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Our digital collections

Browse through historically significant items from photographs and artwork to diaries and manuscripts that have been digitized and made available to you online.

  • Projects that use technology and traditional humanities disciplines to create dynamic, interactive scholarship.

    Digital humanities

  • 100,000+ digital images from historical photographs of WMU to illustrations of mid-18th-century dress.

    Images

  • Index maps and intermediate scale maps published by the Army Map Service.

    Maps

  • Monastic and medieval documents, manuscripts and more.

    Monastic and medieval

  • Past issues of WMU-related and Kalamazoo-area newspapers.

    Newspapers

  • Images and documents that reflect the people and places of southwest Michigan.

    Regional history

  • Digital showcase of the research, scholarly and creative output of members of the WMU community

    ScholarWorks

  • Photographs, diaries and other writings of World War I and II soldiers.

    War: Military experience

  • Images, recordings, yearbooks and more that document the history of WMU.

    WMU history

Our physical collections

  • Items that document the history of southwest Michigan and Western Michigan University.

    Archives and regional history

  • Materials to support the study and research of education.

    Education

  • Non-traditional library items that can be borrowed, including electronics and household items.

    Equipment library

  • U.S. government materials, including paper documents, microfiche, CDs and DVDs.

    Government documents

  • Maps and other geographic materials to support the research needs of our community.

    Maps

  • Materials to support the study and research of music and dance.

    Music and dance

  • More than 43,000 unique items available for research, creative and academic projects.

    Special collections

  • Materials produced by members of the Western Michigan University community.

    WMU Authors

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