Manuscript collections are not arranged topically - they are arranged by the entity that created them.
Therefore, a key question for the researcher is often: Who would have collected the information I am interested in?
Use Search@UW to find materials held in Special Collections at Murphy Library.
Note that you may want to use the "Special Collections and ARC Materials Statewide" search profile, and then further limit search results from there.
Use the search terms "oral history" or "vertical file" to find oral histories or vertical files held at Murphy Library Special Collections.
Bring a call number with you when you visit Special Collections.
Wisconsin Descriptive Finding Aids Search
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/wiarchives/
When you use the Search function you can limit to materials held at UW-La Crosse.
The full Finding Aids are accessible online through this site.
Once you have identified a specific box you want to access, bring that information when you visit Special Collections.
1. Murphy Library Digital Collections: digitalcollections.uwlax.edu
Try the Simple Search function using: Publications Related to La Crosse
2. La Crosse History Unbound: lacrossehistory.org
3. La Crosse Public Library Digital Collections: publicrescarta.lacrosselibrary.org
4. University of Wisconsin Digital Collections (UWDC): search.library.wisc.edu/search/digital
5. Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS): wisconsinhistory.org and: wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/
6. Recollection Wisconsin: recollectionwisconsin.org