Swan, Jill.

Summary: Explore the history of Traverse City football through photos, articles, and the words of those who have been a part, and are a part, of one of Traverse City's greatest athletic traditions. Traverse City Football Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow features: History of Thirlby Field, Team photos, action shots, and other memorabilia. Includes coach biographies, including Jim Ooley, and interviews with...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Swan Publishing 2009

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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 796.332 SWA
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 796.332 SWA

Shumaker, Heather

Summary: A history of Grand Traverse County, Michigan libraries, beginning with an early Traverse Township Library and a Ladies' Library Association established in 1869. Emphasis is on community support of its libraries through 140 years and how libraries continued engaging the public and remaining an integral part of the community. More recently local libraries needed to reinvent themselves to provide...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: CRSTAL Publishing 0000

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.464 SHU
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 977.464 SHU

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.464 SHU

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.464 SHU

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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.464 SHU

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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Local Shumaker

LeClaire, Virginia M

Summary: This volume tells the story of the Traverse City State Hospital Training School for Nurses. The doors opened in 1906 and were closed in 1947. Over four hundred students graduated from this institution. You will meet them and the families from which they came. You will also witness the effects of the political and health concerns of the days on their lives, and learn about the various paths they...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 0000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.21 LEC
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 362.2 LeClaire
1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 362.21 LEC

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1 available in Michigan Room, Call number: MI 362.21 LeClaire 2012

MacLeod, Marty

Summary: Perry Hannah & his neighbors interweaves an engaging narrative with over six hundred photographs into a vibrant tapestry of life in early Traverse City. Local historian Marty MacLeod accompanies readers street by street through Central neighborhood, inviting you into homes and lives and peeking at contemporary events and places of interest-with just a hint of turn-of-the-century tittle-tattle.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press,  0000

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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 977.464 MAC

Miller, Chris

Summary: Tracing the history of the Traverse City State Hospital from its founding, this book presents its growth, development, decline, and the efforts to preserve this historic site.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Pub. 2005

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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 362.2 MIL

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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 362.2 MIL

Jonkhoff, Peg

Summary: Many northern Michigan communities, including Traverse City, can trace their origins to the lumber industry in the mid-19th century. But Traverse City was the lucky one. Chicago lumberman, Perry Hannah, not only established his business here-he stayed. His pioneering spirit, hard work and vision made him a success. His philanthropic attitude combined with a vision for a vibrant Traverse City...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: History Center of Traverse City 2013

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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI OVS 977.464 Jonkhoff 2013

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1 available in Adult, Call number: OVS 977 JON

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 977.464 JON

Tompkins, Molly.

Summary: This book was written by two high school seniors as a community service project, in order to record the 60 year history of the ski area Hickory Hills in Traverse City, Michigan, and preserve the community-owned area for future generations. The book is based on more than seventy interviews and extensive research, and enhanced by numerous photographs shot by local photographer Jack Bensley.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Preserve History 2011

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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 TOM

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Capps, Richard B.

Summary: A sanitary survey of Traverse City incorporated into a 1930 historical view of Northern Michigan.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Medical School 0000

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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 361 Capps

Firestone, Kathleen

Summary: Tells the history of Greiliville, Michigan on Grand Traverse Bay

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mitchell Graphics 0000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.464 FIR

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.464 FIR

Wakefield, Larry

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Traverse Pioneer & Historical Society 1991

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1 available in Local Author, Call number: 977.464 WAK
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.464 WAK

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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 WAK

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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Local Wakefield

Summary: This silent film showcases the people and places of Traverse City, Michigan in 1940, featuring local churches, schools, businesses, families and social gatherings. In the film, The Traverse City Exchange Club invites famous Hollywood director "Gary Owens" to preside over a Movie Queen contest in which the winner will receive a Hollywood contract. The film was originally produced as a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: History Center of Traverse City 2012

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 917.7464 WER

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WE'RE
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 977.4 We're

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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Local We're

Arnold, Jennie Auburnia Waterman

Summary: Jennie Arnold was a historian of Traverse City, Michigan. Born in 1893 at East Jordan, Michigan, she is best remembered for having campaigned to save the historic Grand Traverse County Courthouse from demolition in the mid-1970s. She also owned and operated a bookstore. Volume includes her reminiscenses, titled "Writings," as well as newspaper clippings, images, and letters.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 0000

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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 921 ARN

Alterman, Sharon.

Summary: Congregation Beth El's centennial year reflects upon the history of Jewish life in the Grand Traverse Region: a history that was woven by the fabric of families that settled here. -Sharon Alterman

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Congregation Beth El 1985

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3 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R GEN 929.377464 Alterman
Call number: R NEL 977.464 Alterman

Schrader, Robert Ellis

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: R.E. Schrader 1985

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 977.464 Schrader

Wright, C. S.

Summary: Cradled in the East and West Arms of the Grand Traverse Bay, Traverse City is nationally known as the Cherry Capital of the World, and locally known as a four-season playground with a rich agricultural heritage and a thriving, urban vitality. Since settlers first populated the area in the late 19th century, the Traverse City community has cherished and cultivated its natural resources, from the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Pub. 2003

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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Local Wright

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.464 WRI

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Wilson, Robert E

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Traverse Pioneer and Historical Society 2004

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Bollinger, Donna Stiffler.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Village Press 1975

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1 available in Michigan Room, Call number: R 977.464 Bolinger

Anderson, W. S., (William Stacy)

Summary: A compilation of persons known to the Traverse City and Grand Traverse region containing photos and short essays including association with persons and their occupations.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: unknown 0000

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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 977.464 Anderson

LeClaire, Virginia

Summary: Compiled collection of materials on Anthony "Bundy" Brief, widely considered the most famous professional sports player to come from Traverse City, Michigan. He played professional baseball from 1912-1928, with the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 0000

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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 921 BRI

Steffens, Roy H.

Summary: Roster of Michigan Civil War veterans, Grand Traverse County, 1970. Information included: soldiers name, the unit name, birth and death dates (if known), and the name of the cemetery buried.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Steffens 0000

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1 available in Reference, Call number: R NEL 317.74 Steffens

Morgenstein, Henry.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Between The Bays 2011

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.464 MOR
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 977.464 MOR

Maurer, Vickie.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vickie Maurer 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FROSTIC, GWEN MAU
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 811.54 FROSTIC, GWEN MAU

MacLeod, Marty

Summary: An A-to-Z tour de force, from Arnold's Bookstore, Brady's, and Cone Drive through the locally filmed Zombie movie. Land mines and cigar rolling, life-sized cartoons, casketmakers, and an experimental submarine—it's all part of Old Towne's fascinating story.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Street Books 0000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.464 MAC
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 977.464 MAC

Wakefield, Lawrence.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Village Press 1988

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2 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.464 WAK
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 977.464 Wak

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 977.464 WAK