Monroe County

County Seat: Monroe

Origin of Name: Named in honor of President James Monroe

Set Off: 1817

Organized: 1817

Population in 1990: 133,600

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.

Au, Dennis M. War on the Raisin: A Narrative Account of the War of 1812 in the River Raisin Settlement, Michigan Territory. Monroe, MI: Monroe County Historical Commission, 1981.

"Auld Lang Syne." An Incident History of Monroe from A.D. 1844 to A.D. 1857. [n.p., 1909].

Bartolo, Ghislaine P. The Cross Leads Generations on a Bicentennial Retrospect: St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Formerly Known as St. Antoine at the River Raisin, Monroe, Michigan, 1788-1988. Tappan, NY: Custombook, [1988].

Bidlack, Russell E. The Yankee Meets the Frenchman; River Raisin, 1817-1830, Social-Political-Military. Ann Arbor, MI: Plane Tree Press, 1965.

Brighten the Corner: A Book of Musical Memories of Monroe County, Michigan. Monroe, MI: The Committee, 1977.

Bulkley, John M. History of Monroe County, Michigan. A Narrative Account of its Historical Progress, its People, and its Principal Interest. Chicago, IL: 1913.

De Vries, James E. Race and Kinship in a Midwestern Town: The Black Experience in Monroe, Michigan, 1900- 1915. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1984.

Dundee Area Sesquicentennial 1824-1974. [Dundee, MI: Dundee Area Sesquicentennial Commemorative Booklet Committee, 1974].

Durocher, Laurent. Laurent Durocher's Account of the Battles and Massacre of the River Raisin. Monroe, MI: Monroe County Community College, 1987.

Fetzer, Madeline L. Voices of Whiteford, Whiteford Township, Michigan. [Whiteford Township Bicentennial Committee, 1976].

Frost, Lawrence A. General George Armstrong Custer. Dundee, MI: Willie's Workshop, 1968.

Gee, Mrs. William. Early History of the Petersburg Area. [Petersburg, MI: Petersburg Area Centennial, 1969].

Hanley, Elizabeth H. Pageant of Historic Monroe, June 23-24, 1926. Monroe, MI: Lamour Printing Co., 1926.

Historic Monroe County. [Monroe, MI: Peoples Federal Savings and Loan Association], 1973.

Hogg, Victor. Legacy of the River Raisin: The Historic Buildings of Monroe County, Michigan. Monroe, MI: Monroe County Historical Society, 1976.

Kurzgefasste Geschichte der E. Luth. Dreieinigkeits-Gemeinde zu Monroe, Michigan, vom 10. November, 1844 bis zum 10. November, 1894. Detroit, MI: Schober Printer, 1894.

Lanman, Charles. Essays for Summer Hours. Boston, MA: Hilliard, Gray & Co., 1841.

La Voy, Lambert M. Bay Settlement of Monroe County, Michigan. [n.p., 1971].

Monroe Advocate. January 1, 1841-December 18, 1845.

Monroe Civic Reflector. Monroe, MI: Civic Improvement Society of Monroe, 1904.

Monroe County Library System. Texts and Locations of Historical Markers in Monroe County, Michigan. Monroe, MI: The Library, 1961.

Monroe County's Most Unusual Surviving Historic Structure, the Navarre-Anderson Trading Post. [Monroe, MI: Monroe County Historical Society, 1971].

Monroe High School Centennial Committee. Monroe High School Commemorates a Century of Education, 1863- 1963. Monroe, MI: 1963.

Monroe High School Class of 1896. Local History. [Monroe, MI:] Monroe Commercial Print, [1896].

Monroe Journal and Michigan Inquirer. July 31, 1834-January 22, 1835.

Monroe, Michigan. Chicago, IL: Windsor Publications, 1968.

Monroe, Michigan. First Presbyterian Church. Our Sesquicentennial of Christian Service, 1820-1970. Monroe, MI: 1970.

Monroe, the Floral City: A City of Homes and Industries. Monroe, MI: City of Monroe, [1911].

A 150 Year Recollection of the Dundee Area. [Dundee,. MI: Dundee Area Sesquicentennial, 1974].

A Retrospect, Three Score Years and Ten, Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, by a Member of the Congregation, St. Mary's College and Academy, Monroe, Michigan, November, 1915. NY: Benziger, 1916.

Rosalita, Sister. No Greater Service; The History of the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Monroe, Michigan, 1845-1945. Detroit, MI: 1948.

St. Joseph Church, Erie, Michigan: 150th Anniversary, an Historical and Biographical Review, 1819-1969. n.p., 1969.

St. Joseph Parish, Maybee, Michigan. Golden Jubilee: 1889-1939. Maybee, MI: The Parish, 1939.

Siebarth, Jean C. H., editor. Memories of Maybee in Honor of Our Hundredth Year. [Maybee, MI: Maybee Centennial, 1973].

Vollrath, Mrs. J.A., comp. Memories of the Monroe Piers. Monroe, MI: Monroe County Library System, 1972.

Ward, Charles A. The Legends and Romance of the Lake Country told With Camera and Pencil. Howell, MI: Livingston Republican Print, [1922].

Williams, E. Gray, comp. First Land Owners of Monroe County, Michigan. Internal Boundary Changes and Township Development. Kalamazoo, MI: 1968.

Wing, Talcott Enoch. History of Monroe County, Michigan. NY: Munsell & Co., 1890.