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Title
Finding Aid of Kingsley Family Histories Collection, 2013
Subject
Kingsley (Mich.)
Description
Describes the Kingsley Family Histories Collection, 1935-2010.
Creator
Barritt, Amy, 1984-
Source
Local History Collections, Kingsley Branch Library, Kingsley (Mich.)
Publisher
Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City (Mich.)
Date
2013
Contributor
Anonymous donors.
Rights
This document is protected by copyright law. Contact the Kingsley Branch Library for permission to reproduce, display or transmit this document.
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None.
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Document
Identifier
kbl-lhc005-kfhc-findingaid.pdf
Coverage
Kingsley, Paradise Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan
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Kingsley Branch Library
Local History Collections
Kingsley Family Histories Collection, 1
LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS
KINGSLEY BRANCH LIBRARY
213 S Brownson Ave., Kingsley MI 496490427
Creator: Kingsley Branch Library
Title: Kingsley Family Histories Collection
Inclusive dates: 19352010
Bulk dates: 19351939, 19952000
Extent: 1 linear foot, 1 oversized folder, 1 oversized scrapbook
Call number: KBLLHC 005
Language:
Acquisition:
Material is in English
Anonymous donation from various donors; Clark and
Van Pelt series donated by Lyle Van Pelt, April 2013.
Webster series donated by Floyd Webster over a
period of years.
Accruals:
Periodic additions to the collection are expected.
Access:
The collection is open without restriction.
Photographs:
See Box 1 and 2.
AV Material: See Box 2.
Digital Material:
None.
Copyright:
Copyright is held by the Traverse Area District Library,
unless otherwise specified.
Processed By:
Amy Barritt, 2013
Kingsley Branch Library
Local History Collections
Kingsley Family Histories Collection, 2
Abstract
Collection of original family histories and genealogies, ephemera and other artifacts,
focusing on families with significant ties to Kingsley, Michigan. The series in the collection
are Bowden, Brownson, Case, Clark, Dean and Ramey, Earl, Fewless (Fewlass),
Fenton, Harper, Kingsley, Liskum, Lyle, Nickerson, Stinson, Van Pelt, Webster, and
Miscellaneous.
History
The village of Kingsley has not had an official entity acting as a repository for local history;
the public library has filled that role for the community. In the years of the library’s operation,
a number of anonymous donors have given the library various documents especially family
histories and genealogies of families that settled in Kingsley, Michigan, and the
surrounding villages of Buckley, Mayfield and Summit City. The Kingsley Branch Library
continues to collect these documents as they are donated.
Scope and Content Note
Collection includes locally published family histories and genealogies of individual families
that settled in Kingsley. Newspaper articles and photocopies of family photograph albums
also make up a significant portion of the content. Original records in the collection include
an original score of local composer Lillian J. Liskum’s hymn, “Seek First the Kingdom” and
Rhea Stinson Smith’s oral history.
The Clark series, which contains the original ledgers of Wylie Clark, Little School Farmer,
contains the names of many farmers Clark worked with in the 1930s and 1940s, and sheds
light on the agricultural happenings in Kingsley at the time.
Although not a frequent occurrence, there are some business advertisements included
within the family series.
Kingsley Branch Library
Local History Collections
Kingsley Family Histories Collection, 3
Container No.
Description
Bowden [series]:
Box 1
“The War Experiences of Philip Bowden, 19411945,” dictated by
Philip and written by Elizabeth Bowden; Poetry by Philip (Phil)
and Elizabeth (Betty) Bowden
Brownson [series]:
History
Case [series]:
“Donken/Vulcan Corporation: Boom Town to Ghost Town,” written
by Frank C. and Nancy M. Rugani and published in 2008
(History of Donken Michigan, founded by Earl J. Case of
Kingsley, Michigan.) (copyright retained by authors)
Clark [series]:
Wylie Clark, Little School Farmer
Ledgers, 19261939 and Autograph Book, 1887
Ledgers, 19371947
Ledgers, 19301954 and Stock Shares, 19511956
Dean and Ramey [series]:
History
Earl [series]:
Photographs (photocopies, contain images of Seegmiller, Hullet,
Fenstermacher, Hill families)
Kingsley [series]:
Genealogy and history
Liskum [series]:
Lillian J. Liskum, original score of “Seek First the Kingdom”
Nickerson [series]:
History
“The Nickerson Family: Seven Generations from 1789 to 1989”
Disappearance of Bridgebuilder X
Folder 1
Nickerson Family 36th Annual meeting and reunion flier
Stinson [series]:
Box 2
Rhea Stinson Smith
Cassette tapes: Historical at the cottage 75, Historical
cottage 75, Rhea’s Oral Biography 23 February 1995
“The Stinson Saga”, by Pat (Patty) Shaffner Smith, 1985
Van Pelt [series]:
Dennis W. VanPelt, drowned during attempted rescue of a child,
4 July 1981
Dennis W. Van Pelt, Carnegie Hero Medal, honoring sacrifice
Webster [series]:
History (Floyd Webster)
Kingsley Branch Library
Local History Collections
Kingsley Family Histories Collection, 4
Container No.
Description
Webster [series]:
Folder 1
Document honoring Floyd Milton Webster for his commitment to the
preservation of Kingsley history, signed by Governor Rick
Snyder, announced during NinetySixth Legislature at Lansing,
30 July 2011.
Miscellaneous [series]:
Box 2
Genealogy and history
LHR Drawer
Scrapbook, 19431944 (newspaper clippings of servicemen)
Folder 1
Kingsley memoriums, from 1962 to 1982
(donated by Floyd Webster)
Fenton [series]:
Certificates for George L. Fenton, for completing instruction in
general and operative surgery in 1897, and his registration as
a pharmacist in 1912 and 1913
Fewless [series]:
8 oversized handdraw portraits of family members by Ruth
Bowers; Includes the following subjects: Roy Cliford (Clyford)
Fewless, 18981978; Kate Euphemia Tripp, d. 1952; Alta
Luella Tripp, d. 1958; Unknown toddler, undated; Glenn Leland
Fewless, 19081921; George Jacob Walter Fewless
(Fewlass), 18731948; Mary Esther (Bowers) Fewless
(Fewlass), 18781952; Edmund (Ned) Leland Tripp, d. 1958;
Hervey Chester Tripp; Kate Euphemia (Tripp) Caulson;
George Jacob Walter Fewless, 18731948; Jacob Anson
(Snell) Fewlass, 19341907; Mary Catherine (Chicester)
Fewlass.
Harper [series]:
“Oxen slow his pace of life”, article by Al Barnes in the Grand
Rapids Press, featuring Glen Harper of Harper Farm, Walton
Junction
Knight [series]:
Lucius A. Knight, certificate of honorable service, 1864
Local History Collections
Kingsley Family Histories Collection, 1
LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS
KINGSLEY BRANCH LIBRARY
213 S Brownson Ave., Kingsley MI 496490427
Creator: Kingsley Branch Library
Title: Kingsley Family Histories Collection
Inclusive dates: 19352010
Bulk dates: 19351939, 19952000
Extent: 1 linear foot, 1 oversized folder, 1 oversized scrapbook
Call number: KBLLHC 005
Language:
Acquisition:
Material is in English
Anonymous donation from various donors; Clark and
Van Pelt series donated by Lyle Van Pelt, April 2013.
Webster series donated by Floyd Webster over a
period of years.
Accruals:
Periodic additions to the collection are expected.
Access:
The collection is open without restriction.
Photographs:
See Box 1 and 2.
AV Material: See Box 2.
Digital Material:
None.
Copyright:
Copyright is held by the Traverse Area District Library,
unless otherwise specified.
Processed By:
Amy Barritt, 2013
Kingsley Branch Library
Local History Collections
Kingsley Family Histories Collection, 2
Abstract
Collection of original family histories and genealogies, ephemera and other artifacts,
focusing on families with significant ties to Kingsley, Michigan. The series in the collection
are Bowden, Brownson, Case, Clark, Dean and Ramey, Earl, Fewless (Fewlass),
Fenton, Harper, Kingsley, Liskum, Lyle, Nickerson, Stinson, Van Pelt, Webster, and
Miscellaneous.
History
The village of Kingsley has not had an official entity acting as a repository for local history;
the public library has filled that role for the community. In the years of the library’s operation,
a number of anonymous donors have given the library various documents especially family
histories and genealogies of families that settled in Kingsley, Michigan, and the
surrounding villages of Buckley, Mayfield and Summit City. The Kingsley Branch Library
continues to collect these documents as they are donated.
Scope and Content Note
Collection includes locally published family histories and genealogies of individual families
that settled in Kingsley. Newspaper articles and photocopies of family photograph albums
also make up a significant portion of the content. Original records in the collection include
an original score of local composer Lillian J. Liskum’s hymn, “Seek First the Kingdom” and
Rhea Stinson Smith’s oral history.
The Clark series, which contains the original ledgers of Wylie Clark, Little School Farmer,
contains the names of many farmers Clark worked with in the 1930s and 1940s, and sheds
light on the agricultural happenings in Kingsley at the time.
Although not a frequent occurrence, there are some business advertisements included
within the family series.
Kingsley Branch Library
Local History Collections
Kingsley Family Histories Collection, 3
Container No.
Description
Bowden [series]:
Box 1
“The War Experiences of Philip Bowden, 19411945,” dictated by
Philip and written by Elizabeth Bowden; Poetry by Philip (Phil)
and Elizabeth (Betty) Bowden
Brownson [series]:
History
Case [series]:
“Donken/Vulcan Corporation: Boom Town to Ghost Town,” written
by Frank C. and Nancy M. Rugani and published in 2008
(History of Donken Michigan, founded by Earl J. Case of
Kingsley, Michigan.) (copyright retained by authors)
Clark [series]:
Wylie Clark, Little School Farmer
Ledgers, 19261939 and Autograph Book, 1887
Ledgers, 19371947
Ledgers, 19301954 and Stock Shares, 19511956
Dean and Ramey [series]:
History
Earl [series]:
Photographs (photocopies, contain images of Seegmiller, Hullet,
Fenstermacher, Hill families)
Kingsley [series]:
Genealogy and history
Liskum [series]:
Lillian J. Liskum, original score of “Seek First the Kingdom”
Nickerson [series]:
History
“The Nickerson Family: Seven Generations from 1789 to 1989”
Disappearance of Bridgebuilder X
Folder 1
Nickerson Family 36th Annual meeting and reunion flier
Stinson [series]:
Box 2
Rhea Stinson Smith
Cassette tapes: Historical at the cottage 75, Historical
cottage 75, Rhea’s Oral Biography 23 February 1995
“The Stinson Saga”, by Pat (Patty) Shaffner Smith, 1985
Van Pelt [series]:
Dennis W. VanPelt, drowned during attempted rescue of a child,
4 July 1981
Dennis W. Van Pelt, Carnegie Hero Medal, honoring sacrifice
Webster [series]:
History (Floyd Webster)
Kingsley Branch Library
Local History Collections
Kingsley Family Histories Collection, 4
Container No.
Description
Webster [series]:
Folder 1
Document honoring Floyd Milton Webster for his commitment to the
preservation of Kingsley history, signed by Governor Rick
Snyder, announced during NinetySixth Legislature at Lansing,
30 July 2011.
Miscellaneous [series]:
Box 2
Genealogy and history
LHR Drawer
Scrapbook, 19431944 (newspaper clippings of servicemen)
Folder 1
Kingsley memoriums, from 1962 to 1982
(donated by Floyd Webster)
Fenton [series]:
Certificates for George L. Fenton, for completing instruction in
general and operative surgery in 1897, and his registration as
a pharmacist in 1912 and 1913
Fewless [series]:
8 oversized handdraw portraits of family members by Ruth
Bowers; Includes the following subjects: Roy Cliford (Clyford)
Fewless, 18981978; Kate Euphemia Tripp, d. 1952; Alta
Luella Tripp, d. 1958; Unknown toddler, undated; Glenn Leland
Fewless, 19081921; George Jacob Walter Fewless
(Fewlass), 18731948; Mary Esther (Bowers) Fewless
(Fewlass), 18781952; Edmund (Ned) Leland Tripp, d. 1958;
Hervey Chester Tripp; Kate Euphemia (Tripp) Caulson;
George Jacob Walter Fewless, 18731948; Jacob Anson
(Snell) Fewlass, 19341907; Mary Catherine (Chicester)
Fewlass.
Harper [series]:
“Oxen slow his pace of life”, article by Al Barnes in the Grand
Rapids Press, featuring Glen Harper of Harper Farm, Walton
Junction
Knight [series]:
Lucius A. Knight, certificate of honorable service, 1864
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