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 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, news articles, photographs, and postcards documenting history in Bronzeville, including the Beckum-Stapleton Little League.
Fond du Lac Public Library contributes two small but mighty collections to Recollection Wisconsin. Browse city directories ranging from 1857 to 1905 and plat books and atlases from 1893 to 1956 to explore the rich history of Fond du Lac.
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.
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