Historical List of Michigan Governors

• Covers 1837 to the present
• Includes name, party, and dates
• Links to biographies on the web as found

Historical Research on Social Justice Issues (UMich)

• Extensive annotated bibliography of digital and traditional archival material in the State of Michigan on minorities, urban problems, labor, mental health issues, and poverty
• Sections on local records and institutions within the state divided into five historical periods
• Written by Sally Haines Lawler of the UMich Social Work Library

Julian Samora Research Institute (Michigan State Univ)

• Numerous on-line research studies on the social, economic, and health conditions of Latinos in the United States
• Special focus on the Midwest, including data on migrant workers and Latino history in Michigan

Kappler's Indian Affairs and Treaties (Okla.State Univ)

• Text of U.S. treaties with Indian tribes between 1778 and 1883
• Indexed by year, alphabetically by treaty name and tribe
• Search engine by keyword with a relevancy ranking for search results

Local Societies and Historical Organizations

• List of historical associations and state/local archives by city
• Maintained by the Historical Society of Michigan

Making of Modern Michigan (MSU)

• Photographs, family papers, oral histories, genealogical materials on Michigan history contributed by 52 member libraries
• Searchable via keyword, subject, institutional contributor

Michigan County Histories and Atlases (UMich)

• Some 430 digitized Michigan county histories and atlases published before 1923
• Browsable and searchable

Michigan Historic Sites Online (Michigan Historical Center)

• Lists 3000 national and state historic sites
• Photo tour arranged by type of site (city halls, bridges, lighthouses, etc.)
• Searchable data base not working on Feb. 21, 2000

Michigan Historical Center

• K-12 teaching materials on Michigan history
• Links to the State Archives, State Geologist, and Michigan Historical Museum

Michigan Historical Museum System (State Archives)

• Map showing historical museums in Michigan
• Links to visitor information

Michigan History (Michigan Manual)

• Compact history of the State of Michigan from territorial days to present
• HTML chapters cover pre-Europeans to the New Millennium
• Chronology and bibliography

Michigan History Magazine

• Bimonthly magazine on Michigan History
• Full text is not on the web but the archives lists issue providing county histories
• Printed copy available in Graduate Library (F 561 .M45)

State Archives

• Holdings of state and local records
• Services provided
• Archival Circulars provide a list of the state materials available

Today in History (Library of Congress

• Michigan became a state on January 26, 1837
• Web page from Library of Congress provides brief 19th Century history of the state and links to its collections of digitized books and maps

Grace York, Coordinator, Documents Center
The University of Michigan Library
Graphics by Sherry Piontek and Barbara Perles

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/michhis.html