Local History Collections
Images of Lake Geneva
Reminisce about historic Lake Geneva by browsing this collection of over 500 souvenir-quality photographs and postcards selected from the Lake Geneva Public Library local history collection. In addition to the images, the collection includes several plat books and atlases, spanning 1873-1962.
Lake Geneva Oral Histories
Oral recordings of Lake Geneva and area residents made as part of a StoryCorps project; ongoing.
LGPL Archival Aid
This finding aid covers print materials and ephemera held by the Lake Geneva Public Library. The collection covers both institutional history and local history from roughly the 1880s through the early 2000s. The collection consists of primary documents, including library records, county documents, photographs, VHS videos, 35mm films, digital images on disc, and correspondence, as well as newspaper clippings and pamphlets. Items in this collection are available on request for in-library viewing.
State of Wisconsin Collection
The State of Wisconsin Collection brings together, in digital form, two categories of primary and secondary materials: writings about the State of Wisconsin and unique or valuable materials that relate to its history and ongoing development.
Local Obituaries and Other Indexes
These locally-maintained indexes have been superseded by fully searchable online newspaper archives. Full-text searching of the Lake Geneva Regional News/Lake Geneva News/Regional News/Lake Geneva News Tribune (1903-2015), The Lake Geneva Herald/The Herald (1877-Oct 1910, 1879-1919), Lake Geneva News (1891-1898), and The Geneva Express/Geneva Weekly Express (1855-1856), is available here (in library use only). The historical indexes linked below are available as a courtesy and may not be updated.
Lake Ivanhoe History
To access, please ask staff for the password