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Collection Name	McMillan Memorial Library Local History
View Collection at	http://content.mpl.org/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/mcml
Description	McMillan Memorial Library of Wisconsin Rapids collects materials concerning local history. Specifically, the collection includes: the Tom Taylor Books (100 years of Pictorial & Descriptive History of Wisconsin Rapids); historical postcards; photographs of Vesper, Wisconsin; early city directories and plat books; books about Wisconsin Rapids or by local residents; materials related to the cranberry, lumber and paper industries; and newspaper articles, pamphlets and brochures. The Library is both transitioning its existing digital collection to Wisconsin Heritage Online and digitizing new materials. McMillan's digitization project has been supported by Library Services and Technology Act grants, Consolidated Papers Foundation, Inc. and the many people who have either donated materials or granted permissions.
Topics Included	Agricultural machinery & implements; Armories;Bandstands; Barbershops; Barns; Bird's-eye view prints; Bird's-eye views; Boats; Botanical gardens; Brick industry; Bridges; Business & finance; Business districts; Banks; Business people; Camping; Camps; Canning & preserving; Carts & wagons; Catholicism; Catholicism; Cities & towns; Construction; Crimes; Dairy products industry; Dairying; Dams; Dance halls; Directories; Factories; Farm produce; Farming; Ferries; Fish; Fishing; Foundries; Fraternal lodges; Frontier & pioneer life; Galleries & museums; Historic sites; Geysers; Group portraits; Hardware stores; Hotels; Hunting; Hydroelectric power; Indigenous peoples; Industry; Law enforcement; Log rafts; Lumber industry; Maps; Merchants; Military camps; Mills; Missionaries; Mountains; Opera houses; Pageants; Paper industry; Parks; Photogravures; Pioneers; Plats; Plowing; Postcards; Postmasters; Priests; Public libraries; Railroad bridges; Railroad cars; Railroad stations; Railroads; Rapids; Rivers; Rock formations; Schools; Sculptors; Sculpture; Shrines; Soldiers; Springs; State parks & reserves; Steamboats; Streams; Streets; Swimming pools; Theatrical productions; Tile industry; Tourists; Tree stumps; Tunnels; Villages; Water power; Water towers; Waterfalls
Organization	McMillan Memorial Library
Type of Organization	Public library
City	Wisconsin Rapids; Wisconsin Dells; Vesper; Rhinelander; Tomahawk; Earling; Merril; Brokaw; Wausau; Schofield; Mosinee; Stevens Point; Nekoosa; Grand Rapids; Stratford; Marshfield; Hayward;
State	Wisconsin
Country	United States
Language	eng
Primary Sources	Postcards; Books; Photographs; Bird's-eye view prints; Maps; Plats;
Format of Digital Files	jpg
Project Support	Wisconsin Heritage Online http://wisconsinheritage.org; Milwaukee Public Library http://content.mpl.org
Date Published	2009; 2010

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