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Wisconsin Historical Society

The Wisconsin Historical Society Library Reading Room
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Information: 608-264-6535

The building is open Monday-Thursday from 8am to 9pm, Friday-Saturday from 8am to 5pm and closed on Sundays and major holidays.

The Wisconsin Historical Society headquarters building houses the library, archives, administrative offices, and the historic preservation program. With one of the largest collections of African American periodicals and archival material in the US. Numerous documents on CORE, SNCC, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and the NAACP papers of Daisy Bates.

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