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Milwaukee Public Library Poet Laureate Shelly Conley By Chetla Jackson on Feb 17, 2025 12:00 AM. On Tuesday, February 4, City Librarian Joan Johnson introduced the 2025-2026 Milwaukee Poet Laureate Shelly Conley at an evening program at Central Library.

Digital Image Collection Socialist Party Collection. This collection contains photographs of various Milwaukee-area Socialists and activities, primarily from the 1920s-1940s, as well as a selection of Socialist publications.

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Did you know that with a valid library card, Milwaukee Public Library offers you access to free eBooks, audiobooks, and even movies available for streaming? It’s all through Wisconsin’s Digital Library. It might not be unlimited, but we sure have a whole lot of content available for your entertainment and enrichment.

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The Frank P. Zeidler Humanities Room has map and atlas resources that are useful to researchers of Milwaukee and Wisconsin history. Along with national and international maps, they are described in the library's online catalog, CountyCat.A few of the most frequently used Milwaukee and Wisconsin maps are highlighted on this page.

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The information below is based on the Obituaries & Death Notices Resources handout distributed in the Frank P. Zeidler Humanities Room.. Heritage Hub A successor product to the former America's Obituaries & Death Notices database. Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – …

Milwaukee Public Library is a great place to begin researching the history of your Milwaukee house. See below for an introduction to the MPL resources covered in our popular House History program, which is organized by Central Library subject reference department.