| |
Genealogy Classes This Fall
Our genealogy experts teach classes and workshops on special topics in family history research. Programs are geared to all levels of experience and offer something for everyone, from beginners to veterans, beginning September 18th with an introduction to Ancestry.com. View this fall's offerings.
New Pictures Online
Every day we add more historical images to our online collection, Wisconsin Historical Images. Not just Wisconsin, but the whole country. Not only candid snapshots, but work by major photographers. And not only photographs, but also posters, engravings, lithographs, maps and more. See the last 30 days' worth of additions by following the link above.
|
 Get the latest information about the Society's historic sites, museums, collections and publications sent directly to your inbox!
Subscribe Today!
|
"We Have Been Oxen Long Enough"To most of us, Labor Day is just the last long weekend of summer. But we have this long weekend only because more than a century ago working men and women insisted on public recognition of their contributions to American life. The direct inspiration for Labor Day occurred in New York City on Tuesday, September 6, 1882, when 10,000 workers...
|
Wisconsin Magazine of History
The Autumn 2010 issue of the "Wisconsin Magazine of History" features articles on the Society's grand Library Reading Room renovation; the Potters' Emigration Society, who promised a better life to England's unemployed; teacher Rosalie LaBorde Dousman's role as an advocate for a generation of Menominee children; the diaries of Wisconsin farm girl Anna Ruedy; and a book excerpt from "Wisconsin's Own: Twenty Remarkable Homes." |
|
Villa Louis Carriage Classic September 11-12
