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This is a home page for an archival digital library that was created as a class project in LIS 839 Special Collections in the Digital Environment, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Frautschi Letters Virtual Archive displays a historical collection of letters written by members of a family of Swiss immigrants to Wisconsin, written between 1852 and 1914. The repository for the original letters is Max Kade Institute (University of Wisconsin-Madison). The Wisconsin Mosaic provides a historical backdrop for the letters.

Letters

Wisconsin Mosaic

Project Documentation

Acknowledgments