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Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
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For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing Collections
The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.
Wisconsin State Prison Buildings and Grounds
1893
Elevated exterior view of buildings and grounds of the Wisconsin State Prison. Prisoners are line up in formation.
Wisconsin State Prison Cell Blocks
1893
Interior of the cell blocks in the Wisconsin State Prison.
Wisconsin State Hospital For The Insane
1893
Winter view of the Wisconsin State Hospital For The Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute).
Students in snow outside State Industrial School for Boys
1893
Winter scene with four students from the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys standing outside on the snow-covered school grounds.
Northern Hospital for the Insane Exterior
1893
Exterior view of the Northern Hospital for the Insane.
