State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Office of Local History.

The Office of Local History was established in 1960 to provide a more systematic program of assistance to a growing number of affiliates. Administratively the office reported first to the director of the Historical Society, then was moved to the Museum Division (WIHV86-A2049) in 1968, to the Division of Development and State Relations in 1979, and to the Division of Public History (WIHV97-A89) in 1996. The office works with local historical societies throughout Wisconsin and with their state organization, the Wisconsin Council for Local History. In Wisconsin State Archives' database entries, the above form of name is used for all appropriate records dating 1962-present.