Michigan Newspaper
Michigan Newspaper Project
Description of the Michigan Newspaper Family Histories: Lists of Newspapers by cities with a graphical representation of title changes, ceased publication, mergers, and other such changes. ... Locating newspaper holdings in the State of Michigan, obtaining microfilm, the USNP (United States Newspaper Project) information, and resources for preservation. MNP ... The Michigan Newspaper Project (MNP) is one of 50 state-wide projects of the United States Newspaper Program that is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress. ... [Read More]
Introduction to the Michigan Newspaper Project's (MNP) Family Histories
The publishing history of a newspaper can be complicated. Title changes, mergers and absorptions are very common in newspaper publishing. Many newspapers also were published in a variety of editions: daily, weekly, tri-weekly, city and country editions are just a few of the possibilities. Since knowing the exact title and dates of a newspaper can be of great help in historical research, our newspaper 'families', similar to family trees, have been created to help librarians, researchers, genealogists and others track the titles, publishing dates and history of Michigan's newspapers. ... [Read More]
Michigan Newspaper Project (MNP)
The Michigan Newspaper Project (MNP) is one of 50 state-wide projects of the United States Newspaper Program that is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress. MNP's purpose is to locate, catalog, and preserve Michigan's newspapers. Primary funding for the project is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Library of Congress provided technical support and training. Michigan's Project began in 1993 when the first grant was submitted to NEH by the Library of Michigan. The Library of Michigan was responsible for the inventory and cataloging phase and the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University together with the Library of Michigan are responsible for the microfilming phase. ... [Read More]
United States Newspaper Program
Also, the Illinois State Historical Library, Newspaper Library, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL 62701-1507, telephone: 217-785-7956, cooperates with the Illinois Newspaper Project and preserves originals and microfilm of many Illinois newspapers. ... The USNP has supported projects in each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each project is conducted by a single organization within a state or territory, usually the state's largest newspaper repository. A project's staff inventories holdings in public libraries, county courthouses, newspaper offices, historical museums, college and university libraries, archives, and historical societies. Catalog records are entered into a national database maintained by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and accessible through more than 43,500 dedicated computer terminals worldwide. Microfilm copies of newspapers are generally available to researchers anywhere in the country through inter-library loan. ... [Read More]
Services & Collections
• Michigan Newspaper Project and General Newspaper Resources, Michigan Newspaper Family Histories ... Michigan Newspaper Project ... [Read More]
Michigan Time Traveler
The national Web site provides links to local Newspaper In Education programs, lesson plans, quizzes and more. ... Topics for the Michigan Time Traveler include kids at Fayette and on the WWII homefront, antique maps, traveling in the 1840s, mining, getting around in Detroit before cars, lumberjacks, Native Americans, diseases, early newspapers, civil rights heroes and Michigan statehood. ... Reading is fun and so is history with the Michigan Time Traveler, produced by the Michigan Historical Center for Lansing Newspapers in Education, Inc. ... [Read More]
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