Berrien County

County Seat: St. Joseph

Origin of Name: Named for the Hon. John M. Berrien, Attorney General under President Andrew Jackson

Set Off: 1829

Organized: 1831

Population in 1990: 161,378

For many counties the number of items listed is quite long. Navigational buttons are located only at the end of the list. This list of material represents the library's holdings as of July 1997. Be sure to check with us for any additional items we may now have either by contacting the library or by pressing the " Centra-Libraries Catalog" link to the left.

Bachman, Patricia B. Carey Mission: Home of the Brave. Flint, MI: Graphic Press, 1972. (Niles).

Bainbridge Township Celebrates the Bicentennial. Bainbridge, MI: Bainbridge Bicentennial Committee, 1976.

Ballard, Ralph. Old Fort Saint Joseph. [Niles, MI: Niles Printing Co.], 1949.

Ballard, Ralph. Tales of Early Niles. [Niles, MI: Niles Printing Co.], 1948.

The Beautiful St. John's Church of Benton Harbor. Benton Harbor, MI: The Church, 1939.

Berrien Bicentennial. [Benton Harbor, MI:] Berrien County Bicentennial Commission, 1976.

Berrien County Record. January 4-December 27, 1995.

Buchanan: Past and Future. Buchanan, MI: Buchanan Historic District Study Committee, 1976.

Burgh, Robert. The Region of Three Oaks. Three Oaks, MI: Edward K. Warren Foundation, 1939.

Burnett, William. Letter Book of William Burnett: Early Fur Trader in the Land of Four Flags. Fort Miami Heritage Society of Michigan, 1967.

Camera Stories in and About St. Joseph, Michigan. St. Joseph, MI: A.B. Morse, [1901].

Cebelak, Richard A. Ottawa Colony: 1838-1842. CMU Term Paper, 1967.

Centennial History of Lakeside, Michigan. Lakeside, MI: Village of Lakeside Association, 1974.

Champion, Ella, comp. Berrien's Beginnings. n.p., 1926.

Chauncey, Albert E. Berrien County: A Nineteenth Century Story. [Benton Harbor, MI:] Privately printed, 1955.

Clifton, James A. The Pokagons, 1683-1983: Catholic Potawatomi Indians of the St. Joseph River Valley. Lanham: University Press of America, 1984.

Cook, Darius B. Chronicles, Being a History of Clairvoyance in the St. Joseph Valley. . . Niles, MI: 1850.

Coolidge, Orville W. A Twentieth Century History of Berrien County, Michigan. Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Co., 1906.

Cowles, Edward B. Berrien County Directory and History. . . Buchanan, MI: Record Steam Printing House, 1871.

Cunningham, Wilbur M. Land of Four Flags; An Early History of the St. Joseph Valley. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1961.

Edward K. Warren Foundation, Three Oaks, Mich. The Region of Three Oaks. Three Oaks, MI: The Edward K. Warren Foundation, 1939.

Festschrift zum Fuenfzigjaehrigen Jubilaeum der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Dreieingkeits-Gemeinde, V.A.C., zu St. Joseph, Michigan. . . South Bend, IN: Drucker Home Mountain Publishing Co., [1917].

French, Robert W. Living Together, Buchanan and Clark 1904-1975. [n.p., 1976].

Galien River Gazette. June 8, 1972-February 28, 1991. (Three Oaks).

Griffin, Mrs. E.C. Notes on Recollections of Early Days in Niles. [Niles, MI: First National Bank of Southwestern Michigan, 1970].

Harbor Country News. April 4, 1984-July 13, 1995. (New Buffalo).

Hasenfang, Norman. Growing up in Shorewood. Montpelier, VT: Montpelier Bookery, 1989.

History of Berrien and Van Buren Counties, Michigan. With. . . Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia, PA: D.W. Ensign, 1880.

An Industrial Survey of the Twin Cities Area: Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, Michigan. St. Joseph, MI: Twin Cities Chamber of Commerce, [1957].

Krause, Fred. Historic Old Saint Joseph, Michigan: Mission, Fort, Trading Post. [St. Joseph, MI: F. Krause, 1992].

Krieger, Mrs. Ray, editor. The History of Brick School District No. 4, 1841-1958. Bainbridge Twp., MI: [1958].

Kuhns, Frederick I. The Congregational Church of Three Oaks, 1844-1944. Three Oaks, MI: Edward K. Warren Foundation, 1944.

McCoy, Daniel. Old Fort St. Joseph; or, Michigan Under Four Flags. Lansing, MI: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., 1907.

McMurdy, Robert. The History of the Church and Parish of Trinity, Niles, Michigan. [n.p., 1962].

Morton, James S. Reminiscences of the Lower St. Joseph River Valley. St. Joseph, MI: A.B. Morse Co., 1925.

Moulds, Catherine. Chips Fell in the Valley. 1650-1963. [Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University Press, 1963].

Myers, Robert C. Historical Sketches of Berrien County. Berrien Springs, MI: The 1839 Courthouse Museum, 1989.

New Buffalo Times. November 16, 1950-August 17, 1994.

Niles: Alluring, Diversified, Progressive. Niles, MI: Niles Chamber of Commerce, [1936].

Niles Daily Sun. November 5, 1890-April 14, 1893; January 2, 1909-October 17, 1919.

Niles Democrat. April 4, 1868-March 23, 1889.

Niles Enquirer. April 22, 1858-December 26, 1860.

Niles Intelligencer. February 21, 1838-March 10, 1841.

Niles, Michigan; City of the Four Flags. Niles, MI: League of Women Voters, [1958].

Niles Republican. October 25, 1839-April 8, 1848; April 5, 1862-February 22, 1868; March 5, 1868-December 25, 1884; January 7, 1886-December 24, 1891; February 4, 1892-December 26, 1895; March 1, 1900-February 2, 1905.

Niles Weekly Times. March 1, 1866-February 20, 1868.

1903-1953. First Fifty Years Clark Equipment; A Story of an American Manufacturing Enterprise. Buchanan, MI: Clark Equipment Co., 1953. (Buchanan).

Noel, Theophilus. Noel's Souvenir of the Fortieth Annual Picnic, Berrien County Old Settlers Association. [Berrien Springs, MI: The Association, 1914].

Parkin, Blanche M. History of the Trinity Episcopal Church Niles, Michigan. [Niles, MI: 1955].

Pender, James. History of Benton Harbor and Tales of Village Days. Chicago, IL: Braun Printing, 1915.

Picturesque Niles, Embracing Views of the City and Scenes on the St. Joseph River. Niles, MI: Frank H. Nix, 1891.

Pokagon, Simon. Algonquin Legends of Paw Paw Lake. Hartford, MI: C.H. Engle, [1900].

Portrait and Biographical Record of Berrien and Cass Counties, Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens . . . Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Co., 1893.

Proud, Richard. Population Contrasts of Niles and Buchanan. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Rakstis, Ted. By the Waters: Benton Harbor Centennial, 1866-1966. Benton Harbor, MI: Benton Harbor Centennial Association, 1966.

Rasmussen, R.L. Paw Paw Lake: (Images of a Lake). Coloma, MI: Southwestern Michigan Publications, 1996.

Rasmussen, R.L. Paw Paw Lake, Michigan: A 100 Year Resort History. (1890's-1990's). Coloma, MI: Southwestern Michigan Publications, 1994.

Reber, L. Benjamin. History of St. Joseph. St. Joseph, MI: St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce, [1928].

Saint Joseph Bird's Eye View. Map, 1870.

St. Mary's Catholic Church, Niles, Michigan Church Centennial, 1870-1970. [Galion, OH: United Church Directories, 1970].

Schultz, Alan. History of the Silver Beach Amusement Park, St. Joseph, Michigan. CMU Term Paper, 1944.

South County Gazette. March 7, 1991-April 6, 1995. (Three Oaks).

Souvenir History of Coloma, Michigan and Program of the Centennial Celebration, August 20 to 23, 1936. Coloma, MI: Coloma Civic Association, 1936.

Souvenir History of Watervliet, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Most Important Men. Watervliet, MI: G.C. Cross, [1904].

Stark, Mabel Branch. Trails From Shingle Diggin's. Coloma, MI: G. Kosbau, 1977.

Stevens, Norma. The Real McCoy: The Story of a Creek and its Town. Record, 1975. (Buchanan).

Sweep. January 7, 1938-December 30, 1938. (New Buffalo).

Webster, Mildred E. French Saint Joseph: Le Poste de la Riviere St. Joseph, 1690-1780. n.p., 1990.

Zerler, Kathryn S. On the Banks of the Ole St. Joe: A Selected History of St. Joseph and Benton Harbor, Michigan. St. Joseph, MI: St Joseph Today, 1990.

Zerler, Kathryn S. A Slip in Time: An Historic Adventure at the Benton Harbor Ship Canal. St. Joseph, MI: Sleeping Cat Press, 1994.