Digital Collections

Images of Manitowoc: Manitowoc Local History Collection - Explore the history of Manitowoc and surrounding communities through more than 1,400 searchable images dating from the late 19th century through 1995. An Historic Walk Down Eighth Street The Home Front: Manitowoc County in World War II - This collection is growing, check back to see more. Hermann C. Benke, Manitowoc Photographer - A brief biography of the photographer and selected images.

City Directories: 1868-1869 - Edwards' Annual Directory of the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business, Business Firms, etc., etc., in the Village of Manitowoc for 1868-9 1875-1876 - Pryor & Co's Manitowoc City Directory 1875-76 1880 - Manitowoc City Directory for 1880 1884 - Manitowoc City Directory 1884 1894 - Manitowoc City Directory 1894 1897-1898 - Wright's Directory of Manitowoc for 1897-98 1899-1900 - Schmidt's Directory of the City and County of Manitowoc 1899-1900 1901-1902 - Schmidt's Directory of the City and County of Manitowoc 1901-1902 1905 - Zorn's Rural Routes Directory of Manitowoc and Calumet Counties, Wisconsin 1905 1907-1908 - Directory : City of Manitowoc, City of Two Rivers 1907-1908 1909-1910 - Schmidt's Directory of the City and County of Manitowoc, Wis. 1909-1910 1911-1912 - Zorn's Directory of the City and County of Manitowoc 1911-1912 1915-1916 - Zorn's Directory of the City and County of Manitowoc 1915-1916 1920 - Wright's Manitowoc City and County Directory 1920

	Falge, Louis, 1861-1918, Editor. History of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Chicago, Illinois: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1912. 2 v. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. Volume 1 - http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.FalgeHistv01 Volume 2 - http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.FalgeHistv02
	Plumb, Ralph Gordon. A history of Manitowoc County. Manitowoc, Wis. : Brandt Print. and Binding Co., 1904. 316 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.PlumbHist

	Brasser, Dean. The effects of World War II on Manitowoc. In Manitowoc County Historical Society Occupational Monograph 40. 12 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WWIIMan
	Custerdale village directory 1946. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.CustDir
	Manitowoc Submarines. Manitowoc, Wis. : Manitowoc County Historical Society, 1988. 32 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.ManSub

Other Digital Collections:

	Wisconsin Historical Images - including images of Manitowoc
	Turning Points in Wisconsin History - texts, including: Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company: engineering works, fabricating works, equipment works, manufacturing works Mixing Bowl, Vol. 17, no. 6 (July 1955) 60th anniversary edition - a history of aluminum manufacturing in Manitowoc What Aluminum is and how Mirro Aluminum cooking utensils are made
	Library of Congress American Memory - includes images and texts about Manitowoc including a series of images of the interior of Guido Rahr's home and the interior of Rahr Malting Company
	Wisconsin History Portal
	State of Wisconsin Collection - many full-text materials and images about the history of Wisconsin

Please send comments and suggestions to: mplref@mcls.lib.wi.us
Last Updated: 02/04/09