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  • Waukesha County History 1870-1920

    In the fifty years between 1870 and 1920, Waukesha County grew from rural villages to lively cities and towns. The materials selected for this digital project depict many elements of Waukesha County history, primarily documenting the industries, pe…

  • Aviation History of Racine and Kenosha

    When John Sullivan was still a young boy in grade school, he walked down to what was then an airfield in Kenosha, Wisconsin. That piece of land not far from Lake Michigan belonged to Hart Smith, one of Kenosha's first aviators. Smith was working on…

  • Technical Bulletin from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

    The Technical Bulletins series was started in 1950 and was originally titled Technical Wildlife Bulletins. In 1958, the series changed its name to the current title (Technical Bulletins) and was modified to include technical reports on game, fish, …

  • William J. Meuer Photoart Collection

    The William J. Meuer Photoart Collection is an outstanding visual history of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and its surrounding community. The collection was compiled by renowned local photographer William J. Meuer who with his brother, Roman,…

  • Minnesota Folk Arts Collection

    The Minnesota Folk Arts Collection features music-related items from the Minnesota Folk Arts (Philip Nusbaum) Collection, which emerged from John Berquist's and Philip Nusbaum's documentary work during their tenures as Folk Arts Program associates …

  • Big Streets in a Little City : Downtown Street Scenes in Kiel, 1860-1980

    The name of this collection, Big Streets in a Little City, is an affectionate reference to the official City of Kiel slogan, "the little city that does big things." Located on the Sheboygan River in the southwest corner of Manitowoc County, this ci…

  • Mount Horeb Area History

    The Mount Horeb Area History Collection brings together a variety of resources depicting the early 20th century in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. Resources include church histories, family memoirs, books about the historic Norway Building, and information…

  • PrimateImages : Natural History Collection

    The PrimateImages database is a collection of photographs and information about nonhuman primates. These images were contributed by numerous photographers through the Lawrence Jacobsen Library at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, Univ…