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  • Playing House : Homemaking for Children

    American domestic advice or homemaking manuals emerged in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and served to advise the housewife in the care and upkeep of the home and its contents and occupants. While most of these manuals were writ…

  • Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records : Original Field Notes and Plat Maps

    The field notes and plat maps of the public land survey of Wisconsin are a valuable resource for original land survey information, as well as for understanding Wisconsin's landscape history. The survey of Wisconsin was conducted between 1832 and 18…

  • Yiddish Sheet Music Collection

    This small collection primarily reflects the music popular in the Yiddish-language community which flourished in New York City, circa 1880s to the mid-twentieth century. The majority of the sheet music dates from the 1890s to the 1930s, and is pub…

  • History of Children's Literature : a Sampling

    This collection of slides represents the history of early children's literature in the United States and England. They are primarily covers and illustrations of children's books between the 15th and early 20th century. The slides were originally ta…

  • History of Science and Technology

    The History of Science and Technology Collection brings together in digital facsimile two categories of primary and secondary publications: Writings about scientific research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Unique or valuable titles in …

  • Janesville's Past

    READ - Browse stories, chronologies and histories written by local authors. Century of Stories by Mike DuPre City on the Rock River by Carol Lohry Cartwright History of Janesville by Raymond E. Fenrick, 1969 History of Janesville 1835-193…

  • Civil War Band Collection : 1st Brigade Band of Brodhead, Wisconsin

    This collection may be searched by composer, title, or keywords. These searches will bring together all the compositions by one composer or all the parts for individual tunes. History of the 1st Brigade Band In 1857, a group of citizens of Brodhead…

  • Ach Ya! : the Story of German Music in Wisconsin

    The "Ach Ya!: The Story of German Music in Wisconsin" Collection presents historical images from the nineteenth through the late twentieth century that evoke the long-standing heritage and rich diversity of Wisconsin's German musical traditions, es…