Visit our other Wisconsin Historical Society websites!
Read about thousands of interviews with small-town residents preserving folklore traditions that would otherwise die out. Includes link to interviews. |
Follow links to documents by missionaries, traders, Indian agents, linguists and anthropologists which help preserve more than 20 endangered languages. |
Follow online links to rare American Indian language primary documents, including early dictionaries, textbooks, spelling books and firsthand accounts. |
The Society owns one of the nation's richest collections of Civil Rights movement records, including more than 100 manuscript collections on Freedom Summer |
A Traveling Display |
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Crossing the Line examines the practices and prejudices that led to segregation in Milwaukee and chronicles the fair housing movement. |
Information and resources on the Centennial of the Wisconsin Capitol in 2017 |
Educator Resources on the Milwaukee Fair Housing Marches for Grades K-12 |
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Learn about the Society's ongoing partnership with March On, Milwaukee to commemorate the fair housing movement and to promote education on local topics. |
A Traveling Display |
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Meet some of our LGBTQ+ visionaries, changemakers, and storytellers, get inspired, and share your story. |
The Primary That Launched a President and Changed the Course of History |
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Uncover JFK's 1960 Wisconsin primary win in "Wisconsin for Kennedy" by B.J. Hollars. A riveting tale of political intrigue and grassroots triumph. |
Information on over 7,000 photographers who were active in Wisconsin from about 1840 to 1976. |
Brief descriptions and links to original documents created by CORE, SNCC, COFO, local residents, volunteers and opponents. Organized by topic |
Follow the progression of key events before, during and after Freedom Summer. Contains links to original documents |
Do you want to see if anyone from your state or community participated in the 1964 Freedom Summer Project? Search over 1,600 names. |
A comprehensive guide of the most important primary sources for teachers, students and researchers wanting to study Freedom Summer. |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | Wenga and Amutuk catching crabs in the Arctic. |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | Eskimo duck dance to celebrate the spring hunt. |
Date: | 1924 |
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Description: | Interior of WMAQ Radio Station with Chief Engineer Donald Weller standing. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Star Lake, Arbor Vitae Township, with the railroad tracks of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway on right and lake on the left. |
Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
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Thomas Blake, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
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