Special Collections & Area Research
Center:
Primary Source Material
 
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The
Belgian American Research Collection
 documents the Belgian
ethnic community in northeastern Wisconsin.
Drawn from the records of the Belgian-American Ethnic
Resource Collection in the Special Collections Department of the
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Cofrin Library, these original
documents reflect the character of the Belgian Community and include
legal papers, diaries, letters, and oral histories.
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The
Great Lakes Maritime History Project is a collaborative digital
project. The Milwaukee Public
Library, Wisconsin Historical Society, UW-Superior, and Special
Collections, Murphy Library, UW-La Crosse contributed photographs,
audio recordings, and other records to provide a history of
commercial navigation on Wisconsin waters, including Lakes Superior
and Michigan and the Mississippi River.
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The
Wisconsin Pioneer Experience
is a digital collection of diaries, letters, reminiscences,
speeches and other writings of people who settled and built
Wisconsin during the 19th century.
The historic papers included were drawn from the collections
of the Wisconsin
Historical Society and the Area
Research Centers including the La Crosse ARC at Murphy Library,
UW-La Crosse.
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Wisconsin Historical Society - Founded in 1846, two years before statehood, and chartered in 1853, it is the oldest American historical society to receive continuous public funding. By statute, it is charged with collecting, advancing, and disseminating knowledge of Wisconsin and of the trans-Allegheny West.
Wisconsin Historical Society Archives - The Archives maintains an online catalog ArCat describing its manuscript and government records collections. ArCat is the most comprehensive tool for learning about the archival holdings of the Historical Society.
Other Sources for primary source material:
Wisconsin History Web sitesLa Crosse County Historical Society
Murphy Library's Digitized Resources
La Crosse Public Library Archives
Genealogy and Local History Sites in Wisconsin