Regional History Collections
Housed at the Zhang Legacy Collections Center, our Regional History Collections contain items that document the social, business, political and institutional history of southwest Michigan.
Collections
Regional History Print and Manuscript Collections
Print and manuscript materials documenting southwest Michigan history, including personal papers, organizational records, newspapers, photographs, genealogy resources, and select county public records.
Regional History Image Collections
Images depicting individuals and social, institutional and business life in southwest Michigan from the 1860s to the 1990s, including work by prominent regional photographers.
Ward Morgan Photography Collection
Nearly 27,000 black-and-white photographic negatives from 1939 to 1980 reflect the Kalamazoo-area people, industries, commercial activity, and the built environment.
Regional History Digital Collections
Digitized materials documenting the people, places and events of southwest Michigan, including photographs, personal papers and diaries, and institutional records spanning the 19th and 20th centuries.