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- Description:
- A pictorial look at Lansing's history, edited by Hazel P. Proctor. The book is a compilation of reprinted, loaned photographs from private individuals, as well as from area historical collections. Although each photograph has a descriptive caption, there is no source citation with each, or key to specific sources elsewhere in the book. It was published by Great Lakes Federal Savings. Categories in the book include: Maps Views from Above Street Scenes Businesses Services Transportation Residences Schools Churches People Recreation Disasters
- Date Created:
- 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Digitized Books
- Description:
- Guest speaker George Graff speaks about the cities, towns, and villages that have come to be in mid-Michigan, and the ones that didn't last, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series
- Description:
- This is a collection of Lansing and regional newspaper clippings assembled by David Caterino as part of his larger group of local history materials. The clippings are sorted into several broad subject categories developed by Caterino, and include things like biographies, buildings, sports, transportation, and others.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Newspaper Clipping Collection
- Description:
- This is a collection of Lansing and regional subject files assembled by David Caterino as part of his larger group of local history materials. Files contain materials such as brochures, menus, flyers, reports, and other ephemeral items. The materials are sorted into several broad subject categories developed by Caterino, and include things like biographies, buildings, clubs and associations, sports, transportation, and others.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Subject File Collection
- Description:
- This is an index to names and articles appearing in the "Looking Back" compilation of articles by Alida Chapman, which was published by the Delhi Township Bicentennial Association in 1976. See also "Looking Back" by Alida Chapman.
- Date Created:
- 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Holt Library Local History Collection
- Description:
- Jackie Sewell talks about the origins and early history of the Turner family, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series
- Description:
- This collection contains files for each address that was researched toward the publication of the "Thematic Survey of Early Automotive History in Lansing, Michigan from 1890 to 1930" by the Mannik & Smith Group, Inc. The survey, which was published in July of 2003, was contracted by the City of Lansing. Supporting area groups included the Stewardship Community Board of the MotorCities-Automotive National Heritage Area, the Lansing Historic District Commission, the Lansing Planning Office and the State Historic Preservation Office, among others. Fifty-two sites comprising 60 buildings were surveyed. Twenty-six of those were determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. All 52 sites were listed in an ANHA database (not publicly available as of June 2017). This collection is organized by street address. Within each file, the following items are usually contained: -Photocopies of site from Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps -Photocopies of City of Lansing Assessor records - property and real estate inventory detailed files -Photocopies of newspaper clippings, most from the Capital Area District Libraries' biographical and subject clippings files -Printouts from the ANHA Resource Site Data database for each site Occasionally a file will also contain: -Photocopies from Capital Area District Libraries' Stebbins Real Estate Collection -Handwritten original and photocopied notes from Mannik & Smith research staff -Photocopied photographs from City of Lansing Assessor -Photocopied journal or magazine articles about businesses or individuals from a variety of sources Within the files, there is a great deal of overlap and duplication due to the complex history of automotive and related businesses in the Lansing area.
- Date Created:
- 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Thematic Survey Research Materials
- Description:
- Cover is missing. Contents: "The City of Lansing" by G. Walter Meade. "Brief Biography of the First Builders of Lansing" by J. E. Warner Pages with photographs and text about several early Lansing businesses, organizations, schools, churches, etc.
- Date Created:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Digitized Books
- Description:
- Jackie Sewell presents the findings of her research on the history of the Turner and Dodge families, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Morris Ingham County History Collection
