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Title
Finding Aid for Northwest Michigan Development District Aerial Photographs, 1938, 1973
Subject
Aerial photogrammetry.
Michigan.
Old Mission (Mich.)
Description
A two linear-foot collection of aerial photographs (most 9” x 9”) of the Northwest Michigan Development District, including Emmet, Charlevoix, Antrim, Leelanau, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Manistee, Wexford, and Missaukee counties, taken in 1973. Included with the photographs is a map index, showing where each numbered image corresponds to on a topographical map. Images were created and maintained by the offices of the Northwest Michigan Regional Planning and Development Commission, whose purview included the area designated the Northwest Michigan Development District. The Commission used them as reference tools for planning various projects. There is also an additional series of images of aerial photographs of Old Mission Peninsula, taken in 1938.
Creator
Northwest Michigan Regional Planning and Development Commission
Source
Collection held at Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere Main Library, Traverse City (Mich.)
Publisher
Northwest Michigan Regional Planning and Development Commission
Date
1938
1973
Contributor
National Archives of the United States Federal Government.
Rights
Copyright is held by the publishing institution. However, records are held in the public interest and made publicly available. Collection is open without restriction.
Relation
None.
Format
PDF
Language
English.
Type
Document.
Identifier
2017.7
Coverage
Michigan.
PDF Text
Text
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
Local History Collections
Northwest Michigan Development District Aerial Photographs, 1
LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
610 Woodmere Avenue Traverse City MI 49686
Creator: Northwest Michigan Regional Planning
and Development Commission
Title: Northwest Michigan Development District Aerial Photographs
Inclusive dates: 1938, 1973-1975
Extent: 2 Linear Feet
Call number: WOOD-LHC 2017.7
Language: Material is in English
Acquisition: Anonymous donation.
Accruals: Periodic additions to the collection are not expected.
Access: The collection is open without restriction.
Photographs: Collection of photographs. Index in Box 4.
A-V Material: None.
Digital Material: None.
Copyright: Copyright is held by Northwest Michigan Development District,
but no known currently operating entity is known to have inherited
copyright.
Processed By: Amy Barritt, Janet Novak, Joe Novak, 2017
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
Local History Collections
Northwest Michigan Development District Aerial Photographs, 2
Abstract
Collection of aerial photographs (most 9” x 9”) of the Northwest Michigan Development
District, including Emmet, Charlevoix, Antrim, Leelanau, Benzie, Grand Traverse,
Kalkaska, Manistee, Wexford, and Missaukee counties. Included with the photographs
is a map index, showing where each numbered image corresponds to on a
topographical map. Images were created and maintained by the offices of the Northwest
Michigan Regional Planning and Development Commission, whose purview included
the area designated the Northwest Michigan Development District. The Commission
used them as reference tools for planning various projects. There is also an additional
series of images of aerial photographs of Old Mission Peninsula, taken in 1938.
History
The Northwest Michigan Regional Planning and Development Commission was an
entity concerned with economic development in Northwest Michigan, including the
promotion of business ventures, supporting workforce development, and providing
regional planning services to various levels of government. The Commission worked
closely with what is now the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, and the
Michigan Department of Energy, Labor, & Economic Growth. The Commission
continues to exist, and over time, has become Networks Northwest.
Little historical information about the Commission exists outside of the archives of
Networks Northwest. Several reports written by the Commission are referred to in other
bibliographies of area studies conducted in the region in the 1970s, but copies of the
actual reports are not widely available.
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
Local History Collections
Northwest Michigan Development District Aerial Photographs, 3
Scope and Content Note
This collection was an unaccessioned legacy collection from the Traverse Area
Historical Society, acquired by the Traverse Area District Library in February 2016. No
donor, provenance or original order information was provided with the collection.
Although individual images were out of numerical order when received, the bulk of
images were in numerical order, so what is believed to be the original order was
restored to improve researcher access.
The Aerial Photographs, 1973 series comprises the bulk of the collection. Images in
series are impossible to use without referencing the enclosed map index, as the
numerical order on the map skips across county lines, and there are gaps between
numbers.
The Old Mission Peninsula, Aerial Photographs series is contained within two
folders. The images are dated 1938, and a stamp on the back shows the images were
originally retrieved from the National Archives. It is unknown if the Northwest Michigan
Regional Planning and Development Commission also used these images in their
planning process, but as the images were stored together with the 1973 images, the
decision was made to keep this series as part of the collection.
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
Local History Collections
Northwest Michigan Development District Aerial Photographs, 4
Container No.
Box 1
Description
Aerial Photographs, 1973 [series:]
198-219
220-239
240-259
260-279
280-299
300-319
320-339
340-359
360-379
380-407 (begin known gap)
471-489
490-509
510-529
530-549
Box 2
550-569
570-589
590-609
610-629
630-649
650-669
670-699
700-719
720-739
740-759
760-779
780-799
800-819
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
Local History Collections
Northwest Michigan Development District Aerial Photographs, 5
Container No.
Box 3
Description
Aerial Photographs, 1973 [series, cont.:]
820-839
840-859
860-879
880-899
900-919
920-939
940-959
960-979
980-999
1000-1019
1020-1039
1040-1059
Box 4
1060-1079
1080-1099
1100-1119
1120-1139
1140-1159
1160-1179
1180-1199
1200-1219
1220-1237
Unnumbered
Index
Old Mission Peninsula, Aerial Photographs [series:]
18 July 1938
22 September 1938
Local History Collections
Northwest Michigan Development District Aerial Photographs, 1
LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
610 Woodmere Avenue Traverse City MI 49686
Creator: Northwest Michigan Regional Planning
and Development Commission
Title: Northwest Michigan Development District Aerial Photographs
Inclusive dates: 1938, 1973-1975
Extent: 2 Linear Feet
Call number: WOOD-LHC 2017.7
Language: Material is in English
Acquisition: Anonymous donation.
Accruals: Periodic additions to the collection are not expected.
Access: The collection is open without restriction.
Photographs: Collection of photographs. Index in Box 4.
A-V Material: None.
Digital Material: None.
Copyright: Copyright is held by Northwest Michigan Development District,
but no known currently operating entity is known to have inherited
copyright.
Processed By: Amy Barritt, Janet Novak, Joe Novak, 2017
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
Local History Collections
Northwest Michigan Development District Aerial Photographs, 2
Abstract
Collection of aerial photographs (most 9” x 9”) of the Northwest Michigan Development
District, including Emmet, Charlevoix, Antrim, Leelanau, Benzie, Grand Traverse,
Kalkaska, Manistee, Wexford, and Missaukee counties. Included with the photographs
is a map index, showing where each numbered image corresponds to on a
topographical map. Images were created and maintained by the offices of the Northwest
Michigan Regional Planning and Development Commission, whose purview included
the area designated the Northwest Michigan Development District. The Commission
used them as reference tools for planning various projects. There is also an additional
series of images of aerial photographs of Old Mission Peninsula, taken in 1938.
History
The Northwest Michigan Regional Planning and Development Commission was an
entity concerned with economic development in Northwest Michigan, including the
promotion of business ventures, supporting workforce development, and providing
regional planning services to various levels of government. The Commission worked
closely with what is now the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, and the
Michigan Department of Energy, Labor, & Economic Growth. The Commission
continues to exist, and over time, has become Networks Northwest.
Little historical information about the Commission exists outside of the archives of
Networks Northwest. Several reports written by the Commission are referred to in other
bibliographies of area studies conducted in the region in the 1970s, but copies of the
actual reports are not widely available.
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
Local History Collections
Northwest Michigan Development District Aerial Photographs, 3
Scope and Content Note
This collection was an unaccessioned legacy collection from the Traverse Area
Historical Society, acquired by the Traverse Area District Library in February 2016. No
donor, provenance or original order information was provided with the collection.
Although individual images were out of numerical order when received, the bulk of
images were in numerical order, so what is believed to be the original order was
restored to improve researcher access.
The Aerial Photographs, 1973 series comprises the bulk of the collection. Images in
series are impossible to use without referencing the enclosed map index, as the
numerical order on the map skips across county lines, and there are gaps between
numbers.
The Old Mission Peninsula, Aerial Photographs series is contained within two
folders. The images are dated 1938, and a stamp on the back shows the images were
originally retrieved from the National Archives. It is unknown if the Northwest Michigan
Regional Planning and Development Commission also used these images in their
planning process, but as the images were stored together with the 1973 images, the
decision was made to keep this series as part of the collection.
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
Local History Collections
Northwest Michigan Development District Aerial Photographs, 4
Container No.
Box 1
Description
Aerial Photographs, 1973 [series:]
198-219
220-239
240-259
260-279
280-299
300-319
320-339
340-359
360-379
380-407 (begin known gap)
471-489
490-509
510-529
530-549
Box 2
550-569
570-589
590-609
610-629
630-649
650-669
670-699
700-719
720-739
740-759
760-779
780-799
800-819
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
Local History Collections
Northwest Michigan Development District Aerial Photographs, 5
Container No.
Box 3
Description
Aerial Photographs, 1973 [series, cont.:]
820-839
840-859
860-879
880-899
900-919
920-939
940-959
960-979
980-999
1000-1019
1020-1039
1040-1059
Box 4
1060-1079
1080-1099
1100-1119
1120-1139
1140-1159
1160-1179
1180-1199
1200-1219
1220-1237
Unnumbered
Index
Old Mission Peninsula, Aerial Photographs [series:]
18 July 1938
22 September 1938
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