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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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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.
Burning of Bascom Hall Dome
October 10, 1916
People walking along the Linden Drive path watch as Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) dome burns on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Fire destroyed the ornate dome.
Stairs near Bascom Hall
1930
Walkway and stairs leading to Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Trees and bushes are planted on the lawn between the two flights of steps.
Bascom Hill Walk
1926
View from the top of Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus of the tree-lined path and lampposts. South Hall is on the right.
Bascom Hall
1915
Bascom Hall exterior with dome (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is in front of the entrance.
Bascom Hall
1915
Exterior side view of Bascom Hall with dome (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The flag on top of the dome is at the lowest point on the pole.
Bascom Hall Side Entrance
1920
Columned side entrance, with flight of steps flanked by bushes, of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Vines are growing on the facade of the building.
