Web Sites
Reference Works | Libraries, Archives, and Manuscript Repositories |
Documentary Sources |
Library Location Codes

Web Sites
Mega Resources:
Sites About Michigan History and Historical Organizations, Groups, Activities, and Resources.

H-Michigan (H-Net) -- "...seeks to feature dialogues in the discipline, publish syllabi, outlines, handouts, bibliographies, tables of contents of journals, guides to term papers, listings of new sources, library catalogs and archives, and reports on new software, datasets and cd-roms." Presents the following resources: Calendar of Events, Internet Links, Organizations, Photographs, Time Lines, Resources, Syllabi, Bibliographies, Michigan Symbols, Exhibitions, and an Index to the Michigan Historical Review.

Michigan American Local History Network (American Local History Network) -- "...a central point of entry to independent web sites with historical or genealogical content."

Michigan County Histories and Atlases -- "comprised of 428 digitized titles (many composed of multiple volumes) published before 1923. The collection offers all members of the community free keyword searching and page-by-page access to digitized reproductions of Michigan county histories and atlases as a resource for historical and genealogical research."

Michigan History (Michigan eLibrary) -- eclectic listing of museums, historical societies, State Historical Parks, and genealogical databases.

Michigan History (University of Michigan Library Documents Center) -- links to online resources

Reference Works
General | Special Topics

General
Bibliographies | Other Reference Works

Bibliographies

Archer, Marion Fuller. The Upper Midwest. Chicago : American Library Association, 1981. 135 p. MAIN Z1251.W5 U8

Bullock, Penelope L. Michigan Bibliographies and Indexes. Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan University [1960]. 30 p. MAIN Z1297 .B8 -- "Survey of bibliographies and indexes...issued between 1921 and 1960."

Dunbar, Willis Frederick. A Guide to Study Michigan. Lansing, Michigan Dept. of Education, Bureau of Educational
Services, Library Division [1967]. 17 p. DOCS MICH DOCS Z1297 .D8 1967

Greer, Phyllis. Michigamee : Materials on Michigan. [Ann Arbor? Mich.] : Michigan Audio-Visual Association ; Ann
Arbor, Mich. : The University of Michigan, Audio-Visual Education Center, 1959. 48 p. MAIN Z1297 .G74

Heezen, Edith Darling .Michigan, A Sesquicentennial Bibliography : Books Available in Special Format Celebrating 150 years of Michigan Statehood. Lansing, Mich. : Library of Michigan, 1987.81 p. DOCS MICH DOCS Z1297 .L52 1987

Humphrys, Clifford Robertson. Water References. [East Lansing : s.n.], 1987. 4 v. OVERSIZED HD1694.M5 H77 1987

Rips, Rae Elizabeth. Michigan in Books: A List Compiled by the Detroit Public Library. Detroit, Detroit Public Library, 1956. 63 p. MAIN Z1297 .D4

Streeter, Floyd Benjamin. Michigan Bibliography. A Partial Catalogue of Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Miscellaneous Materials Relating to the Resources, Development and History of Michigan from Earliest Times to July 1, 1917: Together with Citation of Libraries in which the Materials May Be Consulted, and a Complete Analytical Index By Subject and Author. Lansing, Michigan Historical Commission, 1921. 2 v. MAIN Z1297 .M61

William L. Clements Library. Michigan Through Three Centuries: A Guide to an Exhibition of Books, Maps and Manuscripts in the William L. Clements Library. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1937. 20 p.MAIN Z1297 .M62 & Z881.M624 B8 no.27 no.19-50

William L. Clements Library. One Hundred Michigan Rarities. Ann Arbor, 1950. 32 p. MAIN Z881.M624 B8 no.60

Other Reference Works

Encyclopedia of Michigan:.

• New York : Somerset Publishers, c1989.2nd ed. 693 p. REF F566 .E53 1989
• St. Clair Shores, Mich. : Somerset Publishers, c1999. 2 v. REF F566 .E53 1999

Farmer, Silas:

• History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan: A Chronological Cyclopedia of the Past and Present. Detroit, Gale Research Co., 1969. 1028 p. MAIN F574.D4 F24 1969 -- Reprint of 3d ed., rev. and enl. [Detroit] S. Farmer, 1890.
• The Michigan Book : A State Cyclopedia with Sectional County Maps, Alphabetically Arranged Detroit, Mich. : S. Farmer, c1901. 352 p. SPECIAL F566 .F24 1901
  

Special Topics
Biography | Business/Commerce | Ethnic Groups | Geography | Geology
Government and Politics | History | Labor | Literary
| Military | Newspapers | Printing & Publishing | Women

Biography

Artists in Michigan, 1900-1976 : A Biographical Dictionary. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 1989. 240 p. FA

Barnett, LeRoy and Carolyn Damstra. Makin' Music Lansing, Mich. : Michigan Historical Center, 2002. DOCS MICH DOCS ML3534.3 .B37 2002

Michigan Biographical Dictionary. St. Clair Shores, MI : Somerset Pub., c1998. 2 v. REF CT241 .M53 1998

Michigan Biographical Dictionary : People of All Times and All Places Who Have Been Important to The History and Life of the State.Wilmington, Del. : American Historical Publications, 1991. 199 p. BIO CT241 .M53 1991

Business/Commerce

Baker, Ernest W.A 50-year Adventure in the Advertising Business. Detroit, MI : Distributed by Wayne State University Press, c1999. 261 p. BUS HF5810.B35 B35 1999

Barnett, LeRoy:

• MIning in Michigan : A Catalog of Company Publications, 1845-1980. Marquette : Northern Michigan University Press, 1983. 208 p. MAIN Z6739.M5 B3 1983
• Railroads in Michigan : A Catalog of Company Publications, 1836-1980. Marquette, Mich.: Northern Michigan University Press, 1986. MAIN HE2771.M5 B37 1986

Wilson, Sunnie. Toast of the Town : The Life and Times of Sunnie Wilson. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c1998. 200 p. BUS TX910.5.W58 A3 1998

Winkelman, Stanley J.A Life in the Balance : The Memoirs of Stanley J. Winkelman Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2000. 290 p. MAIN HD9940.U6 W6 2000

Ethnic Groups
African Americans | Hispanic/Latino Americans | Indians/Native Americans

African Americas
Reference Works

African AmericanLlegislators in Michigan, 1893-2000. Lansing, Mich. : Michigan Legislative Black Caucus 1999-2000, [2000] 41 p. DOCS MICH DOCS JK1012 .A37 2000

African American Quiltmaking in Michigan. East Lansing, MI : Michigan State University Press, 1997 162 p. FA NK9112 .A36 1997

African-Americans You Need to Know. Lansing, Mich. : Michigan Historical Center, Dept. of History, Arts and Libraries, 2002. 69 p. DOCS MICH DOCS E185.93.M5 A375 2002

Negroes in Michigan: A Selected Bibliography. [Lansing], Bureau of Library Services.1969. 5 p.MAIN Z1361.N39 N392

Young, Joe, Jr. African American Legislators in Michigan, 1893-2002. [Lansing, Mich.] : J. Young, [2002] 50. p DOCS MICH DOCS JK1012 .A37 2002

Primary Sources

John Novak Digital Interview Collection -- Produced by Marygrove College, this collection "consists of interviews with African-American Detroiters, members of the Black Storytellers Association of Detroit and a participant in the Greensboro Sit-in demonstrations that occurred in February 1960."

McCline, John. Slavery in the Clover Bottoms : John McCline's Narrative of His Life During Slavery and the Civil War. Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1998. MAIN E514.5 13th .M38 1998 -- Memoir of a teenage Tennessee fugitive slave who served in the 13th Thirteenth Michigan Infantry Regiment.

Smith, Otis Milton. Looking Beyond Race : The Life of Otis Milton Smith. Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press, c2000. 257 p. MAIN KF373.S573 A35 2000

Wilson, Sunnie. Toast of the Town : The Life and Times of Sunnie Wilson. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c1998. 200 p. BUS TX910.5.W58 A3 1998

Hispanic/Latino Americans

Marek, Sasha Cesar.An Annotated and Indexed Bibliography of Documents, Reports and Published Materials on Hispanics in Michigan [Lansing] : Michigan Commission on Spanish Speaking Affairs ; [East Lansing] : Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University, [1994?] 63 p. DOCS MICH DOCS & CHAVEZ F575.S75 M3 1994

Valdes, Dennis Nodin. Materials on the History of Latinos in Michigan and the Midwest : An Annotated Bibliography. [S.l.] : D.N. Valdes, c1982. 34 p. CONREF & CHAVEZ F575.S75 V35 1982

Indians/Native Americans

Baierlein, E. R. In the Wilderness with the Red Indians : German Missionary to the Michigan Indians, 1847-1853. Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, c1996. 147 p. MAIN E99.C6 B25313 1996

Encyclopedia of Michigan Indians : Tribes, Nations and People of the Northern Woodlands. St. Clair Shores, Mich. : Somerset, c1998- . 2 v. REF E78.M6 E58 1998

Leasher, Evelyn M. Native Americans in Michigan : A Bibliography of Material in the Clarke Historical Library. Mount Pleasant, Mich. : Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University, 1996. CONREF E78.M6 A14 1996

Magnaghi, Russell M. A Guide to the Indians of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, 1621-1900 Marquette, Mich. : Belle Fontaine Press, c1984. 122 p. MAIN E78.M6 M34 1984

Michigan's Native Americans : A Selective Bibliography Lansing, MI : Library of Michigan, Public Services Division, [1992] 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm.DOCS MICH DOCS E78.M6 M55

United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Michigan Superintendency.

• Annual report of the Acting Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Michigan, made to the Bureau of Indian Affairs at Washington, at the close of the fiscal year, 30th September, 1840 [S.l. : s.n.], 1840 (Detroit : Asahel S. Bagg) MIC Microfiche PAH I 1492
• Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-81 Washington : National Archives, 1959. MIC Microfilm 28040
• Records of the Michigan Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1814-51 Washington : National Archives, 1942. MIC Microfilm 511Guide: MICGUIDE E93 .U935 1976
  

Geography

Berry, Ralph Moore. Special Instructions to Deputy Surveyors in Michigan, 1808-1854 Lansing, MI : Michigan Museum of Surveying, 1990. 379 p. MAIN TA522.M5 B47 1990

Caldwell, Norman C.

• Footsteps : A Biography of the Elected Shiawassee County Surveyors, 1837-1997, and Michigan Statutes Relating to the Office [Owosso, Mich. : N.C. Caldwell], 1997. 348 p. MAIN TA532 .C35 1997
• Surveyors of the Public Lands in Michigan, 1808-2000... with a Brief History of the Public Land Survey System. [Owosso, Mich. : N.C. Caldwell], 2001. 426 p. MAINTA532 .C36 2001
  

Holm, Nancy Peterson. Lake Michigan Bibliography Champaign, IL : Illinois State Geological Survey, 1989. GEOLOGY QE105 .A32 no. 131-132

Karpinski, Louis C. Bibliography of the Printed Maps of Michigan, 1804-1880, With a Series of Over One Hundred Reproductions of Maps Constituting an Historical Atlas of the Great Lakes And Michigan…, Including Discussions of Michigan Maps and Map-Makers… 539 p. GEOLOGY, MAP & SPECIAL Z6027.M62 K2

Miles, William. Michigan Atlases and Plat Books : A Checklist 1872-1973 Lansing : Michigan Dept. of Education, State Library Services, 1975. 178 p. MAIN & MAP Z6027.M62 M5

Morrison, Paul Cross. Geographers' Mirror of Michigan; A Bibliography of Professional Writings. [East Lansing? Michigan State University, Dept. of Geography, 1964] 37 leaves MAIN Z1297 .M68

Romig, Walter. Michigan Place Names : The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 1986. 673.REF, MAIN, & MAP F564 .R6 1986

Wiskemann, Geneva K. and Elizabeth Rademacher. List of Cartographic Records of the Michigan Department of Conservation, Lands Division. Lansing : Michigan Historical Commission Archives, 1962. 4 v.GEOLOGY & DOCS MICH DOCS Z6027.M5 M5 1962

Geology

Kirkby, Edward A.

• Bibliography of Michigan Geology 1818-1965. [s.l. : s.n.], 1967-71. 2 v. GEOLOGY Z6034.U5 M48
• Bibliography of Michigan Geology, 1956-60. Lansing : Michigan Dept. of Conservation, 1961.66 p.MAIN Z6034.U5 M49; GEOLOGY Z6034.U5 M49 & QE125.A1 G2752 no.50
• Geological Map Index of Michigan, 1843-1962. [Lansing] Michigan. Geological Survey Division, 1963. 57 p. GEOLOGY & MAP Z6026.G3 M5

Martin, Helen M. An Index of the Geology of Michigan, 1823-1955. Lansing, Speaker-Hines & Thomas, State printers, 1956] 461 p. GEOLOGY & MAIN QE125.A1 G2752 no.50

Michigan. Geological Survey. Catalog and Table of Contents of the Publications of the Michigan Geological and Biological Survey, with a List of Publications of the United States Geological Survey Relating to Michigan, 1838-1917 Lansing, Michigan Geological Survey, 1918. 30 p. MAIN Z6034.U5 M62 1918

Stewart, Duncan. Michigan Geology : Progress Bibliography. [s.l. : s.n.], 1937-1950. 6 parts in 1 v. GEOLOGY Z6034.U5 M5 1950

Government and Politics

African AmericanLlegislators in Michigan, 1893-2000. Lansing, Mich. : Michigan Legislative Black Caucus 1999-2000, [2000] 41 p. DOCS MICH DOCS JK1012 .A37 2000

Harmon, Robert B. Government and Politics in Michigan : A Selected Guide to Information Sources Monticello, Ill. : Vance Bibliographies, [1990] 26 p. MAIN Z7164.A2 P7 no.2964

Historical List of Michigan Governors (University of Michigan Library Documents Center)

McCabe, Gerard B. A Selected Bibliography of Biographical Sources for the State Governors of Michigan. East Lansing, Mich. : Michigan State University Library, [1959]. [22] leaves MAIN Z1297 .M33

Press, Charles.Selected Bibliography: Michigan Government and Politics. [East Lansing] Institute for Community Development and Services, Michigan State University, 1963. 12 leaves MAIN Z7165.U6 M45 no.1

Turano, Peter J. Michigan State and Local Government and Politics: A Bibliography. Ann Arbor, Bureau of Government, Institute of Public Administration, University of Michigan, 1955. 269 p. MAIN Z7165.U6 M58

Weeks, George. Stewards of The State : The Governors of Michigan

• 1st American ed. [Detroit, Mich.] : The Detroit News ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Historical Society of Michigan, 1987.193 p. OVERSIZED JK5851 .W443 1987
• 2nd ed. rev., expand. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit News ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Historical Society of Michigan, 1991. 203 p BIO F565 .W43 1991
• Ann Arbor, Mich. : Historical Society of Michigan, 1988. 5 sound cassettes VOICE C546 audiocassette

Women in the Michigan Legislature, 1921-2002. Lansing, Mich. : Michigan Legislative Service Bureau, 2002. 11 p. DOCS MICH DOCS & LAW JK5866 .M5 2002

Young, Joe, Jr. African American Legislators in Michigan, 1893-2002. [Lansing, Mich.] : J. Young, [2002] 50. p DOCS MICH DOCS JK1012 .A37 2002

History
Bibliographies | Other Reference Works | Primary Sources

Bibliographies

50 Essential Michigan History Books : What Should I Read To Learn More About Michigan History? [Lansing, MI : Library of Michigan, 2002] 1 folded sheet ([6] p.) DOCS MICH DOCS Z1297 .F555 2002 -- "This list first appeared in the May/June 2002 issue of Michigan History magazine."

Beal, S. W. Michigan Local History Book Review Index. 1961-1985: Selected Citations to Book Reviews and Annotations in the Journals: Michigan History, Michigan In Books, And Detroit In Perspective. Ypsilanti, Mich. : S.W. Beal, c1990.1 microfiche CONREF F566 .M523 1990

Bibliography of Michigan County Histories, With A Report On The Holdings Of 213 Libraries in Michigan and Neighboring States. Ann Arbor, Michigan Historical Collections, University of Michigan [1949] 28, 5 leaves MAIN Z1297 .M63

Chavis, John. A Brief Survey of Theses in Michigan history [Detroit? : s.n., 1959]. 20 p. MAIN Z1297 .C45

Classroom Guide for Michigan History. [Lansing?] : Michigan History Division, Michigan Dept. of State, [1972?] 27 p. MAIN Z1297 .S34

Classroom Guide to Teaching Michigan History. 3rd ed. [Lansing?] : History Division, Michigan Dept. of State, c1980.
33 p.MAIN & DOCS MICH DOCS Z1297 .S34 1980

Cumming, John. A Preliminary Checklist of 19th Century Lithographs of Michigan Cities and Towns. Mount Pleasant, Mich., Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University [c1969] 24 p. MAP Z6027.M62 C8

Greenly, Albert Harry. A Selective Bibliography of Important Books, Pamphlets, and Broadsides Relating to Michigan History. Lunenburg, Vt., Stinehour Press, 1958. 165 p. SPECIAL Z1297 .G7

Hathaway, Richard J.

• Directory of Historical Collections in Michigan. Lansing, Michigan Archivists Association, 1969. 1 v. MAIN Z1297 .H3
  
• Dissertations and Theses in Michigan History.[Lansing, Mich.] : Michigan History Div., Michigan Dept. of State, [1974] 133 p. MAIN Z1297 .H33

MacPhail, Cathy. A Bibliography of Works on the Two Soos and Their Surroundings, Giving Locations of the Libraries Holding Each Title. [Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.] Sault Area International Library Association, 1972. 94 p. MAIN Z1251.G8 M3

Michigan bibliographies Lansing, MI : Library of Michigan, Public Services Division, [1992-1996]

• Early Michigan Diaries and Autobiographies. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm.DOCS MICH DOCS F565 .E157 1992
• The Fur Trade in Michigan's History. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm.DOCS MICH DOCS F566.A1 F85
• Lumbering in Michigan's History. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm.DOCS MICH DOCS SD538.2.M5 L8 1992
• Maps on Microform. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm.DOCS MICH DOCS G1200 .M35
• Michigan Lighthouses. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm.DOCS MICH DOCS VK1024.5.M5 M5252 1992
• Michigan Newspaper Indexes [5] p.DOCS MICH DOCS PN4897.M53 L52 1996
• Michigan's Native Americans : A Selective Bibliography 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm.DOCS MICH DOCS E78.M6 M55

A Michigan Labor History Bibliography. Detroit, Mich. : Michigan Labor History Society, 1985. 24 p. LABOR HD8083.M5 M534 1985

Michigan Historical Records Survey Project:

• Vital Statistics Holdings of Church Archives in Michigan, Wayne County. Detroit, Mich., The Michigan Historical Records Survey Project, 1942. 151 p. REMOTE CD3307.W3 H5

Michigan. State Library Services. Michigan County Histories : A Bibliography Lansing : Michigan Department of Education, States Library Services, 1978. 26 p. MAIN & DOCS MICH DOCS Z1297 .M64 1978
Michigan County Histories: A Bibliography. Lansing, Bureau of Library Services, 1970. 29 p. MAIN Z1297 .M64

Sourcebook of Michigan Census, County Histories and Vital Records. Lansing, Mich. : Library of Michigan, 1986. 176 p. CONREF, DOCS MICH DOCS & LAW F565 .S64 1986

Other Reference Works

Chronology and documentary handbook of the State of Michigan. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. : Oceana Publications, 1978. MAIN F566.5 .C48

Romig, Walter. Michigan Place Names : The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 1986. 673.REF, MAIN, & MAP F564 .R6 1986

Primary Sources

Great Pages of Michigan History from the Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Free Press : Wayne State University Press, 1987. OVERSIZED D F566 .G79 1987

The Making of Michigan, 1820-1860 : a pioneer anthology Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c1990.421 p. MAIN F566 .M35 1990

"Michigan Pioneer & Historical Collections" Vol. 1- 40 (1876-1929) MAIN F 561 .M47 Publishing History:

• Pioneer Collections Vol. 1- 9. Lansing : Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan, 1876-1886.
• Historical Collections. Vol. 10-38.Lansing : Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, 1886-1912.
• Michigan Historical Collections. Vol. 39-40. Lansing : Michigan Historical Commission, 1915-1929.

Labor

Evanoff, Michael W. Crossing the bar : a lawyer's odyssey in quest of the Holy Grail of the law, at home and abroad [Flint, Mich. : Edelweiss Press, c1989.]. 292 p. BUS KF373.E87 A3 1989

Flint Sit-Down Strike Audio Gallery

Labor Laws. [Lansing], Published by the Legislative Service Bureau for the Dept. of Labor. (1913,1919,1929,1938,1940-1942,1945,1967,1974) MAIN HD 7835 .M5 A4

Michigan. Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics. Annual report of the Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics. [Lansing, Mich. : The Bureau], (Lansing : W.S. George & Co., state printers). REMOTE (1884-1888,1890); MAIN (1892-1908); MIC Microfiche (1884-1900) HC107.M5 A29

Michigan. Dept. of Labor:

• Annual report of the Department of Labor of the State of Michigan. [Lansing, Mich. : The Dept.], 1910-1919 ; (Lansing : Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co.). 1909-1919. MAIN HC107.M5 A3
• Annual report - Department of Labor. [Lansing] Dept. of Labor.] 1951-1965 MAIN HC107.M5 A3
• Annual report of the Michigan Department of Labor. [S.l. : s.n.], 1965/1966-1974/1975;1977) MAIN HC107.M5 A31
  

A Michigan Labor History Bibliography. Detroit, Mich. : Michigan Labor History Society, 1985. 24 p. LABOR HD8083.M5 M534 1985

Literary

Beasecker, Robert. Michigan in the Novel, 1816-1996 : An Annotated Bibliography. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c1998. 382 p. CONREF PS283.M5 B4 1998

Black, Albert George. Michigan Novels: An Annotated Bibliography. [Ann Arbor] Michigan Council of Teachers of English [1963] 64 p. MAIN Z1297 .B53

Goodrich, Madge Vriehuis Knevels.A Bibliography of Michigan Authors. Richmond, Richmond press, inc., printers, 1928. 222 p. MAIN Z1297 .G65

Jager, Joanne. Michigan in Fiction. Lansing : Michigan Dept. of Education, State Library Services, 1976. MAIN & DOCS MICH DOCS Z1231.F4 J3

Michigan Authors Hillsdale, Mich. : Published by Hillsdale Educational Publishers in cooperation with the Michigan Association for Media in Education, 1993. 3rd ed. 439 p. BIO & SPECIAL PS283.M5 H5 1993

Michigan Association for Media in Education. Michigan Authors. Ann Arbor, Mich. : Michigan Association for Media in Education, c1980. 2d. ed. 340 p. MAIN PS283.M5 H5 1980

Yaple, Henry M. Spartan Poets : A Preliminary Checklist, 1855-1978. East Lansing : Michigan State University Libraries, 1978. 49 p. MAIN Z1298 .E3

Military
Reference Works | Primary Sources

Reference Works

Brown, Ida C.Michigan Men in the Civil War

• [Ann Arbor] University of Michigan [1959] 31 p. MAIN F561 .M492 no.9
• Supplement [Ann Arbor] : University of Michigan, 1960. 26 p. MAIN F561.M492 no.9 suppl., no.1
• Supplement 2 [Ann Arbor] : University of Michigan, 1966. 31 p. MAIN F561.M492 no.9 suppl., no.2
• [Ann Arbor] : University of Michigan, 1977. 138 p.MAIN F561.M492 no.27

Ellis, Helen H. Michigan in the Civil War: A Guide to the Material in Detroit Newspapers, 1861-1866. Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission [1965] 404 p. MAIN & DOCS MICH DOCS Z1297 .E4

May, George S. Michigan Civil War History: An Annotated Bibliography. Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1961. 128 p. MAIN Z1242 .M3

Michigan's Early Military Forces : A Roster and History of Troops Activated Prior to the American Civil War / rosters Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2003. 518 p.MAIN UA260 .M53 2003

Michigan National Guard (U.S. Army Center of Military History)

Primary Sources

Kidd, James Harvey. At Custer's Side : The Civil War Writings of James Harvey Kidd.Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2001. 140 p. MAIN E514.6 6th .K4 2001

McCline, John. Slavery in the Clover Bottoms : John McCline's Narrative of His Life During Slavery and the Civil War. Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1998. MAIN E514.5 13th .M38 1998 -- Memoir of a teenage Tennessee fugitive slave who served in the 13th Thirteenth Michigan Infantry Regiment.

Newspapers

Brown, Elizabeth Read. A Union List of Newspapers Published in Michigan Based on the Principal Newspaper Collections in the State With Notes Concerning Papers Not Located. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Dept. of Library Science, 1954. FILM 1679

Michigan Newspaper Indexes Lansing, MI : Library of Michigan, Public Services Division, [1996] [5] p.DOCS MICH DOCS PN4897.M53 L52 1996

Michigan Newspapers : Preliminary Bibliography : A Partial Listing of Michigan Newspapers Based upon a Survey of Public Libraries and Newspaper Offices in the State of Michigan. Lansing : State Dept. of Education, Michigan State Library, Michigan Unit, 1966. 28 p. MICGUIDE Z6945 .M474

Michigan Newspapers on Microfilm. Lansing, Michigan Department of Education, State Library Services, 1969-1986 [some issues missing] MAIN, SPECIAL & MICGUIDE Z 6952 .M5 M5

Newspaper Resources in Michigan (MNP) and Nationally (Library of Michigan) -- lists information on Locating Newspapers in Michigan via WorldCat, Newspaper Preservation Resources, Obtaining Microfilm Copies of
Michigan Newspapers, and The United States Newspaper Program.

Newspapers on Microfilm : Holdings of the Clarke Historical Library MAIN PN4897.M53 C53 1990

Printing & Publishing

Historical Records Survey (U.S.) Preliminary Check List of Michigan Imprints, 1796-1850. New York, Kraus Reprint Corp., 1964. 224 p.MAIN Z1215 .H67 no.52

McMurtrie, Douglas C.

• Early Printing in Michigan, With a Bibliography of the Issues of the Michigan Press, 1796-1850. Chicago, John Calhoun Club, 1931. 351 p SPECIAL Z209.M59 M2 1931a
• Pioneer Printing in Michigan. [Springfield, Ill., 1933] [4] p. SPECIAL Z209.M59 M23 1933 -- "...reprinted from the October, 1932, issue of National Printer Journalist."

Preliminary Check List of Michigan Imprints, 1796-1850. New York, Kraus Reprint Corp., 1964. 224 p. MAIN Z1215 .H67 no.52 -- Reprinted from the original edition, Detroit, Michigan, Michigan Historical Records Survey Project, 1942.

Women

Harley, Rachel Brett and Betty MacDowell. Michigan Women Firsts and Founders. Lansing, Mich. : Michigan Women's Studies Association, c1992. BIO CT3260 .H34 1992

Miller, Tekla Dennison. The Warden Wore Pink. Brunswick, Maine : Biddle Pub. Co., c1996. 240 p. MAIN HV9468.M55 A3 1996 -- recounts a 20 year career in corrections, culminating in Miller's appointment as warden of a men’s maximum security prison.

Some Notable Women of the Albion, Michigan Area. [Albion, Mich.] : Ablion Branch of the American Association of University Women, c1998. 145 p. MAIN CT3260 .S66 1998

Weddon, Willah. Michigan Press Women : Today and Yesterday. Stockbridge, MI : Weddon Press, 1996. 169 p. MAIN PN4897.M39 W43 1996

Women in the Michigan Legislature, 1921-2002. Lansing, Mich. : Michigan Legislative Service Bureau, 2002. 11 p. DOCS & LAW MICH DOCS JK5866 .M5 2002

Guides to Libraries, Archives, and Manuscript Repositories
General Guides | Individual Repositories

General Guides

Burnham, Phyllis B.Guide to the Regional History Collections. Kalamazoo : Western Michigan University, 1966.
28 p. MAIN Z1297 .B87; Supplement 1966 39 p. MAIN Z1297 .B87 Suppl.

Stevens, Wystan. Directory of Historical Collections and Societies in Michigan. Ann Arbor : Historical Society of Michigan with the support of the Michigan Council for the Arts, 1973. 98 p. MAIN Z1297 .S7

Individual Repositories

Bentley Historical Library (University of Michigan)

• Bulletin Nos. 1- [Ann Arbor] Michigan Historical Collections, University of Michigan, 1947-. MAIN F561 .M492
• An Enduring Gift : The Bentley Historical Library, Keeper of Michigan's History. Ann Arbor, Mich. : Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical Library, the University of Michigan, c1983. 20 p.MAIN F561 .M492 no.32
  
• The Governors of Michigan, 1835-1991 : A Brief Guide to Papers of Governors of the State of Michigan Held by the Bentley Historical Library of the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor : The Library, 1994. 28 p. MAIN F561 .M492 no.41
  
• Hill, May Davis. Telltale Photographs : The Stoner Railroad Collection, the Michigan Historical Collections Ann Arbor, Mich. : Michigan Historical Collections/Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, 1981. 32 p. MAIN F561 .M492 no.30
  
• Koehler, Kathleen, Christine Weideman, and Marjorie Barritt.. The Board of Regents of the University of Michigan : a guide to the resources in the Bentley Historical Library Ann Arbor : Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, c1996. 36 p. CONREF LD3251 .K64 1996
  
• Powers, Thomas E. and William H. McNitt. Guide to manuscripts in the Bentley Historical Library. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan, 1976. 392 p. CONREF F566 .B46 1976
• Warner, Robert M. Guide to Manuscripts in the Michigan Historical Collections of the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan Historical Collections, 1963. 315 p. MAIN Z6621.M626 A5

Clarke Historical Library

• Arthur M. Fish. The Clarke Historical Collection, with a List of Michigan Imprints. Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan College Press, 1956. 46 p. MAIN & SPECIAL Z881 .M59
• Leasher, Evelyn M. Native Americans in Michigan : A Bibliography of Material in the Clarke Historical Library. Mount Pleasant, Mich. : Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University, 1996. CONREF E78.M6 A14 1996
• Newspapers on Microfilm : Holdings of the Clarke Historical Library MAIN PN4897.M53 C53 1990
• The Reed Draper Collection of Angling Books in the Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Mount Pleasant, [Mich. : s.n.], 1969. 44, 12 leaves OVERSIZED Z5971 .M5

Detroit Public Library:

• Burton Historical Collection
  • Oldenburg, Joseph F.A Genealogical Guide to the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public LibrarySalt Lake City, UT : Ancestry Pub., c1988. 106 p. CONREF CS47 .O54 1988
    
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Gerald R. Ford Library [Ann Arbor] and Museum [Grand Rapids]

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Library of Michigan

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State Archives of Michigan

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Walter P. Reuther Library (Wayne State University)

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Boggs, Grace Lee. Living for Change : An Autobiography. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1998. 301 p MAIN F574.D49 C53 1998 -- Detroit Chinese-American activist

Douglass, Ruth. "Time by Moments Steals Away" : The 1848 Journal of Ruth Douglass. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c1998. 133 p. MAIN CT275.D8676 R66 1998 -- "' illuminates a pioneer woman's life, as briefly lived in a fascinating
place—Lake Superior's Isle Royale."

Evanoff, Michael W. Crossing the bar : a lawyer's odyssey in quest of the Holy Grail of the law, at home and abroad [Flint, Mich. : Edelweiss Press, c1989.]. 292 p. BUS KF373.E87 A3 1989 -- law was involved in the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936-1937

Fleming, R. W. Tempests Into Rainbows : Managing Turbulence. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1996. 280 p. MAIN LD3275.F54 A3 1996 -- former president of the University of Michigan and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Graham, Adeline and Julia Graham. Adeline and Julia : Growing Up in Michigan and on the Kansas Frontier : Diaries from 19th-century America. East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2000. 237 p. MAIN F574.B47 G73 2000 -- Annotated diaries of two young sisters, Adeline and Julia Graham, written during their adolescent years growing up in Berrien Springs, Michigan in the 1880s. Also includes Julia's diary from the year she spent homesteading with three other young women on the Kansas frontier.

L (L. B. Adams). Letter from Washington, 1863-1865. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c1999. 369 p. MAIN E628 .L25 1999 -- Excerpts from the author's newspaper column which originally appeared in the Detroit Advertiser and Tribune.

Newth, Rebecca. Milk Horses : A Memoir. Fayetteville [Ark.] : Lost Creek Press, 1998. SPECIAL PS3564.E93 Z5 1998

Seglem, Elling. Diaries of an Isle Royale Fisherman. Houghton, Mich. : Isle Royale Natural History Association, c2002. 183 p. MAIN F572.I8 S44 2002 -- "Writings dated: 1919-1932."