SCHRC is open for regular business hours, Tuesday through Friday from 9-4.
Welcome
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2021-2022 Second Saturdays
Begins This Week
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Dan Buckman of the Plymouth Historical Society will present a History of Plymouth Hospital beginning at 9:30am on Saturday, September 11, 2021.
Filled with images and great stories, this presentation will be a fun morning of remembrances and renewed friendships. The program is free and open to the public.
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Genealogy Classes Resume
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Immigration, Creating a Timeline and Finding Records
Monday, September 13, 2021 – 1pm – 3pm
This genealogy class will focus on immigration trends, creating timelines, discovering what records can help and where they are found.
Cost per class – Members $15, Non-members $20.
Call 920.467.4667 to register.
What’s New
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2021-2022 Program Schedule is Released
The Research Center has a busy program schedule set for the next few months. Check back regularly for any updates or schedule changes.
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2021 Annual Meeting
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SCHRC’s 2021 Annual Meeting, will take place on Friday, October 29, 2021, at Amore in Plymouth starting at 11am. An Italian buffet lunch will be served at no cost to attendees courtesy of Jos. Schmitt & Sons.
Those participating will enjoy a presentation by Dr. James Marten of Marquette University entitled, “Bearing Their Part Equally: Sheboygan County and the Iron Brigade.” Sheboygan County soldiers will be featured.
The lunch and presentation will be followed by a short business meeting. ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. CALL 920.467.4667 TO REGISTER. OR EMAIL katiereilly@schrc.org TO REGISTER.
Spotlight
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Mark Your Calenders
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2021 History Symposium
Relevance & Resurrection: Revivalism of New Explorations Into Midwest History
For over a decade there has been a significant resurgence in the study of the history of the Upper Midwest. By 2014, this area of scholarship became so active and popular that it resulted in the establishment of the Midwestern History Association to promote continued scholarship and a better appreciation for northern states in the Upper Midwest.
The 2021 History Symposium is bringing four scholars from this area of study to discuss their research into unique areas of this new research trend.
This eclectic assortment of topics include a discussion of the Ku Klux Klan in Wisconsin as a case study, controversies concerning the navigational development of the Great Lakes, Political Progressivism in the 1980s, and Wisconsin Native American effigy mounds.
A one-day symposium composed of four blocks of learning on some of the newest research available. Speakers and topics are:
Dr. Theodore J. Karamanski – “The 19th Century Battle Over Great Lakes Infrastructure”
Dr. Michael D. Jacobs – “The Ku Klux Klan and Its Targets in the East North Central Division of the Midwest.”
Dr. Cory Haala – “Reviving the Midwestern Progressive Tradition in the 1980s”
Dr. Robert Birmingham – “Wisconsin Native American Effigy Mounds”
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A Hidden Gem
The Sheboygan County Historical Research Center is a hidden gem saving resources that would have otherwise been lost. A collaborative effort lasting nearly thirty years, the Research Center works with everyone to collect and share information.
Marge Jagler
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Research Success Stories
Katie,
Thank you so much for your dedication and quick service! My family is forever grateful you helped us find my grandmother’s family.
Casey F.
Plymouth, WI
Many thanks for the amazing response to my request for information about Edward F. Zinns and his Milwaukee Graphite Company. For a quarter-century I was Head of Reference at the State Archives of Michigan, so I know good public service when I see it. Thanks for monitoring your business email after-hours. Given the caliber of the service you provide, I am not surprised. Your outstanding work on my behalf needs to be rewarded, and I would like to show my gratitude with a donation to your institution.
Le Roy G. Barnett, PhD
Contributing Editor
MICHIGAN HISTORY Magazine
Historical Society of Michigan
Our Collections
The collection at the Historical Research Center contains more than 1,000,000 documents and more than 500,000 images.
The collection is comprised of things like scrapbooks, research books on genealogical topics and history, school yearbooks, State of Wisconsin blue books, church histories and anniversary books, tax records, diaries and biographies, local history books written by local authors about many of Sheboygan County’s villages, Garton Toy catalogs, Phoenix Chair and other furniture company catalogs and Sheboygan Press newspapers.
Events
History of Plymouth Hospital with Dan Buckman
