Wisconsin Historical Society

Agency of the State of Wisconsin, United States

Christian W. Øverland, Ruth and Hartley Baker Director

Parent agencyState of WisconsinWebsitewisconsinhistory.org

The Wisconsin Historical Society (officially the State Historical Society of Wisconsin) is simultaneously a state agency and a private membership organization whose purpose is to maintain, promote and spread knowledge relating to the history of North America, with an emphasis on the state of Wisconsin and the trans-Allegheny West.^[1] Founded in 1846 and chartered in 1853, it is the oldest historical society in the United States to receive continuous public funding.^[2]^[3] The society's headquarters are located in Madison, Wisconsin, on the campus of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

The Wisconsin Historical Society's building in Madison was designed by Ferry & Clas.

Organization

The Wisconsin Historical Society is organized into four divisions: the Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections, the Division of Museums and Historic Sites, the Division of Historic Preservation-Public History, and the Division of Administrative Services.

Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections

The Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections collects and maintains books and documents about the history of Wisconsin, the United States, and Canada. The society's library and archives, which together serve as the library of American history for the University of Wisconsin–Madison, contain nearly four million items, making the society's collection the largest in the world dedicated exclusively to North American history.^[1]^[4] The Wisconsin Historical Society's extensive newspaper collection is the second largest in the United States after the Library of Congress.^[5]^[6]^[7] Visual materials in the archives include some three million photographs, negatives, films, architectural drawings, cartoons, lithographs, posters, and a variety of visual ephemera.^[8] The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research is also housed within the division.^[9] The society's archives also serve as the official repository for state and local government records.^[2] The society coordinates an Area Research Center Network, an alliance between the Historical Society in Madison and four-year campuses of the University of Wisconsin System throughout the state and the Northern Great Lakes History Center in Ashland, to make most of the archival collections accessible to state residents. The society's museum collections are maintained in the Collections Division containing objects relating to Wisconsin history.

Division of Museums and Historic Sites

The Division of Museums and Historic Sites operates the Wisconsin Historical Museum in downtown Madison and 11 historic sites throughout the state. The museum has an archaeology program in collaboration with the Department of Transportation and the Department of Natural Resources that undertakes research, and collects and preserves historical artifacts.^[10] The other historic sites are tourist attractions that display historic buildings reflecting Wisconsin history and provide exhibitions and demonstrations of state history, such as ethnic settlement, mining, farming, fur trading, transportation, and pioneering life.

Villa Louis Historic Site, Prairie du Chien, which is operated by the Society

Historic Site	Location
Black Point Estate	Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Circus World Museum	Baraboo, Wisconsin
First Capitol	Belmont, Wisconsin
H. H. Bennett Studio	Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Madeline Island Museum	La Pointe, Wisconsin
Old World Wisconsin	Eagle, Wisconsin
Pendarvis	Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Reed School	Neillsville, Wisconsin
Stonefield	Cassville, Wisconsin
Sylvanus Wade House	Greenbush, Wisconsin
Villa Louis	Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

Division of Historic Preservation-Public History

The Division of Historic Preservation-Public History administers the state's historic preservation program,^[2] the state's burial sites preservation program, and the Wisconsin Historical Society Press, which publishes books on Wisconsin and American history and a quarterly magazine, the Wisconsin Magazine of History. The division also provides outreach to local historical societies.

Wisconsin Magazine of History

The Wisconsin Magazine of History (ISSN 1943-7366) is a quarterly journal published by the WHS since September 1917.^[11] The society maintains a fully digitized archive that contains more than 2,000 feature articles totaling more than 30,000 pages.^[12]

Division of Administrative Services

The Division of Administrative Services provides support and planning for the WHS and its divisions.

The society's website include a large, searchable collection of historical images and a vast digital archive containing thousands of scanned documents relating to Wisconsin history.

Wisconsin Historical Society employees are employees of the State of Wisconsin.^[13]

Notable people

John Givan Davis Mack, professor of engineering and curator of the WHS library^[14]
F. Gerald Ham, former Wisconsin state archivist and director of the Division of Library-Archives^[15]

References

^ ^a ^b "Bucerius Seminar 2005: American History and American Archives" (PDF). German Historical Institute Bulletin (38). German Historical Institute: 139. Spring 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2010. the Wisconsin Historical Society, which is impressive both as a building and as an institution. It is the largest library for American history, it functions as a state archive, it is the premier place to do research on Wisconsin
^ ^a ^b ^c Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1985). "The Executive Branch". State of Wisconsin 1985–1986 Blue Book. Madison: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. p. 460. Founded in 1846 and chartered in 1853, the State Historical Society of Wisconsin is the nation's oldest historical society to receive continuing grants of state funds
^ About page at the Wisconsin Historical Society website.
^ "Wisconsin Historical Society" at www.madison.com.
^ Cates, Jo A. (2004). Journalism: A Guide to the Reference Literature. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing. p. 251. ISBN 9781591580614.
^ Newspapers for Genealogy from the Wisconsin Historical Society
^ Newspaper & Periodicals Collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society
^ Visual Materials and Films in Our Collections
^ "About Us". Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
^ Wisconsin Historical Society. About the Division of Museums and Historic Sites".
^ Schumacher, Ryan (January 2013). "The Wisconsin Magazine of History: A Case Study in Scholarly and Popular Approaches to American State Historical Society Publishing, 1917–2000". Journal of Scholarly Publishing. 44 (2): 114–141. doi:10.3138/jsp.44.2.002. ISSN 1198-9742.
^ "About the Wisconsin Magazine of History Archives". Wisconsin Historical Society. October 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
^ WHS job announcement from 2010
^ On the Presentation of the Mack Portrait to the State Historical Society. The Wisconsin Magazine of History, vol. 8, no. 1 (September, 1924), pp. 74–77.
^ John Fleckner, "F. Gerald Ham: Jeremiah to the Profession," American Archivist 77, no. 2 (2014): 377–393

External links

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Official website
Wisconsin Magazine of History archive of scholarly articles
Legislators' Guide to the Wisconsin Historical Society
Historical Society in The Buildings of the University of Wisconsin
Teachinghistory.org review of WHS website, American Journeys

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Line Barrens and Forest Cranberry Creek Mound Group Crandon Ribbed Fen Crex Sand Prairie Crooked Lake Wetlands Cudahy Woods Cylon Dalles of the St. Croix River Day Lake Deansville Fen Deer Creek Tamarack Bog Deer Fly Swamp Deer Island Deer Mountain Dells of the Eau Claire River Dells of the Wisconsin River Detroit Harbor Devil's Backbone Devil's Lake Oak Forest Devine Lake & Mishonagon Creek Dewey Heights Prairie Dewey Marsh Diamond Lake Diamond Roof Doering Woods Dorothy Lake Dory's Bog and Hunt Hill Drummond Woods Dry Lake Dunbar Barrens Dunn Lake Dunnville Barrens Dupage Lake Peatlands Durst Rockshelter Dwight's Point and Pokegama Wetlands Eagle Centre Prairie Eagle Eye Eagle Oak Opening East Bluff East Fork Chippewa River East Fork of the Black River Echo Lake Eighteen Mile Creek Ekdall Wetlands Elk River Valley Ellison Bluff Emmons Creek Barrens Empire Prairies Empire Swamp English Lake Hemlocks Enterprise Hemlocks Ericson Creek Forest and Wetlands Eureka Maple Woods Europe Bay Woods Fair Meadows Fairy Chasm Fairyland Farmington Bottoms Faville Prairie Fern Dell Gorge Ferry Bluff Finnerud Pine Forest Fish Lake Meadow Fish Lake Pines Five Mile Barrens Five-Mile Bluff Prairie Flambeau River Hardwood Forest Flambeau Wetlands Flat Lake Flora Spring Pond Flume Creek Cedars Forbes Springs Fort McCoy Foulds Creek Fountain Creek Wet Prairie Fourmile Island Rookery Fox Maple Woods Franklin and Butternut Lakes Franklin Savanna French Creek Fen French Creek North Frog Lake and Pines Gasner Hollow Prairie Genesse Oak Opening and Fen Germain Hemlocks Germania Wet Prairie Ghost Lake Giant White Pine Grove Gibraltar Rock Glenn Creek Barrens Glocke Lake Gobler Lake Goose Lake Goose Lake Drumlins Gotham Jack Pine Barrens Grand Island Grandma Lake Grassy Lake Great River Trail Prairies Hagar Mountain Haley Creek Swamp Half Moon Bottoms Hanson Lake Wetlands Hardscrabble Prairie Haskell Noyes Memorial Woods Hawkins Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Hawkinson Creek Wet Prairie Haymeadow Creek Haymeadow Flowage Headwater Lakes Hedmark Pines Hemlock Draw High Cliff Escarpment Highway K Woods Hiles Wetlands Hog Island Tamaracks Hogback Prairie Holland Red Maple Swamp Holland Sand Prairie Holmboe Conifer Forest Honey Creek Hook Lake Bog Hortonville Bog Houghton Falls Hub City Bog Huiras Lake Hulburt Creek Woods Hunting River Alders Inch Lake Interstate Lowland Forest Ipswich Prairie Island Lake Hemlocks Jackson Creek Woods Jackson Harbor Ridges Jackson Marsh Jay Creek Pine Forest Jean Brunet Woods Jefferson Tamarack Swamp Johnson Falls Johnson Hill Kame Johnson Lake Barrens Jones Lake Jump River Woods Jung Hemlock-Beech Forest Kamrath Creek Forest and Fen Kangaroo Lake Karcher Springs Karner Blue Meadow Keller Whitcomb Creek Woods Kelly Lake Hemlocks Kelly Lynn Bog Kentuck Lake Kessler Railroad Prairie Ketchum Creek Pines Kettle Hole Woods Kettle Moraine Low Prairie Kettle Moraine Oak Opening Kettle Moraine Red Oaks Kewaskum Maple-Oak Woods Kickapoo Valley Reserve Kickapoo Wild Woods Kidrick Swamp Kieper Creek Kingston Pines Kinnickinnic River Gorge and Delta Kinnickinnic Wet Prairie Kirby Lake Hardwoods Kissick Alkaline Bog Lake Kohler Park Dunes Kohler-Peet Barrens Koro Prairie Koshkonong Corners Kroenke Lake Krueger Pines Kurtz Woods La Crosse River Trail Prairie LaFave Swamp Lake Alva Birch-Hemlock Lake Evelyn Lake Helane Lake Lackawanna Lake Laura Hardwoods Lake Noquebay Sedge Meadow Lake of the Pines Conifer-Hardwoods Lake Owen Hardwoods Lake Two Pines Lampson Moraine Pines LaSage Bottoms Lauterman Lake Lawin Sedge Meadow Lawrence Creek Lawrence Lake Lawrence Prairie Lawrence Lake Lemonweir Bottomland Hardwood Forest Lily Lake Lima Bog Limery Ridge Savanna Little Bear Hemlocks Little Lake Little Willow Drumlin Little Wolf River Lodde's Mill Bluff Lodi Marsh Logan Creek Loon Lake Woods Lost Canoe Lost Creek Bog Lost Lake Lost Lake Esker Lower Chippewa River Lower Narrows Lower Tomahawk River Pines LTC Old Growth Forest Lulu Lake Lunch Creek Wetlands Magnolia Bluff Maiden Rock Bluff Marinette County Beech Forest Marsh Miller Cedars Marshall's Point Martin's Woods Mary Lake Mayville Ledge Beech-Maple Woods Mazomanie Bottoms Mazomanie Oak Barrens McCarthy Lake and Cedars McCaslin Mountain McGilvra Woods Mead Conifer Bogs Meadow Valley Barrens Mecan River Pine-Oak Forest Mecan Springs Memorial Grove Hemlocks Meridian Park Midway Railroad Prairie Mill Bluff Millston Sand Barrens Millville Oak Woodlands Milwaukee River and Swamp Milwaukee River Floodplain Forest Milwaukee River Tamarack Lowlands and Dundee Kame Minito Lake Mink River Mirror Lake Pine Oak Forest Miscauno Cedar Swamp Mondeaux Hardwoods Moonlight Bay Bedrock Beach Moose Lake Moose River Cedar Hills Moquah Barrens Morgan Coulee Prairie Motts Ravine Mount Pisgah Hemlock-Hardwoods Mountain Lake Mud Lake Mud Lake - Radley Creek Savanna Mud Lake Bog Mud Lake Fen and Wet Prairie Mud Lake Forest and Ponds Muddy Creek Sedge Meadow Muehl Springs Muir Park Mukwa Bottomland Forest Mukwonago River Mullet Creek White Cedar Wetland Muralt Bluff Prairie Muskego Park Hardwoods Myklebust Lake Namekagon Barrens Namekagon Fen Natural Bridge and Rockshelter Navarino Cedar Swamp Navarino Sedge Meadow Necedah Oak-Pine Forest Necedah Oak-Pine Savanna Neda Mine Nell Lake Nelligan Lake Nelson-Trevino Bottoms Nemadji River Floodplain Forest New Auburn Sedge Meadow New Hope Pines New Munster Bog Island New Observatory Woods Newark Road Prairie Newport Conifer-Hardwoods Nichols Creek Cedars and Springs Nichols Creek East Cedars Nine Mile Island Nipissing Swamp Nixon Lake No Name Lake North Bay North Bend Wet Prairie North Branch Bottoms North Country Trail Hardwoods North Fork Eau Claire River North Fork Pines North of North Shattuck Lake North Otter Creek North Pikes Creek Boreal Forest North Pikes Creek Boreal Forest Northeast Lake Norway Point Bottomlands Nourse Sugarbush Oakfield Ledge Oakfield Railroad Prairie Observatory Hill Ohmart Wetlands Oliver Prairie Olson Oak 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River Swamp Tichigan Springs and Fen Tiffany Bottoms Toft Point Tomahawk Lake Hemlocks Totagatic Highlands Hemlocks Totogan Pines Tower Hill Bottoms Town Corner Cedars Town Line Lake and Woods Toy Lake Swamp Trade River Forest and Wetlands Tranus Lake Trempealeau Mountain Trempealeau River Meadow Trenton Bluff Prairie Trout Lake Conifer Swamp Trout River Tucker Lake Hemlocks Tula Lake Tunnel Channel Woods Tunnelville Cliffs Turtle Flambeau Peatlands Twin Lakes Bog Two Creeks Buried Forest Two Lakes Pine-Oak Forest Upper Black River Upper Brunet River Upper Buckatabon Springs Upper Fox Headwaters Upper Kaubashine Creek Upper Little Wolf Upper Nemadji River Floodplain Forest Upper Tomahawk River Pines Van Loon Floodplain Forest Van Loon Floodplain Savanna Van Vliet Hemlocks Vosse Coulee Wabikon Lake Ward/Swartz Decatur Woods Warnimont Bluff Fens Washburn Marsh Waterloo Prairie Waterloo Quartzite Outcrops Waubesa Wetlands Waupee Lake Swamp Waupun Park Maple Forest Wauzeka Bottoms Wedde Creek Savanna Weir White Oaks Wheeler Lake White Cliff Fen and Forest White River Boreal Forest White River Breaks White River Prairie Tamarack White River Sedge Meadow Whitefish Dunes Whitman Bottoms Floodplain Forest Wildcat Ridge Wilson Lake Winchester Meadow Wind Pudding Wisconsin Slough Wolf River Bottoms Woodland Dunes Woodman Lake Sand Prairie & Dead Lake Woods Creek Wyalusing Hardwood Forest Wyalusing Walnut Forest Yellow River Floodplain Forest Yellow River Ice-walled Lake Plain Yellow River Oxbows Yellowstone Savanna York Prairie Young Prairie
State Recreation Areas	Cadiz Springs Chippewa Moraine Fischer Creek Hoffman Hills Menominee River Richard Bong
State Forests	Black River Brule River Coulee Experimental Flambeau River Governor Knowles Havenwoods Kettle Moraine - Lapham Peak Unit Kettle Moraine - Loew Lake Unit Kettle Moraine - Northern & Southern Units Kettle Moraine - Pike Lake Unit Northern Highland-American Legion Peshtigo River Point Beach
State Historical Sites	Black Point Estate Circus World Museum First Capitol H. H. Bennett Studio Madeline Island Museum Old World Wisconsin Pendarvis Reed School Stonefield Villa Louis Wade House
State Wildlife Areas	Ackley Adell Albany Allenton Amberg Amsterdam Sloughs Augusta Avon Bottoms Badfish Creek Balsam Branch Barker Creek Bear Lake Beaver Brook Bierbrauer Big Beaver Creek Big Muskego Lake Big Swamp Bill Cross Blackhawk Lake Bloomfield Borst Valley Brillion Brooklyn Brusky Buckhorn Buena Vista Burlington C.D. Besadny Casey Lake Chief River Chimney Rock Clam Lake Clay Corners Clover Valley Colburn Collins Marsh Crex Meadows Cylon Marsh Cylon Deansville Deer Creek Dell Creek Deppe Dewey Marsh Dike 17 Douglas County Dover Dunnville Eau Galle River Eldorado Emerald Valley Evansville Fish Lake Flat Creek Footville French Creek Galbraith Gardner Swamp Germania Marsh Gilbert Creek Goose Lake (Burnett County) Goose Lake (Dane County) Goose Pond Grand River Marsh Grassy Lake (Barron County) Grassy Lake (Columbia County) Green Bay West Shores Greenwood Hacker Drive Hay Creek Hay Creek-Hoffman Lake Hay River Highway 144 Highway T Holland Honey Creek Streambank Honey Creek Hook Lake Bog-Grass Lake Hoosier Creek Horicon Marsh Jackson Marsh Jaeger's Island Jefferson Marsh Jennings Creek Joel Marsh Johnson Karcher Kickapoo River Bell Center Kickapoo River Wauzeka Unit Kiel Marsh Killsnake Kimberly Clark Kinnickinnic River Oscar Lee Kinnickinnic River Potton Kinnickinnic River Headwaters Kinnickinnic River South Fork Kissick Swamp Knapp Creek Koshkonong Lake Mills Lake Noquebay Lake Pepin Lakes Coulee Lambs Creek Lawrence Creek Leola Marsh Liberty Creek Lightning Creek Lima Marsh Little Rice Lodi Marsh Loon Lake Lundy Pond Lyons Mack Maine Manion Mashek Creek McAdams McKenzie Creek McMillan Marsh Mead Meadow Valley Morgan Marsh Mount Hope Mud Lake (Columbia County) Mud Lake (Dane County) Mud Lake (Dodge County) Muddy Creek Mukwa Mullet Creek Nagel Namekagon Barrens Navarino New Auburn New Munster New Wood Nichols Creek North Bend Bottoms North Branch Milwaukee River Oakridge Oden Omer Springs Otter Creek Outagamie Paradise Marsh Paradise Valley Paul J. Olson Pershing Peshtigo Brook Peter Helland Peters Marsh Pierce County Islands Pine Island Pleasant Valley Potato Creek Powell Marsh Poygan Marsh Prince's Point Quaderer's Creek Rat River Ray Ray Morrison Memorial Rice Beds Creek Ridgeville Rock Falls Rome Pond Rush River Sampson Sandhill Schmit Scuppernong River Sette Shaw Marsh Sheboygan Marsh Silvernail South Beaver Creek Spring Creek St. Croix Islands Star Prairie Seed Farm Storrs Lake Straight Lake Swan Lake Sweeny Pond Swinging Gate Tamarack Creek Ten Mile Creek (Rusk County) Ten Mile Creek (Saint Croix County) Theresa Marsh Thunder Lake Tichigan Tiffany Tollefson Marsh Tom Lawin Totagatic Lake Totogatic Town Corner Troy Turtle Creek Turtle Valley Ulrich Underwood Van Loon Vermillion River Vernon Vosse Coulee Washington Creek Waterloo Waunakee Marsh Weirgor Springs West Taylor Whalen Creek White River White River Marsh Whitman Dam Willow River Wind Lake Wolf River Bottoms Herb Behnke Wolf River Bottoms LaSage Wolf River Wood County Woodboro Lakes Yellow River Yellowstone

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New England	Connecticut Museum of Culture and History Maine Historical Society Massachusetts Historical Society New Hampshire Historical Society Rhode Island Historical Society Vermont Historical Society
Mid-Atlantic	Delaware Historical Society Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Maryland Historical Society New Jersey Historical Society New-York Historical Society Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Midwest

East North Central	Illinois State Historical Society Indiana Historical Society Historical Society of Michigan Ohio History Connection Wisconsin Historical Society
West North Central	State Historical Society of Iowa Kansas Historical Society Minnesota Historical Society State Historical Society of Missouri Missouri Historical Society Nebraska State Historical Society State Historical Society of North Dakota South Dakota State Historical Society

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South Atlantic	Florida Historical Society Georgia Historical Society North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office South Carolina Historical Society Virginia Historical Society West Virginia Division of Culture and History
East South Central	Alabama Historical Commission Kentucky Historical Society Mississippi Historical Society Tennessee Historical Commission
West South Central	Arkansas Historical Association Louisiana Historical Society Oklahoma Historical Society Texas State Historical Association

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Mountain	Arizona Historical Society History Colorado Idaho State Historical Society Montana Historical Society Nevada Historical Society Historical Society of New Mexico Utah State Historical Society Wyoming State Historical Society
Pacific	Alaska Historical Society California Historical Society Hawaiian Historical Society Oregon Historical Society Washington State Historical Society

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Illinois

Chicago	Chicago History Museum Chinese American Museum of Chicago Civil War Roundtable DuSable Museum of African American History Forgotten Chicago Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society Society of American Archivists Society of Architectural Historians Swiss American Historical Society
Others	Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies Clarendon Hills Historical Society Elgin Area Historical Society Illinois Historic Preservation Division Illinois State Historical Society National Amusement Park Historical Association National Collaborative for Women's History Sites Theatre Historical Society of America

Indiana

Michigan

Berrien County Historical Association
International Congress on Medieval Studies
Lake Odessa Area Historical Society
Leelanau Historical Society and Museum
Mason County Historical Society
Oceana County Historical & Genealogical Society
Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship
Society for Medieval German Studies
Society for Industrial Archeology
Ypsilanti Historical Society

Ohio

Cleveland	American Catholic Historical Association Center for Public History and Digital Humanities National Council for History Education Western Reserve Historical Society
Others	Columbus Historical Society Dayton History Marion County Historical Society Montgomery County Historical Society Oberlin Heritage Center Ohio History Connection The Pioneer and Historical Society of Muskingum County Preservation Ohio Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen Summit County Historical Society of Akron, Ohio

Wisconsin

Bay View Historical Society
Economic History Association
Greenfield Historical Society
Milwaukee County Historical Society
National Episcopal Historians and Archivists
Oak Creek Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society

West North Central

Iowa	Cedar Falls Historical Society Preservation Iowa State Historical Society of Iowa
Kansas	Kansas Historical Society
Minnesota	American Society of Church History Iron Range Historical Society Maritime Heritage Minnesota Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame Minnesota Historical Society Northern Great Plains History Conference Norwegian-American Historical Association Red Tail Squadron
Missouri	Boone County Historical Society John Whitmer Historical Association Missouri Folklore Society Missouri Historical Society State Historical Society of Missouri
Nebraska	Douglas County Historical Society Nebraska State Historical Society Plains Historical Society Washington County Historical Association Western History Association
North Dakota	State Historical Society of North Dakota
South Dakota	South Dakota State Historical Society

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