The Green Lake County Reporter, digitized by the Caestecker Public Library in Green Lake, includes all editions from 1919-2005. The original microfilm collection was created by the Dartford Historical Society. The more recent issues are shared with permission from the Berlin Journal Newspapers publishing company. Editions of the Green Lake County reporter from 2005 to present (with a 90-day embargo) can be found at the Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers. For the most current news in the area, please visit Caestecker Library or a local newsstand for this week’s edition of the Green Lake Reporter.
State and Local History
Green Lake Spectator
The Green Lake Spectator was published from 1860-1866 and was preserved in microfilm by the Dartford Historical Society. The Caestecker Public Library in Green Lake digitized all owned copies ranging from mid-1861 through the end of publication.
Greetings from Milwaukee – Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection
Postcards of Milwaukee scenes and landmarks distributed by Milwaukee publishers, from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection housed at the UWM Archives Department.
Hedberg Public Library
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Hedberg Public Library (Janesville) provides this collection of oral interviews, and transcripts, with General Motors employees, union members, and others involved in Janesville’s manufacturing history, recorded as part of Janesville’s Bicentennial Oral History Project in 1976.
Herb Harris Postcard Collection
Postcards of the city of Dodgeville, Wisconsin from the 1900s to the 1960s, including street scenes, residences, churches, hospitals, schools, government buildings and businesses.
Historic Fort Atkinson
This digital collection contains two components: images of citizens and businesses along Main Street in the city of Fort Atkinson from the 1880s through the 1970s, and manuscripts, notes, letters, oral histories and photographs from or about poet Lorine Niedecker, who spent most of her life in the Fort Atkinson area.
Historic Madison Inc. Oral History Collection
During the 1980s, Historic Madison Inc. board members Ruth Doyle and Hallie Lou Blum led an initiative to conduct a series of oral histories with prominent and impactful Madisonians. The HMI volunteers finished the last interview in 1991. Collectively, they interviewed over 60 Madisonians, some of whom were over 100 years old.
Historical County Plat Maps from South Central Wisconsin and Early Madison City Directories
This digital collection of historic plat books, city directories, and atlases provides accessibility to early information about South Central Wisconsin, specifically Columbia, Dane, Portage and Wood counties. The early city directories for Madison provide helpful historical information on the early years of the state capital in addition to helping those looking for information on specific people and businesses in the area in the 1800s and early 1900s. The directories provide an alphabetical list of citizens with their addresses and occupations, a classified business directory, lists of city and county officials, churches, schools, societies, streets and wards.
History of the Reedsburg Library Documents Collection
The History of the Reedsburg Library Documents Collection (HRLD) consists of papers and writings documenting the history of the Reedsburg Public Library including its earliest inception, the building of the Carnegie Library in 1911, and the building of the 370 Vine Street Location in the late 1990s. Some papers and publicity relating to library services into the early 2000s are included.
History of the Reedsburg Public Library Photograph Collection
The History of the Reedsburg Library Photograph Collection (HRLP) consists of photographs and image files in the archival collection. The photographs are from 1912 to 2008 and include staff members, library programs, buildings and operations. The History of the Reedsburg Public Library, 1899-2024, a Google Slides presentation, was created by staff members Janet Gasser and Sue Ann Kucher for the 125th Anniversary of the Library
