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 the Bicentennial, the CETA program continued and student photographers from the Milwaukee Center for Photography were hired to take pictures and document Milwaukee. Their work is also included in this collection.
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, and a partial episode of “Library Playhouse,” a library-created TV program.
We are also excited to welcome these two new contributors, and their collections, to Recollection Wisconsin:
The Northeast Wisconsin Technical College collection illustrates how vocational education began in the city schools of Green Bay and Marinette in 1912 and eventually expanded to include all of Northeast Wisconsin and beyond.
South Milwaukee Public Library’s collection, made possible by a collaboration between the library and South Milwaukee Historical Society, showcases and preserves the history of South Milwaukee through digitized images, texts, and other media.
