Any item that circulates from the Wisconsin Historical Society Library can be loaned to a patron of another library through interlibrary loan. Rare, fragile, unbound and heavily used materials (including all genealogical and many local history resources) do not circulate and thus are not eligible for interlibrary loan.

The Library has duplicate copies of some Wisconsin county histories and Wisconsin censuses on microfilm. These duplicates can be sent via interlibrary loan. Some non-circulating resources can be copied for remote researchers via interlibrary loan (depending on physical condition and copyright compliance).

Some Archives collections have been reproduced on microfilm, and in most cases the film copy can be loaned.

Please note: All interlibrary loan requests should originate from a researcher's home library. Interlibrary loan requests for Society materials are handled by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. 

UW-Madison charges $20.00 per filled request to most non-Wisconsin libraries.  For that charge, they'll lend up to six reels of a microfilm series, up to five volumes of a print series, or will copy up to 50 pages of non-circulating material when copyright law allows.

Follow the link below for UW-Madison's lending policies, charges and contact information.

 Lending Policies and Charges

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Contact the Library-Archives by phone at 608-264-6534 or by email below:

laura.hemming@wisconsinhistory.org