Ann Arbor History: A Bibliography
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Websites
Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor Bicentennial (2024)
Historic Preservation News
Historic districts will stay despite Ann Arbor housing push, planners say, MLive, March 6, 2025
Videos
Ann Arbor
An Introduction to the Downtown Ann Arbor Historic Street Exhibits
Ann Arbor Historic Districts, Part 1, Norman Tyler and Ellen Ramsburgh
How Ann Arbor, MI was Founded and Named, Wystan Stevens
Main Street Ann Arbor Evolution Through Postcards, Wystan Stevens
Books & Manuscripts
Ann Arbor
A History of Ann Arbor, Jonathan L. Marwil, 1987
A History of the Newspapers of Ann Arbor, Louis Doll, 1959
Ann Arbor in the 19th Century, Grace Shackman, 2001
Ann Arbor in the 20th Century: A Photographic History, Grace Shackman, 2002
Ann Arbor Observed: Selections from Then and Now, Grace Shackman, 2006
Ann Arbor: The Changing Scene, Adam Christman, c. 1983
Ann Arbor: The First Hundred Years, C.W. Stephenson, 1927
Ann Arbor Yesterdays, Lela Duff, 1962
Another Ann Arbor, Carol Gibson and Lola M. Jones, 2006
Ann's Amazing Ann Arbor, Alger Buell Crandell, 1965
Downtown Ann Arbor, Patti Smith, 2014
Historic Ann Arbor: An Architectural Guide, Susan Wineberg and Patrick McCauley, 2014
Historic Buildings Ann Arbor, Michigan, Marjorie Reade and Susan Wineberg, 1998
John Allen and the Founding of Ann Arbor, Russell Bidlack, 1962
Lost Ann Arbor, Susan Wineberg, 2004
Old Ann Arbor Town, Hazel Proctor, 1981
Old West Side: Ann Arbor, Michigan, Richard G. Wilson, Edward J. Vaughn, Mrs. George E. Downing, 1971.
The Ann Arbor Railroad, D.C. Jesse Burkhardt, 2005
The Book of Ann Arbor: An Extremely Serious History Book, Richard Retyi, 2017
The Michigan Theater, Henry B. Aldridge with Russell B. Collins, 2013
The Village That Raised Ann Arbor Their Children: The History of Ann Arbor's Black Community, Shirley Beckley
Washtenaw County
Electric Trolleys of Washtenaw County, H. Mark Hildebrandt and Martha A. Churchill, 2009
History of Washtenaw County, Michigan: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villiages and Townships, Charles C. Chapman & Co., 1881
Michigan
The Underground Railroad in Michigan, Carol Mull, 2015
General
Greek Revival in America: Tracing its architectural roots to ancient Athens, Norman Tyler and Ilene R. Tyler, 2014