Advanced Search

This online archive makes available the archival holdings of the Midland County Historical Society located in Midland, Michigan and includes photographs, documents and finding aids. The online database is an ongoing project with new records added monthly.

The Advanced Search can help you be more specific with your search. You can search for a word or phrase within a particular search category or use multiple categories to further narrow down your search results. For example, searching White in the People field will bring up any records associated with a member of the White family, without having to sift through black & white photographs.

Archival collections can be easily searched by narrowing the collection using the advanced search fields.
Large collections currently available online include the:
Midland County Circuit Court Records, 2007.001.0001
The Dow Diamond Magazine, 2006.100.0001

Narrow your searches in these collections by using the Catalog Number field using the number identified with the collection and searching Box Inventory

Advanced Search Field Descriptions

Title: The Title refers to the assigned title of a Catalog or Archival Record.
In the Photograph Catalog Record, Title is used as a classification, classifying a photograph as a Street Scene, Education, Business photograph.
In the Archive Catalog Record, for the archival finding aid, Title is used to identify the Archival Collection. Digitized archival items are identified by the title of the document.

Subject: Subjects provide broad descriptions of a photograph or archival record.

People: Searching the People field will return catalog records associated with specific people and provide any available biographical record.

If you are unable to find what you are looking for contact Archivist Crystal Laudeman