Books Relevant to Madison History

  • Naming of Madison and Dane County and the Location of the Capital
        by Lyman C. Draper, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1872
  • A History of Madison, the Capital of Wisconsin:
        including the Four Lakes Country to July, l874

        by Daniel S. Durrie, Atwood & Culver, 1874
  • Madison, Dane County, the Surrounding Town: Being a History and Guide
        by Wm. J. Park, ISBN 977.583 M265, 1877
  • History of Dane County
        by Butterfield, C. W. Western Historical Co., 1880
  • History of Dane County
        by Elisha W. Keyes, Western Historical Association, ISBN 977.583 K52h, 1906
  • Story of the Democrat
        by Roland Strand, Webcrafters Inc., 1948, 1973
  • Story of Shorewood Hills
        by Shorewood Hills History Committee, 1958
  • The Storey of Madison 1836 - 1900
        by Reuben Gold Thwaites
  • Maple Bluff, Madison's Beautiful North Shore Suburb
        by Douglas McLean, 1974
  • A Taste of Old Madison
        977.584 H17t by Lynne Hamel, Wisconsin Tales & Trails, 1974
  • Sandstone and Buffalo Robes, Madison's Historic Buildings.
        by Leigh Mollenhoff Madison Landmarks Commission, 1975
  • The Journal of Historic Madison
        by Historic Madison Inc., 1975-to date
  • The Prairie Style on Madison's Near East Side
        by Gordon Orr, 1976
  • Williamson Street, An Historical Survey and Walking Tour Guide
        by Gary Tipler Madison Landmarks Commission, 1978
  • Walking and Biking Through the Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood
        by Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood Association, 1979
  • City of Monona: Its Landmarks and Heritage
        by Monona Landmarks Commission, 1980
  • Mansion Hill: Glimpses of Madison's Silk Stocking District
        (N. Pinckney & E. Gorham Streets) by Gary Tipler, 1981
  • Madison: A History of the Formative Years (up to 1920)
        by David Mollenhoff Kendal/Hunt Publishing Co., 1982;
        2nd Ed. University Wisconsin Press, 2003
  • Native American Mounds in Madison and Dane County
        by Birmingham and Rankin Madison Landmarks Commission, 1994
  • Memories of Madison: Hallie Lou's Scrapbook
        by Blum, Hallie Lou Whitefield 1996
  • Forest Hill Cemetery: A Biographical Guide to the Ordinary
        and the Famous Who Shaped Madison and the World

        by Historic Madison Inc. ISBN 0-9728665-0-7, 1996
  • The Historic Resources of Downtown Madison
        by Katherine Rankin, Historic Preservation Task Force, 1997
  • Our Four Lakes: Their Legends, Sites & Secrets
        by Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association, 1997 & 2001
  • A Wisconsin Fifteen
        edited by J. Kevin Graffagnino, State Historical Society, 1998
  • Wisconsin's Past and Present: A Historical Atlas
        by The Wisconsin Cartographers Guild, 1998
  • Back to Beginnings: The Early Days of Dane County
        by Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, 1998
  • History of Wisconsin, Volume IV: The Progressive Era
        by State Historical Society, 1999
  • Shorewood Hills: An Illustrated History
        by Thomas D. Brock, 1999
  • Frank Lloyd Wright's Monona Terrace: The Enduring Power of a Civic Vision
        by David Mollenhoff and Mary Jane Hamilton, University of Wisconsin Press, 1999
  • Bishops to Bootleggers: A Biographical Guide to Resurrection Cemetery.
        More of the Ordinary and the Famous Who Shaped Madison and the World

        by Historic Madison Inc. ISBN: 0-9728665-1-5, 1999
  • Double Take: A Rephotographic Survey of Madison, Wisconsin
        by Zane Williams, ISBN 0-299-17820-X University of Wisconsin Press, 2002
  • Dane County Historical Society: A Guide to Historic Sites brochure
        P.O. Box 5003, Madison, WI 53705


  • Books specific to the University of Wisconsin
  • Fraternity Life at Wisconsin
        by Wisconsin Interfraternity Association, circa 1960
  • A University Remembers
        by Edwin Broun Fred, University of Wisconsin Press, 1969
  • "Seeing" the University of Wisconsin-Madison Today
        by McCoy, Fred, and Oimoen, UW Foundation, 1978
  • A History of Housing at The University of Wisconsin
        by Barry Teicher and John W. Jenkins, University of Wisconsin Press, 1987
  • The University of Wisconsin: A Pictorial History
        by Arthur Hove, University of Wisconsin Press, 1991
  • The Old Red Gym: Gateway to the Future
        by The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, 1994
  • The Buildings of the University of Wisconsin
        by Jim Feldman, The University Archives, 1997

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