Description: Some years ago the Library of Michigan assembled a team of noted historians to construct a list of essential works of Michigan history. Certainly more recent works could also qualify but these titles should not be overlooked merely due to being older.
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Last updated: May 13, 2011, 7:48 am

1

Book

• The Women's Great Lakes reader (2000)
• Call number: 977.03 Wo
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2

Book

• The Old Northwest; pioneer period, 1815-1840. (1950)
• Buley, R. Carlyle 1893-1968.
• Call number: 977 Bu Vol.1 vol. 1, 977 Bu Vol.2 vol. 2
• Added to list on May 13, 2011, 7:36 am
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3

Book

• Waiting for the morning train : an American boyhood, (1972)
• Catton, Bruce, 1899-1978.
• Call number: 921 Catton, Bruce
• Added to list on May 13, 2011, 7:37 am
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4

Book

• Rites of conquest : the history and culture of Michigan's Native Americans (1992)
• Cleland, Charles E., 1936-
• Call number: 970.474 Cl , R 970.474 Cl
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5

Book

• People of the three fires : the Ottawa, Potawatomi and Ojibway of Michigan (1986)
• Clifton, James A.
• Call number: Y 970.474 Cl
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6

Book

• State of war : Michigan in World War Ⅱ (1979)
• Clive, Alan, 1944-
• Call number: 977.404 Cl
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7

Book

• Detroit : race and uneven development (1987)
• Call number: 977.434 De
• Added to list on May 13, 2011, 7:39 am
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8

Book

• All aboard! / : a history of railroads in Michigan. (1969)
• Dunbar, Willis Frederick, 1902-
• Call number: 385.09 Du
• Added to list on May 13, 2011, 7:40 am
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9

Book

• Michigan : a history of the Wolverine State (1995)
• Dunbar, Willis Frederick, 1902-
• Call number: 977.4 Du , R 977.4 Du
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10

Book

• Frontier metropolis : picturing early Detroit, 1701-1838 (2001)
• Dunnigan, Brian Leigh.
• Call number: R 977.434 Du
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11

Book

• Buildings of Michigan (1992)
• Eckert, Kathryn Bishop.
• Call number: R 720.977 Ec
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12

Book

• Expanding the frontiers of civil rights : Michigan, 1948-1968 (2000)
• Fine, Sidney, 1920- .
• Call number: 342.085 Fi
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13

Book

• Frank Murphy (1975)
• Fine, Sidney, 1920-
• Call number: 921 Murphy, Frank V.1, 921 Murphy, Frank V.2, 921 Murphy, Frank V.3
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14

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• Violence in the model city : the Cavanagh administration, race relations, and the Detroit riot of 1967 (1989)
• Fine, Sidney, 1920-
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Book

• The Territory of Michigan (1805-1837) (1970)
• Gilpin, Alec Richard, 1920-
• Call number: 977.4 Gi
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16

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• The War of 1812 in the old Northwest (1958)
• Gilpin, Alec Richard, 1920-
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17

Book

• Retrieving Michigan's buried past : the archaeology of the Great Lakes state (1999)
• Call number: 977.4 Re
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18

Book

• The northern lights : lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes (1995)
• Hyde, Charles K., 1945- .
• Call number: 387.155 Hy
• Added to list on May 13, 2011, 7:46 am
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Book

• Eighty acres : elegy for a family farm (1990)
• Jager, Ronald.
• Call number: 977.466 Ja
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20

Book

• Deep woods frontier : a history of logging in northern Michigan (1989)
• Karamanski, Theodore J., 1953-
• Call number: 634.982 Ka
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