Norman Family Scrapbook and Miscellaneous Greeting Cards Scrapbook - Richland County

Norman Family Scrapbook and Miscellaneous Greeting Cards Scrapbook
Richland County History Room in the Brewer Public Library
325 North Central Avenue
Richland Center, WI 53581
Website: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~richlandcowi/
Email: richlandctyhistoryroom@yahoo.com
(608) 647-6033
Crystal Foley, Historian

Norman Family Scrapbook cover

Norman Family Scrapbook

The inside cover of this collection of Richland County news clippings reads: "A scrapbook given to Mrs. James Norman by her son, Elmer, 25 Dec 1903." It contains newspaper clippings of Henrietta, Woodstock, and West Lima, marriages and obituaries

Humorous headline: "Man, 102, Hurdles Chairs and Jigs Daily to Keep in Good Trim"

for many early Richland County pioneers, and abundant miscellaneous news regarding schools, jury selections, and delegates to conventions. The scrapbook was gifted to the history room by the Myra Poorman Estate. Myra Poorman was the head librarian when the new (Brewer Public) library was built in 1969. She was also librarian at the old Carnegie library in Richland Center. The Norman Family Scrapbook, indexed in 1987, is accessible under call number MSS 293.

Greeting Cards Scrapbook

Pre-1900 scrapbook of greeting cards and other miscellaneous cards

This pre-1900 scrapbook contains name cards, advertising cards, greeting cards, religious cards, programs, merit cards, and valentines that were pasted into a book. One of the cards is dated 1885. Gifted by Marcia Nobel, the scrapbook is accessible under call number MSS 1897. Richland County History Room has dozens of scrapbooks like these in its collection, including several scrapbooks of items pasted into school textbooks.

The Richland County History Room's mission is "To record and promote the heritage of Richland County, Wisconsin by collecting and preserving items related to persons, placed and events of Richland County, Wisconsin. We will oversee and maintain this collection for the use of the public now and for future generations." It maintains a collection of local history artifacts, cemetery records, census records, genealogies, histories, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, pictures, high school yearbooks, township records, and vital records.

The Brewer Public Library, site of the Richland County History Room

Images courtesy of Richland County History Room.

Entry compiled by Kara Blue