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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.
Air View of University of Wisconsin Campus
1945
Aerial view of Bascom Hill, Bascom Hall, Wisconsin Historical Society on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus with Lake Mendota on the right.
Aerial View of University of Wisconsin-Madison
1946
Aerial view of University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with Bascom Hill area, Observatory Drive and Lake Mendota.
University of Wisconsin
1909
Elevated view over University Avenue towards the northeast of Bascom Hall and Lake Mendota on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Chemistry Building is in the foreground. Visible at rig...
Observatory Hill
1898
Elevated view of Observatory Hill, Observatory Hall, the Agriculture Campus and Lake Mendota on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus.
Aerial View of Bascom Hill
1923
Aerial view of the Wisconsin Historical Society, Science Hall, and Bascom Hall on Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Lake Mendota is on the right.
Aerial View of Upper Campus
1958
Aerial view of upper campus on the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Typewritten labels mark the location of Elizabeth Waters Hall, New Commerce Building, Lake Mendota and Bascom Hall.