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…. Read More…

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… Read More…

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… Read More…

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… Read More…

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… 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 Menomonie Public Library website…. Read More…

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… Read More…

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… Read More…

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… Read More…

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… Read More…