The Whitefish Bay Public Library houses the Mimi Bird Historical Collection. Mimi Bird was a resident of Whitefish Bay since the age of four.  In the 1980’s Mimi researched the history of the community during which she compiled materials on the area, photographed homes, businesses and landmarks, and organized it all into a set of thirty-nine volumes which she donated to the Library.

 The Milwaukee Historical Society recognized Mimi for her outstanding work and in her Milwaukee Journal Sentinel obituary she was praised as “the undisputed expert on local history, both in the village and the greater North Shore area.”

 Few communities have such an historical treasure. The volumes are available for supervised viewing and are kept in the Mimi Bird memorial bookcase next to the Adult Reference Desk of the Whitefish Bay Public Library.

 Volume 1: Town of Milwaukee settlers, 1850-1880. A-L
Volume 2: Town of Milwaukee settlers, 1850-1880. M-Z
Volume 3: Whitefish Bay censuses : 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1892, 1905, 1910
Volume 4: Town of Milwaukee cemetery : 1917-1988 records
Volume 5: Whitefish Bay in the 1890s
Volume 6 : Whitefish Bay’s first 60 years : 1892-1952
Volume 7 : Former Whitefish Bay homes and buildings
Volume 8 : Whitefish Bay homes 1860-1899
Volume 9 : Whitefish Bay homes 1900-1916
Volume 10: Whitefish Bay homes, 1916-1922
Volume 11: Home development in Whitefish Bay post 1922
Volume 12: Silver Spring businesses 100 west to 400 east
Volume 13: Silver Spring businesses 500 east to 700 east
Volume 14: Other business areas in Whitefish Bay
Volume 15: Streets of Whitefish Bay
Volume 16: Streets of Whitefish Bay
Volume 17: Streets of Whitefish Bay
Volume 18: Whitefish Bay parks and recreation areas
Volume 19: Shore land erosion in Whitefish Bay
Volume 20: Parking and parking lots in Whitefish Bay. Urban transportation
Volume 21: Sanitary engineering in Whitefish Bay
Volume 22: Construction of Highway 141
Volume 23: Whitefish Bay school history
Volume 24: Whitefish Bay school history
Volume 25: Churches and organizations in Whitefish Bay
Volume 26: Municipal departments of Whitefish Bay
Volume 27: Whitefish Bay municipal government
Volume 28: People of Whitefish Bay
Volume 29: Whitefish Bay’s Centennial Week July 4^th to 11^th 1992
Volume 30: Trees of the North Shore area
Volume 31: History and people of Glendale
Volume 32: Glendale’s old homes
Volume 33: Glendale schools, churches, and temples
Volume 34: Glendale municipal departments
Volume 35: Glendale’s miscellaneous roads and businesses
Volume 36: Glendale—Green Bay Road
Volume 37: Village of Bayside history
Volume 38: Village of Fox Point history
Volume 39: River Hills history including historic houses and barns