Author Archives: Alison Bruener
Greeting Cards from Christmas Past
written by Kathy Engel, SWCHC Librarian Over the years, many greeting cards have been donated to the South Wood County Historical Museum. Here are some examples I have compiled. Card #1: This Christmas card, from Claude and Ruth Aniol, dated … Continue reading
Connected to One Another with History
written by Alison Bruener, Museum Assistant As I prepare to welcome 2018, I begin to wonder what items will find their way to 540 3rd St. S. in the coming year. It’s been a busy year for museum staff. We’ve … Continue reading
Slip Sliding into the Future
written by Angelica Engel, Website Coordinator Recently, I have been editing, proofreading, and posting the class of 1965’s “Lincoln High Newsletter,” curated by Kent Vasby, whose wife is a member of that class. Vasby himself graduated from Fort Atkinson High … Continue reading
Lincoln High Newsletter Available to Read
We are happy to have added to both our Museum collection and our website the Lincoln High Newsletter circulated by Kent Vasby. Vasby’s wife is a member of the class of 1965, as are many of the contributors. In the … Continue reading
Artifacts 51 has arrived!
The latest issue of our local history magazine, Artifacts, is currently appearing in subscribers’ postal boxes. Here is a small glimpse of what the magazine contains this October. To receive a complete print version of this 32-page historic document, email … Continue reading
Good Friend Gone
Written by (Uncle) Dave Engel, Director Emeritus James C. Nuhlicek, fellow traveler since ’59, died Thursday, Sept. 14, from the effects of a brain tumor. Rapids residents of a certain age will remember “Nuhly” as a Coke-bottle glassed, Maynard G. … Continue reading
Another Season Ends
written by Alison Bruener, Museum Assistant There’s the saying “time flies by” that you heard as a child but don’t realize until you’re grown. I started my internship with the South Wood County Historical Museum the summer before my senior … Continue reading
Notes from SWCHC President, Phil Brown
The Museum hosted two high school reunions this summer, Lincoln High School 1962 and 1967. These reunions are always enjoyable because many of these classmates haven’t been to the Museum since it was the T.B. Scott Library. I particularly enjoy … Continue reading
The Brazeau Family
written by Kathy Engel, SWCHC Librarian Recent donations by South Wood County Historical Corp. board member Nicholas J. Brazeau, Sr. contained the following photographs of Brazeau ancestors who made their home in Grand Rapids, Wis., now Wisconsin Rapids. The first … Continue reading
Witter History, Family-Style
written by Angelica Engel, Website Coordinator On June 28, 2007, my father and I crashed through underbrush in the woods of Hopkinton, Rhode Island, looking for the grave of Josiah Witter, the (how many greats?) grandfather of Isaac Witter, whose … Continue reading
