THE AREA RESEARCH CENTER (ARC) NETWORK AT A GLANCE -------------------------------------------------- Everyone is Welcome Everyone is invited to use our collections: faculty and students, local historians, genealogists, business people, historic preservatiomsts, school teachers. What is the Area Research Center Network? The ARC Network is an alliance of fourteen archives located at eleven University of Wisconsin campuses, Superior Public Library, Northern Great Lakes Visitors Center, and State Historical Society. History at Your Doorstep The Area Research Center Network brings historical records to the people of Wisconsin. Working cooperatively, the network’s partners identify, collect, organize, and preserve records that document Wisconsin’s heritage. Each Research Center houses manuscripts and local government records from a surrounding geographic region. In addition, each Center may borrow collections from the State Historical Society and the other Centers. What We Have Each Area Research Center is a unique place with its own special resources, but most have the following materials related to their geographic service region: -Manuscript collections -Local government records Business records Court records Community organization records Citizenship records Diaries Tax rolls Letters School record books Scrapbooks City & county board minutes -Census records -Local newspapers -Maps and atlases (Wisconsin) -Genealogy books -Vital Records (pre-1907) -Oral histories -City Directories -Photographs -Local and county histories -University records Hours Each Area Research Center maintains its own hours. It is always best to make advance contact for up-to-date hours, availability of staff and collections, and location and parking information. Hours vary during summer and university recesses. Services Many Area Research Centers offer research assistance and photocopying services. There may be fees for these services. Each Area Research Center sets its own fees for services. Internet Access More information about the Area Research Center Network is available on the State Historical Society Website. The ARC home page address is: www.shsw.wisc.edu/archives/arcnet/ From this location you can access websites maintained by most of the Area Research Centers. AREA RESEARCH CENTER NETWORK CONTACT LIST 1. Archives Reference State Historical Society 816 State Street Madison, WI 53706 (608) 264-6460 archref@mail.shsw.wisc.edu 2. Paul Beck Murphy Library UW-LaCrosse LaCrosse, WI 54601 (608) 785-8942 Beck_PB@mail.uwlax.edu 3. Mary Freymiller Elton S. Karrman Library UW-Platteville Platteville, WI 53818 (608) 342-1719 freymilm@uwplatt.edu 4. Karen Weston Harold Andersen Library UW-Whitewater Whitewater, WI 53190 (414) 472-5520 westonk@uwwvax.uww.edu 5. Ellen Pedraza Library/Learning Center UW-Parkside Kenosha, WI 53141-2000 (414) 595-2077 Pedraza@uwp.edu 6. Timothy L. Ericson Golda Meir Library UW-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 604 Milwaukee, WI 53201 (414) 229-6980 TLE@gml.lib.uwm.edu 7. Joshua Ranger Forrest R. Polk Library UW-Oshkosh Osbkosh, WI 54901 (920) 424-0828 Ranger@uwosh.edu 8. Debra Anderson Coffin Library UW-Green Bay Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 (920) 465-2539 Andersod@uwgb.edu 9. Ruth Wachter-Nelson Learning Resources Center UW-Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI 54481 (715) 346-2586 Rwachter@uwsp.edu 10. Larry Lynch William D. McIntyre Library UW-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI 54702-5010 (715) 836-3873 library.archives~uwec.edu 11. Kevin Thorie Library Learning Center UW-Stout Menomonie, WI 54751 (715) 232-2300 Thoriek@uwstout.edu 12. Sue Ginter Watson Chalmer Davee Library UW-River Falls River Falls, WI 54022 (715) 425-3567 Susan. g. watson@uwrf.edu 13. Julie Zachau Superior Public Library 1530 Tower Avenue Superior, WI 54880 (715) 394-8868 ZachauJ@ci.superior.wi.us 14. Linda Mittlestadt History Center and Archives Northern Great Lakes Center Ashland, WI 54806 (715) 685-2649 modlinda@win.bright.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obtained from writing to the Archdiocese of Milwaukee concerning Genealogy. Please note that this document is a couple years old, and new resources may have been added to the Research Center. It was written by the Area Research Center Network.