• 121 Wisconsin Historical Society Library
• 18 WHS State Archives Preservation Facility
• 18 Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
• 15 Wisconsin's Water Library
• 14 Memorial Library
• 10 Verona Shelving Facility
• 8 College Library
• 5 Steenbock Library
• 4 Middleton Shelving Facility
• 2 Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
• 2 MERIT Library
• 2 Music Library (Mills)
• 1 Arboretum Research Library
• 1 Art Library (Kohler)
• 1 Map Library (Robinson)
• 1 Special Collections (Memorial Library)

• 341 Books
• 54 Manuscripts, Theses
• 43 Sound Recordings
• 15 Videos, Slides, Films
• 8 Microforms
• 6 Maps, Atlases
• 6 Mixed Materials
• 2 Photos, Drawings, Prints
• 1 Journals, Magazines, Newspapers

• 28 Cassette Tapes
• 17 Compact Discs
• 8 DVDs
• 5 VHS Videocassettes

• 48 Sources
• 46 Description and travel
• 45 Discovery and exploration
• 44 Channelization
• 44 Navigation
• 41 Steamboats
• 29 Steam-navigation
• 25 Floods
• 25 Interviews
• 23 Steamboat disasters
• 22 River life
• 21 River steamers
• 19 Environmental conditions
• 17 Social life and customs
• 16 Biography
• 16 Oral history
• 15 Boathouses
• 15 Commerce
• 15 Flood control
• 15 River boats
• 14 La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687
• 14 Prisoners and prisons
• 14 Sultana (Steamboat)
• 13 Naval operations

• 32 United States. War Department
• 28 University of Wisconsin--La Crosse. Mississippi River Valley project
• 12 Doan, Allen B
• 12 Lee, Charles R., 1949-
• 11 University of Wisconsin--La Crosse. Boathouse Interviews Oral History Collection
• 10 Joutel, Henri, 1640?-1735
• 9 Lloyd, James T
• 7 United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. St. Paul District
• 7 Van Alstine, Rachel
• 6 Petersen, William John, 1901-1989
• 6 Pittman, Philip, active 1760-1770
• 6 State Historical Society of Wisconsin
• 6 Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
• 6 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce
• 6 Wisconsin Historical Society
• 5 Steck, Francis Borgia, 1884-1962
• 5 Tweet, Roald D
• 5 Van Alstein, Rachel
• 4 Duane, William, 1760-1835
• 4 Falconer, Thomas, 1805-1882
• 4 La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687
• 4 United States. (47th, 1st session : 1881-1882)
• 4 United States. (48th, 1st session : 1883-1884)
• 4 United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
• 4 United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Rock Island District

• 2 French

• 94 Mississippi River Valley
• 90 United States
• 57 Wisconsin
• 47 La Crosse (Wis.)
• 33 Louisiana
• 26 La Crosse
• 19 Ohio River
• 12 Iowa
• 12 Minnesota
• 10 Canada
• 9 Missouri
• 8 New Orleans (La.)
• 7 La Crosse County
• 7 Mississippi
• 7 New Orleans
• 7 West (U.S.)
• 6 Mississippi River Region
• 6 Southern States
• 5 Missouri River
• 4 Confederate States of America
• 4 France
• 4 Illinois
• 4 Mississippi River Watershed
• 4 Saint Louis (Mo.)

• 37 Biography
• 14 Interviews
• 12 Fiction
• 10 Juvenile literature
• 10 Pictorial works
• 8 Maps
• 7 Juvenile fiction
• 7 Personal narratives
• 4 Biographies
• 4 Manuscript collection
• 3 Diaries
• 3 Documentary films
• 3 Sources
• 2 Anecdotes
• 2 Autobiographies
• 2 Case studies
• 2 Correspondence
• 2 Drama
• 2 Feature films
• 2 Historical fiction
• 2 Historical films
• 2 Illustrated works
• 2 Photographs
• 2 Picture books
• 1 Action and adventure fiction

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