Michigan Historical Collections, Volume 2: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Michigan Historical Collections, Volume 2, credited to Historical Society of Michigan, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of Michigan Historical Collections, Volume 2 by Historical Society of Michigan. Read in English by Ted Lienhart. The Michigan Historical Society solicited accounts by Michigan pioneers about the early settlement of various locations, or early development of institutions in Michigan. Many of these accounts were read to members of the society in the 1870s at its regular meetings or at local pioneer organization meetings. This audiobook version includes only those articles from Volume 2 that were judged to contain content of broad interest in the 21st century. - Summary by Ted Lienhart

Recording facts

• Recording title: Michigan Historical Collections, Volume 2
• Author credits: Historical Society of Michigan
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 30
• Listed recording duration: 14:13:01

Catalogue topics

• detroit
• pioneers - u.s.
• michigan history
• michigan native americans
• michigan pioneers
• michigan local history
• frontier life - u.s.
• michigan - history

Opening tracks: first 24 of 30

1. 01 - "Early Michigan" - Sketch of the Life of Oliver Williams and Family — 16:27
2. 02 - The Mound-Builders in Michigan — 45:46
3. 03 - Early French Settlements in Michigan — 34:37
4. 04 - Biographical Reminiscences — 20:29
5. 05 - Early Banks and Banking in Michigan — 48:47
6. 06 - The Pioneers of Michigan: Their Devotion to Educational Interests Historically Illustrated — 20:50
7. 07 - Address of O.A. Jenison, on the Occasion of His Presenting Certain Articles to the Society — 5:47
8. 08 - On the Recent Discovery of the Long Lost Grave of Pere Marquette — 42:24
9. 09 - Sketch of the Life of the Rev. Abel Bingham — 42:38
10. 10 - Michigan's Record in the War with Mexico — 22:19
11. 11 - Remarks by Hon. George C. Bates — 17:25
12. 12 - Branch County — 15:01
13. 13 - Berrien County — 5:13
14. 14 - Oakland County — 33:17
15. 15 - Saginaw County Part 1 — 26:37
16. 16 - Saginaw County Part 2 — 26:47
17. 17 - Shiawassee County Part 1 — 26:38
18. 18 - Shiawassee County Part 2 — 23:28
19. 19 - St. Joseph County — 42:13
20. 20 - Biographical Notes and Incidents in the Pioneer Life of Mrs. R. B. Norris Part 1 — 29:30
21. 21 - Biographical Notes and Incidents in the Pioneer Life of Mrs. R. B. Norris Part 2 — 34:35
22. 22 - Washtenaw County Part 1 — 26:58
23. 23 - Washtenaw County Part 2 — 29:31
24. 24 - Echoes of the Past — 43:36

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