• Appleton
"official" History
• Appleton
Police History
• Appleton Library History
• Fox Valley Memory
• Outagamie Cty. Hist.Soc.
• Outagamie Museum
• Houdini
Historical Center
• Grignon Mansion
• Lawrence
University
• Hearthstone
• Harry Houdini
• County Genealogy
• Neenah Heritage
• WI
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Preserving the heritage of the community is an important role of
the public library. Our  Wisconsin
collection contains thousands of books, maps, photos and documents,
detailing the history of Appleton, the Fox Valley and Wisconsin. In
addition to collecting and preserving local history, the library also
does research and publishes information. Below is a listing
of resources available from the Library web site. For more local history
resources visit Fox Valley
Memory.
Indexes
- APL Historic Photos Index - A partial index to photos from books in the Wisconsin Collection, generally scenes from Appleton history. This is an index only; photos are not available online. Other historic photos can be viewed online in the Fox Valley Memory postcard collection.
- Obituary Index is a partial index
to obituaries and death notices appearing in Appleton newspapers.
- The Post-Crescent Index
indexes articles on local events from the The Post-Crescent
newspaper, with some entries dating to the 1850s.
Digital Image Collections
- Fox Valley Memory - a collaborative project bringing local history resources to the web. The Fox Valley Memory web site includes the full-text of Ryan's History of Outagamie County and a collection of over 400 historic photographs.
 InfoSoup Memory Project - an online effort to provide access to the wealth of historical resources available in OWLSnet member libraries. This cooperative project is just getting started as OWLS begins to add photographs, maps, documents, and objects from libraries' collections.
- University of WI Digital Collections (images provided by APL) - selected local history resources, including four historical Outagamie County plat maps, five city directories from the late 1800s, two historic building surveys and two compilations of early pioneer biographies. There are also two historical overviews, one from Appleton's 75th Anniversary celebration in 1932, and one marking the 100 year period of 1857 - 1957. Click here for a partial index of the plat maps.
- Veterans' Grave Registration
database provides information on over 500 Fox River area deceased
veterans from the War of 1812 to World War I.
- Wisconsin
State Historical Society provides searchable online collections
of text and images that include information of local historical
value.
History of Appleton
- Founding of Appleton is an
extensive compilation by Library staff detailing the early history
of the community.
- Appleton Firsts is list of of
notable "firsts" of Appleton history.
- Appleton Timeline presents
a timeline of significant dates from settlement to the present.
- Appleton Public Library
celebrates our own library's centennial history.
- Appleton Speaks is an original
oil painting by local artist, Lynn Mann, depicting 7 notable people
with strong ties to Appleton.
Famous Appletonians (includes digital images)
- Harry Houdini provides information
and resources about the world famous magician and escape artist.
- Edna Ferber provides information
and links about Appleton's Pulitzer Prize winning author.
- Joseph McCarthy provides information
and resources on the life and career of Senator Joseph McCarthy.
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