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Freedom Summer Digital Collection
25,000 pages from the Society's manuscript collections on Civil Rights are now available online. They focus on 1964's Mississippi Freedom Summer project, in which thousands of local African-American residents were joined by hundreds of northern volunteers to challenge segregation and secure voting rights. View photos, letters, diaries, pamphlets, memos, and much more. Download a free PowerPoint and Sourcebook of key documents.
Recollection Wisconsin
Wisconsin Heritage Online has a new name and much-enhanced Web site. It's a statewide consortium of historical organizations sharing pictures, books, manuscripts, maps and museum artifacts on the Web. Now you can also share your own stories and connect with other people who love history. Enjoy 100,000 items from more than 80 Wisconsin historical organizations at Recollection Wisconsin.
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The Strange Ways of White FolksIn 1828, the Ho-Chunk Chief Dandy was passing through Galena with some companions. White settlers had only recently started moving into the lead region of southwestern Wisconsin, and the Indians were interested in the strange newcomers and their customs. This was before the widespread occupation of Indian lands that would produce the Black Hawk War four years later. "While strolling...
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Wisconsin Magazine of History
The spring issue of the "Wisconsin Magazine of History" features articles on the "Girl-Man" of Milwaukee, the first normal school kindergarten in the United States, the roots of Wisconsin genealogy, and fashionable dresses worn by influential Wisconsin women over a period of 60 years.
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Old World Wisconsin Springs into the Past
