{"id":1507,"date":"2014-11-03T00:06:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T00:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/?page_id=1507"},"modified":"2025-04-14T21:29:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T21:29:35","slug":"racine-history-digital-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/features\/racine-history-digital-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Racine History Digital Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Directories<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Pages-from-Polk_s_Wisconsin_State_Gazetteer_and_Bus_1921_1922_racine_only_reduced.pdf\">Polk&#8217;s Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1921-1922, Racine section only, OCR&#8217;d and searchable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/prairiefarmer1919\/Prairie%20Farmers%20Reliable%20Directory%20Racine%20Kenosha%20Counties%20reduced.pdf\"> Prairie Farmer&#8217;s Reliable Directory of Farmers and Breeders for Kenosha and Racine Counties, 1919<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/9f\/Racine_Advocate_directory_1876.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Racine Advocate city and county residence and business directory of Racine, Wisconsin 1876<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Young_Co_s_Business_and_Professional_Dir.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young and Co.&#8217;s Business and Professional Directories, 1902<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Racine_City_Directory_1921_(Racine,_Wisconsin).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Racine City Directory 1921<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eugene Leach<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ia600304.us.archive.org\/19\/items\/racinehistorical00leac\/racinehistorical00leac.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Racine: An Historical Narrative, 1920<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Methodist_Church_and_Early_Racine.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Methodist Church and Early Racine<\/a> &#8212; Great summary of early Racine history<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Miscellaneous<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Four_Years_on_Wheels.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Four Years on Wheels<\/a> by John Wesley Carhart.\u00a0 This is the Google Books version of the book, OCR&#8217;d so that it is a searchable PDF. Open the file and search on Racine.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=GWxQBg7uyWQC&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=History+of+Racine+and+Kenosha+Counties&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=AJbmVMrLNOWwsATuv4GgDA&amp;ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, 1879<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/officialrecordof00olds.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Official Record of the Old Settlers Society of Racine County, Wisconsin, 1871<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Farmer%27s_Encyclopedia.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Farmer&#8217;s Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/content.mpl.org\/cdm\/landingpage\/collection\/prdl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Preservation Racine Digital Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Racine College\/De Koven Foundation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Arthur-Schultz-diary-1912-Racine-College.pdf\">Arthur Schultz Diary, Racine College, 1912<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/RacineCollegeMercury1927\/RacineCollegeMercury1927June.pdf\">Racine College Mercury, June 1927<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Racine-College-De-Koven-Foundation-Centennial-Services.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Racine College De Koven Foundation Centennial Services 1953<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Racine-College-and-Racine-Military-Academy-1933.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Racine College and Racine Military Academy 1933 application<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Racine-College-Mercury-Reunion-Edition-1939.pdf\" rel=\"\">Racine College Mercury Reunion Edition 1939<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Racine High School<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Racine_High_School_Senior_Annual_1909_smaller.pdf\">Racine_High_School_Senior_Annual_1909_smaller<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Racine_High_School_Senior_Annual_1911.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Racine High School Senior Annual 1911<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Kipikawi_Yearbook_1915_from_Racine_High_School,_Racine,_Wisconsin,_USA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1915 Kipikawi, Racine High School yearbook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Kipikawi_1920.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1920 Kipikawi, Racine High School yearbook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Kipikawi_1925,_yearbook_of_the_class_of_1925,_Racine_High_School,_Racine,_Wisconsin,_United_States.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1925 Kipikawi, Racine High School yearbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Directories Polk&#8217;s Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1921-1922, Racine section only, OCR&#8217;d and searchable Prairie Farmer&#8217;s Reliable Directory of Farmers and Breeders for Kenosha and Racine Counties, 1919 Racine Advocate city and county residence and business directory of Racine, Wisconsin 1876 Young and Co.&#8217;s Business and Professional Directories, 1902 Racine City Directory 1921 Eugene&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt 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