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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.
Fungi on Tree Trunk at Ellwood House
1993
A fallen tree trunk is resting on the ground surrounded by leaves and grass. Fungi grow out of the trunk.
Edward P. Alexander
1941
Quarter-length portrait of Edward Alexander, director of the Wisconsin Historical Society from 1941 to 1946.
Howells, Jenkins, and Baerreis
1950
Group portrait of, from left to right: Professor Howells, John W. Jenkins (chief curator of the Wisconsin Historical Museum), and Professor Dave Baerreis.
Sid at the Wisconsin Historical Society
Sid sitting outdoors on bleachers on the Library Mall in front of the entrance to the Wisconsin Historical Society. He is holding an open umbrella above his head.
Robert Hall
August 1951
Robert Hall, curator of anthropological materials, standing in the anthropology room of the Wisconsin Historical Museum.
Madison Soap Box Derby
July 15, 1948
Soap Box Derby racer Bobby Holmes seated in car outdoors on grass.
