Highlights
'Finding Freedom' Audio Book Released
The Wisconsin Historical Society Press announces the release of the audio version of the book, "Finding Freedom: The Untold Story of Joshua Glover, Runaway Slave" by Ruby West Jackson and Walter T. McDonald. Read by Jim Fleming on Wisconsin Public...
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Posted May 14, 2012
The Heyday of Northwoods Resorts Recalled
The sights and sounds of enchanted summers spent in Wisconsin's Northwoods during the golden age of summer cabins and restorts make "Return to Wake Robin: One Cabin in the Heyday of Northwoods Resorts" a must-read for anyone who has spent...
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Posted May 10, 2012
Wrap Up Your Mother's Day Shopping
With Mother's Day fast approaching, you may be scrambling to find the perfect gift. This year, why not honor your mom with a thoughtful gift that also gives back? When you give a Wisconsin Historical Society membership, your gift not...
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Posted May 9, 2012
Team Wisconsin, Ready for Nationals
Wisconsin's best and brightest history students from middle schools and high schools across the state emerged as national finalists after competing in the statewide finals of National History Day in Madison May 5. The 56 finalists become Team Wisconsin 2012...
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Posted May 7, 2012
Inspire Our Next Generation of Leaders
Right now, students throughout Wisconsin are developing their talents, skills and intellect as they imagine the bright future that lies ahead of them. The kids of Wisconsin dream big because their parents, teachers and mentors have always embraced their responsibility...
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Posted May 3, 2012
Picturing the Dells and Devil's Lake Region
Harry Ellsworth Cole (1861-1928) was a "nature lover and history lover." That's how historian Louise Phelps Kellogg remembered her colleague in her forward to Cole's book, "Stagecoach and Tavern Tales of the Old Northwest." The collection of Cole photographs at...
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Posted April 30, 2012
Historic Sites and Museums Swing into Spring
May marks the start of a new season of daily activities and special events that allow visitors of all ages to explore Wisconsin history while having some family friendly fun at Wisconsin's historic sites and museums. Old World Wisconsin, the...
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Posted April 26, 2012
'Tavern League' Wins National Design Award
The Wisconsin Historical Society Press is proud to announce that "Tavern League: Portraits of Wisconsin Bars" by Carl Corey won Gold in the Photography Book category from PubWest Book Design Awards. The PubWest Design Awards were developed to recognize superior...
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Posted April 23, 2012
Benefit Auction and Preview Night April 27-28
The FRIENDS of the Wisconsin Historical Society will roll out the support organization's 30th Star Benefit Antiques Auction on Saturday, April 28, in the historic Clausing Barn at Old World Wisconsin, an event that provides important funding for the Society....
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Posted April 19, 2012
1940 Census Records Released
After 72 years, genealogists have struck a gold mine of information about America's past. Earlier this month, the staff of the National Archives and Records Administration released the 1940 census, and it has sparked additional interest in exploring family history....
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Posted April 16, 2012
A Taste of Gardens Past and Present
You're invited to partake of a scrumptious dinner at the Wisconsin Historical Museum on Madison's Capitol Square and to spend an evening in the company of 'Farmstead Chef' co-authors Lisa Kivirist and John Ivanko as they discuss our culinary heritage....
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Posted April 12, 2012
Ghost Ships Festival in Milwaukee
Wisconsin Historical Society underwater archaeologists Keith Meverden and Tamara Thomsen will represent the Society's underwater archaeology program at the 2012 Ghost Ships Festival in Milwaukee on Friday and Saturday, April 13–14. The festival will convene at the Wyndham Hotel and...
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Posted April 9, 2012
Award for 'Magazine of History' Author
"Wisconsin Magazine of History" contributor, Mary Ellen Gabriel, will receive an award for her work on the magazine from the Council for Wisconsin Writers. Gabriel will receive the 2011 Kay Levin Award for Short Nonfiction for her winning article entry,...
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Posted April 5, 2012
Save the Date for the Annual Fall Conference
The Society's 2012 Local History and Historic Preservation Conference will be in Madison on September 28-29. This is the sixth annual conference in which the Society brings together professionals and volunteers to discuss their work in preserving and sharing our...
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Posted April 2, 2012
Helping to Save Historic Homes and Properties
You can help double support for the Society's Historic Preservation Web Initiative by making a special, one-time gift before April 30. A grant from Preserve America, an initiative of the National Park Service and the U.S. Department of the Interior,...
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Posted March 29, 2012
Historic Preservation and Archaeology Month
The Wisconsin Historical Society encourages communities throughout Wisconsin to begin planning now for events and activities to celebrate Historic Preservation and Archaeology Month this coming May. During this monthlong celebration several local and regional events are planned to promote historic...
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Posted March 26, 2012
'Putting Down Roots' Wins National Award
The Wisconsin Historical Society Press is proud to announce that Putting Down Roots: Gardening Insights from Wisconsin's Early Settlers by Old World Wisconsin historical gardener Marcia Carmichael was one of only five books selected for the American Horticultural Society's annual...
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Posted March 22, 2012
Nitrate Films Pose Fire Danger
Collaborating with the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research and chemistry department, staff with the Wisconsin Historical Society are studying the effects of cellulose nitrate film decomposition and the associated fire risk. "This project offers a...
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Posted March 19, 2012
James P. Danky Fellowship Deadline is May 1
Each year the Society and the Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture offer a $1,000 short-term research fellowship in honor of Society librarian James P. Danky's long service to print culture scholarship. The Danky Fellowship provides $1,000...
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Posted March 15, 2012
Wisconsin Magazine of History, Spring 2012
For an event that lured such numbers of Wisconsin's citizenry into its rivers in search of instant riches at the end of the 19th century, the Wisconsin Pearl Rush has received remarkably little attention. The tumult that would engulf communities...
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Posted March 12, 2012
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