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National History Day is a
​project-based history contest for students in middle and high school.  You can join Wisconsin’s National History Day here.

 “BREAKING BARRIERS”–  THE 2020 NATIONAL HISTORY DAY THEME
​      and the Door County Bookmobile

 The Door County Bookmobile is highlighted in this year’s National History Day theme: “Breaking Barriers.”  
How could a bookmobile break barriers? Well, in the 1950's, rural areas of Wisconsin lacked the resources and support to build libraries in each town or village. Bookmobiles became an innovative idea (barrier breaker) to bring reading materials to the more remote parts of the state, breaking the geographic, cultural and socioeconomic barriers to education and demonstrating the Wisconsin Idea in action. But it wasn't just the bookmobile vehicle that broke the barriers, it was the people behind the idea, the people who fought to turn the concept of  'free library service for everyone, anywhere' into a reality. Who were those people and how did their vision impact our communities? Join National History Day 2020 and take the challenge to explore the rich history of how Bookmobile Service in Door County and beyond broke barriers to make history. Share your explorations and discoveries with the Egg Harbor Historical Society History on the Move project here 

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News Articles and more...

• Listen to the Door County Bookmobile segment on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Wisconsin Life. 
• Last Driver Remembers Bookmobile Days
• Wisconsin 101: Door County Bookmobile​
• ​Door County Bookmobile Added to Wisconsin 101 Project List
• PLAY Bingo for Bookmobile
• New Life Sharing Old Stories: County Bookmobile Awaits Third Restoration
• Wanted: Door County Bookmobile Memories

Interior of the Door County Bookmobile

THE BOOKMOBILE
IS ON THE MAP as an official object of Wisconsin history
The  Door County Bookmobile now has designation as a Wisconsin Historical Object in the statewide, collaborative public history project: WISCONSIN 101 Our History in Objects. 

 A map on the Wisconsin 101 website features the places of origin for all the objects in the Wisconsin 101 online collection, each telling a set of interconnected stories about Wisconsin’s history, people, and places. The project now proudly includes Door County as a pin on the map and two Object History essays of the Door County Bookmobile. Explore the Project and Read the Bookmobile submissions here: WISCONSIN 101Our History in Objects.

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On the Air!  As a segment on Wisconsin Public Radio's 'Wisconsin Life'

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