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  • Menasha Local History Collection

    Menasha is located at the mouth of the Fox River on the north end of Lake Winnebago. Menasha, with settlers as early as 1835, became a village in 1849 and was incorporated as a city in 1874. Mrs. Doty, wife of Judge James Doty, used the Indian word…

  • Wisconsin Electronic Reader

    The Wisconsin Electronic Reader is a cooperative project of the University of Wisconsin General Library System and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in celebration of the sesquicentennial of Wisconsin statehood.

  • History of Wisconsin Agriculture and Rural Life

    The History of Wisconsin Agriculture and Rural Life collection is based on a bibliography compiled as part of the National Preservation Project for Agricultural Literature. Items in the bibliography, primary and secondary materials published throug…

  • Communications from the International Brecht Society

    Communications from the International Brecht Society was originally conceived as a newsletter "for the exchange of ideas and information pertinent to [the IBS members'] ‘common cause.'" The Society was founded by members of the German departments a…

  • Michael Dombeck Papers

    This digital collection consists of material collected by former Forest Service Chief Michael Dombeck over the course of his career at the United States Departments of the Interior and Agriculture.  It reflects the day-to-day business Dombeck condu…

  • Images of Commemorative Fabrics from Africa

    Commemorative Fabrics from Africa is a collection of machine-made commemorative textiles from various African countries. This collection provides researchers access to digitized fabrics that are printed with images and text documenting events and i…

  • Jónas Hallgrímsson : Selected Poetry and Prose

    This collection presents the work of the Icelandic poet and natural scientist Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807-1845) through fifty selected works of poetry and prose, edited and translated with notes and commentary by Dick Ringler.

  • Gender and Women's Studies Collection

    The Gender and Women's Studies Collection brings together, in digital form, primary and secondary materials relating to the the exploration of politics, history, and society from a transnational and multicultural women's perspective. Although this …