lightning talk, July 2018 DPLA Network Meeting lightning talk, March 2018
- [2019 Mentors](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digipres/2019mentors) - Shiraz Bhathena Shiraz Bhathena is a Digital Archivist for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He holds a BA from UW-Milwaukee in Conceptual Studies of Film and an MA in from UCLA in Moving Image Archive Studies. Prior to working for UWM, he worked as a Video Archivist and Post Production Specialist for the USC Shoah Foundation
- [2019 CCDC Resources](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digipres/2019-ccdc-resources) - Student-created policies, workflows and other documentation CCDC students worked with their host sites and mentors to develop digital preservation policies, workflows and other documentation. We’ve highlighted selected examples here for other cultural heritage organizations to reuse and adapt for their own digital stewardship work. Digital Preservation Policies Appleton Public Library: Digital Preservation Policy (Rebekkah Bain)Richard
- [Activity: The Novitiate Takeover](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/activities/novitiate) - This activity supports Disciplinary Literacy in Social Studies — How Do We Know? — Evaluating Sources, Close Reading, and Corroboration. Grade level: Appropriate for grades 4-12 with teacher modifications Duration: One class period Background: In 1975, a group known as the Menominee Warrior Society occupied the Alexian Brothers’ former novitiate near Gresham, Wisconsin in Shawano County, claiming treaty
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- [Partners](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/partners) - Governing Partners Recollection Wisconsin is a consortium administered by WiLS and managed by six Governing Partners: Wisconsin Historical Society, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Milwaukee Public Library and Marquette University. Find out more about our Governing Board and Steering Committee. Content Partners Our Content Partners include dozens of university
- [CCDC Leadership](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digipres/ccdc-leadership) - Emily Pfotenhauer, Project Director Emily is a Community Liaison and Service Specialist with WiLS, where she leads digital projects focused on expanding access to community-based collections. She manages the Recollection Wisconsin statewide digital collections consortium and is the project director for the CCDC program and for Recollection Wisconsin's NEH-funded effort to digitize at-risk oral history
- [2019 Students](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digipres/2019students) - Rebekah Bain Rebekah Bain is a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the MA History and Master of Library Information Science programs, with a concentration in archival studies. She graduated in May 2018 from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with a BA in Public and Policy History, where she worked at the Special Collections and
- [Search](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/explore/search) - Discover photos, maps, books, artifacts, oral histories and more from dozens of Wisconsin libraries, archives, historical societies and museums. Find state and local history resources as well as materials from across the country and around the world. We are proud to partner with the Digital Public Library of America to offer this portal to digital
- [Classroom Activities and Lesson Plans](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/activities) - Social Studies and History Activities for grades K-4 Analyzing Photographs Main Street Then and Now Packing a Traveler's Trunk Thought Bubbles Activities for grades 4-12 Immigration and Settlement Experiences Old Maps and New Thought Bubbles The Novitiate Takeover English Language Arts Activities for grades K-4 Share Your Story Thought Bubbles Visual Writing Prompts Activities for
- [2018 Host site supervisors](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digipres/2018supervisors) - Kathy Boguszewski and Kristin Arnold, Rock County Historical Society Kathy Boguszewski graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio with a B.S. in Elementary Education and from UW-Madison with a Masters Degree in Library and Information Studies. She has over 50 years experience in K-16 education. She currently volunteers at the Rock County Historical Society, primarily as
- [2018 Mentors](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digipres/2018mentors) - Kristin Briney Kristin Briney is the Data Services Librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she advises researchers on data management plans and data best practices. She has a PhD in chemistry and a Master’s degree in library and information studies. Kristin is the author of the book Data Management for Researchers and blogs about
- [2018 Students](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digipres/2018students) - Jessica Behrman Jessica discovered her love for the world of library science while studying at Southern Illinois University, where she received her bachelor’s degree in speech communication. There, she had the opportunity to work in preservation and cataloging at Morris Library. Afterward, while living in Idaho, she decided to segue into another interest of hers:
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- [Activity: Immigration and Settlement Experiences](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/activities/immigrationsettlement) - This activity supports Disciplinary Literacy in Social Studies — Thinking Like a Historian — Turning Points. Adapted from the Wisconsin Historical Society lesson plan “An ‘American Letter’ by Norwegian Immigrants.” Grade level: Appropriate for grades 4-12 with teacher modifications Duration: Two class periods Have students search Recollection Wisconsin to find letters and diaries composed by European immigrants
- [Activity: Packing a Traveler's Trunk](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/activities/trunk) - This activity supports Disciplinary Literacy in Social Studies — Material Culture as Historic Evidence. Adapted from the Wisconsin Historical Society lesson plan “Immigration: Packing a Traveler’s Trunk,” by Susan Glenz. Grade level: Elementary Duration: One class period In this activity, students will explore the migration experience through objects. Students should think about the requirements of completing a journey to
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- [Our Name](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/about/name) - Recollection is the act of remembering or recalling to mind. Re-collection means collecting, gathering or assembling again. The name Recollection Wisconsin reflects what we do: our program “re-collects” historical resources from collections across the state into a single, virtual access point. By gathering these diverse materials together, we offer new ways to explore and understand
- [Browse Collections by Subject](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects)
- [Activity: Reading Across Genres](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/activities/genres) - This activity supports Common Core in English Language Arts — CCR Anchor Standards for Reading – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.9. Inspired by the work of Kelly Gallagher. Grade level: Appropriate for grades 4-12 with teacher modifications Duration: One class period Use Recollection Wisconsin to find a variety of genres that are topically or thematically related. To find examples of genre writing through Recollection
- [Activity: A Picture's Worth A Thousand Words](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers-archived/activities/pictures) - This activity supports Common Core in English Language Arts -- CCR Anchor Standards for Reading -- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.5 and CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.6. Grade level: Appropriate for grades 4-12 with teacher modifications Duration: One or two class periods Select a photograph or several from the Recollection Wisconsin collections. To locate photographs that will inspire creative contributions from your students, try our thematic boards on Pinterest: Life
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## Collections

- [Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsin-decorative-arts-database) - More than 1,000 examples of Wisconsin’s material heritage from public and private collections across the state, including furniture, ceramics, metalwork, quilts and needlework as well as beadwork, basketry, woodcarving and marquetry made in Wisconsin between 1820 and 1930.
- [Reedsburg Historic Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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 Postcard Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/reedsburg-library-archives-postcard-collection) - This collection is a set of postcards with images from the Reedsburg area.
- [Reedsburg Historic Photograph Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/reedsburg-library-archives-collections) - This collection is a set of photographs documenting the history of Reedsburg and surrounding communities.
- [History of the Reedsburg Public Library Photograph Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/history-of-the-reedsburg-public-library-photograph-collection) - The History of the Reedsburg Public Library Photograph Collection (HRLP) consists of photographs and image files in the archival collection. The photographs are from 1912 to 2008 and include staff members, library programs, buildings and operations. The History of the Reedsburg Public Library, 1899-2024, a Google Slides presentation, was created by staff members Janet Gasser
- [History of the Reedsburg Public Library Documents Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/history-of-the-reedsburg-library-documents-collection) - The History of the Reedsburg Public Library Documents Collection (HRLD) consists of papers and writings documenting the history of the Reedsburg Public Library including its earliest inception, the building of the Carnegie Library in 1911, and the building of the 370 Vine Street Location in the late 1990s. Some papers and publicity relating to library
- [Fond du Lac Maps and Atlases](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/fond-du-lac-maps-and-atlases) - Digital collection of maps and atlases from Fond du Lac County, including landowner atlases. This collection is incomplete and new directories will be added as they become available.
- [Fond du Lac County and City Directories](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/fond-du-lac-county-and-city-directories) - Digital collection of Fond du Lac County and City Directories starting in 1857. This collection is incomplete and new directories will be added as they become available.
- [America's Black Holocaust Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/americas-black-holocaust-museum) - America's Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee was founded in 1988 by one of the only known survivors of a lynching in the U.S., Dr. James Cameron. The museum builds public awareness of the harmful legacies of slavery and Jim Crow in America and promotes racial repair, reconciliation, and healing. Their digital collection shares letters, journals,
- [Jacobsens Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/jacobsens-museum) - Jacobsens Museum, on Washington Island in Door County, houses exhibits and artifacts collected by Danish immigrant Jens Jacobsen, along with his own crafts. The museum’s digital collection focuses on the earliest items displayed by Jacobsen, including wooden models of ships, wooden decorative ‘scroll work,’ museum visitor books, schoolbooks, drawings, photographs, and letters.
- [Mable (Mabel) Seep Photograph Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/mable-mabel-seep-photograph-collection) - Mable (Mabel) Thompson Seep (1890-1981), a local artist, was born in Richland County, and later farmed in Ironton and Winfield townships with her husband Louis. Mabel’s granddaughter Genie Seep donated several of Mabel’s paintings and photographs to the Reedsburg Historic Preservation Commission in 2019. The paintings can be viewed on the Commission’s website. The Commission
- [Equal Opportunities, Equal Rights, and Fair Housing in Madison](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/equal-opportunities-equal-rights-and-fair-housing-in-madison) - The Dane County Historical Society has a number of documents that relate to the City of Madison’s efforts to develop Fair Housing, Equal Opportunities, and Equal Rights laws and commissions. Much of this activism took place in the 1950s and 1960s. Also included in this collection are two 1983 oral histories by Historic Madison, Inc.,
- [Cottage Grove Area Historical Society Historical Pamphlet Series](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/cottage-grove-area-historical-society-historical-pamphlet-series) - The Cottage Grove Area Historical Society published 46 historical pamphlets. Each saddle-stitched pamphlet has approximately 30-50 pages and focuses on a single topic in Cottage Grove history. These pamphlets ranged in topic from a two-issue series on former Wisconsin Governor William Taylor (a former resident of Cottage Grove) to Julia Skolas, a professional turn-of-the-century female
- [Dane County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/dane-county-historical-society) - The Dane County Historical Society digital collection is a growing compilation of yearbooks, documents, architectural drawings, oral histories, pamphlets, and more documenting the history of Dane County.
- [Jungwirth Histories of Oshkosh](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/jungwirth-histories-of-oshkosh) - Books on the history of and life in Oshkosh, Wisconsin compiled and written by local historian Clarence "Inky" Jungwirth.
- [Barns of Winnebago County](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/barns-of-winnebago-county) - 260 images of Winnebago County barns captured by photographer Michael Cooney.
- [Oshkosh Businesses](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/oshkosh-businesses) - Photographs, newspaper articles, postcards, pamphlets and catalogs of businesses that once flourished in Oshkosh, including Deltox Rug Co., Oshkosh Trunk Co., and Stein's clothing store.
- [Montello Yearbooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/montello-yearbooks) - This digital collection contains Montello High School's annual yearbook, The Granite Hilltopper, covering 1940 through 2019.
- [Posselt, Theodore (Ted) Keith Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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
- [Historical County Plat Maps from South Central Wisconsin and Early Madison City Directories](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/historical-county-plat-maps-from-south-central-wisconsin-and-early-madison-city-directories) - 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
- [Walter Scott Materials, 1939-1979, 1993](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/walter-scott-materials-1839-1979-1993) - These 27 photographs come from the Walter Scott Materials collection. Walter Scott (1911-1983) is a well-known naturalist who was inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame in 1995. He also had a penchant for preserving local history and was one of the founders of Historic Madison Inc. These photographs were taken on August 16,
- [Tomah Area Historical Society and Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/tomah-area-historical-society-and-museum) - Tomah Area Historical Society and Museum‘s Frank O. King Collection features a selection of original cartoons, sketches, correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia from Frank O. King, the creator of the comic strip Gasoline Alley. This digital collection offers insight into King’s creative process and the cultural impact of his work, providing a unique window into the history of 20th-century
- [Sun Prairie Historical Library & Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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
- [Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/milwaukee-institute-of-art-design) - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design's Guido Brink collection contains ephemera concerning the life and artwork of Midwest artist and educator Guido Peter Brink (1913-2002) in addition to the art collection endowed to the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design from his estate.
- [Phyllis Miller Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/phyllis-miller-postcard-collection) - This collection of postcards and other ephermal material is part of the Phyllis Miller Collection. Phyllis Miller (1941-2024) was an avid local historian and collector. In 2003, she published the book “Reedsburg in Vintage Postcards.” Her children donated her local history collections to the Reedsburg Public Library and the Reedsburg Historic Preservation Commission.
- [Williams, Alan Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/alan-williams-collection) - This collection of four scrapbooks with photographs, postcards, documents, and booklets was donated to the Angie W. Cox Public Library by Alan Williams in July 2022. Alan Williams' father, Payson (P. K.) Williams, was the cousin of Pardeeville Public Library's founder Angie Williams Cox. He is the grandson of Charles Harvey (C. H.) Williams, who
- [Middleton Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/middleton-area-historical-society) - This expanding collection from the Middleton Area Historical Society features historic photographs and postcards of businesses, buildings, people and events in Middleton and the surrounding area.
- [Hedberg Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/hedberg-public-library) - Hedberg Public Library (Janesville) provides this collection of oral interviews, and transcripts, with General Motors employees, union members, and others involved in Janesville’s manufacturing history, recorded as part of Janesville’s Bicentennial Oral History Project in 1976.
- [Menomonee Falls Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/menomonee-falls-public-library) - The Maude Shunk Local History Room Archives, located in the Menomonee Falls Public Library, highlights and preserves the history of the Village of Menomonee Falls and now defunct Fussville through photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, government documents, and postcards. The full collection is a collaboration of resources and contributions by both the library and the Menomonee
- [History of Wisconsin Agriculture and Rural Life](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/history-of-wisconsin-agriculture-and-rural-life) - 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
- [UW-Madison School of Library and Information Studies Digital Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uw-madison-school-of-library-and-information-studies-digital-collection) - This is a collection of digital images, mostly taken from yearlogs, and assembled by students at the School of Library and Information Studies (formerly the Wisconsin Library School, currently the UW-Madison iSchool) to document the highlights of their activities. The earliest yearlog dates from the first class to graduate in 1907.
- [Novitiate Takeover](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/novitiate-takeover) - In 1975, a group known as the Menominee Warrior Society took over the Alexian Brothers’ former Novitiate near Gresham, Wisconsin in Shawano County, claiming treaty rights to the property. Various groups responded in different ways to this event, including local residents, the national media, the Menominee Nation of Wisconsin, and the Menominee Warrior Society dissident
- [Mineral Point 1971 Slide Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/mineral-point-1971-slide-collection) - A photographic study of buildings in Mineral Point, conducted by Phil Lewis and students in his Landscape Architecture course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1971.
- [Mineral Point Glass Plate Negative Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/mineral-point-glass-plate-negative-collection) - Glass plate negatives from 1875 to circa 1910 documenting buildings and people in Mineral Point and vicinity.
- [Central Wisconsin Digitization Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/central-wisconsin-digitization-project) - Central Wisconsin Digitization Project (CWDP) is a consortium of libraries, historical societies, genealogical societies and museums committed to preserving and disseminating the history of Marathon and Lincoln Counties through the digitization of original sources and artifacts and their subsequent publication on the internet. The organizing theme of the CWDPs digital collection is "Community Life", construed
- [Railroads of Lincoln and Marathon Counties](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/railroads-of-lincoln-and-marathon-counties) - Photographs, maps and documents relating to the railroads of Lincoln and Marathon Counties assembled by the Central Wisconsin Digitization Project, a consortium of libraries, archives, museums and historical societies in Lincoln and Marathon counties.
- [Documents of Central Wisconsin History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/documents-of-central-wisconsin-history) - This collection contains digitized Merril, Wisconsin high school KEMO (Keep Every Memory Ours) yearbooks and Lincoln County Normal School yearbooks from the Central Wisconsin Digitization Project.
- [Wisconsin Cranberry School Proceedings](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsin-cranberry-school-proceedings) - The Wisconsin Cranberry School is the primary meeting for Wisconsin cranberry growers, whether members of a cooperative or independent growers. The school is sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Extension and the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association.
- [Wetherby Cranberry Library Digital Archives](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wetherby-cranberry-library) - Cranberries have been grown commercially in Wisconsin for over 150 years. This collection includes photographs, clippings, pamphlets and recipes related to the cranberry industry in Wisconsin as well as eight decades of Cranberries, a national trade publication.
- [Brown County War History Committee Records](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/brown-county-war-history-committee-records) - After World War I ended in 1919, the Brown County War History Committee interviewed 1,721 local soldiers and their families about their wartime service. They collected a wealth of personal, family and military information, including hundreds of photographs and original letters. The collection is owned by the Neville Public Museum of Brown County and housed
- [Listening to War](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/listening-to-war) - The Listening to War digital collection brings together first-person accounts of veterans and civilians in Wisconsin during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Persian Gulf War. These stories of everyday life during wartime come from men and women who served on the battlefront; nurses, journalists, shipbuilders, and others who
- [Freda Meyers Nishan Photograph Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/freda-meyers-nishan-photograph-collection) - Freda Meyers Nishan (1878-1938) was a well-known philanthropist in Reedsburg, having given donations for the Presbyterian manse, the Reedsburg Hospital and other civic projects. This collection of photographs was passed on to the Reedsburg Public Library by local historian Lee Gnatzig who had received the photographs several years earlier from Vicki (Macoulian) Manougian, a relative
- [Belleville Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/belleville-public-library) - The Belleville Area Historical Society's Frenchtown digitization project with the Belleville Public Library focuses on the history of the French immigrant settlement in the Belleville/Montrose/Exeter area as they began arriving in the 1850s through the 1920s. 3-D objects and photographs will also be on display in the library's display cabinets.
- [Edgerton Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/edgerton-public-library) - Edgerton Public Library's digital collection showcases issues from the 1885-1886 Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter. This weekly newspaper was devoted to the interests of the state’s tobacco industry, one of Wisconsin’s earliest and most enduring specialty crops.
- [Wisconsin Traditions of Social Care](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsin-traditions-of-social-care) - Images of people and buildings contributing to Wisconsin's social care system, including asylums, hospitals and orphanages.
- [Wisconsin Goes to War: Our Civil War Experience](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsin-goes-to-war-our-civil-war-experience) - First person narrative accounts of Wisconsin soldiers and citizens during the Civil War, including letters, diaries, poems and other records.
- [Wisconsin Blue Books](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsin-blue-books) - The Wisconsin Blue Book has been published every other year since 1885. Each volume includes information and statistics on life in Wisconsin, including government, population, geography, history, election data, educational resources, social services, finance, agriculture, industry and transportation systems.
- [Reminiscences of Lucien B. Caswell](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/reminiscences-of-lucien-b-caswell) - A 1914 memoir by Wisconsin pioneer and civic leader Lucien B. Caswell (1827-1919). Caswell was a lawyer in Fort Atkinson and went on to be elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly and later the United States House of Representatives. Part of the State of Wisconsin Collection, University of Wisconsin Digital Collections.
- [Lakeshore College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/lakeshore-college) - This archive collection from Lakeshore College (previously Lakeshore Technical College) compiles yearbooks, photographs, and documents showing the college’s history from the early 20th century into the 21st century. Vocational education in Sheboygan County and Manitowoc County began in the 1910s with city schools in Sheboygan, Manitowoc, and Two Rivers. They were consolidated in the late
- [Reedsburg City Directories and Telephone Books](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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 Survey Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/reedsburg-historic-survey) - 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.
- [UW-Milwaukee Latino Activism](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uw-milwaukee-latino-activism) - This collection includes photographs, documents, newspaper articles and video documenting efforts during the 1970-71 academic year to improve conditions for the Latino community at UW-Milwaukee. In November 1970, UWM opened its Spanish Speaking Outreach Institute, a forerunner of today's Roberto Hernandez Center.
- [UW-Milwaukee Book Arts Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uw-milwaukee-book-arts-collection) - Digital representations of 31 artists' books from the Special Collections at UWM Libraries. This collection presents artists' books - books designed and handmade by artists - that provide examples of the expressive use of the book arts including binding, papermaking, printing, typography and page design.
- [Milwaukee Repertory Theater Photographic History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/milwaukee-repertory-theater-photographic-history) - A visual chronicle of the artistic productions of Milwaukee Repertory Theater in the years 1977-1994. The collection presents 1,800 images documenting 195 performances during these 17 seasons.
- [Milwaukee Neighborhoods - Photos and Maps 1885-1992](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/milwaukee-neighborhoods-photos-and-maps-1885-1992) - Images of Milwaukee neighborhoods from the Far Northwest Side to the Far South Side, providing a visual documentation of the development of the city of Milwaukee from the mid-1880s to the early 1990s. The image collection is accompanied by 12 maps of Milwaukee from the holdings of the American Geographical Society Library.
- [History of UW-Milwaukee](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/history-of-uw-milwaukee) - 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.
- [Architectural Drawings of Willis and Lillian Leenhouts](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/architectural-drawings-of-willis-and-lillian-leenhouts) - More than 80 architectural drawings and sketches for eleven projects by Milwaukee architects Willis and Lillian Leenhouts.
- [UW-Milwaukee Post Newspaper](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uw-milwaukee-post-newspaper) - Since 1956, the UWM Post has served as UW-Milwaukee's unofficial news outlet and a primary source of news about campus activities, the university administration, and the greater Milwaukee area. Published weekly and operated entirely by student staff, the Post printed its last issue in November 2012 and has published online exclusively since 2013. The digital
- [South Central Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/south-central-library-system) - This collection includes materials about South Central Library System (SCLS) services, special events, and member libraries.
- [Cedarburg Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/cedarburg-public-library) - This collection provides access to photos, records, and other archival materials related to the history of Cedarburg and Ozaukee County, 1850-2005, including, but not limited to local architecture, industry, schools, families, churches, and various cultural events.
- [Oscar Grady Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/oscar-grady-public-library) - This photo collection captures the Saukville community throughout the 1900s and early 2000s. Images were collected by brothers Jim and John Peterson and donated to Oscar Grady Public Library for the purpose of digital preservation and public access.
- [Mead Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Frank L. Weyenberg Library of Mequon-Thiensville](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/frank-l-weyenberg-library-of-mequon-thiensville) - This collection contains local history documents, images, and audio files from the City of Mequon, Village of Thiensville, and Ozaukee County.
- [Theresa Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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
- [Plymouth Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/plymouth-public-library) - The Plymouth Public Library's digitization project is a growing selection of materials collected since the library was founded in 1871. Initially, this digital collection will include access to photographs and letters sent or received from the library. Check back with us periodically, as we will continue to add materials.
- [Elkhart Lake Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/elkhart-lake-public-library) - This growing collection contains oral history interviews of Elkhart Lake residents, programs and minutes of the Elkhart Lake Study Club going back as far as 1938, and more. We will continue to add materials to this collection to aid independent research of Elkhart Lake history.
- [Kohler Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/kohler-public-library) - A collection of historical photographs from Kohler, Wisconsin.
- [House of History: Black LGBTQ+ Milwaukee History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/house-of-history-black-lgbtq-milwaukee-history) - The House of History is devoted to collecting and sharing Black LGBTQ+ history in Milwaukee. Inspired by the experience of Janice Toy (one of the interviewees featured in this collection), Dr. Brice Smith worked with Janice to gather oral history interviews to create an historical record of her community. The oral history narrators documented here include
- [Community Voices of Jefferson and Waukesha Counties](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/community-voices-of-jefferson-and-waukesha-counties) - Community Voices of Jefferson and Waukesha County, Wisconsin, an initiative of Bridges Library System, aims to build connections between people and create an online archive to preserve their stories for future generations to enjoy.
- [Eagle River Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/eagle-river-historical-society) - The Eagle River Historical Society / Craig Moore Research Library collection consists of several thousand images of the Eagle River area from approx.1880-2000. A considerable number of these images come from photographs taken by residents, tourists, and local photography companies over the course of the past two centuries. The collection features images documenting northern Wisconsin's
- [Ozaukee County Local History Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/ozaukee-county-local-history-collection) - Personal reminiscences of growing up in Ozaukee County, reflections of local residents who served during wartime, histories of various local communities, and histories of public services and groups in those communities, including fire departments and women's clubs.
- [Sheboygan County Historical Documents](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/sheboygan-county-historical-documents) - Sheboygan County plat maps 1875-1920, local histories, centennial and homecoming souvenir booklets, and catalogs from numerous furniture manufacturers in the city of Sheboygan.
- [Kewaskum Photo Archive](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/kewaskum-photo-archive) - The photos in this collection form part of a large digital archive of over 300 pictures covering Kewaskum history from the 1890s to the 1970s. The Kewaskum photo archive is a project of the Kewaskum Public Library and the Kewaskum Historical Society.
- [Milwaukee County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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
- [Madison Trust for Historic Preservation Archives](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/madison-trust-for-historic-preservation-archives) - This collection includes materials from the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation's archives. For more information about this organization and its work to celebrate and advocate for the preservation of historic places in the Madison, Wisconsin area, visit their website.
- [Quiver Yearbooks 1897-1974](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/quiver-yearbooks-1897-1974) - From 1897-1974, The Quiver yearbook recorded the people, activities and achievements of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and its predecessor institutions (Oshkosh Normal School, Oshkosh State Teachers College, Oshkosh State College and WSU Oshkosh). The pages of the school's annual document the evolution of a campus growing from a teachers training institution of 700 students
- [Reedsburg Military Service: Company A Scrapbooks and Photographs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/reedsburg-military-service-company-a-scrapbooks-and-photographs) - This collection includes two scrapbooks and miscellaneous photographs donated to the Reedsburg Public Library by Company A in 1978. Photographs, postcards and newspaper articles include activities of Company A, 1st Wisconsin Infantry (formerly Company B, 10th Separate Battalion), and Company A, 128th Infantry, 32nd Division.
- [Reedsburg Military Service: Company A of the 19th Regiment of Wisconsin Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Reedsburg Old Settlers Photograph Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/reedsburg-old-settlers-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.
- [Fond du Lac and Green Lake County Atlases, Directories, and Histories](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/fond-du-lac-and-green-lake-county-atlases-directories-and-histories) - This digital collection contains 13 published books and a wall map providing accessibility to early information about the City Of Berlin and Green Lake County. City and county directories list residents with their addresses and occupations and include an alphabetic list of business firms and a street and avenue guide. City information for 1892 is now
- [Early Fond du Lac County People and Places](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/early-fond-du-lac-county-people-and-places) - This digital collection of thirteen published books provides access to early information about Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. Content includes eight city and county directories dating from 1857-1904.
- [Wisconsin Pioneer Experience](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsin-pioneer-experience) - A digital collection of diaries, letters, reminiscences, speeches and other writings of people who settled and built Wisconsin during the 19th century. These materials were selected from the collections of the Wisconsin Area Research Centers (ARCs) as well as the headquarters of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
- [Western Wisconsin CCC Camp Newsletters, 1933-1941](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/western-wisconsin-ccc-camp-newsletters-1933-1941) - Newsletters of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps in Buffalo, Eau Claire, Price, Rusk, Sawyer and Taylor Counties, from the Special Collections and Archives Department, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire.
- [History of UW-Eau Claire](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/history-of-uw-eau-claire) - 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.
- [Ku Klux Klan in Northwestern Wisconsin 1915-1950](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/ku-klux-klan-in-northwestern-wisconsin-1915-1950) - Records, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, ephemera and artifacts documenting a popular movement that most Americans would rather forget - a so-called "reform" movement driven by xenophobia and bigotry. Although largely gone from the state by the late 1920s, the Klan persisted in northwestern Wisconsin, including Chippewa, Clark, and Pierce counties, through the 1940s.
- [Beloit Local History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/beloit-local-history) - City directories, phone directories, plat maps and other publications documenting the history of the city of Beloit and Rock County, Wisconsin from the 1890s to the 1940s.
- [Ada James Papers and Correspondence 1915-1918](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/ada-james-papers-and-correspondence-1915-1918) - Ada James (1876-1952) was a leading social reformer, humanitarian, and pacifist from Richland Center, Wisconsin and daughter of state senator David G. James. The Ada James Papers document the grass roots organizing and politics that were required to promote and guarantee the passage of women's suffrage in Wisconsin and beyond.
- [A Williams Bay Treasure: 'Bay Leaves,' 1933-1940](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/a-williams-bay-treasure-bay-leaves-1933-1940) - Bay Leaves, a newsletter published by the community of Williams Bay on Geneva Lake, documents Williams Bay's historic recreational camps; the Yerkes Observatory; the Belfry Theater, Wisconsin’s first summer stock theater; and the names and activities of both the year-round and summer residents who have influenced the appearance, culture and tourism of the village.
- [Public Documents of the State of Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Opening the Doors: Wisconsin Mental Health Heritage](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/opening-the-doors-wisconsin-mental-health-heritage) - The Winnebago Mental Health Institute admitted its first patient on April 23, 1873 and was known as the Northern Hospital for the Insane. In 1935, the facility name was changed to the Winnebago State Hospital and was changed again in 1973 to the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. This collection includes annual reports authored by physician
- [Marathon County Local History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/marathon-county-local-history) - This digital collection focuses on the history of the towns, villages and cities of Marathon County. It includes centennial histories written by local residents, with many illustrations documenting family life and economic development in central Wisconsin.
- [Maps and Atlases of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, and the Upper Mississippi River](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/maps-and-atlases-of-la-crosse-county-wisconsin-and-the-upper-mississippi-river) - Maps and atlases of La Crosse County including plat, highway, soil and topographic maps as well as zoning, park and street maps of the city of La Crosse and other La Crosse County municipalities. Also includes representative pre- and post-lock and dam charts and maps of the Upper Mississippi River.
- [Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association Reports](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/madison-park-and-pleasure-drive-association-reports) - This digital collection of historic reports provides accessibility to early information about the City of Madison around the turn of the 20th century. The Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association Reports denote the moneys received and expended and work done by the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association in order to attract attention to the
- [Madison Metropolitan School District Reports](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/madison-metropolitan-school-district-reports) - Annual reports of the Madison Metropolitan School District dating back to the mid-19th century as well as curriculum guides and other teaching materials.
- [Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto and Shawano Counties - Historical Atlases, Directories, Plat Maps and High School Yearbooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/brown-door-kewaunee-oconto-and-shawano-counties-historical-atlases-directories-plat-maps-and-high-school-yearbooks) - Plat books, atlases, school yearbooks and school newspapers documenting northeastern Wisconsin, specifically Brown, Door, Kewaunee and Shawano counties. School yearbooks and newspapers included in this collection are The Okato (1922-1926), The Bay Mist (1910, 1912, 1922), The Aeroplane (1914-1921), East High Aeroplane (1924-1925), The Flashes (1912-1925), The Thistle (1908, 1913), The Crescent Beach Echoes (1909-1911,
- [African American Catholics of the United States](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/african-american-catholics-of-the-united-states) - African American Catholics of the United States contains over 200 images of African American clergy, religious, and laity, plus others in ministry to them, in parishes and schools, religious communities, and lay organizations since 1900. Archives staff selected the images from the records of the Black and Indian Mission Collection, the Catholic Negro-American Mission Board, and
- [Reedsburg Old Settlers Letters Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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
- [Madison Mozart Club Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/madison-mozart-club-collection) - The Madison Mozart Club was an all-white male amateur singing group formed in 1901 and disbanded in 1958. During that time, the group gave over 200 concerts throughout southern Wisconsin. They sang a broad range of music ranging from traditional choral pieces to negro spirituals, to popular music, and more. The Club was founded by
- [Rick Burns Photo Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/rick-burns-photo-collection) - The Rick Burns Train Photograph Collection is a collection of almost 500 photographs of trains and train stations in and around the Madison area in between 1963 and 1967, the years that he attended the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Also included on the Dane County Historical Society Website is an article written by Burns about the
- [Historic Madison Inc. Oral History Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/historic-madison-inc-oral-history-collection) - During the 1980s, Historic Madison Inc. board members Ruth Doyle and Hallie Lou Blum led an initiative to conduct a series of oral histories with prominent and impactful Madisonians. The HMI volunteers finished the last interview in 1991. Collectively, they interviewed over 60 Madisonians, some of whom were over 100 years old.
- [The Founding of a Fashion Program](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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
- [Martin P. Schneider Architectural Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/martin-p-schneider-architectural-collection) - Martin Peter Schneider was born in 1890 in Lodi, he graduated in 1912 with an engineering degree, and soon after that, he attended graduate school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Later that same year, Schneider was back in Madison, starting his practice in his home. His impressive architectural work includes designs in most styles
- [Monticello Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/monticello-public-library) - The Monticello Public Library has partnered with the Attica Historical Society to preserve old local documents for our community.
- [Reedsburg Historic Books](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/reedsburg-historic-survey-collection-books) - This collection contains books detailing the history of Reedsburg and the surrounding area.
- [Milwaukee Annual Reports](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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
- [Kenosha County Digital Archive](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/kenosha-county-digital-archive) - These collections, from Community Library (Salem), Kenosha Public Library, and Kenosha County Libray System, feature photographs, documents, genealogy records, letters, and maps from Kenosha County cities, towns, and schools.
- [Gesu Parish Grade School](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/gesu-parish-grade-school) - This collection of photos, directories, programs, alumni newsletters, and objects documents the Gesu School, founded in 1895 after the combining of St. Gall and Holy Name parishes. After sixty-nine years of continuous educational service, Gesu School held its last graduation exercises on June 7, 1968.
- [In the Words of Women](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/in-the-words-of-women) - This is an ongoing collection of audio stories recorded by the Mount Mary community at the Haggerty Library's high-tech Storybooth. Begun in 2022, these recordings are from any individuals or classes who wished to share their stories - short, long, or somewhere in between.
- [La Crosse Public Library Archives](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/la-crosse-public-library-archives) - This collection from the La Crosse Public Library Archives includes digitized texts related to La Crosse including city directories 1866-1963; city ordinances 1863-1954; and other histories including local churches. Photographs and oral histories can also be accessed here.
- [Mildred Hinrichs Photograph Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Sauk County Normal School/Sauk County Teachers College Yearbooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Reedsburg High School Yearbooks Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/reedsburg-high-school-yearbooks-collection) - These yearbooks from various years start with 1905 from Reedsburg High School.
- [Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/exploring-cultural-history-online-echo) - The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin, specifically Buffalo, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau and Vernon counties.
- [Columbus Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Ripon Yearbooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/ripon-yearbooks) - As part of its local history collection, the Ripon Public Library has digitized volumes of "The Tiger," the yearbook of the Ripon Senior High School, covering most of the years from 1917-1940.
- [Ripon Pedrick Genealogy Notebooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Ripon Newspaper Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/ripon-newspaper-collection) - Access a variety of historical Ripon newspapers with near continuous coverage from 1853 to the present day. Includes the Ripon Commonwealth from 1864-1968, Press from 1875-1957, and Commonweath-Press from 1965-2004. Newspaper archives from 2005 and up are available through BadgerLink.
- [Verona Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Milton Public Library, Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/milton-public-library-wisconsin) - This collection contains history and photographs of the Milton Public Library and Milton College (1844-1982). The Milton Public Library currently occupies the building that was the former Milton College Shaw Memorial Library.
- [Eager Free Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/eager-free-public-library-evansville) - This collection contains articles, photographs, and yearbooks for the Evansville Seminary.
- [Whitefish Bay Local History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/whitefish-bay-local-history) - The Mimi Bird Historical Collection consists of forty volumes of photographs, clippings and other materials compiled by local resident Mimi Bird. Bird’s primary focus was the history of Whitefish Bay, but she also collected historical information on area communities including Glendale and River Hills as well as the construction of Highway 141.
- [Brown Deer Local History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/brown-deer-local-history) - Materials documenting the history of the Village of Brown Deer including brochures, booklets, pamphlets, photographs, unpublished reports and full issues of the Brown Deer Historical Society Newsletter, published quarterly since 1973.
- [South Milwaukee Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Pauline Haass Public Library Historic Digital Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/pauline-haass-public-library-historic-digital-collection) - This collection includes memorabilia from Sussex, Wisconsin's schools, highlighting the everyday lives and special moments of students in Sussex from the beginning of the 20th century to the 21st century. Included are yearbooks from Hamilton High School spanning 1964-2010s, newsletters published by students of the Sussex School from 1920s to the 1940s, and photos of local
- [Shawano County Memory Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/shawano-county-memory-project) - Published histories of Clintonville, Shawano, and Shawano County.
- [Oconto Falls Memory Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/oconto-falls-memory-project) - Postcards and photographs depicting scenes from Oconto Falls, Wisconsin and the surrounding area, including images of Stiles Hydro Dam on the Oconto River, aerial views of Oconto Falls, and depictions of early 20th century local events by amateur photographer William Temple.
- [Marinette County Memory Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/marinette-county-memory-project) - Typewritten manuscripts documenting the histories of the Marinette County communities of Amberg, Coleman and Beaver Creek as well as a manuscript titled A Brief History of Marinette for Children (1960).
- [Kewaunee Memory Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/kewaunee-ships-of-war) - This collection from the Kewaunee Public Library includes photographs of ships built at the Kewaunee Shipping and Engineering Company (now Kewaunee Fabrications) during the World War II era, from 1941-1946. The photographs are from three albums stored at the Kewaunee Public Library in Kewaunee, Wisconsin.
- [Door County Memory Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/door-county-memory-project) - Four early issues of The Flashes, a student publication produced by Sturgeon Bay High School beginning in 1903, and several pamphlets published in the 1910s and 1920s to promote tourism and recreation in Door County, Wisconsin.
- [Mount Mary University Digital Fashion Archive](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/mount-mary-university-digital-fashion-archive) - The Digital Fashion Archive is intended as an educational and research resource that will allow users to study fashion as it evolved in the classroom, on the runway, and in the world at large. Created by professionally photographing garments and accessories in the Fashion Archive, the Digital Fashion Archive provides users with 360° views and
- [Irene Bishop Goggans Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/irene-bishop-goggans-collection) - The Irene Bishop Goggans collection contains materials pertaining to the African American community in Milwaukee and across the country. Materials collected by Irene Goggans (1926-2017) are mostly from the 1950s to the early 2010s and include newspaper clippings, photographs, event programs, and more.
- [Elkhorn Local History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/elkhorn-local-history) - From the Matheson Memorial Library in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, this collection consists of oral history interviews that aim to record and preserve the stories and experiences of City of Elkhorn and Walworth County men and women for the education and enlightenment of future generations.
- [Delavan Historic Newspaper and Yearbook Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/historic-newspaper-collection) - This collection includes full issues of two newspaper titles: the Delavan Republican (1868-1924), a weekly newspaper published in Delavan and the Wisconsin Times (1884-1968), a newspaper published by the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. Select yearbooks from Delavan-Darien High School 1932-1999 and Wisconsin School for the Deaf yearbooks from 1924-2015 are also included.
- [Seymour Memory Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/seymour-memory-project) - Publications documenting the history of Seymour, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, from the collections of the Muehl Public Library.
- [Scandinavia Memory Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/scandinavia-memory-project) - Twenty-two yearbooks and other publications from Scandinavia Academy, Central Wisconsin College and Union Free High School in the village of Scandinavia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
- [Kaukauna Memory Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/kaukauna-memory-project) - Local history materials from the community of Kaukauna, Wisconsin including early 20th century postcards, marriage licenses ca. 1905-1959, materials related to the Riverview Sanatorium tuburculosis hospital, a membership roll for the local chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic, high school graduation programs and publications including Kaukauna 175th Jubilee Album (1965) and Industrial Kaukauna
- [Hortonville Memory Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/hortonville-memory-project) - Early 20th century postcards depicting scenes in and around the community of Hortonville, Wisconsin.
- [Clintonville Memory Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/clintonville-memory-project) - Items pertaining to the history of Clintonville, Wisconsin including portraits of local residents photographed by J. Alva Carter in 1927, Waupaca County plat books and atlases, and photographs and a scrapbook detailing the history of Wisconsin Central Airlines and the Clintonville Municipal Airport from the 1930s through the 1970s.
- [Appleton Memory Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/appleton-memory-project) - This growing selection of local history materials includes images of former Appleton mayors with descriptions of key events during their terms, the publications Appleton, Wis., Illustrated (1892) and Pioneers of Outagamie County (1895), city and telephone directories for the Appleton area from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and other items pertaining to city
- [Manitowoc Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/manitowoc-public-library) - The Manitowoc Public Library County School Records collection contains daily registers belonging to various schools located in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin from the 1900s through the 1970s.
- [Lester Public Library, Two Rivers](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/lester-public-library-two-rivers) - In this collection, you'll see the staff and students who have passed through the halls of Washington High School in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, from 1916 to 1977. You'll find student clubs, athletics and performance groups, honors, achievements and memories.
- [Chilton Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/chilton-public-library) - Chilton Public Library is the lively local library for the city of Chilton (population about 4,000) and the surrounding areas of Calumet County, Wisconsin. This local history digital collection features images and texts from the area's past.
- [Wisconsin Census Records](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsin-census-records) - Covering various counties in Wisconsin, page through these United States census books from the 1850 and 1860 censuses. Digitized by the Caestecker Public Library in Green Lake, with respect to the Dartford Historical Society for preserving the records in microfilm.
- [Pioneer Churches](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/pioneer-churches) - Oshkosh Public Library partnered with Wisconsin photographer Michael Cooney to create this collection, which documents early church buildings still standing in Winnebago, Fond du Lac, Marquette, Calumet, and Waushara counties.
- [Winnebago County Rural Schools](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/winnebago-county-rural-schools) - Photographs of school buildings from across Winnebago County.
- [Wild Rose Historical Ephemera](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wild-rose-historical-ephemera) - This collection contains 9687 pages of Wild Rose Historical items that have been digitized to protect the originals and to make searching easier. Scrapbooks by the Wild Rose Women’s Club, The Rambling Rosies, Plays by Pearl Dopp, Wild Rose Home of the Original Music Man Scrapbook, and many typed family histories from families who helped
- [The Pride of Oshkosh](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/the-pride-of-oshkosh) - Images of Sawyer and Harris, the iconic bronze lions that have stood outside the Oshkosh Public Library since 1912. Includes photographs of their removal for restoration in 1998.
- [Oshkosh Yearbooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/oshkosh-yearbooks) - This collection contains 138 issues of The Index, the Oshkosh High School student publication, dating between 1906 and 1940. The Index began as a monthly school publication containing poetry, short creative writings, editorials, alumni information, student photos, sports statistics and summaries, and other writings and reporting about various school events and issues. Winter and Spring
- [Public Enemies - Tinseltown Comes to Oshkosh](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/public-enemies-tinseltown-comes-to-oshkosh) - In April 2008, downtown Oshkosh, Wisconsin was transformed into a movie set for the film Public Enemies. This collection features photographs submitted by the residents of Oshkosh who experienced Tinseltown in their hometown.
- [Postcards of Oshkosh](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/postcards-of-oshkosh) - Postcard views of businesses, churches, parks, city streets, country roads and other structures throughout the city of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
- [Main Street, Oshkosh](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/main-street-oshkosh) - Postcards from personal collections show views of Oshkosh's Main Street.
- [Oshkosh Local History Books](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/oshkosh-local-history-books) - Books documenting the history of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, published between 1887 and 1919.
- [Oshkosh City Directories](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/oshkosh-city-directories) - Browse or search the collection to discover all kinds of interesting facts about historic Oshkosh as well as sketches of prominent people, local businesses and their advertisements, and views of Oshkosh. Each directory has been divided into sections: surnames, businesses, street directories, and more. Some directories include Menasha, Neenah, Omro, and Winneconne. Funding for the
- [North Fond du Lac Yearbooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/north-fond-du-lac-yearbooks) - This collection contains North Fond du Lac School yearbooks, currently starting with the year 1956, and covering most years up to the year 1985. (Yearbooks will leave at least a 10-year gap to present to allow school yearbook sales to not be affected by the digital collection.) Early yearbooks were called "The Oriole" and later
- [Green Lake Spectator](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/green-lake-spectator) - The Green Lake Spectator was published from 1860-1866 and was preserved in microfilm by the Dartford Historical Society. The Caestecker Public Library in Green Lake digitized all owned copies ranging from mid-1861 through the end of publication.
- [Green Lake County Reporter](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/green-lake-county-reporter) - The Green Lake County Reporter, digitized by the Caestecker Public Library in Green Lake, includes all editions from 1919-2005. The original microfilm collection was created by the Dartford Historical Society. The more recent issues are shared with permission from the Berlin Journal Newspapers publishing company. Editions of the Green Lake County reporter from 2005 to
- [Brandon Times](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/brandon-times) - A local newspaper from Brandon, Wisconsin, dating back to the 1800s with search results presented in original format/context.
- [Princeton Newspaper Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/princeton-newspaper-collection) - This digitized collection of newspapers from Princeton, Wisconsin includes all available documents from Green Lake County Democrat, Princeton Republic, Princeton Star, Princeton Republic-Star, Princeton Times, and Princeton Times-Republic. The digitization of this collection was made possible with contributions from the Princeton Historical Society, Princeton Public Library, the Caestecker (Green Lake) Library's Tom Gnewuch Memorial Fund,
- [Berlin, Wisconsin Yearbooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/berlin-public-library) - "The Mascoutin" is the yearbook for the public high school in Berlin, Wisconsin. Berlin Public Library has digitized these yearbooks dating back to 1950.
- [Marshall Community Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Go Tell It at the Quilt Show!](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Lester Public Library of Arpin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Kilbourn Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Jane Morgan Memorial Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/jane-morgan-memorial-library-cambria) - 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
- [Sauk City Property History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Pionier Presse Translations](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [E. D. Locke Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Dane County Library Service](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Black Earth Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Pardeeville Military Newspaper Clippings](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Angie W. Cox Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Waunakee Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Sun Prairie Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Kvamme Local History Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Stories of Sauk Prairie](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Rosemary Garfoot Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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
- [Rock Springs Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Poynette Area History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Portage County Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Albertson Memorial Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/albertson-memorial-library) - 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.
- [Richard Bong Photograph Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/richard-bong-photograph-collection) - Richard Bong, from the small town of Poplar, Wisconsin, became a flying cadet in the US Army Air Corps, in time for America's entry into World War II. Flying in a P-38 fighter plane, he shot down 40 confirmed enemy planes, more than any other American pilot, and became America’s all-time Ace of Aces. His
- [Northeast Wisconsin Technical College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/northeast-wisconsin-technical-college) - The archives of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College illustrate how vocational education began in the city schools of Green Bay and Marinette in 1912 and eventually expanded to include all Northeast Wisconsin and beyond. This collection was digitized and shared as NWTC prepared to celebrate 110 years of education.
- [Ferdinand L. Kronenberg Plans and Drawings Collections](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/ferdinand-l-kronenberg-plans-and-drawings-collections) - Ferdinand L. Kronenberg's (1877-1944) work spanned nearly five decades in Madison and many Kronenberg-designed buildings survive today. Together they give Madison much of its unique historic architectural identity. Some impressive Kronenberg residential structures survive, but many believe Kronenberg's most exciting buildings were his commercial designs.
- [CETA Arts Program Photographs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/ceta-arts-program-photographs) - The exhibit of "The Spirit of Milwaukee" was a cooperative agreement between the Common Council's Special Committee on Public Information and the students and faculty of the Milwaukee Center for Photography. The photographs were taken between February and May of 1976 in Milwaukee, documenting Milwaukee life during the 1976 Bicentennial. After the Bicentennial, the City of
- [Leaping La Crosse News](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/leaping-la-crosse-news) - The Leaping La Crosse News, a monthly newsletter published from 1979-2007, was a source of information for lesbians living in the La Crosse, Wisconsin, area. Topics covered include national, state and local news of legal cases, entertainment and events as well as social and political activities of the La Crosse area lesbian community.
- [Story of a Raftsman's Life on the Wisconsin River](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/story-raftsmans-life-wisconsin-river) - 38 engravings based on a series of photographs taken by H.H. Bennett in 1886 of a group of raftsmen from the Grand Rapids (Wisconsin Rapids) area during their journey down the Wisconsin River.
- [Carthage College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/carthage-college) - The Staubitz Archives at Carthage College collects, preserves, and provides access to records representing the history of Carthage College. The collection includes administrative records, college publications, photographs, audio/visual media, and materials related to student organizations, academic pursuits, and student life.
- [Recollection Wisconsin Shared Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Langlade County Historical Society Photos](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/langlade-county-historical-society-photos) - Several towns and villages in Langlade County thrived during the heyday of logging and the timber industry but have declined in recent years. A few have virtually become ghost towns while some still exist. Langlade County, in more recent years, has marketed itself as the "Gateway to the Northwoods" and, more recently, the "The County
- [Views of Antigo and Surrounding Langlade County](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/views-of-antigo-and-surrounding-langlade-county) - This collection of views of Antigo, the county seat of Langlade County, shows businesses, homes, schools, and street scenes of downtown Antigo throughout the 20th century. Antigo’s first home was built in 1878. It was incorporated as a city and made the county seat of New County (later renamed Langlade County) in the 1880s. The
- [MPL's Own Archives](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/mpls-own-archives) - MPL’s Own Archives contains the history of the Milwaukee Public Library system. Encompassing written records, photographs, and film the collection offers a look back at how the library has served the community of Milwaukee since its founding. This online portion of the collection contains an interview with Toni Morrison, a handful of PSAs, informational videos,
- [Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsin-public-land-survey-records) - The field notes and plat maps of the public land survey of Wisconsin are a valuable resource for original land survey information, as well as for understanding Wisconsin's landscape history. The survey of Wisconsin was conducted between 1832 and 1866 by the federal General Land Office. This work established the township, range and section grid;
- [Gartner Diaries](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/gartner-diaries) - Diaries of the travels of Austrian Norbertine priest Father Maximilian Gaertner of Wilten Abbey in Austria. Gaertner arrived in Wisconsin in 1846 and remained there until recalled to Wilten Abbey in 1858.
- [Tommy G. Thompson Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/tommy-g-thompson-collection) - Images documenting the public career of former Wisconsin Governor Tommy G. Thompson. Most of the photographs were taken during Thompson's 14-year gubernatorial career (1987-2001); however, some images depict his service in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1966-1986) and as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (2001-2005).
- [Senator Joe McCarthy - Audio Excerpts 1950-1954](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/senator-joe-mccarthy-audio-excerpts-1950-1954) - Audio files containing public remarks made by Joseph McCarthy, the Republican senator from Wisconsin, during his controversial campaign to remove communists and communist sympathizers from government.
- [Ralph Metcalfe - The Olympic Years 1932-1936](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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."
- [Picturing Golda Meir](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/picturing-golda-meir) - This collection of images documents the life of Golda Meir from her childhood in Pinsk, Russia, through her school years in Milwaukee, her pioneer years in Palestine in the 1920s, to the peak of her political career as Prime Minister of Israel (1969-1974).
- [Milwaukee Socialism: The Emil Seidel Era](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/milwaukee-socialism-the-emil-seidel-era) - This digital resource offers an introduction to some of the rich materials related to the history of socialist politics in Milwaukee contained in the collections of the UWM Archives. Our collections are focused especially on Milwaukee's first socialist mayor, Emil Seidel. This digital collection includes the entirety of Seidel's personal papers, his official papers from
- [Historic Fort Atkinson](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/historic-fort-atkinson) - 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.
- [Bunny Berigan, Fox Lake's Own](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/bunny-berigan-fox-lakes-own) - Bernard “Bunny” Berigan was one of the most prominent jazz trumpeters of all time. Born in Hilbert, Wisconsin in 1908, he moved to Fox Lake with his parents when he was only a few months old. This collection documents Berigan's childhood and his career in music.
- [The Changing Landscapes of Wisconsin: A Digital Archive of Historic Aerial Photographs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/the-changing-landscapes-of-wisconsin-a-digital-archive-of-historic-aerial-photographs) - Changing Landscapes of Wisconsin creates wide accessibility to a rare collection of historic aerial photographs acquired by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) from 1937-1941. These photographs provide a snapshot of Wisconsin's landscapes and have become a baseline dataset for understanding environmental, social, and economic changes that have occurred since that time.
- [Kenosha and Racine Historic Photos](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/kenosha-and-racine-historic-photos) - This collection of glass plate negatives captures the daily life of people in the Midwest between the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Many of the subjects in this collection are from the Baldwin family who were prominent in the coal industry. The Baldwin Coal Company, founded by George Smith Baldwin (1835-1923), was the first
- [Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/jeypore-portfolio-of-architectural-details) - The Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details digital collections includes two of the twelve volumes from an original 1890-1913 publication. The volumes include volume IX, Dados, with a note on the process of fresco paintings in Jeypore and volume X, Parapets.
- [Daniel Klapproth World War II Photographs and Letters](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/daniel-klapproth-papers) - Daniel Klapproth was a soldier and a Somers, Wisconsin native who was stationed in Panama during the Second World War. This collection consists of photographs taken by Daniel during his military service, as well as letters written by Daniel to his mother in Wisconsin.
- [Charles Nicholas Johnson Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/charles-nicholas-johnson-collection) - Photographer and U.S. Army non-commissioned officer Charles Nicholas Johnson (1923-2005) was stationed in Tokyo from fall 1954 to September 1957. During this time he photographed color images that captured everyday life in Japan, urban scenes, landscapes, and representations of Japanese culture. The family of Charles Nicholas Johnson donated this collection of 260 slides to the
- [Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/bureau-of-catholic-indian-missions) - The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions digital collection contains over 1,800 images of Native Americans and related Catholic churches, schools, clergy, and religious leaders from across the United States in the early 20th century. American Indian nations of Wisconsin represented in the collection include the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Forest County Potawatomi,
- [Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, St. Croix, and Rusk Counties - Local History Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/barron-chippewa-dunn-eau-claire-pepin-st-croix-and-rusk-counties-local-history-collection) - Selections from the local history collections of fourteen west-central and northwestern Wisconsin public libraries, all members of the IFLS Library System. The digital collection contains texts (including community records, local history narratives and retrospectives, high school yearbooks and maps) and images of community sites, events and residents.
- [David A. Yates Photograph Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/david-a-yates-photograph-collection) - During WWII, the US Army’s Fort McCoy, in Monroe County, Wisconsin, served as a location to house German prisoners of war (POWs). David Yates was stationed at Fort McCoy during this time and managed to take photographs that now give insight into daily life for soldiers and POWs alike. This collection consists of over 100
- [Plat Maps of Racine and Kenosha Counties](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/plat-maps-of-racine-and-kenosha-counties) - The State of Wisconsin was surveyed by the federal government between 1833 and 1866 in order to divide the vast public domain into properly-sized lots that could be sold or otherwise divested to raise funds for the federal government and to encourage settlement. The work was done using the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), which
- [Chippewa Valley History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/chippewa-valley-history) - Publications including Eau Claire city directories 1880-1923, Eau Claire high school yearbooks 1900-1923, Eau Claire area histories, Wisconsin county histories and various periodicals published in Eau Claire in the early 20th century.
- [Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/upper-mississippi-river-conservation-committee-collection) - The Upper Mississippi River Conservation Survey Committee was established in Dubuque, IA, in 1943, originally comprised of 22 biologists from Iowa and the surrounding states of Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Missouri. Since then, the UMRCC dropped "Survey" from their name and has grown to more than 200 resource managers working in multiple disciplines including fisheries,
- [UW-La Crosse ROTC Scrapbook & Photograph Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uw-la-crosse-rotc-scrapbook-photograph-collection) - Donated to UW-La Crosse Murphy Library Special Collections in 2018, these three large scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and other materials related to the ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) and the Military Science department on the UWL campus. In addition to the scrapbooks, this collection contains other photographs, multiple issues of The Cadence newspaper,
- [UW-La Crosse Journal of Undergraduate Research](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uw-la-crosse-journal-of-undergraduate-research) - Since 1998, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Journal of Undergraduate Research has served as a place for students to publish original research. Published annually by the Undergraduate Research Program, this collection contains individual articles written by UWL students on topics ranging from accounting and archaeology to theater and women’s studies, and everything in between.
- [UW-La Crosse Commencement Program Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uw-la-crosse-commencement-program-collection) - This collection features every University of Wisconsin-La Crosse commencement program that is housed in Special Collections, dating back to the “First Annual Commencement” of the State Normal School in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on June 23, 1910. Additional materials are available for select years that may include everything from speeches and scripts to invitations and graduate
- [Odin J. Oyen Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/odin-j-oyen-collection) - The Odin J. Oyen firm was once a thriving business in downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin, that created original watercolors as proposed interior designs. The firm, or variations of it, existed from the late-1800s up to the Great Depression, generating countless watercolor designs for the interiors of courthouses, churches, fraternal organizations, and private residences, in locations
- [Moving Picture Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/moving-picture-collection) - UW-La Crosse Murphy Library Special Collections houses numerous analog historical moving pictures, some of which are featured in this collection.
- [La Crosse Plow Company Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/la-crosse-plow-company-collection) - The La Crosse Plow Company Collection contains a variety of visual materials including repair guides, photographs, 3-dimensional objects, letters, and other similar items. The collection’s materials span the various phases of the La Crosse Plow Company including names such as Sta-Rite, Happy Farmer Tractor Company, and the La Crosse Tractor Company. The bulk of this
- [Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/hamilton-wood-type-printing-museum) - This collection showcases Hamilton's rare collection of vintage posters and related printing plates dating from 1920 - 1960. Whether you love lions or adore road races, this collection has something for everyone. This collection showcases the best of two 20th century printshops, Globe Printing in Chicago and Enquirer Printing in Cincinnati. Take a tour of
- [Context Magazine](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/context-magazine) - UW-Oshkosh's Context magazine (1976-2001) was dedicated to sharing the important research and creative activities of the University’s faculty and academic staff. In addition to longer essays, the magazine includes lists of recent academic and professional publications and presentations of staff.
- [Community Magazine](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/community-magazine) - UW-Oshkosh's Community magazine (1978-2002) focused on the news and events of campus but also grew to include longer-form articles on a variety of topics of mutual interest. In the last years, the magazine also included the university’s annual report.
- [Desi Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/desi-wisconsin) - Whether it was segregation in the 1950s or the cultural and political tumult of the 1960s and 1970s, South Asian immigrants to Wisconsin confronted a world fundamentally alien to that they had left behind. Neither black nor white, these individuals managed to raise families and often succeeded in their careers. From a few dozen students,
- [Blugold Athletics – UW-Eau Claire Women's Basketball Yearbooks and Media Guides](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/blugold-athletics-uw-eau-claire-womens-basketball-yearbooks-media-guides) - Statistics, records, yearbooks and team member information for past seasons of UW-Eau Claire women's basketball, 1999-2009.
- [Blugold Athletics – UW-Eau Claire Men’s Basketball Yearbooks and Media Guides](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/blugold-athletics-uw-eau-claire-mens-basketball-yearbooks-media-guides) - Statistics, records and team member information for past seasons of UW-Eau Claire men's basketball, 1966-2008.
- [Blugold Athletics - UW-Eau Claire Men's Football Yearbooks and Media Guides](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/blugold-athletics-uw-eau-claire-mens-football-yearbooks-media-guides) - Football statistics, records, yearbooks and team member information for past seasons of UW-Eau Claire football, 1967-2000s
- [Freedom Flotilla Photograph Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/freedom-flotilla-photograph-collection) - The Freedom Flotilla, also known as the Mariel Boatlift, occurred in 1980 after President Carter opened the doors to the United States for hundreds of thousands of Cuban refugees, of which nearly 15,000 would eventually arrive at the resettlement camp at Fort McCoy in western Wisconsin. This collection contains photographs taken by journalists reporting on
- [Legislatively Mandated Reports](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/legislatively-mandated-reports) - Reports that the Wisconsin Statutes mandate state agencies provide to the legislature on the progress, status, or results of specific programs and initiatives, including those related to the University of Wisconsin System, environment, elections, rural and underserved health services and substance abuse services.
- [Legislative Materials](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/legislative-materials) - This collection contains items created by the Wisconsin Legislature and its committees as well as the text of speeches given before the legislature. Content includes State of the Tribes addresses, comparative studies of public pensions and party platform materials.
- [Legislative Fiscal Bureau Publications](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/legislative-fiscal-bureau-publications) - The Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau provides fiscal and program information and analyses to the Wisconsin Legislature, its committees, and individual legislators. This collection contains publications produced by the LFB pertaining to the Wisconsin State Budget. Topics include taxation, public welfare, transportation, housing, education, corrections and insurance.
- [Legislative Council](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/legislative-council) - The Legislative Council prepares reports on proposed administrative rules, informational publications for Legislators and the public, and committee materials for suggested legislation, including materials on state-tribal relations.
- [Legislative Audit Bureau](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/legislative-audit-bureau) - The Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau conducts objective audits and evaluations of state agency operations. This collection contains the reports produced by the financial audits and program evaluations.
- [UW-La Crosse Oral History Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uwl-oral-history-collection) - Selections from the more than 3,000 hours of interviews recorded by the UW-La Crosse Oral History Program and housed in Murphy Library's Special Collections.
- [Libraries and Schools in Marathon and Lincoln Counties](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/libraries-and-schools-in-marathon-and-lincoln-counties) - This collection documents schools and libraries in the central Wisconsin counties of Lincoln and Marathon. A project of the Central Wisconsin Digitization Project, a consortium of libraries, archives, museums and historical societies in Lincoln and Marathon counties. Part of the State of Wisconsin Collection, University of Wisconsin Digital Collections.
- [I'll Tell You A Story - Memories of Pre-Holocaust Europe](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/ill-tell-you-a-story-memories-of-pre-holocaust-europe) - In 1983, volunteers from the Generation After (an organization of children of Holocaust survivors) conducted interviews with 65 Jewish immigrants residing in metropolitan Milwaukee. The digital version of the Generation After Oral History Project consists of 25 interview transcripts for subjects with surnames between A-L.
- [Carroll University Student Newspaper Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/carroll-university-student-newspaper-collection) - The Carroll University Student Newspaper Collection includes over 100 years of papers, dating from 1854 to the present. The first was the Carroll College Student, which appeared in 1854. The next appeared in 1874, named the Carroll Echo. In 1968, the name of the paper was changed from the Echo to the Perspective and in
- [Beloit - College, City, and Environs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/beloit-college-city-and-environs) - Images of buildings, streets and locations in Beloit as they looked in the past and present, woven into short video presentations.
- [World War II Veterans of Mount Horeb](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/world-war-ii-veterans-of-mount-horeb) - This collection brings together books, photographs, audio interviews, slides, personal scrapbooks and memorabilia collected from Mt. Horeb-area veterans of WWII.
- [Wisconsin's Historic Natural Resources Photos](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsins-historic-natural-resources-photos) - Images from the Wisconsin Conservation Department (1930s to 1960s) and Department of Natural Resources (1960s to present) illustrating fishing, camping, hunting and other recreational activities as well as the work of park wardens, foresters and other conservation professionals.
- [Wisconsin Sheet Music Database](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsin-sheet-music-database) - This collection from the Mills Music Library at UW-Madison consists of music written by Wisconsin composers, published by Wisconsin publishers and/or pieces whose subject matter is Wisconsin. The publications date from the late 1850s to the present.
- [Wisconsin Folksong Collection 1937-1946](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsin-folksong-collection-1937-1946) - Materials from two collections from Mills Music Library at UW-Madison: field recordings, notes and photographs made by UW-Madison faculty member Helene Stratman-Thomas as part of the Wisconsin Folk Music Recording Project during the summers of 1940, 1941 and 1946 and recordings collected by song catcher Sidney Robertson Cowell during the summer of 1937 for the
- [Wisconsin Emergency Management Images and Historic Materials](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsin-emergency-management-images-and-historic-materials) - Photographs taken by emergency management officials documenting natural and man-made disasters that have hit Wisconsin and images of emergency response training and other historic materials related to emergency preparedness.
- [Waukesha County History 1870-1920](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/waukesha-county-history-1870-1920) - The materials in this digital collection depict the industries, people and structures important to the development of Waukesha County from 1870-1920. Many of the images come from the collection of Warren S. O’Brien (1898-1988), a prolific Waukesha photographer.
- [Waterford Area Local History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/waterford-area-local-history) - The history of the Waterford area in western Racine County, Wisconsin is documented here in books, manuscripts, high school yearbooks, photographs, maps and newspapers. This digital collection is a collaboration of many Waterford area agencies including Waterford Public Library, the Village of Waterford, Waterford Area Chamber of Commerce, Waterford Union High School and the personal
- [Walworth County Plat Map 1857](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/walworth-county-plat-map-1857) - The Walworth County Plat Map of 1857 is the oldest and one of the most frequently used maps in the UW-Whitewater Archives. This digitized map allows users to click a township within Walworth County and view the database results for all residents and properties within that township, as documented in 1857.
- [Visual Materials in Mills Music Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/visual-materials-mills-music-library) - Photographs of musicians and music-related subjects held by Mills Music Library, dating from the late nineteenth century to the present, representing the musical heritage of Wisconsin from Swiss yodeling to Les Paul. Also includes postcards, lithographic prints, advertising and promotional materials, posters, and other types of ephemera.
- [UW-Madison Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uw-madison-collection) - Books, manuscripts, photographs and other resources documenting the history of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Sub-collections and themes include yearbooks, student handbooks, class albums and student scrapbooks; the Badger Bites cookbook collection; Campus Voices oral history collections, campus humor publications; Wisconsin Alumni Magazine; Hoofers Club; Athletic Department; Multicultural Student Center and the Mildred Fish Harnack Collection.
- [UW-La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uw-la-crosse-historic-steamboat-photographs) - Thousands of images of steamboats on the inland waterways of the United States, primarily the Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri rivers and their tributaries. The photos depict steamboats in every phase of their life span – from construction to destruction – and every aspect of their daily operations from the 1850s to the present.
- [University of Wisconsin Colleges Historic Photos Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/university-wisconsin-colleges-historic-photos-collection) - Photographs, slides, posters and other images from UW Colleges, the two-year campuses in the University of Wisconsin System. Colleges represented are UW-Baraboo/Sauk County, UW-Barron County, UW-Fond du Lac, UW-Fox Valley, UW-Manitowoc, UW-Marinette, UW-Marshfield/Wood County, UW-Richland, UW-Rock County, UW-Sheboygan, UW-Washington County and UW-Waukesha. Selected images are also included from the Medford campus which closed in the
- [University of Wisconsin Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/university-of-wisconsin-collection) - Images, manuscripts, books and other materials documenting the history and mission of the University of Wisconsin System. Includes content from all four-year campuses and nearly all of the two-year colleges in the UW System.
- [U.S. Forest Products Lab Centennial Oral History Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/u-s-forest-products-lab-centennial-oral-history-project) - Audio recordings and transcripts of oral history interviews with 52 employees of the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin.
- [Two Rivers History - Hubert R. Wentorf Photo Collection and Fisher-Hamilton Industries Product Catalogs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/two-rivers-history-hubert-r-wentorf-photo-collection-and-fisher-hamilton-industries-product-catalogs) - Photographs of Two Rivers selected from the collection of Hubert R. Wentorf (circa late 1800s to mid 1950s), and product catalogs from the Fisher-Hamilton Company, a major employer in Two Rivers since 1880 (now known as Thermo-Fisher Scientific).
- [The Home Front - Manitowoc County in World War II](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/the-home-front-manitowoc-county-in-world-war-ii) - This collection documents the history of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin 1939-1947, including both universal homefront experiences and activities as they played out locally, and more unique activities that defined the area during WWII, specifically shipbuilding and manufacturing.
- [Taylor Brothers Photographs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/taylor-brothers-photographs) - Glass negatives created by the Taylor Brothers photographic studio of Adams County, Wisconsin, circa 1910-1930. Subjects are varied and include towns, buildings and street scenes in Adams County; construction and dedication of a new county courthouse; teachers, classes, and one-room school houses; road construction; and farmsteads, animals, and agricultural activities.
- [State of Wisconsin Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/state-of-wisconsin-collection) - The State of Wisconsin Collection presents writings about the state of Wisconsin and unique or valuable materials that relate to its history and ongoing development. The collection includes published material as well as archival materials such as books, manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, maps and other resources.
- [Schleisingerville to Slinger 125 Years](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/schleisingerville-to-slinger-125-years) - Two local histories published by the Slinger Advancement Association and more than 300 photographs documenting the village of Slinger, Washington County, Wisconsin.
- [Polka Music/Polka Culture](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/polka-musicpolka-culture) - Contemporary and historic images and selected caption information representing the history and significance of polka music in Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest. Content was compiled for the “Polka Music/Polka Culture” photo-text exhibit that toured Wisconsin in 1991.
- [Oshkosh, Omro, and Winnebago County, Wisconsin - Atlases and Histories](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/oshkosh-omro-and-winnebago-county-wisconsin-atlases-and-histories) - Resources concerning Winnebago County, Wisconsin and the communities of Oshkosh and Omro in the 19th century, including county histories, local histories, atlases, maps and photographs.
- [New Glarus and Green County Local History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/new-glarus-and-green-county-local-history) - This collection focuses on the first 100 years of New Glarus's history, including narratives of the settlement and early history of the village, family records from the first church in New Glarus, tax rolls of the Town of New Glarus, maps and plat books of Green County, the first yearbook of the New Glarus High
- [Neenah Public Library Local History Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/neenah-public-library-local-history-collection) - This collection presents the history of Neenah, Wisconsin from the 1850s to the 1950s. Includes local history texts, Neenah and Menasha city directories 1920-1939, a 1928 plat map of Winnebago County, and more than 400 photographs.
- [Menasha Local History Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/menasha-local-history-collection) - Texts highlighting the early history of the city of Menasha, Wisconsin, including the Menasha City Charter of 1891 and the first Menasha High School yearbook of 1916 as well as photographs depicting the people and places within the community from approximately 1880 to 1950.
- [Manitowoc Local History Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/manitowoc-local-history-collection) - Photographs and postcards by professional photographer Herman C. Benke from the 1890s and 1900s and images by amateur photographer Frances M. Kadow from the 1920s through the 1940s. Also includes historical texts concerning Manitowoc County, plat books and plat maps, and oral history interviews recorded with area residents in the 1970s.
- [Korean War Veterans of Mount Horeb](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/korean-war-veterans-mount-horeb) - This collection contains oral histories, photographs, documents and color slides from six Mount Horeb residents who served in the Korean War.
- [Kenosha's Lost Industries - Photographs and Corporate Materials, 1850s-1990s](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/kenoshas-lost-industries-photographs-and-corporate-materials-1850s-1990s) - Industrial scenes, plants, building exteriors and interiors, portraits of corporate owners and boards, advertising and literature about product lines, and images of company activities and events, workers and their families capture the story of the city of Kenosha as a major manufacturing center. Manufacturers represented in the collection include N. R. Allen Sons, American Brass,
- [Kenosha County History - Images and Texts, 1830s-1940s](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/kenosha-county-history-images-and-texts-1830s-1940s) - The C.E. Dewey Lantern Slide Collection contains images of Kenosha County from the 1830s to the early 1940s. The Louis M. Thiers Glass Negative Collection contains images from the 1880s into the 1910s. The digital collection also includes several books documenting the history of Racine and Kenosha counties.
- [Janesville's Past](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/janesvilles-past) - A range of materials documenting the history of Janesville, Wisconsin including photographs and postcards from the 1840s through the 1980s and directories for the city of Janesville and Rock County, 1857-1931. Also includes walking guides to historic districts published in the 1990s and 2000s.
- [Images of Lake Geneva](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/images-of-lake-geneva) - Photographs and postcards depicting Lake Geneva, Wisconsin in its heyday as a summer retreat for wealthy Chicagoans. This collection also includes plat books and atlases spanning 1873-1962.
- [Home Economics to Human Ecology - A Centennial History at the UW](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/home-economics-to-human-ecology-a-centennial-history-at-the-uw) - Home Economics to Human Ecology: A Centennial History at the University of Wisconsin – Madison is a digital collection of photographs and ephemera illustrating aspects of the past 100 years at the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, including examples of student activities involving life in the Home Management House,
- [History of UW-Whitewater](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/history-of-uw-whitewater) - 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
- [History of UW-Superior](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/history-of-uw-superior) - The History of UW-Superior Collection includes images that represent a cross-section of this campus’s history and evolution. They document student life, academic activities, athletics, the campus, and campus traditions.
- [History of UW-Stout](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/history-of-uw-stout) - The History of UW-Stout Collection includes materials that represent the students, faculty, campus, events, and classroom work on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Stout and its predecessors. This collection is representative of the institution’s long-standing polytechnic educational tradition. The collection contains more than 500 photographs illustrating the history of manual training, industrial arts, and
- [History of UW-Stevens Point](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/history-of-uw-stevens-point) - 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.
- [History of UW-River Falls](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/history-of-uw-river-falls) - The History of UW-River Falls Collection includes resources that document the history and evolution of this campus. The collection includes photographs documenting the history of UW-River Falls and River Falls Normal School, with athletics and campus life.
- [History of UW-Platteville](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/history-of-uw-platteville) - 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.
- [History of UW-Parkside](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/history-of-uw-parkside) - The History of UW-Parkside Collection includes resources that document the history and evolution of this campus. The collection includes photographs documenting events and people at UW-Parkside including athletics, theatrical productions, festivals and daily life.
- [History of UW-Oshkosh](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/history-of-uw-oshkosh) - The History of UW-Oshkosh Collection includes photographs and books documenting the history of UW-Oshkosh including athletic events and campus life.
- [History of UW-La Crosse](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/history-of-uw-la-crosse) - The History of UW-La Crosse 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.
- [History of UW-Green Bay](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/history-of-uw-green-bay) - Images documenting the selection of the campus site at Green Bay, construction of all campus buildings, student life, academic activities, political activities, visitors of note, commencement ceremonies and other campus traditions.
- [Evansville, Wisconsin Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/evansville-wisconsin-digitization-project) - The digital collection of materials from the Eager Free Public Library History Room includes Rock County, Wisconsin plat books from 1891, 1904, and 1917. Evansville was settled in 1839 and became an important stop on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway system. The digital collection includes histories and memories that give accounts of settlement and Evansville’s
- [Ecology and Natural Resources Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/ecology-and-natural-resources-collection) - Research in ecology and natural resources conducted by University of Wisconsin faculty and staff and unique or valuable resources in these fields held by the University of Wisconsin Libraries. Sub-collections include unpublished works from the UW-Madison Arboretum, Crandon Mine and Kennecott Flambeau Mine reports, the Geology of Wisconsin Survey of 1873-1883, USGS topographic maps, technical
- [Brittingham Family Lantern Slides](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/brittingham-family-lantern-slides) - This collection consists of the personal and travel photographs of the Brittinghams, a prominent and influential Wisconsin family. Spanning the years 1897-1922, these images capture the private lives of a wealthy family at the turn of the century, and document their travels to 22 states and 32 countries.
- [Big Streets in a Little City - Downtown Street Scenes in Kiel, 1860-1980](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/big-streets-in-a-little-city-downtown-street-scenes-in-kiel-1860-1980) - More than 600 photographs of the city of Kiel, Wisconsin from the mid-1800s to the late 20th century. These images depict commerce, recreation, cultural events and other day-to-day activities in the community.
- [Belgian-American Research Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/belgian-american-research-collection) - The Belgian-American Research Collection was established by the Cofrin Library, UW-Green Bay, to help preserve and make available original materials reflecting the character of the Belgian community in northeastern Wisconsin. An architectural survey was conducted to identify typical Belgian architecture including log, stone and brick houses and oral histories were recorded to document the Walloon
- [Barneveld Local History Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/barneveld-local-history-collection) - This collection spans more than a century of Barneveld's history, from early settlement through the devastation of the 1984 tornado and the rebuilding effort. Content includes books, photographs, video, business and village records, and personal scrapbooks and memorabilia.
- [Aviation History of Racine and Kenosha](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/aviation-history-of-racine-and-kenosha) - Kenosha pilot and aviation history enthusiast John Sullivan donated his archive of over 400 photographs, newspaper clippings and aviator biographies to UW-Parkside in 2009. The digital collection includes aerial views of the Kenosha and Racine airports and portraits of pilots with their planes.
- [Aldo Leopold Archives](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/aldo-leopold-archives) - The Aldo Leopold Archives documents not only Leopold's rise to prominence but the history of conservation and the emergence of the field of ecology from the early 1900s until his death in 1948. The collection includes more than 500 unpublished essays and reports as well as detailed diaries and journals of Leopold's Forest Service activity,
- [Ach Ya! The Story of German Music in Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/ach-ya-the-story-of-german-music-in-wisconsin) - “Ach Ya!: The Story of German Music in Wisconsin” presents images from the nineteenth through the late twentieth century that evoke the long-standing heritage and rich diversity of Wisconsin’s German musical traditions, especially in German-American communities in Calumet, Dodge, Marathon, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, and Sheboygan counties.
- [Local Centers/Global Sounds](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/local-centers-global-sounds) - The Mills Music Library and the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures, along with many partners at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, present a growing collection of unique, historic, regional and endangered sound recordings with related documentation. These include recordings produced for immigrant, ethnic and indigenous audiences by American companies in the first half
- [Wisconsin State Capitol Historic Structure Report](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsin-state-capitol-historic-structure-report) - The Wisconsin State Capitol Historic Structure Report presents the architectural history of the state’s capitol building in six volumes published between 1995 and 2005.
- [Mount Mary College Student Yearbooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/mount-mary-college-student-yearbooks) - Student yearbooks of Mount Mary College, a Catholic women's college in Milwaukee. Arches was published from 1930 through 1970 with the exception of 1939 when it was published as The Autobiography of a College. EXIT was published from 1971 to 1995.
- [South Central Wisconsin Local Histories](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Paramount Records Discography](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/paramount-records-discography) - This collection is a discographical database with information and label scans of the Paramount 78rpm recordings held by the Mills Music Library. Titles, performer names, release dates and numbers, matrix numbers, and other details are all keyword searchable. Information is being added on an on-going basis. Broadway, Famous, and Puritan recordings are included, as they
- [Mount Horeb Area History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/mount-horeb-area-history) - A variety of resources depicting the early 20th century in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin including church histories, family memoirs, books about the historic Norway Building, and information about Mount Horeb’s production of Song of Norway. Centennial books from the Mount Horeb Area Historical Society, Perry Historical Center, and Springdale Township are also included.
- [Marinette County Local History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/marinette-county-local-history) - Plat books of Marinette County from the years 1905, 1912 and 1920 and Marinette High School yearbooks from 1919-1924.
- [Americana Sheet Music](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/americana-sheet-music) - The Americana Sheet Music Collection database was developed to provide bibliographic access to the Americana Collection of sheet music, one of the special collections of the Mills Music Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Some records for selected compositions have associated images of the scanned sheet music. Over time additional images may be added to the collection.
- [History of UW-Waukesha](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/history-of-uw-waukesha) - The History of UW–Waukesha Collection includes resources that document the history and evolution of this campus. The collection currently includes published material and photographs. Founded by Phil Zweifel in 1978, the Windy Hill Review is the University of Wisconsin–Waukesha’s student-run literary magazine. This annual publication features the short stories, poems, and artwork of students, faculty,
- [Great Lakes Maritime History Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/great-lakes-maritime-history-project) - An overview of Wisconsin's maritime history. Includes records on individual ships as well as photographs, postcards and pamphlets related to commerce and tourism on Lake Michigan and Lake Superior.
- [Fieldwork Recordings - Dictionary of American Regional English](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/dare-fieldwork-recordings) - From 1965–1970, fieldworkers for the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) conducted interviews with nearly 3,000 “informants” in 1,002 communities across America. They visited native residents in all fifty states and Washington, D.C., collecting local words, phrases and pronunciations. DARE's main partners in the effort to digitize, interpret, and make accessible these audio recordings were
- [Brillion: History for All](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/brillion-history-for-all) - A variety of publications documenting the community of Brillion, Calumet County, Wisconsin including family histories, church histories, and a scrapbook of letters and other documents chronicling the incorporation of the city compiled by local resident Arthur Neumeyer in 1944.
- [Appleton Public Library Local History Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/appleton-public-library-local-history-collection) - Print resources including Appleton city directories and Outagamie County plat books. Two narrative histories of the area are also included: Land of the Fox, Saga of Outagamie County (1949) and Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley Counties of Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago (1895).
- [Blanchardville Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/blanchardville-historical-society) - Two compilations of local history published by the Blanchardville Woman's Club: Blanchardville, Gem of the Pecatonica (1976) and Memories of Blanchardville (1990).
- [Beloit Relays](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/beloit-relays) - From the 1930s through the 1970s, Beloit College hosted track and field events for athletes from more than 50 colleges and universities. This digital collection contains images of cover pages from the official Beloit Relays program booklets as well as photographs of some of the Beloit athletes who took part in the events.
- [Beloit College Radio History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/beloit-college-radio-history) - Photographs and documents depicting the evolution of Beloit College's identity on the airwaves from 1907 to the present.
- [Badger Highways](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/badger-highways) - Badger Highways, published by the Wisconsin Highway Commission from 1925-1929, includes information about state and federal laws impacting drivers, progress reports from division engineers managing road construction projects throughout the state, and other features related to state transportation issues in the early 20th century.
- [University Images](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/university-images) - Historical images of Viterbo University.
- [Lumen](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/lumen) - Viterbo University's student newspaper, in print since 1954.
- [UW-Parkside Ranger News](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uw-parkside-ranger-news) - The Ranger News is the University of Wisconsin-Parkside’s student-run newspaper.
- [History of UW-Parkside Image Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/history-of-uw-parkside-image-collection) - The UW-Parkside Photos digital collection includes over 1200 images documenting life on Parkside's campus and includes photos from its predecessor institutions, UW-Racine and UW-Kenosha. This collection represents a small portion of photographs available for viewing in the archive.
- [Invictus](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/invictus) - The Invictus, launched in 1977, was published by the UWM Black Student Union (BSU), giving voice to the University’s African American student body with news features, profiles, and poetry. The paper had two significant idle periods - one in the early 1980s and another between 1988 and 1993 - but was relaunched after both by
- [Milwaukee Street Name Index](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/milwaukee-street-name-index) - This collection of index cards, compiled by unknown city employees, lists locations of and changes to street names in the city of Milwaukee and neighboring communities in Milwaukee County, some of which were annexed by the city. As the card titled “Uniform Street Numbering System” explains, most of the city’s current street names were enacted
- [Past and Present](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/past-and-present) - A pictorial and descriptive history, from 1870 through 1970, of some of Wisconsin's Independent colleges and universities, including Alverno, Edgewood, Lakeland, Mount Mary, Ripon, Silver Lake, and Viterbo.
- [Histories of Beloit College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/histories-of-beloit-college) - 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
- [Laura Aldrich Neese Diaries Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/laura-aldrich-neese-diaries) - Born February 17, 1889, Laura Janvrin Aldrich studied at the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and attended Beloit College with the class of 1912. On June 16, 1914, Laura Aldrich married Elbert H. Neese. While her husband served as president of the Beloit Corporation (now known as Iron Works), she worked closely with the
- [Ray Metzker and Bob Miller Photography Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/ray-metzker-and-bob-miller-photography-collection) - This collection includes photographs taken by students Ray Metzker and Bob Miller in the late 1940s and early 1950s for the Beloit College News Service. Metzker went on to become a professional photographer of considerable reknown. These photographs document a wide range of student activities, with a heavy focus on athletics, homecoming parades, and other
- [Anne Bassett Kelley Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/anne-bassett-kelley-collection) - Anne Bassett Kelley (Beloit College class of 1907), known as Nan, became a missionary teacher in China. Her great niece donated an extensive collection of Kelley's correspondence from China during 1919-1923 as well as letters from her adopted daughter in China to Kelley and other family members, dating from the 1940s through the 1990s. The
- [Theatre Collection - May N. Rankin and the Carroll Players](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/theatre-collection-may-n-rankin-and-the-carroll-players) - Wisconsin's oldest theater organization, the Carroll Players, was inaugurated in June 1896 with a production staged by May N. Rankin, the first female professor at Carroll College. This collection includes photographic portraits of Rankin as well as notes and letters related to the drama program at Carroll University.
- [Rufus and Charles King Collection 1830-1910](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/rufus-and-charles-king-collection-1830-1910) - Writings and photographs of United States Army officer Charles King, who served in the American West and in the Phillipines. Also includes correspondence from King's father Rufus King, who served as a General for the Wisconsin Volunteers (also known as the Iron Brigade) during the Civil War.
- [Carroll Photograph Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/carroll-photograph-collection) - The Carroll Photograph Collection consists of photographs that document events, people, and places at Carroll College and Carroll University. Topic include alumni relations, athletics, choir, clubs, commencement, depertments, events, Greek life, Homecoming and other events, buildings, faculty, college presidents and trustees.
- [The Hinakaga - Carroll College Yearbooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/the-hinakaga-carroll-college-yearbooks) - The Carroll College yearbook, called The Hinakaga, was published from 1910-2000.
- [Geology Lantern Slides](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/geology-lantern-slides) - In early 2016, these lantern slides were donated to the Beloit College Archives by the Department of Geology. Little is known about their date of production or the company that created them. Previously used in classroom teaching, they depict a variety of geological features across the globe.
- [Helen Brace Emerson Correspondence](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/helen-brace-emerson-correspondence) - This collection includes letters written to Helen Brace Emerson from her cousin, suffragist and president of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Frances Willard, between the late 1860s and Willard’s death in 1898. Correspondence from other writers provide details about Willard’s final days.
- [The Sphere: The Nation's First and Only Grocery Fanzine](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/the-sphere-the-nations-first-and-only-grocery-fanzine) - Published every full moon (approximately) from 1993-1995, The Sphere was a fanzine published in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by Mike Koppa and distributed at Koppa's Farwell Foods. This digital collection includes the full run of this unique publication, with the exception of Volume 1, Numbers 1, 2, and 4.
- [Greendale Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/greendale-historical-society) - The Greendale Historical Society partnered with the Greendale School District to digitize photos and other resources documenting local residents' school experiences. Currently available online are 1970s-era photographs from College Park Elementary School.
- [Milwaukee Historic Menus](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/milwaukee-historic-menus) - The Historic Menus digital collection includes a variety of menus from the Milwaukee area from the early twentieth century to the present.
- [McFarland Gold Star Mothers](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/mcfarland-gold-star-mothers) - McFarland residents Mrs. Ole (Mary Lyster) Nelson and Mrs. Theodore Edwards were among the Gold Star Mothers who made a U.S. government-sponsored pilgrimage to France in 1930. Both Nelson and Edwards lost sons during World War I. This collection includes a diary, scrapbooks, letters, photographs and ephemera from the voyage as well as letters and
- [Walter Butler Shipbuilders](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/walter-butler-shipbuilders) - Photographs from the Walter Butler shipyards of Superior, Wisconsin and Duluth, Minnesota during World War II, covering the years 1940-1945.
- [Oral Histories of the Wisconsin HIV/AIDS History Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/oral-histories-of-the-wisconsin-hiv-aids-history-project) - The Wisconsin HIV/AIDS History Project brings to light significant stories from the state’s history of HIV/AIDS through the medium of oral histories. This collection includes video interviews with physicians, nurses, social service workers, AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW) staff, and long-time survivors. The interviews were conducted by Linda Wesp at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- [Skare Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/skare-collection) - The Skare Collection at the McFarland Historical Society comprises over one thousand objects related to the Norwegian immigrant experience collected by Albert Skare of McFarland, Wisconsin. The digital collection provides access to selections from this extensive collection, focusing on household goods and folk art brought to Wisconsin by Norwegian immigrants in the 19th century.
- [Eldon Murray Papers](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/eldon-murray-papers) - Eldon Murray was a prominent activist in the Milwaukee LGBT community. In addition to his work with the Gay Peoples Union (GPU) and the Milwaukee AIDS Project, Murray was the founder of SAGE/Milwaukee, the first organization in Wisconsin dedicated to serving the needs of older gay, lesbian, and bisexual people through community building and counseling
- [Reform Norwegian American Newspaper](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/reform-norwegian-american-newspaper) - Reform was a Norwegian-language newspaper published in Eau Claire, Wisconsin by novelist and journalist Waldemar Ager. The digital collection includes approximately 2400 issues of this weekly newspaper, from 1896 until 1941. It is made available online by the Waldemar Ager Association in partnership with the McIntyre Library Special Collections and Archives Department at the University
- [Jeanette Gaffney Miller Collection, 1925-1930](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/jeanette-gaffney-miller-collection-1925-1930) - Memorabilia from Jeanette Gaffney's attendance at the Eau Claire State Normal School as part of the class of 1928. Gaffney was heavily involved in campus and student life, including the Young Women's Christian Association, Pep Club, the Women's Athletic Association, Student Council, Declamation for public speaking contests and theater productions.
- [UW-Eau Claire Student Newspapers: The Spectator 1923-2002](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uw-eau-claire-student-newspapers) - Full issues of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire student newspaper, The Spectator, from its founding in 1923 through 2002.
- [UW-Eau Claire Yearbooks: Periscope 1917-1995](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uw-eau-claire-yearbooks) - The UW-Eau Claire campus yearbook, the Periscope, was published annually from 1917 to 1995, documenting the university and its predecessors, Eau Claire State Normal School, Eau Claire State Teacher's College, Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire and Wisconsin State University-Eau Claire
- [UW-Eau Claire Historic Campus Photographs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uw-eau-claire-historic-campus-photographs) - Hundreds of images related to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and its predecessors from 1917 to the present, from the Special Collections and Archives Department, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire.
- [Madison Living History Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/madison-living-history-project) - This growing collection of oral history interviews and images gathered from community members offers a snapshot of Madison neighborhoods, places, people and events. Featured neighborhoods include Greenbush and South Madison.
- [Women of Edgewood College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/women-edgewood-college) - This collection highlights several Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters who led and shaped Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin. Materials include video oral history interviews and portrait photographs of each Sister as well as some published biographies.
- [Who's Who in Wisconsin Rapids](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/whos-wisconsin-rapids) - A series of biographies of early local settlers, published in the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune 1920-1922.
- [UW-La Crosse Theatre Posters and Playbills Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uwl-theatre-posters-playbills-collection) - More than 400 playbills and posters from various theatrical productions on the UW-La Crosse campus from 1916 to the present.
- [Service at Marquette](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/service-at-marquette) - 150 images from 1969 through 2006 illustrating community service activities at Marquette, from the early days of the Marquette University Community Action Program through hurricane relief efforts in New Orleans.
- [Malcolm Rosholt Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/malcolm-rosholt-collection) - Malcolm Rosholt was a journalist in pre-WWII China, an intelligence officer for the Flying Tigers and the author of works on lumbering, railroads and pioneer times, focused on central Wisconsin. With his family's permission, eleven of his books about Wisconsin history, long out of print, have been digitized.
- [Fred Lesher Bird Field Notes and Journals](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/fred-lesher-bird-field-notes-journals) - Fred Lesher taught in the English Department at UW-La Crosse from 1965 until his retirement in 1996. Lesher had a life-long interest in ornithology, and from 1958 to 2002, he kept detailed journals of his birding. The journals, in 14 volumes with over 3000 pages, are important documents of birding in the Coulee Region of
- [Eau Claire Area Historical Photographs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/eau-claire-area-historical-photographs) - The Chippewa Valley Museum partnered with L. E. Phillips Memorial Library to provide access to its significant collection of photographs depicting life in Eau Claire and the surrounding area. Topics include logging, farming, sports, schools, retail stores, and parks.
- [Wisconsin Academy Review](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsin-academy-review) - Published quarterly by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, the Wisconsin Academy Review (now known as Wisconsin People and Ideas) focuses on contemporary Wisconsin thought and culture. Issues in the digital collection date from 1958-2008.
- [Wagons of Milwaukee Businesses](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wagons-of-milwaukee-businesses) - An album of 37 photographs of wagons used by Milwaukee-area businesses in the early 20th century.
- [UW-La Crosse Yearbooks Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uwl-yearbooks-collection) - The UW-La Crosse yearbook, The Racquet, from 1911 through the final volume, published in 1990.
- [UW-La Crosse Student Handbooks Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uwl-student-handbooks-collection) - Student handbooks from the Wisconsin State Normal School and State Teachers College (precursors to UW-La Crosse) from the 1920s through the 1960s, featuring campus organizations, activities, procedures, regulations, maps and other campus and community information.
- [UW-La Crosse Publications](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uwl-publications) - Various newsletters distributed by UW-La Crosse departments and campus organizations, including Murphy Library, the Organization for Campus Women, the College of Business Administration, the College of Science and Health and the College of Liberal Studies.
- [UW-La Crosse Course Catalog Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uwl-course-catalog-collection) - Course catalogs for the Wisconsin State Normal School, La Crosse State Teachers College, Wisconsin State College and UW-La Crosse from 1910 to the present, including undergraduate, graduate and summer session publications.
- [UW-La Crosse Alumnus Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uwl-alumnus-collection) - More recently known as the Lantern, the alumni publication for the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse has gone by many names, including Alumnus, Crossties, La Crosse Alumnus and Alumni Briefs. It was first published as the Alumni Bulletin in 1941.
- [Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/transactions-of-the-wisconsin-academy-of-sciences-arts-and-letters) - The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters is an independent, nonprofit membership organization chartered by the state legislature in 1870. Transactions, an annual journal (1870-2001), was central to the Academy's goal of uniting scientists, humanities scholars and artists together to stimulate learning and exchange of research.
- [Madison Central High School Yearbooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/madison-central-high-school-yearbooks) - Sixty-nine volumes of The Tychoberahn, the yearbook for Madison's Central High School, published between 1900 and 1969. Alternate titles include Orange and Black and Mirror Magazine.
- [Milwaukee Historic Trade Cards](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/milwaukee-historic-trade-cards) - Printed color trade cards distributed by Milwaukee businesses. This collection, housed in the Milwaukee Public Library’s Richard E. and Lucile Krug Rare Books Room, provides a snapshot of Milwaukee's retail and service economy in the late 19th century.
- [World War I Military Portraits](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/world-war-i-military-portraits) - This collection of more than 30,000 items includes World War I service records transcribed by the Milwaukee County Chapter of the American War Mothers, portraits of service men and women in military uniform, snapshots of individuals at their homes or serving in the theater of war, and records from the publication A Record of the
- [Wisconsin Concert Posters](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsin-concert-posters) - Posters and flyers advertising a variety of concerts, mostly rock and punk shows that took place in the early 1980s in and around Milwaukee. Milwaukee-area bands represented include Colour Radio, Die Kreuzen and the Violent Femmes.
- [Wisconsin Traffic Safety Reporter](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsin-traffic-safety-reporter) - Issues of the Wisconsin Traffic Safety Reporter newsletter from 1959, published by the Safety Division of the Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department.
- [Wisconsin Highway Dedication Programs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsin-highway-dedication-programs) - Highway dedication programs from the 1950s and 1960s commemorate the opening of segments of Interstate 90 and Interstate 94.
- [Richland County Digital History Room](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/richland-county-history-room) - Images of a wide variety of people and places pertaining to Richland County in southwest Wisconsin, from the collections of the Richland County History Room, part of the Brewer Public Library in Richland Center.
- [Trempealeau County at the Nation's Bicentennial](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/trempealeau-county-at-the-nations-bicentennial) - Images of everyday life in Trempealeau County captured by photographer Wade Britzius in 1976. The digital collection is made possible through the combined efforts of the Arcadia Historical Society, Old Main Historical and Community Arts Center in Galesville, and the Trempealeau County Historical Society, with partial funding from Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
- [Milwaukee Area Technical College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/milwaukee-area-technical-college) - Photographs from the Milwaukee Area Technical College archives illustrate the range of vocational instruction offered at MATC since its founding in 1912, including nursing, cosmetology, metalworking, mechanics, accounting and electronics.
- [Vesper Historical Photographs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/vesper-historical-photographs) - These photographs depicting the businesses, industries and people of Vesper, Wisconsin were collected and annotated by Marlys Steckler.
- [Tom Taylor Book](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/tom-taylor-book) - The Tom Taylor Book, also known as 100 Years of Pictorial & Descriptive History of Wisconsin Rapids, was compiled by T.A. Tayor between 1934-1939. The digital collection pairs the historical photographs gathered by Taylor along with the details he recorded about each image.
- [Rural Schools of Wood County](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/rural-schools-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.
- [Postcards of Wisconsin Dells](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/postcards-wisconsin-dells) - Postcards depicting Fort Dells, Chimney Rock and other landmarks on the Dells of the Wisconsin River.
- [Bonnie Young Postcard Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/bonnie-young-postcard-collection) - Postcards depicting locations in Arpin, Nekoosa, Stevens Point, Vesper, Wisconsin Rapids and the surrounding area. The postcards are also geo-located on this map.
- [History of Wisconsin Rapids Libraries](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/history-wisconsin-rapids-libraries) - McMillan Memorial Library moved to its current location in 1970, but the Library pre-dates the city's name change from Grand Rapids to Wisconsin Rapids (1920) and the merging of Centralia and Grand Rapids (1900). This collection features photographs and publications documenting the history of libraries in the city, including the J.D. Witter Traveling Libraries, collections
- [Consolidated Papers Inc.](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/consolidated-papers-inc) - Photographs and books documenting the history of the Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company, later Consolidated Papers, Inc., including the Consolidated News employee magazine, published monthly between February 1926 and December 1931.
- [Civil War Diary of Ruben Sweet](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/civil-war-diary-ruben-sweet) - Ruben Sweet of Manitowoc, Wisconsin kept a diary of his experiences in the Civil War from November 1863-February 1865. The diary was transcribed by the Langlade County Historical Society in 2004.
- [Deleglise Documents](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/deleglise-documents) - Letters written to family members by Francis Deleglise, founder of the city of Antigo, during his service with Wisconsin's famed Iron Brigade during the Civil War. Letters describe training activities at Camp Randall and experiences at a field hospital while recovering from wounds inflicted at Gettysburg.
- [Herb Harris Postcard Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/herb-harris-postcard-collection) - Postcards of the city of Dodgeville, Wisconsin from the 1900s to the 1960s, including street scenes, residences, churches, hospitals, schools, government buildings and businesses.
- [Grant County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/grant-county-historical-society) - Photographs documenting life in Grant County, Wisconsin since the mid-19th century, including portraits of early settlers and images of the Joe Greer Rodeo of the 1940s. Communities represented include Beetown, Boscobel, Cassville, Cuba City, Fennimore, Hazel Green, Lancaster and Platteville.
- [East Troy Electric Railroad Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/east-troy-electric-railroad-collection) - Objects related to the operation of the East Troy Electric Railroad such as fare boxes, uniforms and ticket stubs. The collection also includes 27 volumes of Rail and Wire, an employee newsletter published by the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company (TMER&L) 1935-1937.
- [Menominee Veterans Photographs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/menominee-veterans-photographs) - Portraits of veterans, including enrolled members of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin as well as local residents in Keshena, Shawano and the surrounding area, who served in World War II, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
- [Phillip and Faith Sealy Collection on the Menominee Arts](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/phillip-and-faith-sealy-collection-on-the-menominee-arts) - Photographs of members of the Menominee Nation community including Barney Doud, Jim Frechette, Jerome Sanapaw, Merciline Sanapaw, Karen Washinawatok, Hilary Waukau, Theresa Wescott and others.
- [Lucille B. Chapman Collection on the Menominee](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/lucille-b-chapman-collection-on-the-menominee) - Photographs and postcards of the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin and of Shawano, Wisconsin, including landmarks such as Smokey Falls, Wolf River Dells, Rainbow Falls and Spirit Rock, 1914-1975. Also contained in this collection are four programs from pageants written, produced and performed by members of the Menominee Nation from 1955-1957.
- [Nancy and Bill Alderman Collection of Neopit Postcards](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/nancy-bill-alderman-collection-of-neopit-postcards) - Postcards depicting buildings in the community of Neopit on the Menominee Reservation, including the hospital, school, train depot and lumber mill.
- [Joseph F. Preloznik Papers on Menominee Termination and Restoration](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/joseph-f-preloznik-papers-on-menominee-termination-and-restoration) - Legal, administrative, educational and political documents, including correspondence and news clippings, describing events and people involved during the Menominee Termination and Restoration era, 1961-1973.
- [Menominee Collection on the Termination and Restoration Era, 1961-1973](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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
- [South Wood County Postcard Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/postcard-collection) - Postcards from Grand Rapids (later Wisconsin Rapids), Nekoosa and Port Edwards from the early and mid-20th century.
- [Wisconsin Labor Advocate Newspaper](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsin-labor-advocate-newspaper) - The Wisconsin Labor Advocate was a weekly newspaper published in La Crosse in 1886-1887. La Crosse was a hotbed of Labor political party activity in the 1880s and the Labor Advocate was one of at least four La Crosse area Labor-related newspapers from that time. George Edwin Taylor, the newspaper's editor and owner, was African-American,
- [The Racquet Newspaper](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/the-racquet-newspaper) - The Racquet student newspaper was first published by the La Crosse Normal School in 1910, and remains a paper publication on the UW-La Crosse campus to this day. New issues are added to the digital collection on an annual basis.
- [The Catalyst](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/the-catalyst) - Since 1971, The Catalyst, an undergraduate publication for the UW-La Crosse community, has featured original prose (fiction and nonfiction), poetry, artwork, photography, videos, music and more from UW-L students, faculty, and staff.
- [Steam Ticket: A Third Coast Review](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/steam-ticket-third-coast-review) - Founded in 1996 by members of the UW-La Crosse English department, Steam Ticket: A Third Coast Review is a nationally-distributed annual literary journal that publishes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and artwork from writers and artists around the world.
- [R. W. Troxel Glass Plate Negative Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/r-w-troxel-glass-plate-negative-collection) - Roley William Troxel was born in 1883 in Richland County, Wisconsin and died in 1967 in Prairie du Chien. The photographs were taken mostly around Eastman, Wisconsin and other areas surrounding Prairie du Chien, likely between 1910 and 1920. Images include posed portraits, sports teams, various buildings and other landscape and street views.
- [Publications Related to La Crosse](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/publications-related-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.
- [La Crosse Regional Maps Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/la-crosse-regional-maps-collection) - Maps of the city of La Crosse, La Crosse County and surrounding region, including rail, highway, survey and topographic maps from the 1850s through the 1970s.
- [La Crosse Photograph Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/la-crosse-photograph-collection) - Images of businesses, residences and people of La Crosse and the surrounding area from the 1850s through the 1990s.
- [La Crosse County Historical Sketches](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/la-crosse-county-historical-sketches) - Covering the years 1930-1955, these publications compiled by the La Crosse County Historical Society present histories, stories and biographies of events, locations and individuals from La Crosse’s past.
- [La Crosse City Board of Trade Reports](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/la-crosse-city-board-trade-reports) - Annual reports of the Board of Trade of the City of La Crosse from 1879-1905. Each report highlights various statistical data including school information, financial information and manufacturing information for the city.
- [Burgess Photograph Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/burgess-photograph-collection) - Francis Burgess was a photographer for the La Crosse Tribune newspaper from 1935 until his retirement in 1970. This collection includes thousands of black and white photographic negatives from Burgess' tenure at the Tribune as well as the work of other Tribune photographers including Ed Huebner.
- [Legislative Reference Bureau Publications](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/legislative-reference-bureau-publications) - All briefs, bulletins and special publications from the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau and its predecessor, the Legislative Reference Library, since the 1950s.
- [Milwaukee Maps](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/milwaukee-maps) - Various maps of the City of Milwaukee and the greater metro area, including population, transit and street maps, from the 1870s through the 1970s.
- [Wisconsin Digital Archives](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsin-digital-archives) - This growing collection of documents about the activities, functions and policies of Wisconsin State Government contains documents published by the Executive and Judicial branches, state government task forces, initiatives, boards, commissions, councils and special study groups. The Wisconsin Digital Archives is a collaborative effort managed by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction as part of
- [UW-Milwaukee Photo Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uw-milwaukee-photo-collection) - To commemorate UWM's 50th anniversary, the UWM Libraries prepared a digital collection of photographs documenting the history of the university and its predecessor institutions, the Wisconsin State College of Milwaukee (formerly the Milwaukee State Teachers College) and the University of Wisconsin Extension Center at Milwaukee.
- [Milwaukee Polonia: The Roman Kwasniewski Photographs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/milwaukee-polonia-the-roman-kwasniewski-photographs) - More than 30,000 photographs by Roman Kwasniewski, who worked as a studio photographer in the Polish-American community on Milwaukee’s south side from 1907-1947, documenting social events such as First Communions, Confirmations, graduations, weddings, and anniversaries as well as day-to-day life in the neighborhood. Together, these photographs offer a portrait of Milwaukee’s second largest ethnic group
- [Greetings from Milwaukee - Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/greetings-from-milwaukee-selections-from-the-thomas-and-jean-ross-bliffert-postcard-collection) - Postcards of Milwaukee scenes and landmarks distributed by Milwaukee publishers, from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection housed at the UWM Archives Department.
- [UW-Milwaukee Yearbook Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/uw-milwaukee-yearbook-collection) - UWM's yearbook, The Ivy, was named for the ivy-clad campus buildings, which symbolized a tradition of knowledge and learning. The yearbook was published from 1942 to 1968. No volumes appeared in 1960 and 1961.
- [Milwaukee LGBT Oral History Project Interviews](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/milwaukee-lgbt-oral-history-project-interviews) - Oral history interviews conducted by the Milwaukee LGBT History Project 2003-2007. Interviewees describe their coming out experiences, the Gay Liberation Movement in Milwaukee, early LGBT organizations, the impact of feminism on LGBT politics, and LGBT social activities.
- [Tom Taylor Blotters](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/tom-taylor-blotters) - A collection of ink blotters featuring historic photographs from the Wisconsin Rapids area which were distributed by local insurance agent Tom Taylor to promote his business in the 1930s.
- [Lawrence Oliver, Photographer](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/lawrence-oliver-photographer) - Scenes of life in and around Vesper, Wisconsin in the late 1940s and early 1950s captured by local photojournalist Lawrence Oliver.
- [Krohnographs - Photographs by Don Krohn](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/krohnographs-photographs-by-don-krohn) - Krohnographs are images by Don Krohn, Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune photographer from 1947-1953. These photographs provide an unusually complete and active look at a paper mill town reaching its prime.
- [Women in Blue and Gold - Marquette Women's Athletics](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/women-in-blue-and-gold-marquette-womens-athletics) - This collection features nearly 2,000 images documenting women’s intercollegiate athletics at Marquette University from 1975 through 2000.
- [Milwaukee Leaders](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/milwaukee-leaders) - The Milwaukee Leaders Collection began in 1989 as a photo exhibit at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Milwaukee Public Library Neighborhood Library titled "Black Role Models in Milwaukee." The honorees were selected by the community as exemplifying leading citizens for their own generation and those to follow.
- [Logan Museum of Anthropology](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/logan-museum-of-anthropology) - The Logan Museum of Anthropology houses over 300,000 archaeological and ethnographic objects from 123 countries. The objects made available through Recollection Wisconsin include bandolier bags, baskets, beadwork, bitten bark, and silver jewelry. Wisconsin and Upper Great Lakes tribal affiliations represented include Ojibwe, Menominee, Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi.
- [Digital Sanborn Maps of Milwaukee 1894 and 1900](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/digital-sanborn-maps-of-milwaukee-1894-and-1900) - Two fire insurance atlases featuring detailed color maps of Milwaukee. Produced by the Sanborn Map Company, the 1894 atlas includes four volumes consisting of 450 map sheets and the 1910 atlas includes eight volumes consisting of 830 map sheets.
- [March on Milwaukee Civil Rights History Project](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/march-on-milwaukee-civil-rights-history-project) - 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.
- [Langlade County Railroad Photographs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/langlade-county-railroad-photographs) - The railroad photographs in the collection of the Langlade County Historical Society depict depots, rail yards, rail crews, locomotives and train wrecks in the Antigo area from the late 19th century to the 1990s. Some photographs were taken by Arthur J. Kingsbury for his picture post card business, but many are by anonymous photographers.
- [Milwaukee Waterways](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/milwaukee-waterways) - This collection illustrates the role Lake Michigan and Milwaukee's rivers have played in the history of Milwaukee. Photographs of the harbor and ships from around the world show the variety of materials that passed through the Port over time. Other images illustrate the role the rivers played in the commercial development of the city.
- [Antigo's 107th Trench Mortar Battery Company in World War I](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/antigos-107th-trench-mortar-battery-company-in-world-war-i) - Photographs by William Wessa of Antigo documenting the 107th Trench Mortar Battery Company during World War I. The images include the company's first drills in Antigo; training at Camp Douglas, Wisconsin and Camp McArthur, Texas; action in the Alsace region of France and the Argonne offensive; and their return to Antigo in 1919.
- [Brekke Collection - A Soldier's Mementos of WWII](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/brekke-collection-a-soldiers-mementos-of-wwii) - This collection represents the things that Kermit Brekke of Blair, Wisconsin, saved as mementos of his service in World War II. It includes Brekke's uniforms, souvenirs he collected in Europe, and a scrapbook of photos, telegrams, newspaper clippings, menus, leave passes, greeting cards and other ephemera.
- [Horace Seaman Wisconsin Infantry Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/horace-seaman-wisconsin-infantry-collection) - Photographs from Colonel Horace M. Seaman's service with the Wisconsin National Guard. The majority of the images come from his service with the 4th Wisconsin Infantry in the Spanish-American War of 1898.
- [Crandon High School Yearbooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/crandon-high-school-yearbooks) - The Cardinal yearbook, published by Crandon High School from 1938 into the 1960s.
- [History of the Sciences at Beloit College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/history-of-the-sciences-at-beloit-college) - This collection features 92 photographs from the Beloit College Archives documenting a variety of scientific disciplines spanning the lifetime of the college, including biology, geology and chemistry.
- [Herbert Gaytes Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/herbert-gaytes-collection) - Herbert Gaytes, Beloit College class of 1893, was a gifted amateur photographer who photographed campus activities and local scenes. This collection also includes Gaytes' photographs of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
- [Ripon College Archives](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/ripon-college-archives) - Photographs, postcards and other materials portraying the College's history from 1851 into the 21st century. Also included in the collection are images of campus life such as bands, athletic teams and social events.
- [St. Norbert College Yearbooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/st-norbert-college-yearbooks) - The Des Peres yearbooks were compiled and published by the students of St. Norbert College beginning in 1917.
- [St. Norbert College in Photos](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/st-norbert-college-in-photos) - Photographs depicting the life of the students, faculty and staff who studied, taught, worked and lived at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin.
- [St. Norbert College Catalogs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/st-norbert-college-catalogs) - College catalogs were published annually by St. Norbert College from 1902-1917. The catalog served as the college yearbook and also provided information on available courses, the academic calendar, admissions requirements and other school policies.
- [Chamberlin Hall of Science Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/chamberlin-hall-of-science-collection) - In commemoration of the Chamberlin Hall of Science (1968-2008), the Beloit College Library compiled this digital collection, which combines 90 photographs and slides from the Beloit College Archives with 32 digital images captured by members of the Beloit College community.
- [Edgewood College History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/edgewood-college-history) - Higher learning on the site that is now Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin began as early as 1881 when the Sinsinawa Dominicans established a boarding school for girls and later a junior college. Many images in this collection were taken from Phoenix from the Fire: A History of Edgewood College by Mary Paynter OP, published
- [Langlade County Logging Photographs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/langlade-county-logging-photographs) - The logging photographs in the collection of the Langlade County Historical Society document work crews, logging camps, sawmills and other aspects of Wisconsin's logging industry from the 19th century to the 1990s. Some photographs were taken by Arthur J. Kingsbury for his picture postcard business, but many are by anonymous photographers.
- [Cornfalfa Farms Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/cornfalfa-farms-collection) - Images donated by the Swartz family, who operated a large progressive farm in New Berlin, Wisconsin. Many photographs were taken at Cornfalfa Farms by the Swartz family to document their best practices for raising alfalfa, apples and sheep as the farm rose to prominence in Wisconsin and beyond.
- [Owen J. Gromme Field Notes 1914-1989](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/owen-j-gromme-field-notes-1914-1989) - Twenty-two volumes of the writings, studies and sketches of Owen Gromme, an artist, author, biologist, botanist and zoologist.
- [Elcho CCC Camp Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/elcho-ccc-camp-collection) - Civilian Conservation Corps Camp 657 was established in Elcho, Langlade County, Wisconsin in 1933. The digital collection includes photos of barracks and work activities taken by CCC recruits Edward Drab, Alois Fisher and Warren Schabell as well as ephemera collected by recruit Ken Eliot, including newsletters published by the camp, menus, badges and a federally-published
- [Pearsons Hall Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/pearsons-hall-collection) - Pearsons Hall was commissioned and built in the late 19th century to serve as Beloit College's science hall. To oversee its construction, College officials sought renowned architect and urban planner Daniel Hudson Burnham. This collection contains over 70 letters, postcards and images documenting the early life of the building.
- [Mineral Point Library Archives](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/mineral-point-library-archives) - Images of early vernacular buildings in Mineral Point, including stone and brick residences dating to the early settlement period of the 1830s-1850s.
- [Preservation Racine Newsletters](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/preservation-racine-newsletters) - Preservation Racine, Inc. began publishing a newsletter in 1976, providing information about local events, local history, Century Building Certificates and historic buildings in Racine County.
- [Portage Historic Homes](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/portage-historic-homes) - Turn-of-the-century photographs of historic Portage residences from the collection of the Portage Public Library.
- [Shall Not Be Recognized Oral History Project Interviews](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/shall-not-be-recognized-oral-history-project-interviews) - In 2007, author Will Fellows collaborated with photographer Jeff Pearcy to create "Shall Not Be Recognized," an exhibit of photographic and verbal portraits of thirty same-sex couples in long-term, committed relationships, all residents of the Milwaukee area.
- [Wisconsin Arts Projects of the WPA ](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/wisconsin-arts-projects-of-the-wpa) - This digital collection provides access to primary sources documenting the activities and output of Works Project Administration (WPA) arts projects in Wisconsin from 1935-1943, especially the work of the Milwaukee Handicrafts Project. Materials include design portfolios, oral history interviews with artists and selections from the papers of Elsa Emile Ulbricht, director of the Milwaukee Handicraft
- [Marquette Tribune](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/marquette-tribune) - The Marquette Tribune has been continuously produced by the students of Marquette University since it was first published in 1916, reporting on topics of campus, regional, national and international interest.
- [Historic Recipe File](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/historic-recipe-file) - From the 1960s until the 1980s, librarians at the Milwaukee Public Library clipped hundreds of recipes from the Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel. These clipped recipes are the nucleus of the Historic Recipe File digital collection, which provides a glimpse into the local and ethnic foods that were popular in Milwaukee in the second half
- [Marquette University Intercollegiate Athletic Hall of Fame](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Tales of Old Portage](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/tales-of-old-portage) - Dorothy McCarthy's "Tales of Old Portage" series of local history columns appeared in the Portage Daily Register from 1958-1975.
- [Jay "Ding" Darling Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/jay-ding-darling-collection) - Jay Norwood Darling was a Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist who attended Beloit College from 1895-1900, where he served as art director for the college yearbook. The digital collection features illustrations Darling created for the 1899 yearbook as well as a selection of Darling’s letters and other writings.
- [Marquette University - In the Spotlight](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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 - Building a Campus](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/marquette-university-building-a-campus) - More than 1300 images and printed materials documenting the built environment through the course of Marquette University's history.
- [Three Lakes Camps Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/three-lakes-camps-collection) - Photographs and other materials from boys' and girls' summer camps in the Three Lakes area.
- [Northernaire Resort Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/northernaire-resort-collection) - The digital collections from the Three Lakes Historical Society document culture and social life in Northwoods Wisconsin in the 20th century. The Northernaire Resort Collection features photographs, postcards and newsletters related to the history of the Northernaire Resort, founded by Carl Marty, Jr. in 1947.
- [Dr. James Cameron Pamphlet Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/dr-james-cameron-pamphlet-collection) - Thirty-eight self-published pamphlets by civil rights activist Dr. James Cameron (1914-2006). Dr. Cameron was the founder of America’s Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee. Topics addressed in the pamphlets include slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, lynching, the Ku Klux Klan, the civil rights movement and Milwaukee police/community relations.
- [Milwaukee County Marriage Certificates](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/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.
- [Cyril Colnik Archives](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/cyril-colnik-archives) - Drawings and blueprints created by master blacksmith Cyril Colnik, his Ornamental Iron Shop and the Colnik Manufacturing Company. Includes designs for architectural commissions in the Milwaukee area and beyond.
- [Charles Sheldon Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/charles-sheldon-collection) - Photographs depicting the community of Shorewood from the 1890s to the 1930s, taken or collected by amateur photographer Charles Sheldon.
- [Stone Lake Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/stone-lake-area-historical-society) - A variety of local history materials including artifacts and photographs related to the SOO Line Railroad, the cranberry industry and annual Cranberry Festival, military history, household goods, the logging industry, and local resorts.
- [Ripon Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/ripon-historical-society) - Postcards and photographs depicting local businesses in downtown Ripon.
- [Milwaukee Historic Photos](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/milwaukee-historic-photos) - Selections from the Milwaukee Public Library's Historic Photo Collection. The full collection includes over 50,000 photographs of Milwaukee dating from the late 19th century to the present.
- [Milwaukee Mayors](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/milwaukee-mayors) - The Milwaukee Mayors digital collection is an adaptation of a volume of images and information collected by Library staff to form the Biographical Sketches of the Mayors of the City of Milwaukee. Created more than 40 years ago, it has been updated with images of recent mayors.
- [Remember When](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/remember-when) - Remember When... was a popular feature in the Milwaukee Journal from 1963 through 1994. Published twice-weekly until 1981 and weekly after that, the feature was prepared by Milwaukee Public Library staff to highlight Milwaukee's rich and colorful past as preserved in the Historic Photo Collection of the library.
- [Clement J. Zablocki - Photographs of Wisconsin's "Mr. Democrat"](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/clement-j-zablocki-photographs-of-wisconsins-mr-democrat) - This collection documents the public life of Clement J. Zablocki, who represented Milwaukee's south side in Congress from January 1949 until his death in December 1983.
- [Marquette Hilltop Yearbooks 1915-1996](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/marquette-hilltop-yearbooks-1915-1996) - The Hilltop yearbooks from Marquette University offer a glimpse into the evolution of Wisconsin's largest private university. The 82 volumes contain more than 28,000 pages and include a wealth of information about the faculty, the physical growth of the Marquette campus, intercollegiate athletics, and student activities.
- [Marquette University Histories](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/marquette-university-histories) - Two out-of-print volumes detailing the history of Marquette University, one published in 1906 and the other in 1953.
- [Marquette University History Online](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/marquette-university-history-online) - More than 11,000 photographs illustrating the history of the University and digitized as part of the University Archives’ ongoing scan-on-demand program.
- [A. J. Kingsbury Picture Postcards of Northern Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/a-j-kingsbury-picture-postcards-of-northern-wisconsin) - Images of Ojibwe and Menominee Indians in northeast Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula in the early 20th century, photographed by Arthur J. Kingsbury of Antigo.
- [The Torch - Edgewood College Yearbooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/the-torch-edgewood-college-yearbooks) - Yearbooks were published by Edgewood College from 1944-1972 (The Torch), 1974-1975 (Edgewood College Journal), and 1990-1992 (The Edge).
- [Crandon Community Building Collection](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/crandon-community-building-collection) - More than 50 photographs of Crandon and its early residents at the beginning of the 20th century, originally presented as an exhibition at the Crandon Community Building in 1986. The Public Property Committee of the City Council of Crandon sponsored the exhibit in order to inspire an interest in Crandon’s past among its residents as
- [Ashland Historical Society Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/collections/ashland-historical-society-museum) - The Ashland Historical Society Museum's digital collection is a sampling of photographic collections depicting historic buildings in Ashland, Wisconsin and the Chequamegon Bay ore docks.

## Events

- [Next RW Harvest](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/events/next-rw-harvest) - New records will be harvested if added by this date
- [Next Notification](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/events/next-notification-2) - Notify Recollection Wisconsin of new collections/OAI sets
- [Available in RW & DPLA](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/events/available-in-rw-dpla) - New records available in Recollection Wisconsin and DPLA (est.)
- [Next Notification](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/events/next-notification) - Notify Recollection WI of new collections/OAI sets to add to harvest
- [Next Harvest](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/events/next-harvest) - New records will be harvested if added to collection by this date
- [Office Hours](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/events/office-hours)

## Placemarks

- [America's Black Holocaust Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/americas-black-holocaust-museum)
- [Jacobsens Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/jacobsens-museum)
- [Montello Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/montello-public-library)
- [Tomah Area Historical Society and Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/tomah-area-historical-society-and-museum)
- [Sun Prairie Historical Library & Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/sun-prairie-historical-library-museum)
- [Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/milwaukee-institute-of-art-design)
- [Middleton Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/middleton-area-historical-society)
- [Menomonee Falls Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/menomonee-falls-public-library)
- [Chipstone Foundation](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/chipstone-foundation)
- [Belleville Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/belleville-public-library)
- [Edgerton Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/edgerton-public-library)
- [Theresa Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/theresa-public-library)
- [Bridges Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/bridges-library-system)
- [Eagle River Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/eagle-river-historical-society)
- [Milwaukee County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/milwaukee-county-historical-society)
- [Madison Trust for Historic Preservation](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/madison-trust-for-historic-preservation)
- [Monticello Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/monticello-public-library)
- [Community Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/community-library)
- [Kenosha County Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/kenosha-county-library-system)
- [Ripon Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/ripon-public-library)
- [Lakeshore Technical College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/lakeshore-technical-college)
- [Milwaukee County Federated Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/milwaukee-county-federated-library-system)
- [Prairie Lakes Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/prairie-lakes-library-system)
- [Outagamie Waupaca Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/outagamie-waupaca-library-system)
- [Manitowoc-Calumet Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/manitowoc-calumet-library-system)
- [Princeton Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/princeton-public-library)
- [Winnefox Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/winnefox-library-system)
- [Carthage College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/carthage-college)
- [Patterson Memorial Library (Wild Rose)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/patterson-memorial-library-wild-rose)
- [Spillman Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/spillman-public-library)
- [Caestecker Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/caestecker-public-library)
- [Brandon Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/brandon-public-library)
- [Northeast Wisconsin Technical College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/northeast-wisconsin-technical-college)
- [South Milwaukee Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/south-milwaukee-public-library)
- [Lester Public Library of Arpin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/lester-public-library-of-arpin)
- [Verona Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/verona-public-library)
- [Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/hamilton-wood-type-printing-museum)
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/wisconsin-veterans-museum)
- [Wisconsin Labor History Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/wisconsin-labor-history-society)
- [Highground Veterans Memorial Park](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/highground-veterans-memorial-park)
- [Taylor County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/taylor-county-historical-society)
- [Sauk County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/sauk-county-historical-society)
- [Portage County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/portage-county-historical-society)
- [Lawrence University](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/lawrence-university)
- [Kimberly-Little Chute Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/kimberly-little-chute-public-library)
- [Jewish Museum Milwaukee](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/jewish-museum-milwaukee)
- [Carter Memorial Library (Omro)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/carter-memorial-library-omro)
- [Amery Area Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/amery-area-public-library)
- [George Culver Community Library (Sauk City)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/sauk-city-public-library)
- [Pauline Haass Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/pauline-haass-public-library)
- [Milton Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/milton-public-library)
- [Waunakee Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/waunakee-public-library)
- [Ashland Historical Society Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/ashland-historical-society-museum) - Ashland Historical Society Museum The Ashland Historical Society Museum's digital collection is a sampling of photographic collections depicting historic buildings in Ashland, Wisconsin and the Chequamegon Bay ore docks. View collection. Visit Ashland Historical Society Museum website.
- [Milwaukee Municipal Research Center](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/milwaukee-municipal-research-center)
- [Sun Prairie Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/sun-prairie-public-library)
- [Sun Prairie Historical Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/sun-prairie-historical-museum)
- [Rock Springs Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/rock-springs-public-library)
- [Chilton Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/chilton-public-library)
- [Matheson Memorial Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/matheson-memorial-library)
- [Columbus Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/columbus-area-historical-society)
- [Columbus Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/columbus-public-library)
- [Poynette Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/poynette-area-historical-society)
- [Poynette Area Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/poynette-area-public-library)
- [E. D. Locke Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/e-d-locke-public-library)
- [Cross Plains Berry Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/cross-plains-berry-historical-society)
- [Rosemary Garfoot Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/rosemary-garfoot-public-library)
- [Ruth Culver Community Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/ruth-culver-community-library)
- [Lodi Woman's Club Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/lodi-womans-club-public-library)
- [Greendale Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/greendale-historical-society)
- [Angie W. Cox Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/angie-w-cox-library)
- [Black Earth Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/black-earth-historical-society)
- [Black Earth Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/black-earth-public-library)
- [Jane Morgan Memorial Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/jane-morgan-memorial-library)
- [Cambria-Friesland Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/cambria-friesland-historical-society)
- [Reedsburg Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/reedsburg-public-library)
- [Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/bong-veterans-historical-center)
- [Stoughton Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/stoughton-public-library)
- [Marshall Community Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/marshall-community-library)
- [Waldemar Ager Association](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/waldemar-ager-association)
- [Dane County Library Service](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/dane-county-library-service)
- [Kilbourn Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/kilbourn-public-library)
- [Albertson Memorial Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/albertson-memorial-library)
- [Portage County Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/portage-county-public-library) - Historical County Plat Maps from South Central Wisconsin and Early Madison City Directories Plat books and atlases for Columbia, Dane, Portage and Wood counties and Madison city directories 1858-1921. View collection. Visit Portage County Public Library website.
- [Old Main Historical and Community Arts Center](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/old-main-historical-and-community-arts-center-galesville) - Trempealeau County at the Nation's Bicentennial More than 900 images of everyday life in Trempealeau County captured by photographer Wade Britzius in 1976. The digital collection is made possible through the combined efforts of the Arcadia Historical Society, Old Main Historical & Community Arts Center, and the Trempealeau County Historical Society, with partial funding from Ashley
- [Neville Public Museum of Brown County](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/neville-public-museum) - Brown County War History Committee Records After World War I ended in 1919, the Brown County War History Committee interviewed 1721 local soldiers and their families about their wartime service. They collected a wealth of personal, family and military information, including hundreds of photographs and original letters. The collection is owned by the Neville Public
- [Mead Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/mead-public-library) - Ozaukee and Sheboygan Memories The Eastern Shores Library System created the Ozaukee and Sheboygan Memories Program to expand access to local historical material that previously had limited or no accessibility. The goal is to continue digitally preserving and promoting the histories of Ozaukee County and Sheboygan County. View collection. Sheboygan County Historical Documents Sheboygan County
- [Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/wisconsin-state-cranberry-growers-association)
- [Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/wisconsin-legislative-reference-bureau)
- [Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/wisconsin-department-public-instruction)
- [Winding Rivers Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/winding-rivers-library-system)
- [Oscar Grady Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/oscar-grady-public-library)
- [Nicolet Federated Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/nicolet-federated-library-system)
- [Muehl Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/muehl-public-library)
- [Monarch Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/monarch-library-system)
- [Milwaukee Transit Archives and Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/milwaukee-transit-archives-museum)
- [Mills Music Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/mills-music-library)
- [Kewaskum Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/kewaskum-historical-society)
- [Indianhead Federated Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/indianhead-federated-library-system)
- [Kaukauna Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/kaukauna-public-library) - Kaukauna Memory Project A growing selection of local history materials including early 20th century postcards depicting scenes in and around the community of Kaukauna, Wisconsin, local history publications, marriage licences ca. 1905-1953, and materials related to the Riverview Sanatorium. View collection. Visit Kaukauna Public Library website.
- [Grace Episcopal Church of Sheboygan](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/grace-episcopal-church-sheboygan)
- [Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/center-study-upper-midwestern-cultures)
- [Brillion Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/brillion-historical-society)
- [Berlin Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/berlin-area-historical-society)
- [South Central Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/south-central-library-system) - Wisconsin Local Histories Ten foundation volumes that document and present the early history of Adams, Columbia, Dane, Green, Portage, Sauk, and Wood Counties. View collection. Visit South Central Library System website.
- [Beloit Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/beloit-historical-society)
- [Wisconsin Emergency Management](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/wisconsin-emergency-management) - Wisconsin Emergency Management Images and Historic Materials Images taken by emergency management officials in the aftermath of numerous disasters that have hit Wisconsin, images of emergency response training and other historic materials related to emergency preparedness. View collection. Visit Wisconsin Emergency Management website.
- [Woodville Community Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/woodville-community-library) - Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, St. Croix, and Rusk Counties - Local History Collection This collection showcases selections from the local history collections of fourteen west-central and northwestern Wisconsin public libraries, all members of the Indianhead Federated Library System. View collection. Visit Woodville Community Library website.
- [Wonewoc Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/wonewoc-public-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [Wisconsin School for the Deaf](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/wisconsin-school-for-the-deaf) - Historic Newspaper Collection Full issues of the Delavan Republican (1868-1924) and the Wisconsin Times (1884-1968), published by the Wisconsin School for the Deaf in Delavan. View collection. Visit Wisconsin School for the Deaf website.
- [Wisconsin Maritime Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/wisconsin-maritime-museum) - The Home Front - Manitowoc County in World War II This collection documents the history of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin during the period from 1939 to 1947--both the more universally shared home front experiences and activities as they played out in this specific county, and those more unique activities which especially defined the area during the
- [Wisconsin Marine Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/wisconsin-marine-historical-society) - Great Lakes Maritime History Project An overview of Wisconsin's maritime history. Includes records on individual ships as well as photographs, phostcards and pamphlets related to commerce and tourism on Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. View collection. Visit Wisconsin Marine Historical Society.
- [Wisconsin Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/wisconsin-historical-society) - Ada James Papers and Correspondence 1915-1918 Ada James (1876-1952) was a leading social reformer, humanitarian, and pacifist from Richland Center, Wisconsin and daughter of state senator David G. James. The Ada James Papers document the grass roots organizing and politics that were required to promote and guarantee the passage of women's suffrage in Wisconsin and
- [Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/wisconsin-department-of-transportation-library) - Badger Highways Badger Highways, published by the Wisconsin Highway Commission from 1925-1929, includes information about state and federal laws impacting drivers, progress reports from division engineers managing road construction projects throughout the state, and other features related to state transportation issues in the early 20th century. View collection. Wisconsin Highway Dedication Programs Highway dedication programs
- [Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/wisconsin-department-of-natural-resources) - Wisconsin's Historic Natural Resources Photos Images created by photographers and other staff of the Wisconsin Conservation Department (1930s to 1960s) and Department of Natural Resources (1960s to present), illustrating the work of wildlife managers, foresters and wardens as well as recreational activities including fishing, hunting, hiking and boating. View collection. Visit DNR website.
- [Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/wisconsin-academy-of-sciences-arts-and-letters) - Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters is an independent, nonprofit membership organization chartered by the state legislature in 1870 with the mission of gathering, sharing, and acting upon knowledge in the sciences, arts, and letters for the benefit of the people of Wisconsin.
- [Winneconne Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/winneconne-historical-society) - Winnebago County Rural Schools Photographs of school buildings from across Winnebago County. View collection. Visit Winneconne Historical Society website.
- [Winnebago Mental Health Institute](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/winnebago-mental-health-institute) - Opening the Doors - Wisconsin Mental Health Heritage The Winnebago Mental Health Institute admitted its first patient on April 23, 1873 and was known as the Northern Hospital for the Insane. In 1935, the facility name was changed to the Winnebago State Hospital and was changed again in 1973 to the Winnebago Mental Health Institute.
- [Wilton Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/wilton-public-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [Whitehall Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/whitehall-public-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [Whitefish Bay Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/whitefish-bay-public-library) - Mimi Bird Collection 40 volumes of photographs, clippings and other materials compiled by local resident Mimi Bird. Bird’s primary focus was the history of Whitefish Bay, but she also collected historical information on area communities including Glendale and River Hills as well as the construction of Highway 141. View collection. Visit Whitefish Bay Public Library
- [Waukesha Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/waukesha-public-library) - Waukesha County History 1870-1920 The materials selected for this digital project depict many elements of Waukesha County history, primarily the industries, people, and structures important to the development of the county from 1870-1920. Many of the images come from the collection of Warren S. O’Brien (1898-1988), a prolific Waukesha photographer. View collection. Visit Waukesha Public
- [Waukesha County Historical Society and Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/waukesha-county-historical-society-and-museum) - Waukesha County History 1870-1920 The materials selected for this digital project depict many elements of Waukesha County history, primarily the industries, people, and structures important to the development of the county from 1870-1920. Many of the images come from the collection of Warren S. O’Brien (1898-1988), a prolific Waukesha photographer. View collection. Visit Waukesha County
- [Waterford Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/waterford-public-library) - Waterford Area Local History The history of the Waterford area in western Racine County, Wisconsin is documented here in books, manuscripts, high school yearooks. photographs, maps and newspapers. This digital collection is a collaboration of many Waterford area agencies including Waterford Public Library, the Village of Waterford, Waterford Area Chamber of Commerce, Waterford Union High
- [W.J. Niederkorn Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/w-j-niederkorn-library) - Ozaukee and Sheboygan Memories The Eastern Shores Library System created the Ozaukee and Sheboygan Memories Program to expand access to local historical material that previously had limited or no accessibility. The goal is to continue digitally preserving and promoting the histories of Ozaukee County and Sheboygan County. View collection. Ozaukee County Local History Collection Personal
- [Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/villa-terrace-decorative-arts-museum) - Cyril Colnik Archives Drawings and blueprints by master blacksmith Cyril Colnik, his Ornamental Iron Shop, and the Colnik Manufacturing Company. Includes designs for architectural commissions in the Milwaukee area and beyond. View collection. Visit Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum website.
- [University of Wisconsin-Whitewater](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/university-of-wisconsin-whitewater) - History of UW-Whitewater Photographs of Old Main Hall, the first building on the UW-Whitewater campus, as well as three published histories. View collection. Wisconsin Pioneer Experience Diaries, letters, reminiscences, speeches and other writings of people who settled and built Wisconsin during the 19th century. The historic papers included in the Wisconsin Pioneer Experience were drawn
- [University of Wisconsin-Waukesha](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/university-of-wisconsin-waukesha) - History of UW-Waukesha Volumes of The Windy Hill Review, the University of Wisconsin–Waukesha's student-run literary magazine, published annually since 1979. View collection. Visit the UW-Waukesha Library website.
- [University of Wisconsin-Superior](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/university-of-wisconsin-superior) - Great Lakes Maritime History Project An overview of Wisconsin's maritime history. Includes records on individual ships as well as photographs, postcards and pamphlets related to commerce and tourism on Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. View collection. History of UW-Superior Images depicting student life, academic activities, athletics, the campus, and campus traditions. View collection. Wisconsin Pioneer
- [University of Wisconsin-Stout](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/university-of-wisconsin-stout) - History of UW-Stout Photographs illustrating the history of manual training, industrial arts, and domestic science at the University of Wisconsin-Stout from its founding as Stout Manual Training School in 1891 into the 1990s. View collection. Wisconsin Pioneer Experience Diaries, letters, reminiscences, speeches and other writings of people who settled and built Wisconsin during the 19th
- [University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/university-of-wisconsin-stevens-point) - History of UW-Stevens Point Photographs and books documenting the history of UW-Stevens Point including athletics, aerial views of campus, classrooms and daily life. View collection. Wisconsin Pioneer Experience Diaries, letters, reminiscences, speeches and other writings of people who settled and built Wisconsin during the 19th century. The historic papers included in the Wisconsin Pioneer Experience
- [University of Wisconsin-River Falls](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/university-of-wisconsin-river-falls) - History of UW-River Falls Photographs documenting the history of UW-River Falls and River Falls Normal School, including athletics and campus life. View collection. Ku Klux Klan in Northwestern Wisconsin circa 1915-1950 Records, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and artifacts documenting a popular movement that most Americans would rather forget - a so-called "reform" movement driven by
- [University of Wisconsin-Platteville](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/university-of-wisconsin-platteville) - History of UW-Platteville Images and publications documenting the histories of the Platteville Academy, the State Teachers College and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. View collection. Wisconsin Pioneer Experience Diaries, letters, reminiscences, speeches and other writings of people who settled and built Wisconsin during the 19th century. The historic papers included in the Wisconsin Pioneer Experience were
- [University of Wisconsin-Parkside](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/university-of-wisconsin-parkside) - Aviation History of Racine and Kenosha Kenosha pilot and aviation history enthusiast John Sullivan donated his archive of over 400 photographs, newspaper clippings, and aviator biographies to UW-Parkside in 2009. The digital collection includes aerial views of the Kenosha and Racine airports and portraits of pilots with their planes. View collection. History of UW-Parkside Photographs
- [University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/university-of-wisconsin-oshkosh) - History of UW-Oshkosh Photographs and books documenting the history of UW-Oshkosh including athletic events and campus life. View collection. Wisconsin Pioneer Experience Diaries, letters, reminiscences, speeches and other writings of people who settled and built Wisconsin during the 19th century. The historic papers included in the Wisconsin Pioneer Experience were drawn from the collections of
- [University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/university-of-wisconsin-milwaukee) - Architectural Drawings of Willis and Lillian Leenhouts More than 80 architectural drawings and sketches for eleven projects by Milwaukee architects Willis and Lillian Leenhouts. View collection. Digital Sanborn Maps of Milwaukee 1894 and 1900 Two fire insurance atlases featuring detailed color maps of Milwaukee. Produced by the Sanborn Map Company, the 1894 atlas includes four
- [University of Wisconsin-Marathon County](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/university-of-wisconsin-marathon-county) - Libraries and Schools in Marathon and Lincoln Counties This collection documents schools and libraries in the central Wisconsin counties of Lincoln and Marathon. A project of the Central Wisconsin Digitization Project, a consortium of libraries, archives, museums and historical societies in Lincoln and Marathon counties. View collection. Visit University of Wisconsin-Marathon County website.
- [University of Wisconsin-Madison](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/university-of-wisconsin-madison) - Aldo Leopold Archives The Aldo Leopold Archives houses the raw materials that document not only Leopold's rise to prominence but the history of conservation and the emergence of the field of ecology from the early 1900s until his death in 1948. The collection includes more than 500 unpublished essays, reports, and memoranda of significance as
- [University of Wisconsin-La Crosse](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/university-of-wisconsin-la-crosse) - Great Lakes Maritime History Project An overview of Wisconsin's maritime history. Includes records on individual ships as well as photographs, phostcards and pamphlets related to commerce and tourism on Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. View collection. History of UW-La Crosse Photographs documenting events and people at UW-La Crosse including athletics, music, campus buildings, and campus
- [University of Wisconsin-Green Bay](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/university-of-wisconsin-green-bay) - Belgian-American Research Collection The Belgian-American Research Collection was established by the Cofrin Library, UW-Green Bay, to help preserve and make available original materials reflecting the character of the Belgian community in northeastern Wisconsin. An architectural survey was conducted to identify typical Belgian architecture including log, stone and brick houses and oral histories were recorded to
- [University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/university-of-wisconsin-eau-claire) - History of UW-Eau Claire A fully searchable digital version of the 1976 publication The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire: A History, 1916-1976, by Hilda R. Carter and John R. Jenswold. View collection. Ku Klux Klan in Northwestern Wisconsin circa 1915-1950 Records, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and artifacts documenting a popular movement that most Americans would rather
- [University of Wisconsin Digital Collections](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/university-of-wisconsin-digital-collections) - State of Wisconsin Collection The State of Wisconsin Collection presents writings about the State of Wisconsin and unique or valuable materials that relate to its history and ongoing development. The collection includes published material as well as archival materials such as books, manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, maps and other resources. View collection. University of Wisconsin
- [Richland County History Room](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/richland-county-history-room) - Images of a wide variety of people and places, all pertaining to Richland County, Wisconsin, from the collections of the Richland County History Room, part of the Brewer Public Library in Richland Center. View collection. Visit Richland County History Room website.
- [U.S.S. Liberty Memorial Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/uss-liberty-memorial-public-library) - Ozaukee and Sheboygan Memories The Eastern Shores Library System created the Ozaukee and Sheboygan Memories Program to expand access to local historical material that previously had limited or no accessibility. The goal is to continue digitally preserving and promoting the histories of Ozaukee County and Sheboygan County. View collection. Ozaukee County Local History Collection Personal
- [U. S. Forest Products Laboratory](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/forest-products) - U.S. Forest Products Lab Centennial Oral History Project Digital audio recorded interviews with 52 current and former employees of the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin. View collection. Visit Forest Products Laboratory website.
- [Tomahawk Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/tomahawk-area-historical-society) - Railroads of Lincoln and Marathon Counties Photographs, maps and documents relating to the railroads of Lincoln and Marathon Counties assembled by the Central Wisconsin Digitization Project, a consortium of libraries, archives, museums and historical societies in Lincoln and Marathon counties. View collection. Visit Tomahawk Area Historical Society website.
- [Three Lakes Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/three-lakes-historical-society) - Northernaire Resort Collection Photographs, postcards and newsletters related to the history of the Northernaire Resort in Three Lakes, founded by Carl Marty, Jr. in 1947. View collection. Three Lakes Camps Collection Photographs and other materials from boys' and girls' summer camps in the Three Lakes area. View collection. Visit Three Lakes Historical Society website.
- [T. B. Scott Free Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/t-b-scott-free-library) - Libraries and Schools in Marathon and Lincoln Counties This collection documents schools and libraries in the central Wisconsin counties of Lincoln and Marathon. A project of the Central Wisconsin Digitization Project, a consortium of libraries, archives, museums and historical societies in Lincoln and Marathon counties. View collection. Railroads of Lincoln and Marathon Counties Photographs, maps
- [Swiss United Church of Christ of New Glarus](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/swiss-united-church-of-christ-of-new-glarus) - New Glarus and Green County Local History This collection focuses on the first 100 years of New Glarus's history, including narratives of the settlement and early history of the village, family records from the first church in New Glarus, tax rolls of the Town of New Glarus, maps and plat books of Green County, the
- [Stone Lake Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/stone-lake-area-historical-society) - A variety of local history materials including artifacts and photographs related to the SOO Line Railroad, the cranberry industry and annual Cranberry Festival, military history, household goods, the logging industry, and local resorts. View collection. Visit Stone Lake Area Historical Society website.
- [Stephenson Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/stephenson-public-library) - Marinette County Memory Project Manuscripts documenting the histories of the communities of Marinette, Colman, and Beaver Creek. View collection. Visit Marinette County Library System website.
- [St. Norbert College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/st-norbert-college) - Gartner Diaries Diaries of the travels of Austrian Norbertine priest Father Maximilian Gaertner of Wilten Abbey in Austria. Gaertner arrived in Wisconsin in 1846 and remained there until recalled to Wilten Abbey in 1858. View collection. St. Norbert College Catalogs College catalogs were published annually by St. Norbert College from 1902-1917. The catalog served as
- [South Wood County Historical Corporation](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/south-wood-county-historical-corporation) - Cranberry Photo Collection Images depicting the cranberry industry in central Wisconsin, digitized in collaboration with the Wetherby Cranberry Library. View collection. Krohnographs - Photographs by Don Krohn Krohnographs are images by Don Krohn, Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune photographer from 1947-1953. These photographs provide an unusually complete and active look at a paper mill town reaching
- [Somerset Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/somerset-public-library) - Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, St. Croix, and Rusk Counties - Local History Collection This collection showcases selections from the local history collections of fourteen west-central and northwestern Wisconsin public libraries, all members of the Indianhead Federated Library System. View collection. Visit Somerset Public Library website.
- [Slinger Community Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/slinger-community-library) - Schleisingerville to Slinger 125 Years Two local histories published by the Slinger Advancement Association and more than 300 photographs. View collection. Visit Slinger Community Library website.
- [Shorewood Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/shorewood-historical-society) - Charles Sheldon Collection Photographs depicting the community of Shorewood from the 1890s to the 1930s, taken or collected by amateur photographer Charles Sheldon. View collection. Visit Shorewood Historical Society website.
- [Shawano City-County Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/shawano-city-county-library) - Novitiate Takeover In 1975, a group calling itself the Menominee Warrior Society broke into the caretaker's cottage at the site of the Alexian Brothers former Novitiate near Gresham, Wisconsin in Shawano County. Thus began a 34 day siege which drew national attention. This digital collection from the Shawano City-County Library consists of news clippings about
- [Scandinavia Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/scandinavia-public-library) - Scandinavia Memory Project Twenty-two yearbooks and other publications from Scandinavia Academy, Central Wisconsin College and Union Free High School in the village of Scandinavia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. View collection. Visit Scandinavia Public Library website.
- [Rusk County Community Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/rusk-county-community-library) - Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, St. Croix, and Rusk Counties - Local History Collection This collection showcases selections from the local history collections of fourteen west-central and northwestern Wisconsin public libraries, all members of the Indianhead Federated Library System. View collection. Visit Rusk County Community Library website.
- [Ripon Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/ripon-historical-society) - Postcards and photographs depicting local businesses in downtown Ripon. View collection. Visit Ripon Historical Society website.
- [Ripon College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/ripon-college) - Ripon College Archives Photographs, postcards and other materials portraying the College's history from 1851 into the 21st century. Also included in the collection are images of campus life such as bands, athletic teams and social events. View collection. Visit Ripon College Archives website.
- [Rice Lake Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/rice-lake-public-library) - Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, St. Croix, and Rusk Counties - Local History Collection This collection showcases selections from the local history collections of fourteen west-central and northwestern Wisconsin public libraries, all members of the Indianhead Federated Library System. View collection. Visit Rice Lake Public Library website.
- [Princeton Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/princeton-historical-society) - Fond du Lac and Green Lake County Atlases, Directories, and Histories City directories, atlases, plat maps and histories of Green Lake County, Wisconsin and the communities of Berlin, Fond du Lac and Princeton. View collection.
- [Preservation Racine, Inc.](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/preservation-racine) - Preservation Racine Newsletters Preservation Racine, Inc. began publishing a newsletter in 1976, providing information about local events, local history, Century Building Certificates and historic buildings in Racine County. View collection. Visit Preservation Racine website.
- [Portage Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/portage-public-library) - Historical County Plat Maps from South Central Wisconsin and Early Madison City Directories Plat books and atlases for Columbia, Dane, Portage and Wood counties and Madison city directories 1858-1921. View collection. Portage Historic Homes Turn-of-the-century photographs of historic Portage residences from the collection of the Portage Public Library, digitized by the Portage Historical Society. View
- [Portage Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/portage-historical-society) - Portage Historic Homes Turn-of-the-century photographs of historic Portage residences from the collection of the Portage Public Library, digitized by the Portage Historical Society. View collection. Tales of Old Portage Dorothy McCarthy's "Tales of Old Portage" series of local history columns appeared in the Portage Daily Register from 1958-1975. View collection. Visit Portage Historical Society website.
- [Plymouth Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/plymouth-public-library) - Ozaukee and Sheboygan Memories The Eastern Shores Library System created the Ozaukee and Sheboygan Memories Program to expand access to local historical material that previously had limited or no accessibility. The goal is to continue digitally preserving and promoting the histories of Ozaukee County and Sheboygan County. View collection. Visit Plymouth Public Library website.
- [Pepin Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/pepin-public-library) - Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, St. Croix, and Rusk Counties - Local History Collection This collection showcases selections from the local history collections of fourteen west-central and northwestern Wisconsin public libraries, all members of the Indianhead Federated Library System. View collection. Visit Pepin Public Library website.
- [Oshkosh Public Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/oshkosh-public-museum) - Oshkosh, Omro, and Winnebago County, Wisconsin - Atlases and Histories Resources concerning Winnebago County and the communities of Oshkosh and Omro in the 19th century. Includes county histories, local histories, atlases, maps and photographs. View collection. View Oshkosh Public Museum website.
- [Oshkosh Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/oshkosh-public-library) - Barns of Winnebago County 260 images of Winnebago County barns captured by photographer Michael Cooney. View collection. Jungwirth Histories of Oshkosh Books on the history of and life in Oshkosh, Wisconsin compiled and written by local historian Clarence "Inky" Jungwirth. View collection. Main Street, Oshkosh Postcards from personal collections show views of Oshkosh's Main Street.
- [Ontario Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/ontario-public-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [Omro Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/omro-area-historical-society) - Oshkosh, Omro, and Winnebago County, Wisconsin - Atlases and Histories Resources concerning Winnebago County and the communities of Oshkosh and Omro in the 19th century. Includes county histories, local histories, atlases, maps and photographs. View collection. Visit Omro Area Historical Society website.
- [Oconto Falls Community Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/oconto-falls-community-library) - Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto and Shawano Counties - Historical Atlases, Directories, Plat Maps and High School Yearbooks Plat books, atlases, school yearbooks and school newspapers documenting northeastern Wisconsin, specifically Brown, Door, Kewaunee and Shawano counties. View collection. Oconto Falls Memory Project Postcards and photographs depicting scenes from Oconto Falls, Wisconsin and the surrounding area, including
- [Norwalk Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/norwalk-public-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [New Lisbon Memorial Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/new-lisbon-memorial-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [New Glarus Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/new-glarus-public-library) - New Glarus and Green County Local History This collection focuses on the first 100 years of New Glarus's history, including narratives of the settlement and early history of the village, family records from the first church in New Glarus, tax rolls of the Town of New Glarus, maps and plat books of Green County, the
- [New Glarus Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/new-glarus-historical-society) - New Glarus and Green County Local History This collection focuses on the first 100 years of New Glarus's history, including narratives of the settlement and early history of the village, family records from the first church in New Glarus, tax rolls of the Town of New Glarus, maps and plat books of Green County, the
- [New Berlin Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/new-berlin-historical-society) - Cornfalfa Farms Collection Images donated by the Swartz family, who operated a large progressive farm in the northeast corner of New Berlin, Wisconsin. Many photographs were taken at the Cornfalfa farm by the Swartz family to document their best practices for raising alfalfa, apples, and sheep as the farm rose to prominence in Wisconsin and
- [Neenah Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/neenah-public-library) - Neenah Public Library Local History Collection This collection presents the history of Neenah, Wisconsin from the 1850s to the 1950s. Includes local history texts, Neenah and Menasha city directories 1920-1939, a 1928 plat map of Winnebago County, and more than 400 photographs. View collection. Visit Neenah Public Library website.
- [Necedah Community Siegler Memorial Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/necedah-community-siegler-memorial-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [Mount Mary College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/mount-mary-college) - Mount Mary College Student Yearbooks Student yearbooks of Mount Mary College, a Catholic women's college in Milwaukee. Arches was published from 1930 through 1970 with the exception of 1939 when it was published as The Autobiography of a College. EXIT was published from 1971 to 1995. View collection. Visit Mount Mary College Archives website.
- [Mount Horeb Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/mount-horeb-public-library) - Korean War Veterans of Mount Horeb Oral histories, photographs, documents and color slides from six Mount Horeb residents who served in the Korean War. View collection. Mount Horeb Area History A variety of resources depicting the early 20th century in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin including church histories, family memoirs, books about the historic Norway Building, and
- [Mineral Point Library Archives](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/mineral-point-library-archives) - Mineral Point Library Archives Images of early vernacular buildings in Mineral Point, including stone and brick residences dating to the early settlement period of the 1830s-1850s. View collection. Visit Mineral Point Public Library website.
- [Mineral Point Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/mineral-point-historical-society) - 1971 Slide Collection This collection is a photographic study of buildings in Mineral Point conducted in 1971 by Professor Phil Lewis and students in his landscape architecture design class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The set of slides disappeared for several decades but resurfaced in 2008 when they were donated to the Mineral Point Historical
- [Milwaukee Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/milwaukee-public-librar) - Dr. James Cameron Pamphlet Collection Thirty-eight self-published pamphlets by civil rights activist Dr. James Cameron (1914-2006). Dr. Cameron was the only known survivor of a lynching and the founder of the America’s Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee. Topics addressed in the pamphlets include slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, lynching, the Ku Klux Klan, the Civil
- [Milwaukee Area Technical College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/milwaukee-area-technical-college) - Images documenting a variety of vocational instruction over the past century of MATC's history. View collection. Visit Milwaukee Area Technical College website.
- [Merrill Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/merrill-historical-society) - Libraries and Schools in Marathon and Lincoln Counties This collection documents schools and libraries in the central Wisconsin counties of Lincoln and Marathon. A project of the Central Wisconsin Digitization Project, a consortium of libraries, archives, museums and historical societies in Lincoln and Marathon counties. View collection. Railroads of Lincoln and Marathon Counties Photographs, maps
- [Menomonie Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/menomonie-public-library) - Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, St. Croix, and Rusk Counties - Local History Collection This collection showcases selections from the local history collections of fourteen west-central and northwestern Wisconsin public libraries, all members of the Indianhead Federated Library System. View collection. Visit Menomonie Public Library website.
- [Menasha Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/menasha-public-library) - Menasha Local History Collection The materials in this collection represent life in Menasha, Wisconsin from approximately 1880 to 1950. The collection contains texts highlighting the early history of the city, including the Menasha City Charter of 1891 and the first Menasha High School yearbook of 1916 as well as photographs depicting the people and places
- [Medical College of Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/medical-college-of-wisconsin) - Historical Medical Devices at Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries Medical artifacts in the Libraries' collections, ranging from an 1850s medicine chest to a cataract extraction set from the 1960s. View collection. Marquette Electronics Medical Equipment In 1964, Michael Cudahy and Warren B. Cozzens founded Marquette Electronics, later known as Marquette Medical Systems and now part
- [McMillan Memorial Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/mcmillan-memorial-library) - The McMillan Memorial Library collections include the Tom Taylor books (One Hundred Years of Pictorial & Descriptive History of Wisconsin Rapids); historical postcards; photographs of Vesper, Wisconsin; early city directories and plat books; books about Wisconsin Rapids or by local residents; materials related to the cranberry, lumber and paper industries; and newspaper articles, pamphlets and
- [McIntosh Memorial Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/mcintosh-memorial-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [McFarland Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/mcfarland-historical-society) - Skare Collection The Skare Collection at the McFarland Historical Society comprises over one thousand objects related to the Norwegian immigrant experience collected by Albert Skare of McFarland, Wisconsin. The digital collection provides access to selections from this extensive collection, focusing on household goods and folk art brought to Wisconsin by Norwegian immigrants in the 19th
- [Marquette University](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/marquette-university) - Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions digital collection contains over 1,800 images of Native Americans and related Catholic churches, schools, clergy, and religious leaders from across the United States. The materials made available through Recollection Wisconsin depict Menominee, Ojibwe, Potawatomi and Oneida tribes in Wisconsin in the early 20th century.
- [Marinette County Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/marinette-county-library-system) - Marinette County Local History Plat books of Marinette County from the years 1905, 1912, and 1920 and Marinette High School yearbooks from 1919-1924. View collection. Marinette County Memory Project Manuscripts documenting the histories of the communities of Marinette, Colman, and Beaver Creek. A project of Stephenson Public Library, Marinette. View collection. Visit Marinette County Library
- [Marathon County Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/marathon-county-public-library) - Libraries and Schools in Marathon and Lincoln Counties This collection documents schools and libraries in the central Wisconsin counties of Lincoln and Marathon. A project of the Central Wisconsin Digitization Project, a consortium of libraries, archives, museums and historical societies in Lincoln and Marathon counties. View collection. Marathon County Local History This digital collection focuses
- [Marathon County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/marathon-county-historical-society) - Libraries and Schools in Marathon and Lincoln Counties This collection documents schools and libraries in the central Wisconsin counties of Lincoln and Marathon. A project of the Central Wisconsin Digitization Project, a consortium of libraries, archives, museums and historical societies in Lincoln and Marathon counties. View collection. Railroads of Lincoln and Marathon Counties Photographs, maps
- [Manitowoc Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/manitowoc-public-library) - Manitowoc Local History Collection Photographs and postcards by professional photographer Herman C. Benke from the 1890s and 1900s and images by amateur photographer Frances M. Kadow from the 1920s through the 1940s. Also includes historical texts concerning Manitowoc County, plat books and plat maps, and oral history interviews recorded with area residents in the 1970s.
- [Manitowoc County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/manitowoc-county-historical-society) - The Home Front - Manitowoc County in World War II This collection documents the history of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin during the period from 1939 to 1947--both the more universally shared home front experiences and activities as they played out in this specific county, and those more unique activities which especially defined the area during the
- [Madison Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/madison-public-library) - Historical County Plat Maps from South Central Wisconsin and Early Madison City Directories Plat books and atlases for Columbia, Dane, Portage and Wood counties and Madison city directories 1858-1921. View collection. Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association Reports Published reports of the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association, 1899-1928. View collection. Visit Madison Public Library
- [Madison Metropolitan School District](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/madison-metropolitan-school-district) - Madison Metropolitan School District Reports Annual reports of the Madison Metropolitan School District dating back to the mid-19th century as well as curriculum guides and other teaching materials. View collection. Visit Madison Metropolitan School District website.
- [Lester Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/lester-public-library) - The Home Front - Manitowoc County in World War II This collection documents the history of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin during the period from 1939 to 1947--both the more universally shared home front experiences and activities as they played out in this specific county, and those more unique activities which especially defined the area during the
- [Lawton Memorial Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/lawton-memorial-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [Langlade County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/langlade-county-historical-society) - A. J. Kingsbury Picture Postcards of Northern Wisconsin Images of Ojibwe and Menominee Indians in northeast Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula in the early 20th century, photographed by Arthur J. Kingsbury of Antigo. View collection. Antigo's 107th Trench Mortar Battery Company in World War I Photographs by William Wessa of Antigo documenting the 107th Trench
- [Lakeview Community Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/lakeview-community-library) - Ozaukee County Local History Collection Personal reminiscences of growing up in Ozaukee County, reflections of local residents who served during wartime, histories of various local communities, and histories of public services and groups in those communities, including fire departments and women's clubs. View collection. Visit the Lakeview Community Library website.
- [Lake Geneva Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/lake-geneva-public-library) - Images of Lake Geneva Photographs and postcards depicting Lake Geneva, Wisconsin in its heyday as a summer retreat for wealthy Chicagoans. View collection. Visit Lake Geneva Public Library website.
- [La Crosse Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/la-crosse-public-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection. La Crosse Public Library Archives This collection of digitized texts from the La Crosse Public Library Archives includes La Crosse city directories from
- [La Crosse County Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/la-crosse-county-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [La Crosse County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/la-crosse-county-historical-society) - Brekke Collection: A Soldier's Mementos of WWII This collection represents the things that one man, Kermit Brekke of Blair, Wisconsin, saved as mementos of his service in World War II. The collection includes Brekke's uniforms, souvenirs he collected in Europe, and a scrapbook of photos, telegrams, newspaper clippings, menus, leave passes, greeting cards, and other
- [L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/l-e-phillips-memorial-public-library) - Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, St. Croix, and Rusk Counties - Local History Collection This collection showcases selections from the local history collections of fourteen west-central and northwestern Wisconsin public libraries, all members of the Indianhead Federated Library System. View collection. L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library Publications including Eau Claire city directories 1880-1923,
- [Kohler Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/kohler-public-library) - Ozaukee and Sheboygan Memories The Eastern Shores Library System created the Ozaukee and Sheboygan Memories Program to expand access to local historical material that previously had limited or no accessibility. The goal is to continue digitally preserving and promoting the histories of Ozaukee County and Sheboygan County. View collection.
- [Knutson Memorial Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/knutson-memorial-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [Kiel Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/kiel-public-library) - Big Streets in a Little City - Downtown Street Scenes in Kiel, 1860-1980 More than 600 photographs of Kiel, Wisconsin from the mid-1800s to the late 20th century. These images depict commerce, recreation, cultural events, and other day-to-day activities in the community. View collection. Visit Kiel Public Library website.
- [Kewaunee Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/kewaunee-public-library) - Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto and Shawano Counties - Historical Atlases, Directories, Plat Maps and High School Yearbooks Plat books, atlases, school yearbooks and school newspapers documenting northeastern Wisconsin, specifically Brown, Door, Kewaunee and Shawano counties. View collection. Kewaunee Ships of War Nearly 300 photographs of ships built at the Kewaunee Shipping and Engineering Company (now
- [Kewaskum Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/kewaskum-public-library) - Kewaskum Photo Archive The photos in this collection form part of a large digital archive of over 300 pictures covering Kewaskum history from the 1890s to the 1970s. The Kewaskum photo archive is a project of the Kewaskum Public Library and the Kewaskum Historical Society. View collection. Visit Kewaskum Public Library website.
- [Kenosha Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/kenosha-public-library) - Kenosha County History - Images and Texts, 1830s-1940s The C.E. Dewey Lantern Slide Collection contains images of Kenosha County from the 1830s to the early 1940s. The Louis M. Thiers Glass Negative Collection contains images from the 1880s into the 1910s. The digital collection also includes several books documenting the history of Racine and Kenosha
- [Kenosha County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/kenosha-county-historical-society) - Kenosha County History - Images and Texts, 1830s-1940s The C.E. Dewey Lantern Slide Collection contains images of Kenosha County from the 1830s to the early 1940s. The Louis M. Thiers Glass Negative Collection contains images from the 1880s into the 1910s. The digital collection also includes several books documenting the history of Racine and Kenosha
- [Kendall Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/kendall-public-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [Iowa County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/iowa-county-historical-society) - Herb Harris Postcard Collection Postcards of the city of Dodgeville, Wisconsin from the 1900s to the 1960s, including street scenes, residences, churches, hospitals, schools, government buildings and businesses. View collection. Visit Iowa County Historical Society website.
- [Independence Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/independence-public-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [Hortonville Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/hortonville-public-library) - Hortonville Memory Project A growing selection of local history materials including early 20th century postcards depicting scenes in and around the community of Hortonville, Wisconsin. View collection. Visit Hortonville Public Library website.
- [Hoard Historical Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/hoard-historical-museum) - Historic Fort Atkinson This digital collection contains two components: images of citizens and businesses along Main Street in 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. View collection. Visit Hoard
- [Hedberg Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/hedberg-public-library) - Janesville's Past A range of materials documenting the history of Janesville, Wisconsin including photographs and postcards from the 1840s through the 1980s and directories for the city of Janesville and Rock County, 1857-1931. Also includes walking guides to historic districts published in the 1990s and 2000s. View collection. Visit Hedberg Public Library website.
- [Hatch Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/hatch-public-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [Grant County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/grant-county-historical-society) - Photographs documenting life in Grant County since the mid-19th century. View collection. Visit Grant County Historical Society website.
- [Galesville Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/galesville-public-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [Frank L. Weyenberg Library of Mequon-Thiensville](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/frank-l-weyenberg-library-of-mequon-thiensville) - Ozaukee County Local History Collection Personal reminiscences of growing up in Ozaukee County, reflections of local residents who served during wartime, histories of various local communities, and histories of public services and groups in those communities, including fire departments and women's clubs. View collection. Ozaukee and Sheboygan Memories The Eastern Shores Library System created the
- [Fox Lake Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/fox-lake-public-library) - Bunny Berigan, Fox Lake's Own Born in Hilbert, Wisconsin in 1908, Bernard “Bunny” Berigan, one of the most prominent jazz trumpeters of all time, moved to Fox Lake with his parents when he was only a few months old. This collection documents Berigan's childhood and his career in music. View collection. Visit Fox Lake Public
- [Fond du Lac Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/fond-du-lac-public-library) - Early Fond du Lac County People and Places This digital collection of thirteen published books provides access to early information about Fond du Lac County. Content includes eight city and county directories dating from 1857-1904. View collection. Fond du Lac and Green Lake County Atlases, Directories, and Histories City directories, atlases, plat maps and histories
- [Farnsworth Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/farnsworth-public-library) - Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto and Shawano Counties - Historical Atlases, Directories, Plat Maps and High School Yearbooks Plat books, atlases, school yearbooks and school newspapers documenting northeastern Wisconsin, specifically Brown, Door, Kewaunee and Shawano counties. View collection. Visit Farnsworth Public Library website.
- [Fall Creek Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/fall-creek-public-library) - Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, St. Croix, and Rusk Counties - Local History Collection This collection showcases selections from the local history collections of fourteen west-central and northwestern Wisconsin public libraries, all members of the Indianhead Federated Library System. View collection. Visit Fall Creek Public Library website.
- [Ettrick Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/ettrick-public-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [Elroy Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/elroy-public-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [Elkhart Lake Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/elkhart-lake-public-library) - Ozaukee and Sheboygan Memories The Eastern Shores Library System created the Ozaukee and Sheboygan Memories Program to expand access to local historical material that previously had limited or no accessibility. The goal is to continue digitally preserving and promoting the histories of Ozaukee County and Sheboygan County. View collection. Visit Elkhart Lake Public Library website.
- [Edgewood College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/edgewood-college) - Edgewood College History Higher learning on the site that is now Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin began as early as 1881 when the Sinsinawa Dominicans established a boarding school for girls and later a junior college. Many images in this collection were taken from Phoenix from the Fire: A History of Edgewood College by Mary
- [East Troy Lions Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/east-troy-lions-public-library) - East Troy Electric Railroad Collection Objects related to the operation of the East Troy Electric Railroad as well as 27 volumes of Rail and Wire, a newsletter published by the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company (TMER&L). The digital collection was created by the Library in collaboration with the East Troy Viewfinders Camera Club, the
- [Eager Free Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/eager-free-public-library) - Evansville, Wisconsin Digitization Project Materials from the Eager Free Public Library History Room in Evansville including Rock County, Wisconsin plat books, a city directory for Stoughton and Edgerton, catalogs and annuals from the Evansville Seminary, and photographs and posters from the Hall family circus, an institution in the area from the 1860s into the 1940s.
- [Dwight Foster Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/dwight-foster-public-library) - Historic Fort Atkinson This digital collection contains two components: images of citizens and businesses along Main Street in 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. View collection. View Dwight
- [Durand Community Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/durand-community-library) - Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, St. Croix, and Rusk Counties - Local History Collection This collection showcases selections from the local history collections of fourteen west-central and northwestern Wisconsin public libraries, all members of the Indianhead Federated Library System. View collection.
- [Door County Maritime Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/door-county-maritime-museum) - Great Lakes Maritime History Project An overview of Wisconsin's maritime history. Includes records on individual ships as well as photographs, phostcards and pamphlets related to commerce and tourism on Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. View collection. View Door County Maritime Museum website.
- [Door County Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/door-county-library) - Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto and Shawano Counties - Historical Atlases, Directories, Plat Maps and High School Yearbooks Plat books, atlases, school yearbooks and school newspapers documenting northeastern Wisconsin, specifically Brown, Door, Kewaunee and Shawano counties. View collection. Door County Memory Project A growing selection of local history materials including The Flashes, a student publication produced
- [Dane County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/dane-county-historical-society) - Historical County Plat Maps from South Central Wisconsin and Early Madison City Directories Plat books and atlases for Columbia, Dane, Portage and Wood counties and Madison city directories 1858-1921. View collection. Madison Central High School Yearbooks 69 volumes of the Tychoberahn yearbook, published by Madison Central High School from 1900-1969. Alternate titles — Orange and
- [Crandon Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/crandon-public-library) - Crandon Community Building Collection This collection was donated to Dwight Smith by the Crandon Public Library and other community members in order to create an exhibit on the walls of the Crandon Community Building. The majority of the photographs were originally the property of Mrs. Mary Colburn of Hiles. The Public Property Committee of the City Council of
- [College of Menominee Nation S. Verna Fowler Academic Library/Menominee Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/college-of-menominee-nation) - Joseph F. Preloznik Papers on Menominee Termination and Restoration Professional, legal, administrative, educational, political, publications and media documents that describe the history, events, and people involved during the Menominee Termination and Restoration era. View collection. Lucille B. Chapman Collection on the Menominee Books, photographs, newsprint, ephemera, and real photo postcards which contain imagery of the people, scenery,
- [Colfax Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/colfax-public-library) - Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, St. Croix, and Rusk Counties - Local History Collection This collection showcases selections from the local history collections of fourteen west-central and northwestern Wisconsin public libraries, all members of the Indianhead Federated Library System. View collection. Visit Colfax Public Library website.
- [Clintonville Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/clintonville-public-library) - Clintonville Memory Project Items pertaining to the history of the city of Clintonville, Wisconsin including portraits of local residents photographed by J. Alva Carter in 1927. View collection. Visit Clintonville Public Library website.
- [Chippewa Valley Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/chippewa-valley-museum) - Eau Claire Area Historical Photographs The Chippewa Valley Museum has partnered with L. E. Phillips Memorial Library to provide access to its significant collection of photographs depicting life in Eau Claire and the surrounding area. Topics include logging, farming, sports, schools, retail stores, and parks. View collection. Visit Chippewa Valley Museum website.
- [Chippewa Falls Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/chippewa-falls-public-library) - Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, St. Croix, and Rusk Counties - Local History Collection This collection showcases selections from the local history collections of fourteen west-central and northwestern Wisconsin public libraries, all members of the Indianhead Federated Library System. View collection. Visit Chippewa Falls Public Library website.
- [Cedarburg Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/cedarburg-public-library) - Ozaukee and Sheboygan Memories The Eastern Shores Library System created the Ozaukee and Sheboygan Memories Program to expand access to local historical material that previously had limited or no accessibility. The goal is to continue digitally preserving and promoting the histories of Ozaukee County and Sheboygan County. View collection. Visit Cedarburg Public Library website.
- [Cedar Grove Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/cedar-grove-public-library) - Ozaukee and Sheboygan Memories The Eastern Shores Library System created the Ozaukee and Sheboygan Memories Program to expand access to local historical material that previously had limited or no accessibility. The goal is to continue digitally preserving and promoting the histories of Ozaukee County and Sheboygan County. View collection. Visit Cedar Grove Public Library website.
- [Cashton Memorial Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/cashton-memorial-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [Carleton A. Friday Memorial Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/carleton-a-friday-memorial-library) - Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, St. Croix, and Rusk Counties - Local History Collection This collection showcases selections from the local history collections of fourteen west-central and northwestern Wisconsin public libraries, all members of the Indianhead Federated Library System. View collection. Visit Carleton A. Friday Memorial Library website.
- [Brown Deer Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/brown-deer-public-library) - Brown Deer Local History Full issues of the Brown Deer Historical Society Newsletter, published quarterly since 1973. View collection. Visit Brown Deer Public Library website.
- [Brown Deer Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/brown-deer-historical-society) - Brown Deer Local History Full issues of the Brown Deer Historical Society Newsletter, published quarterly since 1973. View collection.
- [Brown County Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/brown-county-public-library) - Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto and Shawano Counties - Historical Atlases, Directories, Plat Maps and High School Yearbooks Plat books, atlases, school yearbooks and school newspapers documenting northeastern Wisconsin, specifically Brown, Door, Kewaunee and Shawano counties. View collection. Visit Brown County Public Library website.
- [Brillion Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/brillion-public-library) - Brillion: History for All A variety of publications documenting the community of Brillion, Wisconsin including family histories, church histories, and a scrapbook of letters and other documents chronicling the incorporation of the city compiled by local resident Arthur Neumeyer in 1944. View collection. Visit Brillion Public Library website.
- [Boyceville Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/boyceville-public-library) - Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, St. Croix, and Rusk Counties - Local History Collection This collection showcases selections from the local history collections of fourteen west-central and northwestern Wisconsin public libraries, all members of the Indianhead Federated Library System. View collection. Visit Boyceville Public Library website.
- [Blanchardville Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/blanchardville-historical-society) - Two compilations of local history published by the Blanchardville Woman's Club: Blanchardville, Gem of the Pecatonica (1976) and Memories of Blanchardville (1990). View collection. Visit Blanchardville Historical Society website.
- [Blair-Preston Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/blair-preston-public-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [Black River Falls Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/black-river-falls-public-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [Berlin Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/berlin-public-library) - Fond du Lac and Green Lake County Atlases, Directories, and Histories City directories, atlases, plat maps and histories of Green Lake County, Wisconsin and the communities of Berlin, Fond du Lac and Princeton. View collection. Visit Berlin Public Library website.
- [Beloit Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/beloit-public-library) - Beloit Local History Digitization City directories, phone directories and other publications documenting the history of Beloit and Rock County from the 1890s to the 1940s. View collection. Visit Beloit Public Library website.
- [Beloit College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/beloit-college) - Beloit - College, City, and Environs Images of buildings, streets and locations in Beloit as they looked in the past and present, woven into short video presentations. View collection. Beloit College Radio History Photographs and documents depicting the evolution of Beloit College's identity on the airwaves from 1907 to the present. View collection. Beloit Relays
- [Bekkum Memorial Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/bekkum-memorial-library-westby) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [Barrett Memorial Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/barrett-memorial-library) - A Williams Bay Treasure: 'Bay Leaves,' 1933-1940 Bay Leaves, a newsletter published by the community of Williams Bay on Geneva Lake, documents Williams Bay's historic recreational camps; the Yerkes Observatory; the Belfry Theater, Wisconsin’s first summer stock theater; and the names and activities of both the year-round and summer residents who have influenced the appearance,
- [Barneveld Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/barneveld-public-librar) - Barneveld Local History Collection This collection spans more than a century of Barneveld's history, from early settlement,through the devastation of the 1984 tornado and the rebuilding effort. Content includes books, photographs, video, business and village records, and personal scrapbooks and memorabilia. View collection. Visit Barneveld Public Library website.
- [Baldwin Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/baldwin-public-library) - Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, St. Croix, and Rusk Counties - Local History Collection This collection showcases selections from the local history collections of fourteen west-central and northwestern Wisconsin public libraries, all members of the Indianhead Federated Library System. View collection. Visit Baldwin Public Library website.
- [Arcadia Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/arcadia-public-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [Aram Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/aram-public-library-delavan) - Historic Newspaper Collection Full issues of the Delavan Republican (1868-1924) and the Wisconsin Times (1884-1968), published by the Wisconsin School for the Deaf in Delavan. View collection. Visit Aram Public Library website.
- [Appleton Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/appleton-public-library) - Appleton Memory Project This growing selection of local history materials includes, among other resources, images of former Appleton mayors with descriptions of key events during their terms. View collection. Appleton Public Library Local History Collection Print resources including Appleton city directories and Outagamie County plat books. Two narrative histories of the area are also included:
- [Alma Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/alma-public-library) - Exploring Cultural History Online The Exploring Cultural History Online (ECHO) Project developed by Winding Rivers Library System consists of photographs and postcards documenting the history and culture of western Wisconsin. View collection.
- [Algoma Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/algoma-public-library) - Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto and Shawano Counties - Historical Atlases, Directories, Plat Maps and High School Yearbooks Plat books, atlases, school yearbooks and school newspapers documenting northeastern Wisconsin, specifically Brown, Door, Kewaunee and Shawano counties. View collection. Visit Algoma Public Library website.
- [Aldo Leopold Foundation](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/placemarks/aldo-leopold-foundation) - Aldo Leopold Archives The Aldo Leopold Archives houses the raw materials that document not only Leopold's rise to prominence but the history of conservation and the emergence of the field of ecology from the early 1900s until his death in 1948. The collection includes more than 500 unpublished essays, reports, and memoranda of significance as

## Categories

- [Uncategorized](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/uncategorized)
- [Online Exhibits](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/online-exhibits)
- [Latest News](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/latest-news)
- [Guest Curators](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/online-exhibits/guest-curators)
- [Recently Added](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/recently-added)
- [Share Your Story](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/share)
- [On the Road](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/on-the-road)
- [Presentations](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/presentations) - Slides and handouts from past Recollection Wisconsin presentations, webinars and training workshops.
- [Tumblr](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/tumblr-2)
- [DPLA](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/dpla)
- [NEH](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/neh)
- [African-American History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/african-american-history)
- [Architecture](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/architecture)
- [Agriculture and Environment](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/agriculture-and-environment)
- [Arts](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/arts)
- [Business, Industry and Labor](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/business-industry-labor)
- [Education and Student Life](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/education-student-life)
- [Food and Drink](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/food-drink)
- [Geography](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/geography)
- [Health and Medicine](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/health-medicine)
- [Immigration and Settlement](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/immigration-settlement)
- [LGBTQ History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/lgbtq-history)
- [Native American and Indigenous History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/native-american-history)
- [Politics and Government](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/politics-government)
- [Sports](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/sports)
- [Tourism](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/tourism)
- [Transportation](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/transportation)
- [Veterans and Military History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/veterans-military)
- [Women's History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/womens-history)
- [CCDC](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/ccdc)
- [Listening to War](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/listening-to-war)
- [Community Archiving Workshop](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/caw)
- [Digital Readiness](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/digital-readiness)
- [NHPRC](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/nhprc)
- [Community of Practice](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/nhprc/community-of-practice)
- [The Toolkit Blog: Digital Projects Support](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/toolkit)
- [IMLS](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/imls)
- [LSTA](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/imls/lsta)
- [Case Study](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/case-study)
- [Content Partner Resources](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/content-partner-resources)
- [Civil Rights, the Later Cold War, and the Vietnam War Era](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/civil-rights-through-vietnam-war)
- [Community Archives](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/community-archives)
- [Early European Explorers and Arrivals](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/early-european-explorers-and-arrivals)
- [Early Statehood, the Civil War, and Reconstruction](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/early-statehood)
- [Economic Growth, the Great Depression, and the New Deal](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/economic-growth-the-great-depression-and-the-new-deal)
- [Fascism, Communism, and World War II](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/fascism-communism-and-world-war-ii)
- [First People and Nations](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/first-people-and-nations)
- [Industrialization, Agriculture, Urbanization, and Labor](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/industrialization-agriculture-urbanization-and-labor)
- [The Wisconsin Idea, the Progressive Era, and World War I](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/the-wisconsin-idea-the-progressive-era-and-world-war-i)
- [Modern Era](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/modern-era)
- [Post-War Wisconsin and the Early Cold War](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/post-war-wisconsin-and-the-early-cold-war)
- [Territory to Statehood](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/territory-to-statehood)
- [Digital Preservation](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/digital-preservation)
- [Digitization](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/digitization)
- [Oral History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/oral-history)
- [Audiovisual](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/audiovisual)

## Tags

- [Digital Readiness](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/digital-readiness)
- [Digitization](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/digitization)
- [Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/recollection-wisconsin-digitization-initiative)
- [TLAM](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/tlam)
- [Milwaukee Art Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/milwaukee-art-museum)
- [Washington Island](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/washington-island)
- [Middleton Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/middleton-area-historical-society)
- [Menomonee Falls Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/menomonee-falls-library)
- [Racine Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/racine-public-library)
- [America's Black Holocaust Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/americas-black-holocaust-museum)
- [MIAD](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/miad)
- [Tomah Area Historical Society & Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/tomah-area-historical-society-museum)
- [MATC](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/matc)
- [Whitewater Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/whitewater-public-library)
- [Farnsworth Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/farnsworth-public-library)
- [Gateway Technical College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/gateway-technical-college)
- [Wisconsin Library Association](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/wisconsin-library-association)
- [Middleton Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/middleton-public-library)
- [Northcentral Technical College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/northcentral-technical-college)
- [genealogy](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/tag/genealogy)

## Formats

- [Manuscripts](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/formats/manuscripts) - Diaries, letters and other handwritten documents and personal papers.
- [Photographs](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/formats/photographs) - All types of photographic images, including photo prints, slides and negatives.
- [Scrapbooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/formats/scrapbooks) - Albums of photographs, documents, clippings and ephemera.
- [Yearbooks](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/formats/yearbooks) - University, college and high school yearbooks or annuals.
- [Books](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/formats/books) - Published books including city directories, county histories, course catalogs and product catalogs.
- [Maps](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/formats/maps) - Maps, including plat books, atlases, Sanborn maps and topographic maps.
- [Artwork](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/formats/artwork) - Painting, sculpture, illustration and other works of art.
- [Objects](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/formats/objects) - Clothing, furniture, tools and other three-dimensional material culture artifacts.
- [Postcards](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/formats/postcards) - All types of postcards, including picture postcards and real photo postcards.
- [Documents](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/formats/documents) - Pamphlets, conference proceedings, reports, studies, sheet music, recipes, marriage records, military service records and other records.
- [Periodicals](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/formats/periodicals) - Magazines, newsletters, newspapers (including news clippings) and other serial publications.
- [Film and Video](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/formats/film-video) - News broadcasts, oral history interviews, film clips and other moving images.
- [Audio](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/formats/audio) - Oral histories, music, speeches and other recorded sound.
- [Ephemera](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/formats/ephemera) - Advertisements, tickets, receipts and other memorabilia.

## Subjects

- [State and Local History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/state-local-history)
- [Politics and Government](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/politics-government)
- [Manufacturing Industry and Labor](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/manufacturing-industry-labor) - Related Exhibits Pass the Peas, Please: Wisconsin’s Canning History The Coldest Crop: Ice Harvesting in Wisconsin Portraits of Wisconsin Workers Stories from City Directories Wisconsin Department Stores
- [Tourism](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/tourism)
- [Sports](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/sports) - Related Exhibits Bicycling in the 19th Century Deer Hunting
- [Arts](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/arts) - Related Exhibits Bandolier Bags The Art of Rosemaling
- [Native American and Indigenous History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/native-american-indigenous) - Related Exhibits Bandolier Bags Exploring Effigy Mounds
- [Architecture](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/architecture) - Related Exhibits Grand Hotels Octagon Houses
- [Education and Student Life](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/education-student-life)
- [Veterans and Military History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/veterans-military) - Related Exhibits Major Richard Bong (1920-1945)
- [Transportation](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/transportation)
- [Immigration and Settlement](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/immigration-settlement) - Related Exhibits Irish in southern Wisconsin Welsh in Wisconsin Wisconsin Memoirs
- [Food and Drink](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/food-drink) - Related Exhibits Where we get our food Bon Appétit, Wisconsin Foodies! Part One: Savory Dishes Ice Cream Parlors McDonald’s in Wisconsin The Good Stuff: Wisconsin’s Sausage Heritage
- [African-American History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/african-american-history) - Related Exhibits Carson Gulley, Madison’s First Celebrity Chef Milwaukee’s Struggle for Civil Rights
- [Geography](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/geography)
- [Health and Medicine](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/health-medicine)
- [LGBTQ History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/lgbtq-history)
- [Agriculture and Environment](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/agriculture-and-environment) - Related Exhibits Lumber Camp Life Recreation On and In Wisconsin’s Lakes
- [Women's History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/womens-history) - Related Exhibits Batter up, play ball!
- [Latinx History](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/latinx-history)
- [Famous Wisconsinites](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/famous) - Related Exhibits Major Richard Bong (1920-1945)
- [Early Statehood](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/subjects/early-statehood)

## Institutions

- [Aldo Leopold Foundation](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/aldo-leopold-foundation)
- [UW-Madison](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/uw-madison)
- [Algoma Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/algoma-public-library)
- [Brown County Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/brown-county-public-library)
- [Door County Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/door-county-library)
- [Kewaunee Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/kewaunee-public-library)
- [Oconto Falls Community Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/oconto-falls-community-library)
- [Appleton Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/appleton-public-library)
- [Ashland Historical Society Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/ashland-historical-society-museum)
- [Baldwin Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/baldwin-public-library)
- [Boyceville Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/boyceville-public-library)
- [Chippewa Falls Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/chippewa-falls-public-library)
- [Colfax Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/colfax-public-library)
- [Durand Community Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/durand-community-library)
- [Fall Creek Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/fall-creek-public-library)
- [Menomonie Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/menomonie-public-library)
- [Pepin Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/pepin-public-library)
- [Rice Lake Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/rice-lake-public-library)
- [Somerset Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/somerset-public-library)
- [Woodville Community Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/woodville-community-library)
- [Barneveld Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/barneveld-public-library)
- [Beloit College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/beloit-college)
- [Berlin Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/berlin-public-library)
- [Fond du Lac Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/fond-du-lac-public-library)
- [Princeton Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/princeton-historical-society)
- [Blanchardville Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/blanchardville-historical-society)
- [Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/csumc)
- [Chippewa Valley Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/chippewa-valley-museum)
- [Clintonville Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/clintonville-public-library)
- [College of Menominee Nation/Menominee Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/college-of-menominee-nation)
- [Crandon Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/crandon-public-library)
- [Dane County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/dane-county-historical-society)
- [Madison Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/madison-public-library)
- [Portage Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/portage-public-library)
- [Door County Maritime Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/door-county-maritime-museum)
- [Milwaukee Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/milwaukee-public-library)
- [UW-La Crosse](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/uw-la-crosse)
- [UW-Superior](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/uw-superior)
- [Wisconsin Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/wisconsin-historical-society)
- [Wisconsin Marine Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/wisconsin-marine-historical-society)
- [East Troy Lions Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/east-troy-lions-public-library)
- [Milwaukee Transit Archives and Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/milwaukee-transit-archives-and-museum)
- [Edgewood College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/edgewood-college)
- [U.S. Forest Products Laboratory](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/forest-products)
- [Fox Lake Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/fox-lake-public-library)
- [Frank L. Weyenberg Library of Mequon-Thiensville](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/frank-l-weyenberg-library)
- [Grant County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/grant-county-historical-society)
- [Hortonville Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/hortonville-public-library)
- [Iowa County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/iowa-county-historical-society)
- [Kaukauna Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/kaukauna-public-library)
- [Kenosha County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/kenosha-county-historical-society)
- [Kenosha Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/kenosha-public-library)
- [Kewaskum Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/kewaskum-public-library)
- [Kiel Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/kiel-public-library)
- [La Crosse County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/la-crosse-county-historical-society)
- [La Crosse Public Library Archives](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/la-crosse-public-library)
- [Lake Geneva Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/lake-geneva-public-library)
- [Langlade County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/langlade-county-historical-society)
- [Manitowoc County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/manitowoc-county-historical-society)
- [Manitowoc Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/manitowoc-public-library)
- [Wisconsin Maritime Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/wisconsin-maritime-museum)
- [Madison Metropolitan School District](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/mmsd)
- [Merrill Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/merrill-historical-society)
- [UW-Marathon County](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/uw-marathon-county)
- [Tomahawk Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/tomahawk-area-historical-society)
- [Marinette County Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/marinette-county-library-system)
- [Marquette University](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/marquette-university)
- [McFarland Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/mcfarland-historical-society)
- [Menasha Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/menasha-public-library)
- [Milwaukee Area Technical College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/matc)
- [Mineral Point Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/mineral-point-historical-society)
- [Mineral Point Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/mineral-point-public-library)
- [Mount Horeb Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/mount-horeb-public-library)
- [Mount Mary University](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/mount-mary)
- [Neenah Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/neenah-public-library)
- [Neville Public Museum of Brown County](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/neville-public-museum-of-brown-county)
- [New Berlin Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/new-berlin-historical-society)
- [New Glarus Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/new-glarus-historical-society)
- [New Glarus Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/new-glarus-public-library)
- [Swiss United Church of Christ of New Glarus](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/swiss-united-church-of-christ-of-new-glarus)
- [Omro Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/omro-area-historical-society)
- [Oshkosh Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/oshkosh-public-library)
- [Oshkosh Public Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/oshkosh-public-museum)
- [UW-Oshkosh](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/uw-oshkosh)
- [Winneconne Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/winneconne-historical-society)
- [Portage Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/portage-historical-society)
- [Ripon College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/ripon-college)
- [Ripon Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/ripon-historical-society)
- [Scandinavia Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/scandinavia-public-library)
- [Shawano City-County Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/shawano-city-county-library)
- [Shorewood Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/shorewood-historical-society)
- [Slinger Community Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/slinger-community-library)
- [South Central Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/scls)
- [St. Norbert College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/st-norbert-college)
- [Stephenson Public Library (Marinette)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/stephenson-public-library)
- [Stone Lake Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/stone-lake-area-historical-society)
- [Three Lakes Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/three-lakes-historical-society)
- [University of Wisconsin Digital Collections](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/uwdc)
- [UW-Eau Claire](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/uw-eau-claire)
- [UW-Green Bay](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/uw-green-bay)
- [UW-Milwaukee](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/uw-milwaukee)
- [UW-Parkside](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/uw-parkside)
- [UW-Platteville](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/uw-platteville)
- [UW-River Falls](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/uw-river-falls)
- [UW-Stevens Point](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/uw-stevens-point)
- [UW-Stout](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/uw-stout)
- [UW-Whitewater](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/uw-whitewater)
- [UW-Waukesha](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/uw-waukesha)
- [Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/villa-terrace)
- [Waterford Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/waterford-public-library)
- [Waukesha Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/waukesha-public-library)
- [Waukesha County Historical Society and Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/waukesha-county-historical-society-and-museum)
- [Whitefish Bay Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/whitefish-bay-public-library)
- [Winnebago Mental Health Institute](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/winnebago-mental-health-institute)
- [Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/wisconsin-academy-of-sciences-arts-and-letters)
- [Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/wisconsin-state-cranberry-growers-association)
- [Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/wisconsin-department-of-natural-resources)
- [Wisconsin Department of Transportation](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/wisconsin-department-of-transportation)
- [Wisconsin Emergency Management](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/wisconsin-emergency-management)
- [Delavan Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/aram-public-library)
- [Wisconsin School for the Deaf](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/wisconsin-school-for-the-deaf)
- [Cedarburg Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/cedarburg-public-library)
- [Elkhart Lake Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/elkhart-lake-public-library)
- [Kohler Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/kohler-public-library)
- [Plymouth Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/plymouth-public-library)
- [Monarch Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/monarch-library-system)
- [Brown Deer Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/brown-deer-public-library)
- [Brown Deer Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/brown-deer-historical-society)
- [Lester Public Library (Two Rivers)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/lester-public-library)
- [Mead Public Library (Sheboygan)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/mead-public-library)
- [McMillan Memorial Library (Wisconsin Rapids)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/mcmillan-memorial-library)
- [L. E. Phillips Memorial Library (Eau Claire)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/l-e-phillips-memorial-library)
- [Eager Free Public Library (Evansville)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/eager-free-public-library)
- [Hedberg Public Library (Janesville)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/hedberg-public-library)
- [Portage County Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/portage-county-public-library)
- [Farnsworth Public Library (Oconto)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/farnsworth-public-library)
- [U.S.S. Liberty Memorial Public Library (Grafton)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/u-s-s-liberty-memorial-public-library)
- [W.J. Niederkorn Library (Port Washington)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/w-j-niederkorn-library)
- [Dwight Foster Public Library (Fort Atkinson)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/dwight-foster-public-library)
- [Hoard Historical Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/hoard-historical-museum)
- [Marathon County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/marathon-county-historical-society)
- [Marathon County Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/marathon-county-public-library)
- [T. B. Scott Free Library (Merrill)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/t-b-scott-free-library)
- [Preservation Racine](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/preservation-racine)
- [Barrett Memorial Library (Williams Bay)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/barrett-memorial-library)
- [Mills Music Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/mills-music-library)
- [South Wood County Historical Corporation](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/south-wood-county-historical-corporation)
- [Old Main Historical and Community Arts Center](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/old-main)
- [Richland County History Room](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/richland-county-history-room)
- [Lakeview Community Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/lakeview-community-library)
- [Carleton A. Friday Memorial Library (New Richmond)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/carleton-a-friday-memorial-library)
- [Rusk County Community Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/rusk-county-community-library)
- [University of Wisconsin Colleges](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/university-of-wisconsin-colleges)
- [Muehl Public Library (Seymour)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/muehl-public-library)
- [Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/wisconsin-department-of-public-instruction)
- [Beloit Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/beloit-public-library)
- [Beloit Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/beloit-historical-society)
- [Brillion Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/brillion-public-library)
- [Brillion Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/brillion-historical-society)
- [Alma Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/alma-public-library)
- [Arcadia Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/arcadia-public-library)
- [Black River Falls Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/black-river-falls-public-library)
- [Blair-Preston Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/blair-preston-public-library)
- [Cashton Memorial Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/cashton-memorial-library)
- [Knutson Memorial Library (Coon Valley)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/knutson-memorial-library)
- [Elroy Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/elroy-public-library)
- [Ettrick Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/ettrick-public-library)
- [Galesville Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/galesville-public-library)
- [Independence Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/independence-public-library)
- [Kendall Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/kendall-public-library)
- [La Crosse County Library (Bangor; Campbell; Holmen; Onalaska; West Salem)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/la-crosse-county-library)
- [Lawton Memorial Library (La Farge)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/lawton-memorial-library)
- [Hatch Public Library (Mauston)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/hatch-public-library)
- [New Lisbon Memorial Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/new-lisbon-memorial-library)
- [Norwalk Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/norwalk-public-library)
- [Ontario Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/ontario-public-library)
- [McIntosh Memorial Library (Viroqua)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/mcintosh-memorial-library)
- [Bekkum Memorial Library (Westby)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/bekkum-memorial-library)
- [Whitehall Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/whitehall-public-library)
- [Wilton Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/wilton-public-library)
- [Wonewoc Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/wonewoc-public-library)
- [Necedah Memorial Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/necedah-memorial-library)
- [Winding Rivers Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/winding-rivers-library-system)
- [Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/wisconsin-legislative-reference-bureau)
- [Kewaskum Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/kewaskum-historical-society)
- [IFLS Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/ifls)
- [Nicolet Federated Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/nicolet-federated-library-system)
- [Berlin Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/berlin-area-historical-society)
- [Oscar Grady Public Library (Saukville)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/oscar-grady-public-library-saukville)
- [Albertson Memorial Library (Albany)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/albertson-memorial-library-albany)
- [Kilbourn Public Library (Wisconsin Dells/Lake Delton)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/kilbourn-public-library-wisconsin-dells-lake-delton)
- [Dane County Library Service](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/dane-county-library-service)
- [Waldemar Ager Association](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/waldemar-ager-association)
- [Marshall Community Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/marshall-community-library)
- [George Culver Community Library (Sauk City)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/george-culver-community-library)
- [Stoughton Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/stoughton-public-library)
- [Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/richard-i-bong-veterans-historical-center)
- [Reedsburg Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/reedsburg-public-library)
- [Jane Morgan Memorial Library (Cambria)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/jane-morgan-memorial-library-cambria)
- [Cambria-Friesland Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/cambria-friesland-historical-society)
- [Black Earth Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/black-earth-public-library)
- [Black Earth Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/black-earth-historical-society)
- [Angie W. Cox Library (Pardeeville)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/angie-w-cox-library-pardeeville)
- [Lodi Woman's Club Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/lodi-public-library)
- [Ruth Culver Community Library (Prairie du Sac)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/ruth-culver-library)
- [Greendale Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/greendale-historical-society)
- [Rosemary Garfoot Public Library (Cross Plains)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/rosemary-garfoot-public-library-cross-plains)
- [Cross Plains Berry Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/cross-plains-berry-historical-society)
- [E. D. Locke Public Library (McFarland)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/e-d-locke-public-library-mcfarland)
- [Poynette Area Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/poynette-area-public-library)
- [Poynette Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/poynette-area-historical-society)
- [Carroll University (Waukesha)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/carroll-university-waukesha)
- [Viterbo University](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/viterbo-university)
- [Columbus Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/columbus-public-library)
- [Columbus Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/columbus-area-historical-society)
- [Matheson Memorial Library (Elkhorn)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/matheson-memorial-library-elkhorn)
- [Chilton Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/chilton-public-library)
- [Rock Springs Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/rock-springs-public-library)
- [Sun Prairie Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/sun-prairie-public-library)
- [Sun Prairie Historical Library & Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/sun-prairie-historical-library-museum)
- [Milwaukee Municipal Research Center](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/milwaukee-municipal-research-center)
- [Waunakee Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/waunakee-public-library)
- [Milton Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/milton-public-library)
- [Pauline Haass Public Library (Sussex)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/pauline-haass-public-library-sussex)
- [Amery Area Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/amery-area-public-library)
- [Carter Memorial Library (Omro)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/carter-memorial-library-omro)
- [Jewish Museum Milwaukee](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/jewish-museum-milwaukee)
- [Kimberly-Little Chute Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/kimberly-little-chute-public-library)
- [Lawrence University](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/lawrence-university)
- [Portage County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/portage-county-historical-society)
- [Sauk County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/sauk-county-historical-society)
- [Taylor County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/taylor-county-historical-society)
- [Highground Veterans Memorial Park](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/highground-veterans-memorial-park)
- [Wisconsin Labor History Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/wisconsin-labor-history-society)
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/wisconsin-veterans-museum)
- [Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum (Two Rivers)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/hamilton-wood-type-printing-museum)
- [Verona Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/verona-public-library)
- [Lester Public Library of Arpin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/lester-public-library-of-arpin)
- [Northeast Wisconsin Technical College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/northeast-wisconsin-technical-college)
- [South Milwaukee Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/south-milwaukee-public-library)
- [Brandon Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/brandon-public-library)
- [Caestecker Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/caestecker-public-library)
- [Spillman Public Library (North Fond du Lac)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/spillman-public-library)
- [Patterson Memorial Library (Wild Rose)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/patterson-memorial-library)
- [Carthage College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/carthage-college)
- [Winnefox Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/winnefox-library-system)
- [Princeton Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/princeton-public-library)
- [Manitowoc-Calumet Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/manitowoc-calumet-library-system)
- [Outagamie Waupaca Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/outagamie-waupaca-library-system)
- [Prairie Lakes Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/prairie-lakes-library-system)
- [Milwaukee County Federated Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/milwaukee-county-federated-library-system)
- [Ripon Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/ripon-public-library)
- [Lakeshore College](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/lakeshore-college)
- [Kenosha County Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/kenosha-county-library-system)
- [Community Library (Salem)](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/community-library-salem)
- [Monticello Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/monticello-public-library)
- [Madison Trust for Historic Preservation](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/madison-trust-for-historic-preservation)
- [Milwaukee County Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/milwaukee-county-historical-society)
- [Eagle River Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/eagle-river-historical-society)
- [Bridges Library System](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/bridges-library-system)
- [Theresa Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/theresa-public-library)
- [Edgerton Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/edgerton-public-library)
- [Belleville Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/belleville-public-library)
- [Recollection Wisconsin](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/recollection-wisconsin)
- [Menomonee Falls Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/menomonee-falls-public-library)
- [Middleton Area Historical Society](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/middleton-area-historical-society)
- [Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/milwaukee-institute-of-art-design)
- [Tomah Area Historical Society and Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/tomah-area-historical-society-and-museum)
- [Montello Public Library](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/montello-public-library)
- [Jacobsens Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/jacobsens-museum)
- [America's Black Holocaust Museum](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/institutions/americas-black-holocaust-museum)