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Oshkosh Daily Northwestern Newspaper, 1945
Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Historic newspaper from the end of World War II, one of over 12,000 newspapers in our collection.
Nearly 2 million items in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library exist on some sort of microform and these represent virtually all the subject areas in which the Library collects. The Library has particularly strong genealogy, labor union, North American exploration, African American and Native American holdings.
The Library's collection of newspapers is the second largest in the United States, surpassed only by that of the Library of Congress. Many of the newspapers in the collection are on microfilm.
In addition to newspapers, you will also find the following in large numbers on microfilm:
- Archival series
- Manuscript collections
- PhD dissertations
- Pre-1820 American books
- Pre-1850 American magazines
- Also on microform is a portion of the library's collection of family history records, including published and microfilmed family histories, church and cemetery records, birth, death and marriage registrations, federal and state census, local histories, and military information covering the United States and Canada.
How the Microfilm Collection is Organized
Microfilm holdings can be found by searching the Library Catalog using the blue button below. Wisconsin residents may check out most microforms in person, additionally, most microforms are available to non-Wisconsin residents through interlibrary loan (depending on copyright compliance and/or physical condition) from participating institutions.
Note: Some heavily used materials (including genealogical resources) do not circulate.
Purchasing Copies
The Microfilm Reproductions Lab is not currently accepting duplication and digitization requests. Please direct questions to askwhsdc@wisconsinhistory.org
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Have Questions?
To discover if the library owns a particular title, search the Library Catalog. For more information, contact the Microforms staff at askwhsdc@wisconsinhistory.org.