University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

All of the books in Special Collections can be located by using the Cofrin Library Catalog.

Books are located in the open stacks of the Special Collections Reading Room for browsing; but, they may not be checked out.

The books cover a wide variety of topics; but, the emphasis is Wisconsin and more specifically northeastern Wisconsin. Subjects represented in the book collections include:

• Histories

  • State
  • County
  • Community
  • Church
  • Family

• Genealogy

  • How-to books
  • Indexes
  • Addresses
  • Resources
  • Family Histories

• Politics & Legal

  • Wisconsin Blue Books (date from 1868; published by Wisconsin legislature and contain information on government officials, agencies, legislative acts, political parties and their platforms, populations, community post offices, and so on)

Other

• • Local industries
  • Sports
  • Ethnic Studies
  • Rare and Fine Press Books
  • City Directories
• • Statistical Census Summaries
  • Wisconsin Native Americans
  • Baedeker's Travel Guides (date from 1800s)
  • Private and Local Laws of Wisconsin
  • Laws of Wisconsin
• • Wisconsin Historical Collections (selection of manuscript and archival records available in print format. Volumes are indexed and contain memoirs, diaries, reminiscences about early Wisconsin history)