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Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
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For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing Collections
The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.
Reuben Gold Thwaites
1903
Interior view of the State Historical Society Library Superintendent's office with Reuben Gold Thwaites seated at his desk. There is a map of the United States on the wall next to the door.
Reuben Gold Thwaites
1899
Profile of Reuben Gold Thwaites taken in his home. This portrait was used as the basis for a painting by John Johansen of Reuben Gold Thwaites that resides in the Society collection.
Reuben Gold Thwaites in his Office
1892
Reuben Gold Thwaites seated at his desk in his office at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
City of Madison from Old Assembly Grounds
1898
A city view of Madison across the lake from the old Assembly Grounds.
Stairway of the State Historical Society Library
1898
Stairway at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library. A bench is in the center under the light of a skylight.
