Library Advanced Research Competencies
Archives and Special Collections Overview
Primary Source Collections in the Library
UWM Libraries houses an incredible variety of primary source collections available to UWM researchers (and anyone).
Find hours for the American Geographical Society Library, Archives, and Special Collections listed on the Libraries' hours page.
Please make an appointment to use these collections. Contact information is listed below for planning your visit.
UWM Archives
UWM Archives and Area Research Center
Contact: ASKARCH@UWM.EDU
3rd Floor West, Please Make an Appointment
Help with:
- Primary Research Support and Primary Source Literacy instruction
- Primary sources related to the social, political, and cultural organizations in the city of Milwaukee
- History reference materials and vital statistics for Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington, and Waukesha Counties
- University records and local manuscript collections
- WTMJ Footage
- Inter-archives loan requests
Digital Collections:
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UWM Archives Digital Collections
Search digital collections from the UWM Archives, including collections focusing on Milwaukee and UWM.
UWM-Special Collections
UWM Special Collections
Contact: LIBSPECIAL@UWM.EDU
4th Floor, Please Make an Appointment
Help With:
- Rare and unique printed and published materials (zines, pamphlets, ephemera)
- Rare books and illuminated manuscripts and art
- UWM Author's Collection and Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture
- Primary source literacy instruction
Digital Collections:
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UWM Libraries Special Collections Digital Collections
Digital collections from the UWM Libraries Special Collections including Milwaukee and Wisconsin historical content, Chinese scrolls and fan paintings, artists' books, Wisconsin Arts Projects of the WPA, and Yiddish-language posters.
American Geographical Society Library
American Geographical Society Library
Contact: AGSL@UWM.EDU
3rd Floor East, Please Make an Appointment
Help With:
- Maps, atlases, and globes
- GIS Data and GIS Data Literacy Instruction
- Classical geography, arctic exploration and research, Western imperialism
- The American Geographical Society Archives
- Census data
- Primary Source Literacy Instruction
Digital Collections:
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American Geographical Society Library Digital Collections
Photographs, maps, diaries, and documents from the American Geographical Society Library.
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AGSL GeoDiscovery
AGSL GeoDiscovery is an online geoportal that provides discovery and access to geospatial data for American Geographical Society Library patrons including open and restricted data in AGSL collections as well as data harvested from the OpenGeoMetadata project.