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… Read More…

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…. Read More…

Postcards and photographs depicting local businesses in downtown Ripon. View collection. Visit Ripon Historical Society website…. Read More…

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…. Read More…

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…. Read More…

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…. Read More…

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…. Read More…

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…. Read More…

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…. Read More…

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… Read More…