Digitized Wisconsin Newspapers (Database/Archive/Digital Edition)
Title: Digitized Wisconsin Newspapers
Author: Katie Poland
Author: Randi Ramsden
Abstract: List of all Wisconsin newspapers that have been digitized and are available online, no matter what platform, and how to access them. Also contains a map showing locations of newspapers that have been digitized. First edition by Randi Ramsden in 2017, major update in 2022 by Katie Poland.
Year: 2017
Primary URL: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/randi.ramsden/viz/WisconsinDigitalNewspapers/Dashboard1
Primary URL Description: Link to Tableau webpage with map of Wisconsin, showing where digitized newspapers were originally printed, and a table containing lists of newspapers: where they were published, what dates have been digitized, and links to where they can be accessed online.
Secondary URL Description: Link to Tableau webpage with map of Wisconsin, showing where digitized newspapers were originally printed, and a table containing lists of newspapers: where they were published, what dates have been digitized, and links to where they can be accessed online.
Access Model: OA Gold
Shaping Identity: The history of German Language Newspapers in Wisconsin (Article)
Title: Shaping Identity: The history of German Language Newspapers in Wisconsin
Author: Randi Julia Ramsden
Abstract: Chronicles history and influence of the German-language press in Wisconsin, from its beginnings in German immigrant newspapers to a long decline starting with World War I.
Year: 2016
Primary URL: http://https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wmh/id/52419/rec/398
Primary URL Description: Article in Wisconsin Magazine of History digital archives.
Access Model: OA Gold
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Wisconsin Magazine of History
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
Guide to Wisconsin Newspapers, 1833-2004 (Book)
Title: Guide to Wisconsin Newspapers, 1833-2004
Author: James L. Hansen
Author: Donald Oehlerts
Abstract: A bibliography of all newspapers published in Wisconsin, places and dates of publication, and what issues are held at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Revised and electronically published.
Year: 2017
Primary URL: https://cdm15932.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ladr/id/6397
Primary URL Description: Downloadable digital edition of guide, updated annually.
Access Model: OA Gold
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
Type: Other
Copy sent to NEH?: No
On Digital Preservation in Wisconsin (Blog Post)
Title: On Digital Preservation in Wisconsin
Author: Kristina Warner
Abstract: Guest post on Wisconsin Libraries for Everyone about the process of digitizing newspapers and making them accessible.
Date: 04/23/2019
Primary URL: https://dpi.wi.gov/wilibrariesforeveryone/guest-post-digital-preservation-wisconsin
Primary URL Description: Link to blog post.
Blog Title: Wisconsin Libraries for Everyone
Website: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Prison Newspaper Collection (Catalog)
Title: Prison Newspaper Collection
Author: Randi J. Ramsden
Abstract: Catalog of newspapers and periodicals written by prison inmates, addressing the life of inmates and their families, and other prison matters, published in Canada and the United States.
Year: 2017
Primary URL: https://cdm15932.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ladr/id/11687
Primary URL Description: Link to downloadable digital version of catalog.
Catalog Type: Other
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
Cuban Refugee Camp Newspaper Collection (Catalog)
Title: Cuban Refugee Camp Newspaper Collection
Author: Randi J. Ramsden
Author: James P. Dankey
Abstract: Catalog of newspapers published by Cuban refugees in various military camps around the United States, documenting the lives and feelings of the Cuban refugees about their new home.
Year: 2017
Primary URL: https://cdm15932.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ladr/id/11686
Primary URL Description: Link to downloadable digital version of catalog.
Catalog Type: Other
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society Newspaper Collections (Web Resource)
Title: Wisconsin Historical Society Newspaper Collections
Author: Cynthia Bachhuber
Author: Randi J. Ramsden
Abstract: Libguide on how to find and utilize newspapers in the Wisconsin Historical Society's collection, physically and digitally.
Year: 2017
Primary URL: https://researchguides.library.wisc.edu/c.php?g=596638
Primary URL Description: Link to research guide at UW-Madison Library website.
Cooking Up History (Web Resource)
Title: Cooking Up History
Author: Jane Conway
Author: Randi J. Ramsden
Abstract: A series of blog posts that recreate historic recipes found in Wisconsin newspapers. Contains plenty of pictures, and a suggested modern version of the recipe.
Year: 2020
Primary URL: https://wisconsinhistory.org/cookinguphistory
Primary URL Description: Link to landing page, containing a list and further links to various recipes.
How do we digitize historic newspapers? (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: How do we digitize historic newspapers?
Writer: Randi J. Ramsden
Director: Randi J. Ramsden
Producer: Wisconsin Historical Society
Abstract: Brief video providing a behind-the-scenes look at newspaper digitization: capture, OCR, and quality review.
Year: 2017
Primary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDa-KDsWYb4
Primary URL Description: YouTube link to video.
Access Model: OA
Format: Web
Cooking Up History (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: Cooking Up History
Writer: Jane Conway
Writer: Randi J. Ramsden
Director: Jane Conway
Director: Randi J. Ramsden
Producer: Wisconsin Historical Society
Abstract: A series of brief cooking videos showing recreations of historic recipes. One video, shot at Old World Wisconsin, includes cooking in a historic kitchen.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpm3DkOY3U8f-NFlzBK5ZFWFZ2fXjUmOJ
Primary URL Description: Link to playlist containing cooking videos.
Access Model: OA
Format: Web
Wisconsin's German-Language Newspapers (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: Wisconsin's German-Language Newspapers
Writer: Randi J. Ramsden
Producer: PBS Wisconsin
Abstract: Randi Ramsden, Coordinator of the National Digital Newspaper Program at the Wisconsin Historical Society, discusses the influx of German immigrants to Wisconsin and the German-language newspapers which provided news and information from the mid 1800s until World War I.
Year: 2018
Primary URL: https://pbswisconsin.org/watch/university-place/wisconsins-german-language-newspapers-cvw7th/
Primary URL Description: Link to video on PBS Wisconsin website.
Access Model: OA Gold
Format: Web