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Online Michigan History Resources
Library of Michigan Resources
- Library of Michigan Digital: https://lmdigital.libraryofmichigan.org/
- Michigan Authors and Illustrators: https://libraryofmichigan.state.mi.us/Authors/
- Michigan Legislative Biography Database: https://mdoe.state.mi.us/legislators
Online Michigan History Resources
- Digital Michigan Newspaper Portal: https://www.cmich.edu/research/clarke-historical-library/services/digmich-newspaper-preservation/newspaper-digitization-and-microfilming
- Early Michigan Imprints: Gerald M Kline Digital & Multimedia Center | MSU Libraries | MSU Libraries
- HathiTrust Digital Library: https://www.hathitrust.org/
- Library of Congress Digital Collections: https://www.loc.gov/collections/
- Library of Congress - Michigan: State Resource Guide: https://guides.loc.gov/michigan-state-guide
- Library of Congress - Michigan: Local History & Genealogy Resource Guide: https://guides.loc.gov/michigan-local-history-genealogy
- Making of Modern Michigan: https://mmm.lib.msu.edu/
- Michigan Biographical Index: https://michlist.com/index.html
- Michigan Black History Bibliography: http://mbhb.reuther.wayne.edu/about
- Michigan County histories: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/
- Michigan Oral History Database Portal: https://www.database.michiganoha.org/index.php
- Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections: https://libguides.lib.msu.edu/c.php?g=95889&p=624851
- Michiganology: https://michiganology.org/
- Native Land Digital: https://native-land.ca/
- The Newberry Library - Michigan: Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/pages/Michigan.html
Other Michigan Digital Collections
- Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database: https://alpenalibrary.org/special-collections/great-lakes-maritime/
- City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center: https://grandrapidsmicityarchives.omeka.net/
- CMU Clarke Historical Library Explore Online: https://www.cmich.edu/research/clarke-historical-library/explore-collection/explore-online
- Detroit historical Society Online Collections: https://detroithistorical.org/collections/about-collections
- Detroit Public Library Digital Collections: https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/
- Forest Parke Library & Archives (CADL): https://www.cadl.org/research-learn/local-history/about-and-tips
- Grand Rapids Public Library Digital Collections: https://digital.grpl.org/
- Grand Valley State University Digital Collections: https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/
- Great Lakes Historical Society Virtual Content: https://nmgl.org/virtual-content/
- The Henry Ford Archive of American Innovation Digital Collections: https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections
- Kalamazoo Public Library Local History Online: https://www.kpl.gov/local-history/online/
- Michigan State University Libraries Digital Repository Collections: https://d.lib.msu.edu/
- Michigan Tech University J. Robert Van Pelt and John and Ruanne Opie Library University Archives and Historical Collections: https://www.mtu.edu/library/archives/
- Public Libraries of Saginaw Maxwell K. Pribil Digital History Collection: https://library.biblioboard.com/curation/7829ce71-34e9-4976-8479-f0740450bee8
- University of Michigan Library Digital Collections: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/lib/colllist/
- Upper Peninsula Digital Network: https://uplink.nmu.edu/
- Wayne State University Digital Collections: https://digital.library.wayne.edu/collections
- Western Michigan University Libraries Digital Collections: https://wmich.edu/library/find#digital
Updated: 3/18/2023