Home | Libraries | Help Check out the ever growing collection of local history resources available online 24/7. These full-text and image resources include maps, postcards, city directories, local histories, newspaper articles, and more. For additional information about local history resources at your library, visit our Local History page.
a pilot project currently featuring two collections from the Appleton Public Library, Appleton Wis., Illustrated (1892) and The Pioneers of Outagamie County (1895).
95 volumes, including plat maps, city directories, local histories, building surveys and more.
Plat books and atlases for four northeastern Wisconsin counties.
Shawano City-County Library Collection
Local newspaper articles and pictures about the 1975 Novitiate Takeover by the Menominee Warrior Society, a 34 day siege that drew national attention.
The Wisconsin Historical Society maintains an ever-growing collection of online resources. Their research portal lists the numerous databases, collections and online tools.
An expanding digital collection, featuring documentary sources and material culture from Wisconsin libraries, archives, and museums.
Providing "leadership in the creation of quality digital resources from libraries and archives." For local history materials see the State of Wisconsin Collection.
American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
Very sporadic coverage of full text image of newspapers world-wide. Some local papers included, but coverage is limited. Made available via BadgerLink. Library card required from outside a library.
Images & Postcards Over 1400 images from collections at the Appleton Public Library and the Outagamie County Historical Society.
A collection of historic postcards at the Kaukauna Public Library.
Search or browse a fraction of the 3 million images in the Archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
These local history texts are available online and are fully searchable.
Often referred to as Ryan's History, this is a major resource for Outagamie County history.
Biographical sketches and photos of many residents of settlements in Outagamie County in 1895.
Published in conjunction with the Outagamie County Centennial observance.
Biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families.
An early history of Kaukauna.
Over 130 books of regional history from the Library of Congress.
HeritageQuest has more than 20,000 family history and local history books. You can search by place, person, or keyword. Here is a sample of some texts relating to northeast Wisconsin.
History of Northern Wisconsin (1881)
History of Door County, Wisconsin : the County Beautiful (1917)
History of Clintonville, Wisconsin : from Pioneer Days to the Present Time (1917)
Old Peninsula Days : Tales and Sketches of the Door Peninsula (1934)
Plat Maps & AtlasesListing by county of land ownership maps from InfoSoup libraries that are available online via the U.W. Digital archives.
Atlases and plat books are available online from other counties in Wisconsin. You can browse Infosoup or search the U.W. Digital Collections.
Plat maps both old and new are also available in InfoSoup libraries. Search Real property - Wisconsin - and browse by county or do a keyword search for County/City name and Maps.