Special Collections & Archives

Related Links

Archival Organizations

• Academy of Certified Archivists
• Midwest Archives Conference
• Society of American Archivists
• • Online Employment Bulletin
  • Overview of Archival Profession
  • Student Information
• Graduate Schools in Wisconsin with Archives Programs
• • UW-Madison School of Library and Information Studies Archives Program
  • UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies; MS History/MLS program
    
    

History

• American Memory Project - Library of Congress
• • Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Vols. 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25.
  • Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, 1820-1910, a collection of full text books about these states and time period.
  • Veterans History Project
• Bureau of Land Management - Search for land patents, homestead certificates
• Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign Born: 1850-1990
• How to Speak 19th Century
• Immigration and Naturalization Services:
• • History, Genealogy, and Education
  • Statistics
  • Legislative History from the Statistical Yearbook
  • Resources for Teachers and Students
• The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, 1610-1791
• Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, Volumes 1-3
• Life as a Voyageur - Northwest Journal
• The Promise of America - Norwegian Emigration to America/Norwegian-American History including timeline, full-text articles, photographs, digitized archival collections.
• UW Digital Collections
• • State of Wisconsin Collection
  • University of Wisconsin Collection
  • Wisconsin Electronic Reader
  • Wisconsin Pioneer Experience
  • Belgian American Collection
• Wisconsin Historical Society
• • Turning Points in History
  • • Dictionary of Wisconsin History
    • Reference Maps
    • Ethnic Groups in Wisconsin
    • 19th Century Immigration
  • Wisconsin Historical Images
  • Wisconsin Local History and Biography Articles
  • Wisconsin Name Index
  • Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records
  • Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865
  • Freedom's Journal (an African-American Periodical)
• Wisconsin Vital Records - birth, marriage and death records
  
  

Historic Houses and Properties

• City of Eau Claire
• • City Maps
  • Landmarks Commission
  • Neighborhoods
  • Online City Property Assessment Database
• Eau Claire County
• • Clerk of Courts
  • County Clerk
  • Register of Deeds
  • Register in Probate
  • Online County Property Assessment Database
• Ingolf Vogeler's Settlement Geography of Eau Claire
• Wisconsin Historic Preservation
• • Guide to Researching Old Buildings
  • Architecture and History Inventory
  • Wisconsin's State and National Register Listings
• National Register of Historic Places
• Bureau of Land Management - Search for land patents, homestead certificates
  
  

Local History

• Buffalo County Historical Society
• Eau Claire Public Library (LE Phillips Memorial) - Local History
• Waldemar Ager House and Society
• Wisconsin GenWeb and Archives
• • Census Transcription ProjectVolunteers have transcribed federal census records from various time periods and locations. Scans of select census documents areavailable. Site is under construction and frequently updated.
  • • 1850 Chippewa County, transcribed with links to images
  • Tombstone Transcription Project
  • Immigration and Naturalization
  • Digital Map Library
  • Maps and Gazetteers
    
    

National History Day

• National Competition
• State Competition
• Research Strategies for Students
• 1. Choosing a topic
  2. Locating books, articles, archives, etc.
  3. Analysis/Presentation - Relevance to theme
• Where to search:
• • UW-Eau Claire Archives and Special Collections
  • LE Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire
  • Wisconsin Historical Society
  • • Turning Points in History
    • Dictionary of Wisconsin History
    • American Journeys
      
      

Preservation

• Conservation On-Line (CoOL)
• Northeast Document Conservation Center