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Welcome to Western Michigan University's Digital Collections
Once into a collection,
use the Search, Advanced Search for more features, or click on an item to view the full item in the collection. Choose another collection with the drop down box near the top and click Go. To browse or search all or some of the collections, go to Advanced Search and click the check boxes for the collections desired.
For items of multiple pages/images there are multiple ways to view them. Look for the drop down text box on the left for View once you are in an item. Once a choice is made, click on Go. To save a document or page to favorites, click on 'add document (or add page) to favorites'. Throughout
your exploration, you can get Help with search functions by clicking the help link
in the top navigation bar.
Advanced Search to choose multiple Collections in this image database, ContentDM. |
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United States Civil War Collection, Featuring Soldiers' Diaries
United States Civil War Collection consists of 8 diaries from the mid 1860s by soldiers with connections to Michigan, regimental or residence and represent diverse military experiences, ranging from a musician to a prisoner of war situation. The handwritten originals have full transcriptions that are searchable and coded for browsing by categories: Battles, Clothing, Death and Casualties, Desertion, Food, Health and Medicine, Leisure, Military Units and Naval Vessels, Money, Music, People, Places, Religion, Transportation, Verse and Drawings. Letters and photographs are in process of becoming part of the collection.
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Ward Morgan Photography Collection
Southwest Michigan Images from 1939 - 1980
These photographs reflect the people, industries, built environment,
and commercial activities of the Kalamazoo area in the mid 20th century. The
27,000 item negative collection is a unique individual's view of a "typical" mid-western
community. Browse Categories |
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Caroline Bartlett Crane Collection, Everyman’s
House
A national competition winner for an efficient home design for the common
man in the 1920s
This digitized subcollection is an interesting mix of documents and images about
the winning design conceived and built in Kalamazoo by Caroline Bartlett Crane,
a prominent social activist and minister in Kalamazoo’s early history.
Includes material about housing in her 1920s book, Everyman’s House, photographs
and design plans for the house, which was a winner of Herbert Hoover’s "Better
Homes of America" campaign. See
the entire collection
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Draft IR, in process. Note: It is restricted by IP address.
Entire or Categories (coming shortly)
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