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                <text>Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere&#13;
Local History Collection&#13;
Collection Name, 1&#13;
&#13;
LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION&#13;
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere&#13;
610 Woodmere Avenue Traverse City MI 49686&#13;
&#13;
Creator: Victor Petertyl Family&#13;
Title: Victor Petertyl Family Collection&#13;
Inclusive dates: 1890s-1919&#13;
Bulk dates:&#13;
Extent: 1 linear feet&#13;
Call number: WOOD-LHC 1225.072611&#13;
&#13;
Language: Material is in English&#13;
Acquisition: Anonymous donation.&#13;
Accruals: Periodic additions to the collection are not expected.&#13;
Access: The collection is open without restriction.&#13;
Photographs: Yes, albums in Box 1 and Box 2.&#13;
A-V Material: None.&#13;
Digital Material: None.&#13;
Copyright: Copyright is held by Traverse Area District Library unless&#13;
otherwise noted in the item record.&#13;
Processed By: Amy Barritt, 2014 and Michelle Seman, 2021&#13;
&#13;
�Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere&#13;
Local History Collection&#13;
Collection Name, 2&#13;
&#13;
Abstract: The Petertyl Family featured in this collection lived in the Traverse City,&#13;
Michigan area. This collection contains materials representing aspects of their daily&#13;
lives, mostly in the Traverse City and Leelanau counties of Michigan. Materials in this&#13;
collection consist of albums of black and white photographic images, personal letters&#13;
from Louis Petertyl during his time as a sergeant in WWI, Masonic Temple menu&#13;
booklets, a local Newspaper page, and an ephemera piece.&#13;
History: The Petertyl Family of this collection lived in the Traverse City, MI area. Victor&#13;
Petertyl worked at Traverse City Wagon Works along with his cousin A.J. Petertyl, who&#13;
was the owner of the company. In 1899, Victor bought out A.J. Petertyl, and continued&#13;
Traverse City Wagon Works without his cousin and the company became Victor Petertyl&#13;
Wagon Works.&#13;
(Note: information on Victor Petertyl came from the Clarke Historical Library of Central&#13;
Michigan University finding aid for the “Traverse City Wagon Works Business records.”)&#13;
Scope and Content Note: Consists of albums of photographic images, ephemera,&#13;
personal letters, a newspaper page, Masonic Temple menu booklets.&#13;
&#13;
Container No.&#13;
&#13;
Description&#13;
&#13;
Albums&#13;
Box 1&#13;
&#13;
Bertha Petertyl Family Album, 4 November 1914 (Identifier #1225.072611)&#13;
(Note: Album contains an incomplete collection of images, mainly of&#13;
daily life at 419 Sixth Street, Traverse City, from 1907 to 1919.&#13;
According to a note left by a previous collection processor, the&#13;
Album was collected by Nancy White Olsen, granddaughter of the&#13;
Victor Petertyl Family.)&#13;
Folder 1:&#13;
Dedication of The Masonic Temple booklet, Traverse City, MI, 1891&#13;
Saladin Temple, menu booklet&#13;
Calumet Pilgrimage, Traverse City, MI, ribbon, 1892&#13;
Midwinter Carnival, Grand Rapids, MI, menu booklet, 1893&#13;
Folder 2:&#13;
Letters by Louis Petertyl, 1916, 1918, undated. (6 letters, totaling&#13;
&#13;
�Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere&#13;
Local History Collection&#13;
Collection Name, 3&#13;
&#13;
33&#13;
pages)&#13;
(Note: WWI hand-written and typed letters home from Sargent&#13;
Louis Petertyl)&#13;
Traverse City Record Eagle Newspaper, pages five and six&#13;
(Note: page five has the names of the Grand Traverse area enlisted&#13;
men. Newspaper date is unknown.)&#13;
Petertyl Family Album, circa 1890’s -1912 (identifiers&#13;
#940.080309.90 - 940.080309.36)&#13;
(Note: Album is of the daily life of Petertyl family and friends.&#13;
Previous owners of the album, members of the Petertyl family, have&#13;
identified subjects in some of the photographs.)&#13;
&#13;
Box 2&#13;
Petertyl Album #1, dates unknown. (identifiers #762.080707.46 762.080707.88)&#13;
(Note: Incomplete album mainly of images of daily life. According to&#13;
a note left by a previous collections processor, the album and some&#13;
of the photographs were given to Julius Petertyl from Leslie Petertyl&#13;
and some of the photographs were given by Nancy Olsen.)&#13;
&#13;
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&#13;
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