Menasha History Resources
Field Trip Opportunities
Downtown Area:
Menasha Public Library, 967-3690: Librarian De Dalum has a slide show of historic photos. There is some overlap between her slides and the photos included in this project.
City of Menasha Mayor's Office, 140 Main St. Menasha 967-5117
Bridge tender museum, Tayco St. Bridge, Menasha, 967-5165
Menasha Marina: Diana Schabach, 967-5193 (yacht club gift store manager)
Locks and Friendship Trail area:
The Menasha Locks System. Contact person: Harlan Kiesow, 759-9833
Friendship Trail across Little Lake Butte des Morts. Check City of Menasha website.
Fritze Park , Battle of Butte des Morts History Marker, Town of Menasha , on the west end of the Friendship Trail. Check City of Menasha website.
Smith Park Area:
Menasha Historical Society: contact Wyn Pawlowski, 722-8969
Materials are housed at the Memorial Building on Keyes St. across from Smith Park
Smith Park walking tour, Keyes St .
smithwalkingtour.pdf tour booklet
Other Field Trip Resources:
Heckrodt Nature Preserve 727-1492
Possible Bus Tour: Nancy Barker
Websites
City of Menasha : www.cityofmenasha-wi.gov/content/community
Wisconsin Historical Society's Wisconsin Historical Images collection: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi
Includes photos of Neenah and Menasha
Wisconsin Heritage On-line: http://wisconsinheritage.org/
Includes photos of Neenah and Menasha
UW- Madison's State of Wisconsin Collection : http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WI/
Click on Menasha History for scanned booklets from 1887, 1898 and 1913 and a selection of photos, some of which duplicate those used in this compilation.
Click on Neenah Public Library Local History Collection for access to 1920 and 1924 Menasha City Directories
Click on Oshkosh and Winnebago County, Wisconsin - Atlases and Histories for access to county histories and atlases, including coverage of City and Town of Menasha
Oshkosh Public Library: http://www.oshkoshpubliclibrary.org/citydirs.html
City directories of 1893, 1895, 1900, 1905, 1910, and 1914 also cover Menasha.
Recommended Read Along
The People Company: The Menasha Corporation Story
This book focuses on the early years of the Wooden Ware Company now known as the Menasha Corp. Each Menasha Elementary LMC houses this book. 977.5 Sar
Authors: Kathleen Sendek, Geegan Elementary
Mara Munroe
May, 2007