By Elisabeth Joy Primrose (UW Milwaukee SOIS) for Recollection Wisconsin This summer, Recollection Wisconsin partnered with the Tomah Area Historical Society and Museum (TAHSM) to digitize and provide online public access to materials from the Frank O. King Collection. Frank O. King (1883-1969) was an award-winning American cartoonist best known for creating the comic strip… Read More…
Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative
Meet Team Tomah Historical Museum!
The Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative summer cohort started their project work in June 2025. This summer, we’re working with four new organziations and graduate students to digitize some very unique Wisconsin local history collections. We’re excited to work with the Tomah Area Historical Society and Museum to digitize and provide online public access to materials from the Frank… Read More…
Meet Team Racine Public Library!
The Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative summer cohort started their project work last month. This summer, we’re working with four new organziations and graduate students to digitize some very unique Wisconsin local history collections. We’re excited to work with Racine Public Library to digitize and provide online public access to materials from their Racine local history collection, specifically… Read More…
Meet Team MIAD!
The Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative summer cohort started their project work this month. This summer, we’re working with four new organziations and graduate students to digitize some very unique Wisconsin local history collections. We’re excited to work with the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) to digitize and provide access to materials from the… Read More…
Meet Team ABHM!
The Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative summer cohort started their project work this month. This summer, we’re working with four new organziations and graduate students to digitize some very unique Wisconsin local history collections. We’re excited to work with America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) in Milwaukee! Their project includes digitizing materials that document Milwaukee’s Beckum-Stapleton Little League,… Read More…
Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative on the Road: Sharing Stories and Strategies
Spring was a busy and exciting season for the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative, as program participants showcased their work at two regional conferences. Their presentations emphasized both the technical and collaborative nature of digitization, while also highlighting the importance of community partnerships and cultural stewardship in preserving and providing access to Wisconsin’s rich history. Kierstin… Read More…
Digitizing Local History with the Middleton Area Historical Society
by Russell Knapp, UW-Madison iSchool (2025) This past semester, I had the pleasure of working with Middleton Area Historical Society (MAHS) as a part of the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative. My project included digitizing items held by MAHS that related to the history of the transportation and hospitality industries in the town of Middleton. This… Read More…
Locating the “Local” in Our History at Menomonee Falls Public Library
by Elizabeth Feucht, UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies This spring semester, I’ve had the privilege of working with the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative and Menomonee Falls Public Library to digitize an array of objects from the Maude Shunk Local History Room Archives. These included ledgers, reports, a scrapbook, and other ephemera produced by the (erstwhile)… Read More…
Meet our Summer 2025 Cohort
We are excited to announce our next Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative cohort starting in late May 2025. This initiative brings together Wisconsin content partners and information school graduate students to create new digital collections. Content partners will choose collections to digitize, and student staff will handle the digitization and metadata work as part of a paid practicum… Read More…
Digitizing the Brooks Stevens Collection
by Rebecca Silber, UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies As part of the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative, I was delighted to be paired up with the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) this spring, as a student participant. I hold a BFA and have a background in design, and so spending the semester focusing on digitizing, creating descriptive… Read More…
