The Burnett County Historical Society's Research Library houses a rich collection of records that document the history of Burnett County and its surrounding areas, both before and after county boundaries were established.

The collection includes manuscripts, newspapers, ledgers, photographs, maps, microfilm, microfiche, indexes, scrapbooks, recorded and written interviews, booklets, and various other historical materials.

The Research Library is open on Wednesdays from 10am to 3pm, year round. Come visit!

INTERESTING FINDS IN THE HISTORY LIBRARY

We have an album in our library that will delight people who attended one of the county’s elementary schools. Agnes L. O’Brien, a teacher known to many, kept an album of her students from 1926-1971. 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 1926-31, 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 Bruss, as well as the principal, Fred Lundberg. She also taught 8 months at Gaslyn Creek School During WW II, and Scott School in 1940-41, finishing her 31-year career at Danbury Elementary from 1958-1971. 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 10-3 if you’d 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 a file with information about most of the rural schools that dotted the county long ago.

Harris Palmer Research Library

The history library is open to the public on Wednesdays from 10-3 if you’d 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 a file with information about most of the rural schools that dotted the county long ago.

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