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Barton, Richard Harvey. "The Agrarian Revolt in Michigan, 1865-1900." Ph.D. dissertation, Michigan State University, 1958.  DAI, 19, no. 01, (1958): 0122. 

Borough, Reuben W. "Saturday Afternoon Town." Michigan History. 48(2):117-129. 1964.  Part one of three‑part.  Recollections of a young radical (a delegate to the Populist National Convention of 1900 at age 17) living in south central Michigan at the turn of the century.  

_____. "Boyhood in Arcady." Michigan History. 49(2):135-65. 1965. Family is converted to left wing Populism during depression of 1890s. Part two of three-part autobiography.  

 _____. "Education of a Midwestern Socialist." Michigan History. 50(3):235-54. 1966.  This is the third part of an autobiography (see abstracts 2:1656 and 3:970) and deals chiefly with Borough's experiences at the University of Michigan and the beginning of his career in journalism. 

Doolen, Richard M. "The National Greenback Party in Michigan Politics, 1876-88." Michigan History 1963 47(2): 161-183. The Greenback Party in Michigan grew slowly at first.  In 1880, however, 18 Greenbackers were elected to the legislature and the party's total popular vote almost equaled that of the Democrats who, in turn, gained on the Republicans. This marked the apogee of Greenback strength. Running fusion tickets with Democrats diluted its independent importance in the eighties, although a Greenbacker was elected governor in 1882. The Grenback Party was strongest in the western and northern counties of the Lower Peninsula.  The temporary success of this harbinger of Populism was directly related to depressed agricultural prices.  While farmers acted in response to genuine economic grievances, the party's leaders, who were "men of considerable wealth and prestige," were motivated by resentment toward eastern bankers and considerations of security and status. America: History and Life, 1:521

Doolen, Richard Miner. "The Greenback Party in the Great Lakes Middlewest." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Michigan, 1969.  DAI, 30, no. 09A, (1969): 3881