BUSINESS
Industry and Railroads.

CENSUS
Records and Surveys, Atlases
& Plat Books.

CHURCHES & SCHOOLS
CIVIL WAR

ETHNIC RECORDS
Local Cornish, Welsh, Italian and Black families, among others.

GENEALOGY
Materials to aid researchers

LAWS
Wisconsin Territory, 1836-1838, passed in the first session of
the legislative assembly.

MAPS
1798 to the present.

MINING
Records, manuals, drawings.

NATIVE AMERICAN
This extensive collection includes the first edition of Black Hawk’s autobiography.

NEWSPAPERS
In print and on microfilm.

PERSONAL RECORDS
Personal papers, diaries, scrapbooks.
Letters from both the ordinary and the famous ranging from a series of letters between President Woodrow Wilson and his friend, Mineral Pointer David Jones, to the papers of another native son, Allen Ludden, donated by his wife, the actress, Betty White.

THEATRE
Historical memorabilia.

Since 1981, the Mineral Point Archives has been a resource of local history, with its subjects varying from architecture to zinc mining.

This reference collection began with a gift to the Mineral Point Public Library from Robert M. Neal, who, with Edgar Hellum, established the famous Pendarvis complex. The original Neal collection included 400 books, plus maps, local newspapers, photographs, letters, and other documents relating to the Mineral Point area.

These materials continue to form the nucleus of the MP Archives, while many historical and genealogical additions from individual donors find their way here every year.

Initial funding for the Archives was the result of the cooperative efforts of the library board, the city council, individual supporters, and a Friends of the Library group. Together, they provided the basic funds for renovation of the unoccupied space, formerly the city jail, below the Mineral Point Public Library in the Municipal Building.

Library staff manages the Archives, and Curator Mary Alice Moore and Assistant Curator Mary Faith Argall respond to inquiries about Mineral Point’s unique past from all parts of the United Sates and the world.

This repository of local history happily accepts donations of written or printed relevant material, and of course, visitors are always welcome in Mineral Point’s Roots Cellar .

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