{"id":32698,"date":"2022-05-12T08:26:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T13:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/libraries\/?page_id=32698"},"modified":"2026-10-02T10:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:05:09","slug":"ask","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/libraries\/archives-special\/ask\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Archives and Special Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row uwm-l-row--3\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to the Archives and Special Collections reference service. To ask a question about our collections or services, please email <a href=\"mailto:askarch@uwm.edu\">askarch@uwm.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Archives and Special Collections does not charge for providing reference information about its collections, the repository, or other repositories. However, to partially recover staff costs, we do charge for research into our collections. We will notify you if your inquiry will require payment, and then provide you with the opportunity to agree to payment. 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>Cura\u00e7ao<\/option><option value='CY' >Cyprus<\/option><option value='CZ' >Czechia<\/option><option value='DK' >Denmark<\/option><option value='DJ' >Djibouti<\/option><option value='DM' >Dominica<\/option><option value='DO' >Dominican Republic<\/option><option value='EC' >Ecuador<\/option><option value='EG' >Egypt<\/option><option value='SV' >El Salvador<\/option><option value='GQ' >Equatorial Guinea<\/option><option value='ER' >Eritrea<\/option><option value='EE' >Estonia<\/option><option value='SZ' >Eswatini<\/option><option value='ET' >Ethiopia<\/option><option value='FK' >Falkland Islands<\/option><option value='FO' >Faroe Islands<\/option><option value='FJ' >Fiji<\/option><option value='FI' >Finland<\/option><option value='FR' >France<\/option><option value='GF' >French Guiana<\/option><option value='PF' >French Polynesia<\/option><option value='TF' >French Southern Territories<\/option><option value='GA' >Gabon<\/option><option value='GM' >Gambia<\/option><option value='GE' 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Man<\/option><option value='IL' >Israel<\/option><option value='IT' >Italy<\/option><option value='JM' >Jamaica<\/option><option value='JP' >Japan<\/option><option value='JE' >Jersey<\/option><option value='JO' >Jordan<\/option><option value='KZ' >Kazakhstan<\/option><option value='KE' >Kenya<\/option><option value='KI' >Kiribati<\/option><option value='KP' >Korea, Democratic People&#039;s Republic of<\/option><option value='KR' >Korea, Republic of<\/option><option value='KW' >Kuwait<\/option><option value='KG' >Kyrgyzstan<\/option><option value='LA' >Lao People&#039;s Democratic Republic<\/option><option value='LV' >Latvia<\/option><option value='LB' >Lebanon<\/option><option value='LS' >Lesotho<\/option><option value='LR' >Liberia<\/option><option value='LY' >Libya<\/option><option value='LI' >Liechtenstein<\/option><option value='LT' >Lithuania<\/option><option value='LU' >Luxembourg<\/option><option value='MO' >Macao<\/option><option value='MG' >Madagascar<\/option><option value='MW' >Malawi<\/option><option value='MY' >Malaysia<\/option><option value='MV' >Maldives<\/option><option value='ML' >Mali<\/option><option value='MT' >Malta<\/option><option value='MH' >Marshall Islands<\/option><option value='MQ' >Martinique<\/option><option value='MR' >Mauritania<\/option><option value='MU' >Mauritius<\/option><option value='YT' >Mayotte<\/option><option value='MX' >Mexico<\/option><option value='FM' >Micronesia<\/option><option value='MD' >Moldova<\/option><option value='MC' >Monaco<\/option><option value='MN' >Mongolia<\/option><option value='ME' >Montenegro<\/option><option value='MS' >Montserrat<\/option><option value='MA' >Morocco<\/option><option value='MZ' >Mozambique<\/option><option value='MM' >Myanmar<\/option><option value='NA' >Namibia<\/option><option value='NR' >Nauru<\/option><option value='NP' >Nepal<\/option><option value='NL' >Netherlands<\/option><option value='NC' >New Caledonia<\/option><option value='NZ' >New Zealand<\/option><option 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Africa<\/option><option value='GS' >South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands<\/option><option value='SS' >South Sudan<\/option><option value='ES' >Spain<\/option><option value='LK' >Sri Lanka<\/option><option value='SD' >Sudan<\/option><option value='SR' >Suriname<\/option><option value='SJ' >Svalbard and Jan Mayen<\/option><option value='SE' >Sweden<\/option><option value='CH' >Switzerland<\/option><option value='SY' >Syria Arab Republic<\/option><option value='TW' >Taiwan<\/option><option value='TJ' >Tajikistan<\/option><option value='TZ' >Tanzania, the United Republic of<\/option><option value='TH' >Thailand<\/option><option value='TL' >Timor-Leste<\/option><option value='TG' >Togo<\/option><option value='TK' >Tokelau<\/option><option value='TO' >Tonga<\/option><option value='TT' >Trinidad and Tobago<\/option><option value='TN' >Tunisia<\/option><option value='TR' >T\u00fcrkiye<\/option><option value='TM' >Turkmenistan<\/option><option value='TC' >Turks and Caicos 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