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 she compiled about the history of Sauk City houses, were scanned, digitized and indexed, including seven three-ring binders of notes and pictures of the houses. In addition, the library digitized a six-binder collection of carefully translated and hand-typed local news from Sauk City’s German language newspaper, the Pionier Presse, from the years 1854 to 1929, when the paper switched to English as its publishing language. The digital collection also includes text and pictures of the 1914 Sauk City Pageant, with an accompanying article from Harper’s magazine.
Read about their work selecting content for, cataloging, and using the collection in this case study and browse the results in the library’s digital collection.
