(The following is a copy and paste of a blog post created for Archives Month 2011) Sunday, January 22, 2012 Cobbling Together a Home for Local History The community of Clinton sits quietly near the Illinois border. Somewhere between Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago, the town of Clinton and its surrounding communities are attempting to forge…
(The following is a copy and paste of a blog post created for Archives Month 2011) Friday, October 28, 2011 Helen Bulovsky: The Story of a WWI Nurse Within the confines of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center exist the last remaining vestiges of Helen Bulovsky. The creation of a de facto arranged marriage between…
(The following is a copy and paste of a blog post created for Archives Month 2011) Monday, October 1, 2011 New Glarus Historical Society and the Swiss Historical Village Nestled in the rolling green hills of Green County Wisconsin, sits the quaint village of New Glarus. Proclaiming itself as America’s little Switzerland, the downtown resembles…
(The following is a copy and paste of a blog post created for Archives Month 2010) Monday, October 18, 2010 Wisconsin Veterans Museum The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center research room is oddly welcoming for a state building with the banal name “Thirty on the Square”. Tasked with collecting primary and secondary materials documenting the…
Counterfactual Archivist 