1. MeL
Michigana
Introducing…

2. Part of
the Michigan eLibrary

3. Developed
by the
Library of
Michigan
With generous
support from
the State of
Michigan
and the Institute
of Museum and

4. MeL Michigana:
your window into Michigan's past

5. From the earliest days of European
settlers

6. To the events of our own lifetimes

7. MeL Michigana
The people

8. The places

9. MeL Michigana
Michigan works

10. Michigan plays

11. Michigan
grows up

12. Photographs

13. Maps

14. Letters
and diaries

15. 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!

16. Newspapers

17. Sheet music

18. MeL Michigana Collections

19. Panoramic maps of Michigan
Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University

20. Civil War Diaries
Western Michigan University Libraries

21. Early Detroit Images
Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

22. John Todd Photography Collection
Portage District Library

23. Grand Haven Area Oral History
Loutit District Library

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

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

26. Great Lakes Shipping Collection
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

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

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

29. Multi-gallery Collections
u The Archives of Michigan
u The Making of Modern Michigan
u Upper Peninsula Collections

30. 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

31. The Making of Modern Michigan
Including contributions from 55 libraries statewide

32. Upper Peninsula Collections
Contributions from 16 UP libraries & historical
societies

33. MeL Michigana
www.mel.org/
michigana
Visit today!

34. Slideshow created and narrated
by
Ruth Ann Jones
Michigan State University
Libraries
March 2009