MeL Michigana

Introducing…

Part of the Michigan eLibrary

Developed by the Library of Michigan

With generous support from the State of Michigan

and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

MeL Michigana: your window into Michigan's past

From the earliest days of European settlers

To the events of our own lifetimes

MeL Michigana The people

The places

MeL Michigana Michigan works

Michigan plays

Michigan grows up

Photographs

Maps

Letters and diaries

Oral history interviews

®  Labor leaders and union members Collected by Wayne's Walter P. Reuther Library

®  Michigan Supreme Court justices Collected by the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society

®  Grand Haven area local history Collected by the Loutit District Library

®  Monroe County oral histories Collected by the Monroe County Library System

®  And more!

Newspapers

Sheet music

MeL Michigana Collections

Panoramic maps of Michigan Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University

Civil War Diaries Western Michigan University Libraries

Early Detroit Images Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

John Todd Photography Collection Portage District Library

Grand Haven Area Oral History Loutit District Library

Michigan County Histories Collection A project of the Michigan Council of Library Directors

Polar Bear Expedition Digital Collections: Documenting the American military intervention in northern Russia, 1918-19 Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan

Great Lakes Shipping Collection Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Virtual Motor City – Detroit News Collection Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University

War of 1812 Collection Monroe Co. Library System & Monroe Co. Historical Commission

Multi-gallery Collections

u The Archives of Michigan u The Making of Modern Michigan u Upper Peninsula Collections

Archives of Michigan Selected collections from Seeking Michigan

Michigan Lighthouses

Early Photographs

Michigan Governors

Civil War Soldiers

Michigan Architecture

Michigan Music

Michigan Towns

Michigan Oral Histories

WPA Property Inventories

Civil War Regiments

The Making of Modern Michigan Including contributions from 55 libraries statewide

Upper Peninsula Collections Contributions from 16 UP libraries & historical societies

MeL Michigana

www.mel.org/michigana

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Slideshow created and narrated by

Ruth Ann Jones Michigan State University

Libraries March 2009