wisconsin historical society

When Sen. William Proxmire (1915-2005) retired in 1988, he and his staff donated more than 200 boxes of office files to the Wisconsin Historical Society.

A generous selection from those has just been released on the Society's website. It includes...

Explore the underwater world of Lake Michigan through an exhibit of the photography of Wisconsin Historical Society underwater archaeologist Tamara Thomsen at the Wisconsin Historical Museum opening Tuesday, February 7.

Surround yourself with the shipwreck stories of the steamers Continental...

With the recent publication of several books on the topic of gardening, the Wisconsin Historical Society Press will take part in the upcoming Garden Expo 2012 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison.

The Expo runs from Friday through Sunday,...

The life stories of two extraordinary Wisconsinites come to life in a pair of publications in the popular Wisconsin Historical Society Press series, "Badger Biographies," a set of kid-friendly books dedicated to elementary and middle-school readers with an interest in...

For those who know the satisfaction of harvesting fresh, homegrown vegetables, or for anyone looking to cultivate a green thumb, Garden Wisdom: Lessons Learned from 60 Years of Gardening from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press offers an account, both practical...

It's been another big year for Wisconsin Historical Society Press books, which won a total of 18 regional and national awards in 2011.

Press books were nominated as finalists for a number of additional awards. The stand-out book for 2011...

Shop for gifts for everyone on your list from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press! From subjects like community taverns (Jamo's in Milwaukee, pictured here), gardening and cookbooks to Ho-Chunk culture, dairy farming and Wisconsin's rich sporting heritage, the Society Press...

A $500,000 gift from the Jeffris Family Foundation to the Wisconsin Historical Society will establish the Fuldner Heritage Fund.

The gift represents a major step toward the $77 million goal of Forward! The Campaign for the Wisconsin Historical Society, with...

A new book from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press, "People of the Big Voice: Photographs of Ho-Chunk Families by Charles Van Schaick, 1879-1942," tells the visual history of Ho-Chunk families at the turn of the 20th century and beyond as...

Part cookbook, part immigrant story and part family memoir, one of the newest offerings from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press features hundreds of recipes and recollections from one Norwegian immigrant family's oral history and kitchen archives.

'Gudrun's Kitchen: Recipes from...