Previous Winners
2025
Bessemer Public Library
Newspaper: Bessemer Herald, Dates: 1847 - 1945
Elk Rapids Area Historical Society
Newspapers: Traverse Bay Progress, Elk Rapids Progress, Dates: 1872 - 1899
Polish Institute of Culture and Research at Orchard Lake
Newspaper: Niedziela(Sunday), Dates: 1891 - 1894, 1898 - 1902
Fennville District Library
Newspaper: Fennville Herald, Dates: 1941 - 1956
Eastpointe Memorial Library
Newspaper: The East Detroit Herald, Dates: 1957 - 1960
Pentwater Historical Society
Newspaper: Oceana Times, Dates: 1861-1880
St. Clair County Library System
Newspaper: St. Clair Republican, Dates: 1865-1871, 1877-1878, 1881, 1890, 1892, 1919-1922
2024
Ishpeming Area Historical Society and Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum, Ishpeming, MI
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library, Midland, MI
Lapeer District Library, Marguerite de Angeli Library, Lapeer, MI
Howard Miller Library, Zeeland, MI
DeWitt District Library, DeWitt, MI
Alma Public Library, Alma, MI
2023
Bellaire Area Historical Society
Newspaper: The Antrim County News, Dates: 1947 - 1966
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Lansing Capital Area District Library
Newspaper: Ingham County News, Dates: 1970 - 1977
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2022
East Lansing Public Library
Newspaper: East Lansing Community Life, Dates: 1919 -1926
Newspaper: East Lansing Press, Dates: 1930 - 1934
Newspaper: Towne Courier, Date: 1963
Mount Clemens Public Library
Newspaper: The Macomb Daily (The Mount Clemens Monitor and The Mount Clemens Press), Dates: 1896 - 1921
2021
Beaver Island District Library and Beaver Island Historical Society
Newspaper: Beaver Beacon, Dates: 1955 - 1958
Monroe County Museum System
Newspaper: Monroe Evening News, Dates: 1920 - 1923
2020
Hazel Park
Newspaper: The Hazel Park News, Dates: 1956 - 1980
Newspaper: The Ferndale Gazette-Times, Dates: 1936 - 1980
Newspaper: The Legal Examiner
Newspaper: The Palladium, Dates: 1939 - 1955
2019
Sparta
Newspaper: Sparta Sentinel-Leader, Dates: 1918 - 1919
2018
Saugatuck-Douglas History Center & the Saugatuck-Douglas District Library
Newspaper: The Commercial-Record (Saugatuck), Dates: 1959 - 1969
2017
L'Anse Area Schools/Baraga County Public Library
Newspaper: The L'Anse Sentinel, Dates: 1924 - 1954
2016
Alpena County P​ublic Library
Newspaper: Alpena News, Dates: 1899 - 1905, 1909 - 1910
Newspaper: Michigan Labor Journal, Dates: 1884 - 1890
2014
Cheboygan
Newspaper: Cheboygan Democrat
Dates: 1880 - 1927