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Finding aid for the Foote/Ferrell Family Records. The Foote family owned and operated a tannery in the Traverse City area during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This collection of documents primarily relates to a descendant of John…

The H. K. Brinkman Family featured in this collection lived in Old Mission, Michigan. The collection consists mostly of materials relating to the businesses that H.K. started in the mid-1800’s, deeds to the properties that he owned, descendent…

Carolyn Gay Taft was a lady farmer in the early 1900’s on Old Mission Peninsula. She owned a 40-acre plot in Section 9, S.W. ¼ of N.E. ¼, T29N-R10W. She was actively involved in farming from 1911 until the mid-1940’s. Because Carolyn’s primary job…

The Vogel Dissertation Records include records created by, or collected by, Robert Vogel in the process of writing his unpublished dissertation about the history of settlement on Old Mission Peninsula. Inclusive dates: 1863-1995, Bulk dates:1962-1970

Collection of genealogical research on the Bates, Courtney, Banker, Beaumont family lines, amongst others, created by donor Janet Bates Courtney. In addition to genealogical notes, there are published works by members of the Bates family, as well as…

Julius Steinberg, a Jewish immigrant from eastern Europe was a prominent figure in the Jewish community and business world of Traverse City for more than two decades, with his work establishing a Jewish community, his popular dry goods store and his…

The collection contains papers and ephemera concerning the efforts of Ilse Adler in founding The Friendship Center and her employment through the Traverse City State Hospital.

Collection created by Traverse City author and historian Lawrence (Larry) McConnell Wakefield as a product of his published work, Historic Traverse City Houses, 1890-1905 (published around 1978). Most of the residences profiled were in Traverse City,…

Collection of compact discs that contain digital copies of high school yearbooks from various schools in Grand Traverse County. Yearbooks are in Tag Image File Format (TIFF). These digital copies were created by the Oklahoma Correctional Institute's…