Laura Ingalls Wilder: Start Your Research Here by Sarah Uthoff

Most of the places that Laura Ingalls Wilder lived now has a museum in her honor. Many of these produce a newsletter and have built an archive. See a list of contact information for the various sites below. The bulk of the Rose Wilder Lane/ Rose Wilder Lane papers reside in the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa. They were donated to the archive because Rose Wilder Lane was the first biographer of Herbert Hoover. Be sure to also check the William Holtz collection of papers that he used in his Lane research. Additional materials are held by the Laura Ingalls Wilder/Rose Wilder Lane Museum in Mansfield, Missouri and the Western Historical Manuscript Collection in Columbia, Missouri. Most of the WHMA Wilder-Lane collection has been microfilmed and the film is available for rental. Additional materials were gifted during the women's lifetime including donations to the Laura Ingalls Wilder children's room of the Pomona Public Library in Pomona, California and Laura Ingalls Wilder Branch Library in Detroit, Michigan.

If there is no e-mail listed that organization has a contact form on their website.

• Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society, Inc., 306 3rd Street (PO Box 269), Pepin WI  54759
  (Museum) (715) 513-9115 http://lauraingallspepin.com/
  (Laura Days) (715) 255-0718 http://www.lauradays.org/
  (Town) (715) 442-3011  http://www.pepinwisconsin.com

• Little House on the Prairie Site, 2507 CR 3000, Independence KS  67301
  (620) 289-4238 http://www.littlehouseontheprairiemuseum.com
• Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, 330 8^th St., Walnut Grove MN 56180
  1-800-528-7280 lauramuseum@walnutgrove.org https://walnutgrove.org/museum/

• Wilder Pageant Committee, 11505 Crown Avenue P.O. Box 313, Walnut Grove MN  56180
  1-888-859-3102  (507) 859-2174 wgpageant@gmail.com, https://walnutgrove.org/pageant/

• Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum, 3603 236^th Avenue, Burr Oak IA 52101
  (563) 735-5916 museum@lauraingallswilder.us, http://www.lauraingallswilder.us/

• Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society, P.O. Box 426 De Smet SD 57231
  1-800-880-3383 or (605) 854-3383 info@discoverlaura.org, https://discoverlaura.org/

• Ingalls Homestead, 20812 Homestead Road, De Smet, South Dakota 57231
  1-800-776-3594 http://www.ingallshomestead.com,
• Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant Society , P.O. Box 154, De Smet SD 57231
  1-800-880-3383 or 1-800-776-3594 http://www.desmetpageant.org

• Laura Ingalls Wilder/ Rose Wilder Lane Home and Museum, 3068 Highway A,Mansfield, MO 65704 
  (417) 924-3626 or 1-877-924-7126 liwhome@getgoin.net, http://www.lauraingallswilderhome.com                         
• Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder Association, P.O Box 283, 177 Stacy Road, Malone, NY 12953-0283
  (518) 483-1207  or 1-866-438-FARM farm@almanzowilderfarm.com  , http://www.almanzowilderfarm.com/

•  Iowa School for the Blind and Sight Saving School/Mary Ingalls Society, Vinton, Iowa
  Currently the school is closed and we're unsure of future developments. The grounds are open including the perfect photo opportunity in front of the school and the Mary Ingalls Site sign.

• Home of Almanzo’s Parents: Spring Valley Methodist Church Museum, 220 W. Courtland St. Spring Valley, MN 55975
  507-346-7659 wilderinspringvalley@hotmail.com, https://springvalleymnhistory.org

• Keystone Area Historical Society, 410 3rd Street, Keystone SD 57751 keygadfly@aol.com,  http://www.keystonehistory.com/  (605) 666-4494