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Sen. William Proxmire Digital Collection
Discover the richest online source about this famous senator from Wisconsin. Explore more than 7,500 pages of articles, press releases, photos, and more, plus 40 oral history interviews. Learn how he battled to curb federal waste and fought for taxpayers over more than three decades. Examine his famous "Golden Fleece" awards and view dozens of pictures.
Wisconsin Heritage Online
Historic images and documents from Wisconsin Historical Society collections are also available through Wisconsin Heritage Online. WHO is a statewide consortium of historical organizations sharing their pictures, books, manuscripts, maps, and museum artifacts on the Web. Enjoy nearly 100,000 items from more than 80 Wisconsin historical societies, museum and libraries at wisconsinheritage.org
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Buckskin Brown and the Marvelous ShinglesA Greek philosopher once claimed that you can never step into the same river twice. His maxim apparently escaped the notice of some Wisconsin lumberjacks. The trees of the Wisconsin River pinery were among the first harvested. As early as 1853, 20 mills were running more than 100 saws and floating 70 million feet of lumber downriver each year. Makeshift...
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Wisconsin Magazine of History
The Spring issue includes articles on the founding of La Crosse, anti-Chinese sentiment in 1880s Milwaukee, and photogenic Appleton at the turn of the 20th century. Also included is an excerpt from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press title "Vintage Wisconsin Gardens: A History of Home Gardening."
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Archiving Electronic Records in the Digital Age
