Kenosha Public Museums

Jack D. Michaels Resource Center

 

The Jack D. Michaels Resource Center is ideally suited for casual visitors, students working on papers, and the Civil War enthusiast. Resource Center staff and volunteers are happy to assist you in Civil War research.

The resource center is a non-circulating library. A computer, printer, and photocopier are available for research. You may bring your personal laptop. Most items may be photocopied for a nominal fee. Children are welcome!

Books

Over 2,200 bound volumes are available to visitors in open stacks for browsing. Resource Center materials are for reference only and cannot be checked out.

Magazines

Our collection of periodicals includes:

Maps and Charts

We have maps of specific battlefields, the United States in the 1860s, and routes of the Underground Railroad. Our chart collection includes famous Union and Confederate generals, uniforms, and arms of the war.

Microfilm

The resource center holds 85 rolls of rare Wisconsin microfilm. This includes the Wisconsin Red and Blue books, as well as an assortment of Wisconsin newspapers from the Civil War era.

Copies of Primary Source Materials

A listing of letters, diaries, pension records, and photos from soldiers and civilians from the six states of the Upper Middle West.

Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin

Links to Finding Aids

The links below will lead you to finding aids for the copies of primary source materials held in the Civil War Museum's Resource Center.

Almon Smith Collection, 5th Wisconsin Light Artillery
Eugene Burr Collection, 3rd Wisconsin Light Artillery
James Cavenaugh Collection, Co. D, 6th Wisconsin Infantry
Alvah Burgess Collection, Co. D, 5th Wisconsin Infantry
Abram Snyder Collection, 3rd Wisconsin Calvary
David Wood Collection, Co. A, 13th Wisconsin
Cornelia Heg Collection
John Francis Murray Collection, Co. C, 17th Wisconsin
Amos Brown Collection, Co. A, 16th Wisconsin
Friedrich Holtz Collection, Co. G, 45th Wisconsin
George Wait Collection, Co. D, 32nd Wisconsin
Charles Wickesberg, Co. H, 26th Wisconsin
Adam Youngblood Collection, Co. G, 17th Wisconsin
George Wren Collection, Co. B, 13th United States Infantry

 

We have room for more!

If you are interested in donating any books or materials to the resource center, please contact Brett Lobello, curator of education, at blobello@kenosha.org.