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Identifying Primary and Secondary Resources

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Remember that this was a different theme than this year's!

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Find items that have been newly added to MORE library collections. These lists are updated monthly.

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About Our Collections

The Society's world-class collections contain an extraordinary range of artifacts and information about American history, from the remote archaeological past to current events. North American genealogy and Wisconsin history are particular collection strengths.

Library Catalog GO
The Society's library and archival holdings are cataloged in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's library catalog.
Finding Aids GO
These finding aids (registers) describe archival resources held by 19 repositories throughout Wisconsin.

Feature Film Database
Search American and international feature-length films in the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research (WCFTR) Collection by title, country, production company, director and year.

Pre-1907 Vital Records Collection
Find your relatives by searching pre-1907 vital records on our 'Research Your Family History' page.

Shipwreck Database
Search for shipwrecks by name, type, trail, county, year sank and nearest city.

Wisconsin Corporation Indexes
Search for incorporation papers and charter documents for thousands of domestic and non-stock Wisconsin corporations, 1889-2001.

Wisconsin Name Index
Browse more than 150,000 records, including biographical sketches, obituaries, and newspaper articles published before 2000. Use filters on the left side of page to refine your search.

Get expert advice in how to create a family tree or hunt for clues about an ancestor's past.
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Or call us at 608-264-6535

Click on a link below to see the collection overview page. Use that as a starting point for your research.

1964 Freedom Summer Project
Browse or search over 30,000 original documents from Freedom Summer, an effort by civil rights activists to integrate Mississippi's segregated political system

American Journeys
digital library and learning center containing eyewitness accounts of early American exploration and settlement.

Eugene Walter Leach Collection
This digital collection contains the papers of Walter Eugene Leach (1857-1983), a Racine, Wisconsin, historian and curator of the Racine County Museum.

GI Press Collection
When completed in 2017, this collection will contain page images and searchable text of 2,400 periodicals and other items such as pamphlets and posters created by or for U.S. military personnel during the Vietnam War era.

Henry and Elizabeth Baird Collection
The papers of Elizabeth and Henry Baird from 1798 to 1937, prominent 19th-century Wisconsin settlers.

Increase A. Lapham Papers
Lapham (1811-1875) was a biologist, archaeologist, engineer, and map-maker who helped found several major state institutions and the National Weather Service.

Lizzie Black Kander Papers
View the papers of Kander (1858-1940), sometimes called "The Jane Addams of Milwaukee," including reports, correspondence, brochures, clippings, minutes of meetings, photographs and materials related to "The Settlement Cookbook".

Local and County Histories
Detailed accounts of individual cities, townships, villages, prominent residents from 1850-1920.

Maps and Atlases
More than 25,000 maps and atlases. Many focus on Wisconsin, the Great Lakes and North America. Most predate 1900.

McCormick - International Harvester Collection
Original documents and publications about the history of Cyrus Hall McCormick and the International Harvester Company.

Menu Collection
The Wisconsin Historical Society's ephemera holdings include a wide range of menus (mid-1800s to the present day) from restaurants and hotels; schools; specialized organizations and societies; private homes; and menus for special occasions such as commemorative and farewell dinners; trade conferences; political events; and meals offered during transit, such as passenger ships and trains.

Museum Collections
The Wisconsin Historical Museum contains over 110,000 historical objects and nearly 400,000 archaeological artifacts documenting the history of Wisconsin from prehistoric times to the present. Browse selected subjects from the Wisconsin Historical Museum collections.

National Register and State Register of Historic Places
Both registers include buildings, sites, districts, structures, and objects that are designated as significant in national, state or local history. More than 2,300 listings are searchable on our website. Each listing has a digital record providing basic information about the property.

Oral Histories: Wisconsin Survivors of the Holocaust
Hear the stories of 22 Holocaust Survivors and two American witnesses interviewed between 1974 and 1981.

Senator William Proxmire Collection
Explore more than 7,500 pages of articles, press releases, and photos, plus 40 oral history interviews.

Turning Points in Wisconsin History
Articles, images, books, manuscripts, and other eyewitness accounts of key historical events of Wisconsin's history. Includes essays, lesson plans and reference tools for teachers.

Vel Phillips Papers
The Vel Phillips papers, 1951-2009, document the life and career of Milwaukee's Vel Phillips, whose work as a lawyer, city alder, civil rights leader, judge, and Secretary of State profoundly influenced Wisconsin's civil rights history throughout the latter half of the 20th century.

Visual Materials in Our Collections (includes formerly named Wisconsin Historical Images)
Browse or search over 75,000 digitized photos, drawings, paintings, topical galleries and other materials. Learn how you can access over 3 million images in our physical collections.

Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory Collection (AHI)
Provides details on more than 133,000 historic buildings, structures and objects that reflect Wisconsin's distinct cultural landscape. Each property has a digital record providing basic information about the property. Most include exterior images.

Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database
Contains examples of furniture, ceramics, textiles, and other 19th and early 20th century material culture artifacts from museum and historic site collections across Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Historical Collections 1855- 1915
Thousands of pioneer memoirs, archival records, original journals, explorers' narratives, interviews, and other eyewitness accounts of Wisconsin's past.

Wisconsin Historical Society Web Archives
Online archive of selected websites of state agencies, local governments, political campaigns for gubernatorial or U.S. Senate races, topical issues and online publications.

Wisconsin Local History and Biography Articles
16,000 historical and biographical articles that were published between 1860 and 1940 from hundreds of Wisconsin local newspapers.

Wisconsin Magazine of History Archives
More than 2,000 feature articles and essays exactly as they originally appeared in the Wisconsin Magazine of History.

Wisconsin Thematic Panels Collection
Paul Vanderbilt's 96 thematic panels, containing 799 individual photographs, represent the culmination of a half-century of thinking about how pictures work.

Wisconsin Sound Archive
Listen to stories and sounds of Wisconsin's past, including oral histories, radio programs, advertising, political speeches, and more.

Wisconsin Women's History
The Wisconsin Women's History digital collection shares a selection of manuscripts and ephemera documenting the lives of women in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin in the Civil War
Over 25,000 pages of original documents including soldiers' letters, diaries, and memoirs; regimental histories and rosters; photographs, maps, biographies and battle summaries.

Curators' Favorites
Browse over 200 historical essays on selected artifacts from the Wisconsin Historical Museum. These objects were chosen by museum curators for the fascinating stories they tell about Wisconsin history.

Online Exhibits
View rich variety of online exhibits about the people, places and events in Wisconsin history interpreted or examined through historic treasures from the Museum collections.

Learn about resources available across the Society for specific topics.
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Explore Our Collections | Wisconsin Historical Society

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The Society's world-class collections contain an extraordinary range of artifacts and information about American history, from the remote archaeological past to current events. North American genealogy and Wisconsin history are particular collection strengths. Library Catalog GO The Society's library and archival holdings are cataloged in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's library catalog.

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The world’s largest library. View historic photos, maps, books and more. Contact experts for help with research. Plan a visit. Home of U.S. Copyright Office.

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From personal interest to educational research, BadgerLink provides Wisconsin residents with licensed trustworthy content not available from free search engines.

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College Essays, Research Papers, Book Reports | Internet Public Library

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Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Search across a wide variety of disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions.

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Documentaries, Skits, Paper, and Website Examples

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Documentaries, Skits, Paper, and Website Examples

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This is the theme book for the 2017 National History Day Contest.

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Junior Group Performance won First Place

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National History Day Regional Competition

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Historical Research for National History Day