Museum Archives

The South Wood County Historical Museum has a wealth of research materials about local history. We would gladly arrange a time for you to use our research library. To schedule an appointment or to find out more information on available research materials, call us at 715-423-1580 or e-mail alison@southwoodcountyhistory.org. Our library is open by appointment only.

We have the following materials and more for research purposes:

Photograph Collection:

Our photo collection includes, but is not limited to, local area logging, paper and railroad industry, early city buildings, schools, churches, and businesses. 

School Yearbooks:

Grand Rapids High School:  1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919. Digital copies: 1914

Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School: 1920-1964, 1967-1971, 1973 – 2001, 2003 – 2010

Assumption High School: Yearbooks on site: 1967-68, 1970-2020; 1951-1976, 1955-1965. Digital copies: 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969  

Nekoosa: Alexander High School “The Little Moccasin”: 1947

Alexander High School “The Moccasin”: 1920, 1926, 1927, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1938-1969 on-site. Digital copies: 1924, 1933, 1937, 1945, 1952

Nekoosa High School “The Moccasin”: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1988-1990 on-site. Digital copies: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983

Port Edwards:  1938, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958,  1960, 1962, 1963, 1971,  1979, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1994-2011. Digital copies: 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1959, 1964, 1965, 19681969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978

Rudolph: 1943, 1946-1948, 1950, 1952-1959. Digital copies: 1962

Wood County Normal School: Digital copies: 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955

Wood County Teachers College: Digital copies: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1964, 1965

The State of  Wisconsin Blue Books: (The primary one-volume reference source about the state, describing the organization of the state’s three branches of government) Hard copies of the following years can be viewed at SWCHC: 1861/62, 1885, 1903, 1909, 1911, 1919, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1935, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1983/84, 1985/86, 1989/90, 1991/92, 1993/94, 1995/96, 1997/98, 1999/2000 Or additional years or information can be viewed electronically at: http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/collections/WI/WIBlueBks

Business, City, and Farm Directories:

Wood County Telephone Directory: January 1899, July 1914, December 1916, May 1918, October 1929, 1937, 1940 -42, 1944, 1946 – 48, 1950-56, 1958 -77, 1979 -2006

 Wisconsin Rapids City Directories: 1921, 1955, 1961, 1969 -70, 1972 -73, 1975- 80, 1982 -84, 1986-1990, 1992/3, 1994-95

 Tri-City Directories: 1937, 1941, 1964 -65, 1967

 Wood County Directory: 1962, 1966, 1971, 1977-78, 1984, 1986

 Wood County Farm Directory: 1930

 White & Yellow Pages: 1987, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2000-2009, 2011 – 12

Wood County Park History 1935 – 1968

Plat Books: We have the following counties available to view by appointment:

Adams, Ashland, Barron, Brown, Burnett, Calumet, Clark, Columbia, Dane, Door, Dunn, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee, LaCrosse, Lafayette, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Monroe, Oconto, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago.

Wood County– Click the link to view our Wood County Plat Books.