RESOURCES and GENEALOGY
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The Mount Horeb Area Historical Society collects and preserves documents and records, personal papers, photographs, audio and visual media, maps, architectural plans, books and artifacts that tell the story of southwestern Dane County.
We have an extensive local history collection and a reference library. We also have detailed information on people, communities, and sites available online. We also have available a Research Request form you can fill out online for general information or a Property Records form. We can help you with referrals to surrounding churches, government offices and other organizations. We look forward to helping you with your research. Archival papers include:
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Agriculture and Mining
Architectural Plans Artist/Authors/Musicians Business and Farm Records Cemetery Records including index to 21 cemeteries Church Histories and Records Civic/Non-Profit Records Searchable databases of people and places Event/Festival Records Family Histories Local, County and State Histories Maps, Plats and Atlases Media – Audio Media – Visual |
Military Records
Newspapers Oral Histories Personal Papers Photographs (over 15000) School Records Scrapbooks Telephone/Rural Directories Topical Files Tourism/Recreation Township Records (including property tax) Village Records (including property tax) “Vertical Files” (8 legal size drawers full) |
Artifacts include:
Since 1975, The Mount Horeb Area Historical Society has carefully acquired material culture that interprets the past, present and future of southwestern Dane county. Portions of the Historical Society's material culture collection are included on the Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database, an international resource based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Mount Horeb Area Historical Society's Artifact collection currently contains approximately 25,000 objects including textiles, furnishings and folk art. The artifacts represent the activities of regional agriculture, businesses, organizations, medicine, military, sports, education, religion, transportation, communication, music and crafts. The Society has a small archaeological collection and is the official repository of finds from the excavations at Donald Park.
All of these items have been accessioned and cataloged using Past Perfect software. Not all of the objects, however, have been photographed. The facility is handicap accessible.
The Mount Horeb Area Historical Society's Artifact collection currently contains approximately 25,000 objects including textiles, furnishings and folk art. The artifacts represent the activities of regional agriculture, businesses, organizations, medicine, military, sports, education, religion, transportation, communication, music and crafts. The Society has a small archaeological collection and is the official repository of finds from the excavations at Donald Park.
All of these items have been accessioned and cataloged using Past Perfect software. Not all of the objects, however, have been photographed. The facility is handicap accessible.
- Researchers may find information on their family home.
- Students may find local history and photographs for a school project.
- There are catalogs and account books from local businesses.
- You may find your great grandparents' school records.
- Scholars may find information in oral histories, diaries or scrapbooks.
- A reproduction of a historic photograph may make a perfect gift.
Arrangements may be made for scholars, researchers and the general public to access the holdings by contacting the Historical Society's Museum Director Curator at 608-437-6486 or [email protected].
We look forward to helping you with your research.