Presented for the Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association (WEMTA) annual conference in Madison, Wisconsin, April 9, 2013.

1. recollectionwisconsin.org
WEMTA 2013
Emily Pfotenhauer, WiLS
Handout and slides:
recollectionwisconsin.org/wemta2013

2. recollectionwisconsin.org
provides free access to a
growing set of state and
local history resources
from the collections of
libraries, archives,
museums and historical
societies across Wisconsin.
South Wood County Historical Museum,
Wisconsin Rapids
http://content.mpl.org/u?/swch,64

3. Recollection Wisconsin
also provides guidelines,
training and support to
contributing partners and
offers opportunities for
visitors to share their
own stories, images and
comments.
UW-Madison Archives
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SSRecIDSearch?repl1
=UW&repl2=UW.uwar00831.bib

4. Program sponsors and partners
• WiLS (Wisconsin Library Services)
• Milwaukee Public Library
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Wisconsin Historical Society
• Nicholas Family Foundation
• Academic libraries, public libraries, archives,
museums, and historical societies around the
state
Wisconsin Historical Society
http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/248

5. Founded as Wisconsin Heritage Online in 2004
– Original mission: “to inspire education and discovery by
making Wisconsin’s cultural heritage available to the public
via the World Wide Web”
New name, Recollection Wisconsin, and new
website launched in 2013
– Addition to mission: “and provide opportunities for
audiences to discover personal connections to the past.”
Three Lakes Historical Society
http://content.mpl.org/u?/tlhs,88

6. April 2013: recollectionwisconsin.org includes…
124,758 historical resources
from 195 digital collections
…and more content is added every month.
McMillan Memorial Library, Wisconsin Rapids
http://content.mpl.org/u?/mcml,1319

7. • Photographs • City directories
• Postcards • Local histories
• Letters • County histories
• Diaries • Oral histories
• Maps • Artifacts
• Yearbooks • Artworks
• Scrapbooks • Magazine articles
• Music • Newspaper clippings
• Recipes
New Berlin Historical Society
http://content.mpl.org/u?/nbhs,33

8. – Mostly primary sources
– Vetted and well-documented
resources
– Some locations and subjects are
well represented, others less so
Menasha Public Library
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SSRecIDSearch?r
epl1=WI&repl2=WI.mdhc0094.bib

9. The digital materials that Recollection Wisconsin
brings together may be used for teaching purposes
under the guidelines of Fair Use (non-commercial,
non-public, limited quantities).
UW-Madison Archives
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SSRecIDSearch?r
epl1=UW&repl2=UW.uwar01662.bib

10. Recollection Wisconsin does not own any of the
materials we make available through our site.
Please be sure to cite the original source of any
content you use. Look for “Is Part Of” and “Rights”
information in individual item records.
UW-Platteville
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SSRecIDSearch?r
epl1=UW&repl2=UW.platte0055.bib

11. Browsing & exploring
– Read small slices of state & local history in “Stories from
Wisconsin Collections”
– Explore a map and link directly to individual collections
– Browse to sort collections by topic, source, and type of
material
Kenosha History Center
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SSRecIDSearch?r
epl1=WI&repl2=WI.ken1524.bib

12. Sharing
– Contribute your
own stories and
photos
– Add photos to
our Flickr group
pool
Wisconsin Historical Society
http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/
ref/collection/march/id/663

13. Oshkosh Public Library
http://oshkoshpub.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/
collection/p15089coll3/id/24
Searching
– Behind our website is a search engine that brings
together information about digital items contributed
by our partners. This search engine is like a bridge,
linking you to content from around the state.

14. Searching
– Use Basic Search to search across all collections by
keyword, name or place
– Use Guided Search to search by phrase or other,
more complex, searches
UW-Milwaukee Libraries
http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/uwmphoto/id/402

15. Searching – full text
– Our search engine searches
only the descriptive
information provided by
contributing partners. To
search the full text of books
or other documents, open a
specific item or collection and
then run a second search
within that item or collection.
St. Norbert College
http://content.mpl.org/u?/snc,6067

16. wiscohisto.tumblr.com

17. pinterest.com/
recollectionwi

18. Twitter:
@recollectionwi
Facebook:
facebook.com/recolle
ctionwisconsin
Monthly email
newsletter:
Sign up at
recollectionwisconsin.org
Milwaukee Public Library
http://content.mpl.org/u?/mcml,1319

19. Thank You!
Emily Pfotenhauer
epfotenhauer@wils.wisc.edu
608-265-2138
Handout and slides:
recollectionwisconsin.org/
wemta2013
Mineral Point Historical Society
http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/singleit
em/collection/mphs/id/3/rec/29