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You may chat with a librarian at any time. If someone in the Archives Department is available, you will be transferred there. If not, the Archives will e-mail you a response later.

The Archives Department has the two-fold mission of documenting the history of UWM and providing access to primary sources, largely from the metropolitan Milwaukee area, that have long-term research and instructional value for UWM academic programs. We also respond to the information needs of researchers worldwide, provide instruction sessions for UWM courses, host an annual lecture on local history, and display our holdings on campus and in the community. [more]

Research

Catalogs

Finding Aids

Digital Collections

Search PantherCat, the UWM Libraries online catalog, for descriptions of archives and manuscript collections located in the Archives.

Find historical sources about UWM and metropolitan Milwaukee.

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Search ArCat, the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) Archives Division online catalog, for descriptions for WHS manuscript collections, state government records, and local government records. Many of these collections may be temporarily transferred to UWM for your local use.

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Catalogs

Finding Aids

Digital Collections

Search finding aids of Archives Department holdings

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Finding aids are guides that describe and provide access to the contents of archives and manuscript collections.

Approximately 68% of our collections are described in online finding aids, which are included in Archival Resources in Wisconsin (ARW), a database of over 4,400 finding aids of collections held in 17 repositories statewide.

Catalogs

Finding Aids

Digital Collections

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Digital images from our collections are included in the UWM Libraries Digital Collections and other online resources.

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Comments or questions for the Archives? Send them to Ask an Archivist or call (414) 229-5402.