Recollection Wi

Congrats to the 2023 @WisHistory Board of Curators award winners! Recollection Wisconsin's content partners are among the awardees: @MarathonCoHstry @MilwaukeePubLib Archives @OshkoshMuseum For more winners and information, check out the press release: wisbusiness.com/2023/wisconsin…

Excited to teach with the new WI Biographies story on Geshe Sopa? Join us for a webinar on 2/14 to build your background knowledge and support your teaching around Tibet and Buddhism. We'll be joined by @wiscoALC Professor Jampa Khedup. Register today! bit.ly/3HuzjOM

Thank you for celebrating #ArchivesMonth with us! You can find the full image-a-day calendar at recollectionwisconsin.org/recollection-w…... Also, be sure to explore the entire collection and discover your own treasures in Recollection Wisconsin! recollectionwisconsin.dp.la

From Oshkosh Public Library, a rare, grainy image of one of Wisconsin's own mythical beasts. Happy Halloween from Recollection Wisconsin and Happy #ArchivesMonth to one and all! bit.ly/3UtmbOX #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources #hodag

West Salem Canning Company employees, circa 1916, smiling in overalls and hairnets. From West Salem Historical Society & West Salem Public Library, via Winding Rivers Library System. bit.ly/3Njm4mk #ArchivesMonth #sschat #PrimarySources

Members of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa harvest manoomin (wild rice) in the Kakagon Sloughs in this 1966 #wihistory photo from the @WDNR. digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/CBBAQS… #ArchivesMonth #sschat #PrimarySources

Hang on! The Globe Shipbuilding Company of Superior launched the Pitkin in 1945, 5 months before WWII ended. She spent the next 40 years as a merchant ship for the US and Brazil. Image from @UWDigiCollec digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/CVYUJ2… #ArchivesMonth #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources

Safe! This #ArchivesMonth action shot is for the postseason. Two women play baseball on the UW Madison campus, ca. 1916, courtesy of @UWDigiCollec and @UWMadLibraries. digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/JKOXPH… #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources

Thank you to @EveryLibrary for spotlighting some awesome digital collections from our partners at @uwmlibraries, @WisHistory, @BongVetCenter, @cmnedu, and Langlade County Historical Society! #ArchivesMonth medium.com/everylibrary/w…

In this #ArchivesMonth image from @uwec_library, one woman helps another try on a traditional paj ntaub dress during a Hmong community program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. bit.ly/3gA8XkK #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources

If someone made a movie and called it "A Goat Named Dynamite," we would watch, especially if it included these four friends. This #ArchivesMonth #wihistory image is courtesy of the @rapidsmuseum. content.mpl.org/digital/collec… #sschat #PrimarySources

Get someone who looks at you like Dr. Eloise Gerry's dog is looking at her in this #ArchivesMonth photo from @UWMadLibraries. digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/5OKOSQ… #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources

Teamwork makes the dream work, as this 1906 image of a barn raising from the Manitowoc Public Library shows! digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/VYSIFC… #ArchivesMonth #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources

The size of those trees! This #ArchivesMonth #wihistory image is courtesy of the Langlade County Historical Society. The vast forests and riverways made Wisconsin a powerful draw for the logging industry. content.mpl.org/digital/collec… #sschat #PrimarySources

This unidentified woman was part of an important Wisconsin community. Pleasant Ridge in Grant County was home to a number of freed and escaped enslaved people. Image from Grant County Historical Society content.mpl.org/.../collection… #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources #ArchivesMonth

A suggestion for the Westminster Dog Show: crown the winners like they do the feline royalty of the Trempealeau County Fair cat show! This purrfect photo is from the Old Main Cultural Center, Galesville content.mpl.org/digital/collec… #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources #ArchivesMonth

The headsets haven't changed that much, but language learning has. This image from @matcmilwaukee shows English language learners in the 1970s. content.mpl.org/digital/collec… #ArchivesMonth #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources

This #ArchivesMonth photo of members of the Junior Woman's Relief Corps is from the Richland County History Room. The Corps was founded in 1883 so women could support Union Army vets alongside the men-only GAR. content.mpl.org/digital/collec… #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources

The earlier days of screen time, courtesy of @MilwaukeePubLib! This #ArchivesMonth photo features two students from Humboldt Park School working on 1980s-era computers while adults supervise in the background. content.mpl.org/.../collection… #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources

Celebrating #ArchivesMonth and honoring #IndigenousPeoplesDay. From @WisHistory, this 1861 photo taken in Fond du Lac County, shows two unidentified Native American men sweating the oath of enlistment in the Union Army: content.wisconsinhistory.org/.../quiner/id/… #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources