Previous Winners

2024

Ishpeming Area Historical Society and Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum, Ishpeming, MI

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Grace A. Dow Memorial Library, Midland, MI

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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

Newspaper: Sparta Sentinel-Leader

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

2016

Alpena County P​ublic Library

Newspaper: Alpena News, Dates: 1899 - 1905, 1909 - 1910
Newspaper: Michigan Labor Journal, Dates: 1884 - 1890

2015

Newspaper: Milford Times

Dates: 1880 - 1927

2014

Newspaper: Cheboygan Democrat

Dates: 1880 - 1927