<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Perpetua;
panose-1:2 2 5 2 6 4 1 2 3 3;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro";
panose-1:2 2 5 2 6 5 6 2 4 3;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Perpetua",serif;
color:windowtext;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;
text-decoration:none none;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Perpetua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:black">Classes and teams are welcome for Michigan History Day research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:black">The National History Day theme for 2016 is Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in History.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;background-position-x:
0%;background-position-y:0%;background-attachment:scroll">
<span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:black">The Library of Michigan welcomes school and team groups for idea exploration and research days. The Library is able to host research groups Monday – Friday from 10 – 5 and Second Saturdays from
10 – 4. Should your library or school group want to partake, please just email us at
<a href="mailto:librarian@michigan.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">librarian@michigan.gov</span></a> or phone at 517-373-1300 for sign-up and details. We would want to plan the day with groups based on size and unique research training requests. Collections
available include: Michigan, Michigan Documents, Periodicals, Newspapers, Census, Rare Books, Federal Documents, Reference, Maps, Main and the vast brilliant vertical clipping file.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;background-position-x:
0%;background-position-y:0%;background-attachment:scroll">
<span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;background-position-x:
0%;background-position-y:0%;background-attachment:scroll">
<span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:black">In the past special category awards which have included:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;background-position-x:
0%;background-position-y:0%;background-attachment:scroll">
<span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;background-position-x:
0%;background-position-y:0%;background-attachment:scroll">
<span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:black">Best entry in Michigan History</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;background-position-x:
0%;background-position-y:0%;background-attachment:scroll">
<span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:black">Best entry in Railroad History</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;background-position-x:
0%;background-position-y:0%;background-attachment:scroll">
<span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:black">Best entry in use of Primary Sources</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;background-position-x:
0%;background-position-y:0%;background-attachment:scroll">
<span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:black">Best entry for Michigan Women’s History</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;background-position-x:
0%;background-position-y:0%;background-attachment:scroll">
<span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:black">Best entry in African American/Peoples of African Descent World History</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;background-position-x:
0%;background-position-y:0%;background-attachment:scroll">
<span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:black">Best entry in Latino American/Hispanic World History</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;background-position-x:
0%;background-position-y:0%;background-attachment:scroll">
<span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:black">Best entry in Native American History</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;background-position-x:
0%;background-position-y:0%;background-attachment:scroll">
<span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:black">Best entry in Arab American/Arab World History</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;background-position-x:
0%;background-position-y:0%;background-attachment:scroll">
<span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;background-position-x:
0%;background-position-y:0%;background-attachment:scroll">
<span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:black">The Library of Michigan has this covered.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Perpetua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Perpetua",serif">Edwina A. Murphy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Perpetua",serif">Michigan Collection Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Perpetua",serif">Michigan Center for the Book<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Perpetua",serif">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Perpetua",serif">702 West Kalamazoo St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Perpetua",serif">Lansing, MI 48909<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Perpetua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Perpetua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Perpetua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Perpetua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>