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Wisconsin -- History

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Civil War, 1861-1865 (3)
Map collections (2)
Periodicals (2)
Pictorial works (6)
Sources (10)
Study and teaching (1)

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Wisconsin Goes To War: Our Civil War Experience

During the Civil War, over 12,000 men from Wisconsin were killed. Their stories, along with the stories of other Wisconsin residents, is told through first person narrative accounts which form part of this important digital collection created by the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections group. These documents were originally selected for digitization for use by Civil War history courses...

https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ACivilWar
Wisconsin Pioneer Experience

The Council of University of Wisconsin Libraries and the Wisconsin Historical Society have teamed up to create this excellent online collection of letters, speeches, and other writings from a diverse set of people who settled throughout Wisconsin during the 19th century. The documents featured here are available as scanned images (when possible) and as transcriptions in the instances where the...

https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/Awipionexp
Wisconsin State Historical Society

Founded in 1846 and chartered in 1853, the Wisconsin State Historical Society is the oldest American historical society to receive continuous public funding. Their well-designed Web site also provides a host of searchable archives that will help users find a vast array of materials contained with their collections. The first place that visitors may want to look at is the Archives Online Catalog...

https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/
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Wisconsin Women's History

The University of Wisconsin has created a vast array of wonderful bibliographies related to women's studies, and this is one of the best. This particular bibliography is an expansion of one created in 1981 by Linda Parker, a women's studies librarian at the school. This iteration was updated and enhanced by Phyllis Holman Weisbard, and is divided into three sections: General Works, Works on...

https://www.library.wisc.edu/gwslibrarian/bibliographies/wis...
Wisconsin's Maritime Trails

While most people may not know it, 22 percent of the state of Wisconsin is actually underwater. Amidst all of this water, there are numerous shipwrecks, which represent part of the state's important historical past. As part of a partnership between the Wisconsin Historical Society and the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute, this informative website was designed "to foster wider public...

https://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/
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