History, Culture and Social Science

  For questions that can be answered with short, factual responses. 

Local History

• CADL’s Local History Web Page

Databases * 

• The Making of Modern Michigan – The Making of Modern Michigan is a collaborative project involving more than 50 Michigan libraries. It includes local history materials from communities around the state. Michigan's unique heritage is represented through photographs, family papers, oral histories, genealogical materials, and much more.
• Sanborn Maps – Historical maps (1867 - 1970) of Michigan towns and cities, including Lansing, Leslie, Mason, Stockbridge, and Willamston.

eMedia *

• Countries and Their Cultures
• Eyewitness History: World War II

     More History, Culture & Social Science eBooks

Library Events

• History

Community Resources

• Historical Society of Greater Lansing
• Friends of Historic Meridian 

     More Community Resources

Items from our Collection

• Ingham County History
• Women's  History

Selected Magazines

• Michigan History
• Current History
        For more see our catalog

Websites

• Seeking Michigan  Documents, maps, films, images, oral histories and artifacts on Michigan history.
• History Section of the Internet Public Library
• PBS History Page
  
  This photo and others available from The Making of Modern Michigan  from the Forest Parke Library & Archives:  Mrs. S. L. Papineau and daughters c. 1890