The Flint Water Crisis was a major urban disaster: and the city's crisis is still ongoing.
Our primary collection
A searchable archive of government email released in 2016
We organize tens of thousands of emails from state and city agencies so researchers, journalists, and residents can trace decision-making across the crisis.
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Email database tools
Explore the calendar and search interfaces built for this archive to surface key events, correspondents, and timelines.
Email calendar and timeline
Browse daily email activity from 2011–2016 alongside major developments in the water crisis to understand how decision-making accelerated.
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Filter threads by date, subject, or sender to surface communications between agencies, emergency managers, and residents.
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Oral Histories and Public Documents
The archive is collecting oral histories from Flint residents. These interviews, along with a collection of public documents related to Flint's governance, are hosted by the Genesee Historical Collection Center at the University of Michigan-Flint.