@RecollectionWi

Discover photos, maps, books, oral histories and more from #Wisconsin libraries, archives and museums. We're Wisconsin's Service Hub for @DPLA.

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Congrats to the 2023 @WisHistory Board of Curators award winners! Recollection Wisconsin's content partners are among the awardees: @MarathonCoHstry @MilwaukeePubLib Archives @OshkoshMuseum For more winners and information, check out the press release: wisbusiness.com/2023/wiscons…
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Excited to teach with the new WI Biographies story on Geshe Sopa? Join us for a webinar on 2/14 to build your background knowledge and support your teaching around Tibet and Buddhism. We'll be joined by @wiscoALC Professor Jampa Khedup. Register today! bit.ly/3HuzjOM
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Thank you for celebrating #ArchivesMonth with us! You can find the full image-a-day calendar at recollectionwisconsin.org/re…... Also, be sure to explore the entire collection and discover your own treasures in Recollection Wisconsin! recollectionwisconsin.dp.la
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From Oshkosh Public Library, a rare, grainy image of one of Wisconsin's own mythical beasts. Happy Halloween from Recollection Wisconsin and Happy #ArchivesMonth to one and all! bit.ly/3UtmbOX #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources #hodag
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West Salem Canning Company employees, circa 1916, smiling in overalls and hairnets. From West Salem Historical Society & West Salem Public Library, via Winding Rivers Library System. bit.ly/3Njm4mk #ArchivesMonth #sschat #PrimarySources
Members of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa harvest manoomin (wild rice) in the Kakagon Sloughs in this 1966 #wihistory photo from the @WDNR. digital.library.wisc.edu/171… #ArchivesMonth #sschat #PrimarySources
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Hang on! The Globe Shipbuilding Company of Superior launched the Pitkin in 1945, 5 months before WWII ended. She spent the next 40 years as a merchant ship for the US and Brazil. Image from @UWDigiCollec digital.library.wisc.edu/171… #ArchivesMonth #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources
Ship: Pitkin (constructed 1945). Ship launching, April 7, 1945

ALT Ship: Pitkin (constructed 1945). Ship launching, April 7, 1945

Safe! This #ArchivesMonth action shot is for the postseason. Two women play baseball on the UW Madison campus, ca. 1916, courtesy of @UWDigiCollec and @UWMadLibraries. digital.library.wisc.edu/171… #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources
Thank you to @EveryLibrary for spotlighting some awesome digital collections from our partners at @uwmlibraries, @WisHistory, @BongVetCenter, @cmnedu, and Langlade County Historical Society! #ArchivesMonth medium.com/everylibrary/what…

What is Recollection Wisconsin?

Here's what you need to know about Recollection Wisconsin and a few of its fascinating collections

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In this #ArchivesMonth image from @uwec_library, one woman helps another try on a traditional paj ntaub dress during a Hmong community program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. bit.ly/3gA8XkK #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources
One woman helps another try on a traditional paj ntaub dress during a 1990 Hmong community program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

ALT One woman helps another try on a traditional paj ntaub dress during a 1990 Hmong community program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

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If someone made a movie and called it "A Goat Named Dynamite," we would watch, especially if it included these four friends. This #ArchivesMonth #wihistory image is courtesy of the @rapidsmuseum. content.mpl.org/digital/coll… #sschat #PrimarySources
Group of children with a goat named Dynamite. Children identified as (left to right): Douglas, Kenny, Wayne and Russel Brockman. Harold and Doris are the parents

ALT Group of children with a goat named Dynamite. Children identified as (left to right): Douglas, Kenny, Wayne and Russel Brockman. Harold and Doris are the parents

Get someone who looks at you like Dr. Eloise Gerry's dog is looking at her in this #ArchivesMonth photo from @UWMadLibraries. digital.library.wisc.edu/171… #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources
Dr. Eloise Gerry with dog

ALT Dr. Eloise Gerry with dog

Teamwork makes the dream work, as this 1906 image of a barn raising from the Manitowoc Public Library shows! digital.library.wisc.edu/171… #ArchivesMonth #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources
Barn-raising Bee at M. T. Cooney's, Ed. Ledvina, Carpenter Contractor." Cato, Wisconsin on November 2, 1906

ALT Barn-raising Bee at M. T. Cooney's, Ed. Ledvina, Carpenter Contractor." Cato, Wisconsin on November 2, 1906

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The size of those trees! This #ArchivesMonth #wihistory image is courtesy of the Langlade County Historical Society. The vast forests and riverways made Wisconsin a powerful draw for the logging industry. content.mpl.org/digital/coll… #sschat #PrimarySources
Loggers in the forest: Loggers posed in the woods among some very large trees

ALT Loggers in the forest: Loggers posed in the woods among some very large trees

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This unidentified woman was part of an important Wisconsin community. Pleasant Ridge in Grant County was home to a number of freed and escaped enslaved people. Image from Grant County Historical Society content.mpl.org/.../collecti… #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources #ArchivesMonth
Unidentified woman, Pleasant Ridge: Portrait of unidentified woman wearing long dress and hat. Hand-tinting has been added to image. This photograph is from the African American community at Pleasant Ridge, which was founded in the late 1840s.

ALT Unidentified woman, Pleasant Ridge: Portrait of unidentified woman wearing long dress and hat. Hand-tinting has been added to image. This photograph is from the African American community at Pleasant Ridge, which was founded in the late 1840s.

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A suggestion for the Westminster Dog Show: crown the winners like they do the feline royalty of the Trempealeau County Fair cat show! This purrfect photo is from the Old Main Cultural Center, Galesville content.mpl.org/digital/coll… #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources #ArchivesMonth
Woman and two cats with crowns: Mary Lunde (judge) with winners of the Trempealeau County Fair cat show

ALT Woman and two cats with crowns: Mary Lunde (judge) with winners of the Trempealeau County Fair cat show

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The headsets haven't changed that much, but language learning has. This image from @matcmilwaukee shows English language learners in the 1970s. content.mpl.org/digital/coll… #ArchivesMonth #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources
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This #ArchivesMonth photo of members of the Junior Woman's Relief Corps is from the Richland County History Room. The Corps was founded in 1883 so women could support Union Army vets alongside the men-only GAR. content.mpl.org/digital/coll… #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources
Junior Woman's Relief Corps, Uniformed Young Ladies with Brooms, Dustpans and GAR Belt Buckle.

ALT Junior Woman's Relief Corps, Uniformed Young Ladies with Brooms, Dustpans and GAR Belt Buckle.

The earlier days of screen time, courtesy of @MilwaukeePubLib! This #ArchivesMonth photo features two students from Humboldt Park School working on 1980s-era computers while adults supervise in the background. content.mpl.org/.../collecti… #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources
This photo shows two students from Humboldt Park School working on computers. Adults supervise in the background.

ALT This photo shows two students from Humboldt Park School working on computers. Adults supervise in the background.

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Celebrating #ArchivesMonth and honoring #IndigenousPeoplesDay. From @WisHistory, this 1861 photo taken in Fond du Lac County, shows two unidentified Native American men sweating the oath of enlistment in the Union Army: content.wisconsinhistory.org… #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources
1861 photo of swearing-in of Native American Civil War Union Army recruits

ALT 1861 photo of swearing-in of Native American Civil War Union Army recruits

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