The Polk Directory is an annual city directory published by the R. L. Polk Company. A number of issues of this publication are online, and local libraries often have print editions in their reference, genealogy, or local history collections.
The Ann Arbor District Library has digitized a number of old directories, and direct links to those full texts are included here when available.
Editions online
1923 - date
The vast majority of works on Google Books post-1923 have only snippets of text available, due to copyrights.
- 1987 Ann Arbor (snippets)
- 1983 Ann Arbor (AADL, full text)
- 1978 Ypsilanti, Washtenaw (snippets)
- Ann Arbor Area Handbook and Guide - 1973, 1978 (snippet)
- 1976 Ypsilanti, Washtenaw (snippets)
- 1971 Ann Arbor (AADL, full text)
- 1963 Ann Arbor (snippets)
- 1959 Ann Arbor (snippets)
- 1951 Ypsilanti, Washtenaw (snippets)
- 1948 Ypsilanti, Washtenaw (snippets)
- 1947 Ann Arbor (snippets)
- 1945 Ann Arbor (snippets)
- Washtenaw County Rural Directory - 1941 (snippet)
- 1939 Ann Arbor (snippets)
- 1933 Ann Arbor (snippets)
- 1929 Ann Arbor (snippets)
Pre 1923
- 1922 Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and Washtenaw
- 1921 Ann Arbor
- 1918 Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and Washtenaw
- 1913 Ann Arbor
- 1912 Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and Washtenaw
- 1911 Ann Arbor
- 1908 Ann Arbor
- Ann Arbor Student Directory (Glen V. Mills) - 1901-02
- 1874 Ann Arbor
- Ann Arbor Chapin's City Directory - 1868
- Ann Arbor Loomis and Talbott Directory - 1860
See also
- Ann Arbor Glen V. Mills Directory - 1905, 1900, 1899, 1894, 1892
- Ann Arbor Telephone Directory - 1989 (snippet), 2003 (snippet)
- Census of the State of Michigan - 1894
- University of Michigan Student Directory - 1936 (snippet)
- Directory of the First Methodist Episcopal Church - 1897
- Evans Educational Yearbook - 1883
- Michigan State Gazeteer - 1875, 1867
- The Michigan Book: A State Cyclopedia - 1901
- The Red Book of Michigan - 1871
- Official Railway Guide - 1909, 1907, 1881, 1874
- Rand McNally Official Railway Guide - 1902
- Michigan Manual - 1907, 1901, 1893, 1847, 1836