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University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

In an effort to make the rich resources of the many University of Wisconsin campuses available to researchers and the general public, a program has been instituted to digitize and put online various collections held by individual campuses. A central committee was formed to evaluate resources for inclusion in the project. Strongest consideration is given to projects that have a UW or Wisconsin focus and to those that support teaching and research. New material is being added frequently to this ongoing project. The University of Wisconsin Digital Collections include a vast array of fascinating resources, including:

Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent - This collection contains more than 3000 slides, 500 photographs and 50 hours of sounds from forty-five different countries.
Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos & Maps, 1885-1992 - Provides a visual documentation of the development of the city of Milwaukee from the mid-1880s to the early 1990s.
Wisconsin Pioneer Experience - Diaries, letters, reminiscences, speeches and other writings of people who settled and built Wisconsin during the 19th century.
Nineteenth-century European-American views on Life in, and the Peoples of, the American West - This collection comes from the UW-Whitewater
To read about it and search its full text go to the collection homepage.
1857 Walworth County Plat Book - The oldest map in the UW-Whitewater Archives. It is frequently consulted by students, local historians and genealogists researching the area. This digitized interactive map allows users to click on a township within Walworth County and view a list of residents' properties and map locations.

Last Revised: MS - 8/3/2007

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