The American Geographical Society Library at UW-Milwaukee recently made 200 frequently-requested maps of American cities, states, and national parks available in digital format.
Two hundred years ago President Thomas Jefferson was orchestrating the organization of the expedition to explore the lands that had just been added to the public domain through the Louisiana Purchase.
In the midst of efforts to continue, expand, and preserve their collections with ever-shrinking resources, the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) recently launched the Wisconsin Archaeological and Historical Resources Database (WisAHRD) website.
With thousands of maps, atlases, and plat books, the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) map archives are a treasure trove, one of the key caches of our state’s rich mapping heritage.