University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
800 West Main Street
Whitewater, WI 53190
Phone: 262/472-5520
The Area Research Center (ARC) is a cooperative project of the University and the Wisconsin Historical Society to preserve historical records in Jefferson, Rock and Walworth counties.
More than 130 series of local government public records include microfilmed Rock County probate case files and index (1835-1938); City of Watertown justice dockets (1852-1935); Walworth County tax rolls (1849-1965); and records of nineteen Walworth County rural school districts. The ARC also has the naturalization papers for Rock, Walworth and Jefferson counties.
The ARC holds over 100 collections of papers and records produced by private organizations and individuals. Among them are the records (1889-1966) of Willson-Monarch Laboratories, an Edgerton patent medicine manufacturer; papers (primarily 1836-1853) of John T. Haight, an early Jefferson County settler; legislative papers (1967-1974) of James D. Swan, a conservative state senator from Elkhorn; and records (1924-1950) of United Automobile Workers, Local 121.
Snow in Whitewater! View looking north along First Street to its intersection with Main Street. According to the Whitewater Register newspaper "nothing like it was ever seen before in Wisconsin..." Photo was probably taken from the second story of the Bowers Opera House. Wisconsin Historical Images, Image ID: 2215
1870 Bird's-eye map of Whitewater. Wisconsin Historical Images, Image ID 22851
Members of the 1899 Whitewater football team pose for a picture. Wisconsin Historical Images, Image ID 7806
A 1971 poster announcing People's Art Fest. From the Madison People's Poster and Propaganda Collection. Wisconsin Historical Images, Image ID 55375
Images courtesy of University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Area Research Center.
Entry compiled by Simone Munson
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