Michigana

English

Etymology

From Michigan +‎ -ana.

Noun

Michigana pl (plural only)

  1. Miscellaneous items related to the history and culture of the Great Lakes region, especially the state of Michigan and the Lake Michigan shore.
    The market was replete with memorabilia of the auto industry, artifacts of the early settlers, and all manner of Michigana.
    • 1902, The Evening News Association, Detroit in Nineteen Hundred and One: A Chronological Record of Events‎[1], Detroit: The Evening News Association, page 4:
      A limited edition is printed, just sufficient to supply the principal libraries of the state, collectors of Michigana, and such people as may desire a brief and handy reference book to the events of the past year.
    • 1937 July 4, Thomas J. Bishop, “Old Michigan Prints: First of Them Are Gone”, in The Flint Journal, 55th year, Flint, Mich., →OCLC, page 5, column 6:
      Early imprints and books about the early history of the state are sought by collectors of “Michigana.”
    • 1947 October 5, Robert J. Graf Jr., “Biografy[sic] of 1st Governor of Michigan”, in Chicago Sunday Tribune, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, part 4 (Magazine of Books), page 8, column 3:
      To those casually observing the stream of American history, the fact that Stevens Thomson Mason was the first governor of Michigan may seem of interest only to antiquarians and collectors of Michigana.
    • 1940 November 14, “Society”, in Ludington Daily News, volume 51, number 15, Ludington, Mich., →OCLC, page 2, column 1:
      MICHIGANA BOOKS AT LOCAL LIBRARY / A fine collection of Michigana is at Ludington public library where Miss Eleanor Hillman, librarian, is constantly adding new books on this state.
    • 1955 July 14, Lucy Key Miller, “Front Views and Profiles”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, volume CXIV, number 167, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, part 4 (Today with Women), page 5, column 5:
      The History Corner, with its small but interesting collection of Michigana and books on the Great Lakes region, stands in a bookcase on the screened porch of the rambling old clubhouse where, for the better part of 55 summers, Mr. [Earl] Babst has eaten his meals at the same table.
    • 1972 February 29, “Antiques and Collections”, in Jackson Citizen Patriot, 136th year, number 177, Jackson, Mich., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21, column 2:
      BOOKS—Breaking up private collection Michigana through March 5. Atlases, histories, directories, Carleton, Seagar, etc.
    • 2016 May 14, Andrea Truitt, Library of Michigan, Lansing, MI‎[2]:
      The Library collects both current and historical Michigana, materials
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