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- Description:
- Located at 2130 Holmes Road West. The second half of the building was constructed in 1929. An addition was made in 1950. All construction was conducted by the Pleasant Grove School District prior to annexation in 1958. Contents include: Awards, invetory, meeting minutes, closing pageant, correspondence, records, bylaws, history books, secretary reports.
- Date Created:
- [1930 TO 1980]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Contents include: Budgets, Curriculums, Reports, Publications, PTA Materials, Millage Proposals, Training Materials, Annual Reports, School Folders for Otto, West, and Walter French.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Michigan Week is a publication of The Greater Michigan Foundation. Container lists are updated as we add new titles and issues to the collection.
- Date Created:
- 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Newspapers and Periodicals Collection
- Description:
- Title page: "Lansing Area Park Development: A project of the Lansing Area Community Resources Workshop in cooperation with Michigan State University, by Jean H. Nilsen and Susan Zerbst. Director: Mrs. Frances B. Schneider; Assistant Director: Ralph Chapman. July, 1969." The report is bound with two pieces of stained wood and a leather cord, and the cover design and title were done with a woodburning tool. This report includes a list of parks; a historical sketch of the early park system by Birt Darling; information about the city's Parks and Recreation Department, Urban Renewal projects; and other information about the park system. Some charts and indexes cut from other publications are included (with no sources given), and color snapshots for many of the parks are also in the report. These photos have been scanned individually in addition to the full report document. Contact the library for more information.
- Date Created:
- 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Digitized Books
- Description:
- History of Lansing Public Schools (microfilm versions of book Vols 1-2; 3 rolls) Container lists are updated as we add new titles and issues to the collection.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Newspapers and Periodicals Collection
- Description:
- Located at 1030 Holmes Street South. The site for Holmes Street School was purchased in July 1916. It was located at the corner of Holmes Street South and Hazel Street. The building was constructed in 1923 with an addition made in 1929. Contents include: History books, pictures, bylaws, meeting minutes, budget and finance materials, correspondence, awards.
- Date Created:
- [1924 TO 1985]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- This series includes both Lansing and national YWCA histories, information on the national YWCA Centennial in 1955 and the Lansing YWCA Centennial in 1989, and information about the YWCA time capsule and cornerstone.
- Date Created:
- [1890 TO 1989]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- Located at 1012 Willow Street West. It was originally the Warner School which was built in 1915. The name was changed in 1921 with the change from Warner Street to Willow Street. Additions were made in 1919. A new building was constructed in 1952. Contents include: Awards, History books, meeting minutes, correspondence, records.
- Date Created:
- [1930 TO 1988]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Located at 1715 Main Street West. The land was purchased in 1924 and construction completed in 1929. An addition was made in 1953. Contents include: PTA Correspodence.
- Date Created:
- [1950 TO 1958]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Located at 2924 Newark Avenue. It was annexed in 1964. It was built in the 1960s and closed in 2001. Contents include: flag, awards, Harley Franks/Maple Grove PTA programs, Yearbooks, History books.
- Date Created:
- [1963 TO 1999]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Located on Clark Road East. Contents include: memorabilia, author visits, grant materials, writing books, meeting minutes, budget materials, fundraising, bylaws, membership rosters, correspondence, staff notes. This box also includes a folder on the Old Gunnisonville School House which was located on Wood Road.
- Date Created:
- [1960 TO 2007]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- The Michigan Historical Museum moved to the Mutual Building at 208 North Capitol Avenue in 1980 and was located there until the newly built Michigan Library and Historical Center opened on Kalamazoo Avenue in 1989.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- The Newsletter of the Historical Society of Greater Lansing has been published under the following titles: Local Historian, Heritage, Town Crier, Historical News & Notes, HSGL Newsletter, and History Explorer. Container lists are updated as we add new titles and issues to the collection.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Newspapers and Periodicals Collection
- Description:
- Located at 2901 Lyons Avenue. The land was purchased in 1951 and construction was completed in 1952. Additions were made in 1953 and 1958. Contents include: event programs
- Date Created:
- [1952 TO 1958]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Located at 815 Fairview Avenue Norrth. The State Administrative Board issued 10 acres to Lansing Board of Education in 1953 for Fairview Elementary. The school opened on September 9, 1954. It was located on ten acres where the Boys Vocational School once stood on Fairview Avenue North and bounded by Grand River Avenue. Additions were made in 1954 and 1961. Located in front of Fairview/Foster Box.
- Date Created:
- 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Center for Language, Culture, and Communication Arts was a magnet middle school located at 500 Lenawee Street West. Contents Include: Newspaper clippings and photo.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Located at 3426 Cedar Street South. Everett Elementary was orginally built in the 1850s and was named for Arthur Everett. An addition was made in the 1890s but demolished in 1960 and in 1923 and 1934 more additions were introduced. A new gym was built in 1937 and a lower floor in 1939. An extra upper floor was built in 1947 before being annexed to Lansing Schools in 1950. They operated within the high school buildings for a time. Contents include: PTA Scrapbooks and historical materials, Board and PTA meeting minutes, treasury records, payroll ledgers, monthly reports, book donation acknowledgements, Progressive Education Association books, flags, awards, and banners.
- Date Created:
- [1918 TO 1984]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Located at 1017 Jerome Street. It was built in 1921 and originally named East Junior High. it was renamed Henry R. Pattengill Junior High the following year. Contents include: Bylaws, records, correspondence, meeting minutes.
- Date Created:
- [1920 TO 2000]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Located at 835 Genesee Street West. The land for Genesee Street School was purchased in April 1909 and the school opened in 1912. Additions were added in 1961. It remained open until 1984 and was located at 835 Genesee Street West. Contents include: PTA history books, meeting minutes.
- Date Created:
- [1916 TO 1967]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- General historical information about the City of Lansing, Ingham County, and Michigan. Some maps are in these files. These files can be browsed in the Local History Room at CADL during open hours. Most contents have not been digitized.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Biography and Subject Files