Texts highlighting the early history of the city of Menasha, Wisconsin, 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 within the community from approximately 1880 to 1950.
The Maude Shunk Local History Room Archives, located in the Menomonee Falls Public Library, highlights and preserves the history of the Village of Menomonee Falls and now defunct Fussville through photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, government documents, and postcards. The full collection is a collaboration of resources and contributions by both the library and the Menomonee Falls Historical Society and also includes private donations. There is a wide range of materials from the 1850s until present day. This online portion of the collection contains resources we feel are important areas of discovery including but not limited to people, industry, families, schools, churches and cultural events.
This expanding collection from the Middleton Area Historical Society features historic photographs and postcards of businesses, buildings, people and events in Middleton and the surrounding area.
This collection of photographs of Lake Redstone and Reedsburg was taken by Mildred Hinrichs. Lake Redstone Beginnings contains snapshots of the building of Lake Redstone. Reedsburg Volume 1 includes photographs of Reedsburg taken from 1993-1996. Reedsburg Volume 2 includes photographs of Reedsburg taken from 2000 to 2006.
This collection contains history and photographs of the Milton Public Library and Milton College (1844-1982). The Milton Public Library currently occupies the building that was the former Milton College Shaw Memorial Library.
These yearbooks for city government were produced by the Milwaukee Common Council from 1921 until 2000, after which they were replaced by the city’s website. Designed to be a way to communicate directly with Milwaukee’s citizens, they highlighted activities by the various departments and were a quick-reference guide for city information. In addition to yearly accomplishments, most of the later years’ editions feature biographies of elected officials, maps of aldermanic districts, budget summaries, phone directories, photos, and handy facts about the city.
The Milwaukee County Historical Society (MCHS)’s photograph collection is one of its key archival collections, alongside county records, manuscript collections, maps, and a small non-circulating library of books. MCHS’s photograph collection documents the history of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County and comprises photographic prints, slides, and negatives. The bulk of the photograph collection documents the 1890s through the 1980s, although older and more recent materials are also represented. The collection is divided into multiple portions, including those corresponding to individual photographers, subjects, and streets in Milwaukee County.
This collection of more than 20,000 marriage certificates dating from 1822-1876 was digitized from microfilm and indexed by the Milwaukee County Genealogical Society.
Selections from the Milwaukee Public Library’s Historic Photo Collection. The full collection includes over 50,000 photographs of Milwaukee dating from the late 19th century to the present.
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design’s Guido Brink collection contains ephemera concerning the life and artwork of Midwest artist and educator Guido Peter Brink (1913-2002) in addition to the art collection endowed to the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design from his estate.
