Finding Aid of Historical Map Collection, 2013

Finding Aid of Historical Map Collection, 2013

Maps--Michigan.

Maps--Facsimiles.

Describes the Historical Map Collection, 1855-1969, held by the Kingsley Branch Library. Focuses on Michigan and Grand Traverse County, and contains both original and reproduced maps.

Barritt, Amy, 1984-

Local History Collections, Kingsley Branch Library, Kingsley (Mich.)

Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City (Mich.)

2013

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Kingsley, Paradise Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan

Kingsley Branch Library
Local History Collections
Historical Map Collection, 1

LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS
KINGSLEY BRANCH LIBRARY
213 S Brownson Ave., Kingsley MI 49649­0427

Creator: Kingsley Branch Library
Title: Historical Map Collection
Inclusive dates: 1855­1969
Bulk dates: 1881­1906
Extent: 1 folder and 1 oversized folder
Call number: KBL­LHC 007

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A­V Material: None.
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Material is in English
Anonymous donation.
Periodic additions to the collection are not expected.
The collection is open without restriction.
None.
None.
Copyright is held by the Traverse Area District Library;
for items not in the public domain, copyright held by
publisher.
Amy Barritt, 2013

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Abstract
Collection of Michigan and Grand Traverse County Maps, with a focus on the area around
Kingsley. Mostly reproductions, but includes original plot­plans and surveys of land in the
village of Kingsley. Finding aid features item­level description.
History
Brief history of Grand Traverse County Boundaries
Grand Traverse County was created from Omeena County on April 7, 1851. Omeena
County had been attached to Mackinac County. On February 3, 1858, the region was
reorganized: Grand Traverse County gained all of Omeena County, and Omeena was
eliminated; Antrim, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Missaukee and Wexford Counties all detached
from Mackinac County, and attached to Grand Traverse County; Manistee County
detached from Ottawa County, and attached to Grand Traverse County; All attachments
were “for judicial and municipal purposes” (From Michigan: Atlas of Historical County
Boundaries, ed. John H. Long, 1997).
Scope and Content Note
The Historical Map Collection contains mostly reproductions of original maps early in
Michigan’s history.
Digital Map and Atlas Collections
Additional maps and atlases of Michigan counties are available online through the
University of Michigan’s Digital Library. The “Michigan County Histories and Atlases,” was
a digitization project that provides digital editions of many early histories of counties
throughout Michigan: <http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/>.
The histories included in this project for Grand Traverse County include the following. There
are many more histories containing information about the region, but these listed are
specific to the Grand Traverse region. All of the histories included in the project are in the
public domain. Many are available in print at the Branches of the Traverse Area District
Library as well:
Strang, James Jesse. Ancient and modern Michilimackinac, including an account of
the controversy between Mackinac and the Mormons, 1854.
Winchell, Alexander. The Grand Traverse region, 1866.
Hayes, E.L. Atlas of Grand Traverse County, Michigan, 1881.
Page, H.R. and Co. The Traverse region, historical and descriptive, 1884.
Record Publishing Co. (Chicago). Portrait and biographical record of northern
Michigan, 1895.
Steele, George E. New atlas and directory of Grand Traverse County, Michigan,
1895.

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Bowen, B.F. Sprague's history of Grand Traverse and Leelanaw counties, Michigan,
1903.
Bowen, B.F and Co. Biographical history of northern Michigan, 1905.
Ogle, George A. and Co. Standard atlas of Grand Traverse County, Michigan:
including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county, 1908.
Powers, Perry Francis. A history of northern Michigan and its people, 1912.
Wait, S.E. Old settlers: a historical and chronological record, 1918.
Reference Maps
Additional maps, including Michigan county and road maps, and maps of the United
States, Europe and the World, are available for reference in the Local History and
Genealogy Room at the Kingsley Branch Library. Also, look for plat maps of Grand
Traverse County in the “Kingsley Area History Collection”, call number KBL­LHC 006.

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Container No. Description
Oversized Folder 1
Michigan, 1855 (reproduction)
Michigan, 1870 (reproduction)
Grand Traverse County, 1873 (reproduction)
Map of Mayfield Station and Post office, Kingsley Station and Paradise Village,
1881 (reproduction)
Outline Map of Grand Traverse County, Michigan, 1881 (reproduction)
Paradise and Part of Traverse and East Bay (Township 25 and 26, North Range
10 West, 1881 (reproduction)
Railroad Map of Michigan, 1883­4 (reproduction)
Map of Michigan, 1884 (reproduction)
Map of Michigan, 1890 (reproduction)
Northern Portion of Michigan, 1895 (reproduction)
Map of Kingsley, undated (from New atlas and directory of Grand Traverse
County, Michigan, 1895, reproduction, 7 pages)
Map of Mayfield (Township 25, North Range 11 West), undated (color
reproduction; from New atlas and directory of Grand Traverse County,
Michigan, 1895)
Map of Paradise (Township 25 North Range 10 West part of Township 26 North
Range 10 West), undated (color reproduction; from New atlas and
directory of Grand Traverse County, Michigan, 1895)
Map of Northern Michigan and Lake Superior, undated (circa early1900s,
reproduction, 2 pages)
Map of the Pere Marquette Railroad and connections, 1902 (reproduction)
Map of the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway and connections,
1902 (reproduction)
Map of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway System, 1904 (reproduction)
Michigan, 1906 (reproduction)
Kingsley, platted as Paradise, Paradise Township (From Standard atlas of
Grand Traverse County, Michigan, 1908, page 23),
(reproduction, 3 pages)
Midget Map of the Best Roads in Michigan, 1923 (reproduction)
Forest Lakes Resort Area, shows lakes in Grand Traverse County in detail,
undated (circa 1950s)
Property Survey for Merle Davis, Lots 15, 17­20 and 45­52, Block 3, Village of
Kingsley, Paradise Township, Grand Traverse County,
Michigan, 29 July 1966
Map of Ghost Towns, Old Mining and Logging Towns of Northern Wisconsin
and Northern Michigan, 1969
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Grand Traverse County, 1986
(marked on map is grave of Emma L. Northrup)
Kingsley, Michigan plot­plan by Michigan Inspection Bureau,
October 1961 (2 pages; 2 copies)

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Container No. Description
Folder 2
(note: Folder within OVS folder; mostly scale drawings of buildings and
corrections to October 1961 Kingsley plot­plan.)
Brownson Avenue, ca. 1960
Corner of Spring and Blair Streets, ca. 1960
Kingsley School on Clark and Blair, ca. 1960
Kingsley School (correction) on Clark and Blair, ca. 1960
Corrections­Conservation Prison Camp Program at Walton Road, ca. 1956
Camp Pugsley, ca. 1956
Grand Traverse County Garage, Kingsley, ca. 1960
Mayfield, Lyle Ashmore property, ca. 1960
South Brownson Ave. 102­120, Michigan Inspection Bureau, ca. 1960