Harris Palmer Research Library

Harris Palmer Research Library Home to the recorded history of Burnett County WI

03/24/2026

Home to the recorded history of Burnett County WI

 Interesting finds at the history library…We have an album in our library that will delight people who attended one of ...
02/04/2026

 Interesting finds at the history library…

We have an album in our library that will delight people who attended one of the counties elementary schools. Agnes O’Brien, a teacher known to many, kept an album of her students from 1926 to 1971. The first page highlights her own photo in 1926 when she was a teacher at Leef school. She was Agnes Mickelson at that time. Most of the students are identified by name in her album.

From 1926 to 31 she taught at Orange school and saved photos of the school house and several students attending at that time. Her later years were spent teaching at Webster State Graded School with fellow teachers, Mrs. Israel, and Thelma Bruce, as well as the principal Fred Lundberg. She also taught eight months at Gaslyn Creek School during World War II, and Scott School in 1940-41, finishing her 31 year career at Danbury Elementary from 1958 to 1971. Individual photos of elementary students from each school preserve an interesting story of school life in a past generation.

The history library is open to the public on Wednesdays from 10 to 3 if you wish to take a look at this album. We also have several Webster and Siren High School yearbooks for guests to enjoy, as well as as a file with information about most of the rural schools that dotted in the county long ago.

Do you know any of these people? We have a photo in the archives of Burnett County Research Library of the school held ...
08/27/2025

Do you know any of these people? We have a photo in the archives of Burnett County Research Library of the school held in the Lutheran Church in Falun WI, 1909. If you know any of the children, please comment below.

05/29/2024

Our resort project took us to Larsen Family Public library on April 18,to present general information on the “Lost Resorts of Burnett County.” We were greeted by a large group of people, many of whom were former resort owners or visitors to resorts in the area. Several of our guests brought information to share with us which proved to be very interesting and made for a lively discussion time. So many memories were shared by all.

Since that visit, we have received more contributions which we are carefully cataloguing in our individual resort files. If you would like to know more about resorts or are able to provide additional information, please stop to see us at Harris Palmer Research History Library. We are open on Wednesdays from 10-3.
We would like to thank Larsen Family Library and Sherill Summer for making our visit possible.

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8500 County Road U
Danbury, WI
54830

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