Reference Sources and Historical Overviews
- Detroit Bibliography"The Marygrove Conservancy and the Institute for Detroit Studies present the fourth edition of Thomas A. Klug's Bibliography of Detroit History, Politics, and Culture: Late-Nineteenth Century to the Present. You may view the entire 217-page comprehensive bibliography or any of the twenty-seven topical sub-bibliographies."
Encyclopedia of American Urban History by Call Number: ebookISBN: 0761928847Publication Date: 2006-12-07SAGE Reference is proud to announce the Encyclopedia of American Urban History. Edited by one of the leading scholars of urban studies, David Goldfield, this Encyclopedia offers an accurate and authoritative historical approach to the dramatic urban growth experienced in the United States during the 20th century.
- (1890) History of Detroit and Wayne County and early Michigan; a chronological cyclopedia of the past and present. Introd. by James M. Babcock.Farmer, Silas. 1969. History of Detroit and Wayne County and early Michigan; a chronological cyclopedia of the past and present. Detroit: Gale Research Co.
- Encyclopedia of Michigan Indians : tribes, nations and people of the Northern Woodlands.Encyclopedia of Michigan Indians: tribes, nations and people of the Northern Woodlands. 1998. St. Clair Shores, Mich: Somerset.
On This Day in Detroit History by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781626198333Publication Date: 2016-01-11One day at a time, discover colorful Motor City moments in history spanning more than three centuries.
Detroit: a chronological & documentary history, 1701-1976 / compiled and edited by Robert I. Vexler. by Call Number: F 574 .D457 D48ISBN: 0379006057Publication Date: 1977-07-01Electronic access through HathiTrust.
- Detroit : an industrial history guide / Charles K. Hyde.Hyde, Charles K. 1980. Detroit: an industrial history guide. Detroit: Detroit Historical Society.
- 300th year celebration : the Black community : music and the fine and secular arts : the Detroit history that nobody knew (or bothered to remember) 1800-1900 / Arthur R. LaBrew.La Brew, Arthur R. 2001. 300th year celebration: the Black community : music and the fine and secular arts : the Detroit history that nobody knew (or bothered to remember) 1800-1900. Detroit, Mich: A.R. LaBrew.
Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History by Call Number: ebookISBN: 0806120568Publication Date: 1987-09-15The Indian history of the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, and particularly of the Ohio Valley, is so complex that it can be properly clarified only with the visual aid of maps. The Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History, in a sequence of thirty-three newly researched maps printed in as many as five colors, graphically displays the movement of Indian communities from 1640 to about 1871, when treaty making between Indian tribes and the United States government came to an end.
Digital Collections
- HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window'HathiTrust was conceived as a collaboration of the thirteen universities of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation and the University of California system to establish a repository for these universities to archive and share their digitized collections. Access is provided to many open access works from libraries around the country. Not all works are fully viewable.
- Virtual Motor City: 1860-1980Virtual Motor City contains images from the Detroit News Photograph Collection, a premier photojournalistic resource that primarily documents the city of Detroit, its people, places and events from the late 19th century through the 1980s (bulk 1900-1980). This digital collection was originally made possible by DALNET, IMLS, and Library of Michigan grants in 2002-2007. It represents only a fraction of the original collection—more than 800,000 negatives and prints housed at the Walter P. Reuther Library.
- MichiganologyDigitized materials from the Archives of Michigan.
- WSU Libraries Digital CollectionsDigitized images and texts from WSU Library. Many Detroit-related materials.
WSU Books and eBooks
- LC Subject Heading: Detroit (Mich.) -- History.List of books in WSU catalog about Detroit history. Indexed under Library of Congress subject heading Detroit (Mich.) -- History. Many books in list are available electronically; print books can be requested via links in catalog.
- LC Subject Heading: Detroit (Mich.)List of categories and links to books about topics related to Detroit, MI.
- LC Subject Heading: Detroit Mich Politics and GovernmentList of books in WSU catalog about Detroit history. Indexed under Library of Congress subject heading Detroit Mich Politics and Government. Many books in list are available electronically; print books can be requested via links in catalog.
- Titles in the Leonard N. Simons CollectionThe Simons Collection is a special collection that contains books on the history of Detroit and Michigan. Many books in this list can be accessed via HathiTrust; for access to print books contact liaison librarian (ff2662@wayne.edu).
- LC Subject Heading: Detroit (Mich.) -- Social ConditionsList of books in WSU catalog about Detroit history. Indexed under Library of Congress subject heading Detroit (Mich.) -- Social Conditions. Many books in list are available electronically; print books can be requested via links in catalog.
- LC Subject Heading: Detroit (Mich.) -- Economic Conditions -- 20th CenturyList of books in WSU catalog about Detroit history. Indexed under Library of Congress subject heading Detroit (Mich.) -- Economic Conditions -- 20th Century. Many books in list are available electronically; print books can be requested via links in catalog.
Article Databases
- Project Muse This link opens in a new windowA searchable database that provides access to the full text of journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press and other university presses.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowProvides image and full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics, and other fields of the humanities and social sciences. WSU has perpetual access to the Arts and Sciences I-XV, Hebrew Journals and Sustainability Collections.
- ProQuest Central This link opens in a new windowProQuest Central brings together many of our most used databases to create the most comprehensive, diverse, and relevant multidisciplinary research database available. It provides access to databases across all major subject areas, including business, health and medical, social sciences, arts and humanities, education, science and technology, and religion. The collection includes thousands of full-text scholarly journals, trade and professional titles, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, working papers, case studies, and market reports.
- SummonSearch WSU Library ebooks, articles, historical newspapers, and more at the same time using Summon.
- American Indian Experience This link opens in a new windowThe American Indian Experience offers access to an online library, featuring more than 150 volumes of scholarship and reference content, hundreds of primary documents, and thousands of images. From Pre-contact to the present day, from the Inuit of the north to the Seminoles of Florida, AIE is meant for anyone wishing to learn more about America's Native Peoples.
- America: history and life This link opens in a new windowOnline version of: America: history and life. Includes full-text of hundreds of journals originally published in paper.
- Urban studies abstracts This link opens in a new windowUrban Studies Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
Historical Newspapers
- Detroit News Historical and Current Collection This link opens in a new windowThe Detroit News Collection : Search more than 145 years of Detroit history with The Detroit News Collection. Coverage from 1873 through today. Explore current and archived issues of The Detroit News with full-color newspaper pages and individual articles.
- Detroit Free Press Historical Full-Text (1831-1922) This link opens in a new windowProQuest Historical Newspapers: Detroit Free Press offers full page and article images with searchable full text. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
- Detroit Free Press Backfile (1923-1999) This link opens in a new windowProQuest Historical Newspapers: Detroit Free Press offers full page and article images with searchable full text. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
- Michigan Chronicle, 1936-2010ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Michigan Chronicle offers primary source material essential to the study of American history and African American culture, history, politics, and the arts.
- Newspapers.comAccess available via Library of Michigan. Users must first obtain a Library of Michigan card (link at website) to use family history resource databases, including Newspapers.com.
Local Archival and Special Collections
- Burton Historical Collection at Detroit Public LibraryAppointments can be booked via the linked webpage.
- Guide to the manuscripts in the Burton Historical Collection / compiled by Bernice Cox Sprenger.List with brief descriptions of manuscript collections available for research use at the Burton Collection at the Detroit Public Library.
- Titles in the Leonard N. Simons CollectionThe Simons Collection is a special collection that contains books on the history of Detroit and Michigan. Many books in this list can be accessed via HathiTrust; for access to print books contact liaison librarian (ff2662@wayne.edu).
- WSU Special Collections: Rouge River ArchiveList of items in the Rouge River Collection. For access, contact ff2662@wayne.edu.
- Walter P. Reuther LibraryWSU Archives containing materials on the history of Detroit, especially related to labor history.
- The Henry Ford: Collections and ResearchResearch collections available at The Henry Ford.
- Bentley Historical LibraryHistorical library and archives with many collections related to Michigan history.
- List of Michigan Archives and LibrariesList of archives and libraries in Michigan that have historical materials.