Finding Tools
- for Milwaukee Public Library collections and unique resources

Business Journal Index
With over 1,000 pages, the Bus iness Journal Index cites business topics spanning the greater Milwaukee region.  Originally maintained as a card file, business librarians created and used this resource during the 1980s and 1990s. The citations are arranged by topic in alphabetical order.  

Historic Annual Report Index
More than 800 companies with almost 2000 entries comprise the Wisconsin Business Annual Reports Collection.  This collection spans six decades and concentrates on Wisconsin-based companies.

Historic Photo Collection
The Historic Photo Collection is the main portion of the Historic Photo Archives, housed in the Humanities Department at the Central Library. This collection consists of thousands of photos from Milwaukee’s history, ranging in date from the late 19th century through the latter part of the 20th century.

Milwaukee History Clipping Index
This subject listing of people, places, events, etc. represents newspaper articles “clipped” from Milwaukee area newspapers published mainly in the middle to late 20th century.

Trostel Collection of German Theater Scripts
This collection of more than 1500 plays in German dates from 1865 to 1936 and was used by the German Theater stock company in Milwaukee.  Named in honor of Albert O. Trostel, they were donated to the Milwaukee Public Library by his widow, Clara Uihlein Trostel.

Wisconsin Artists Index
The Wisconsin Artists Index was compiled by indexing over 40 books about Wisconsin art and artists and contains over 2300 citations.

Wisconsin Land Ownership Map and Plat Book Index
The Milwaukee Public Library has an extensive collection of plat books and maps showing property ownership for the entire state of Wisconsin. These land ownership books and maps range from 1858 until the present. The index lists the Wisconsin land ownership map and plat book holdings that are part of the library’s collection.