Beyond books : stories of Traverse Area libraries, 1860-2020 /
Shumaker, Heather.
Beyond books : stories of Traverse Area libraries, 1860-2020 / Heather Shumaker. - xiv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliography and index.
Foreword -- Preface -- The Living Library -- Chapter 1: Early Libraries -- Chapter 2: Carnegie Libraries -- Chapter 3: The Great Site Fight, 1902-1904 -- Chapter 4: A Carnegie Library on Sixth Street -- Chapter 5: Library Days, 1905-1940s -- Chapter 6: Library Days, 1950s-1970s -- Chapter 7: The McGuire Years -- Chapter 8: Outgrowing the Carnegie Library -- Chapter 9: Rallying for the Library Again -- Chapter 10: Citizens for Libraries -- Chapter 11: Finding a New Home -- Chapter 12: Vote YES For Libraries -- Chapter 13: Welcome to Woodmere -- Chapter 14: Community Growth and Change -- Chapter 15: Privacy and Censorship -- Chapter 16: The Modern Library -- Chapter 17: TADL into the Future.
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 services during the pandemic. Includes historic photographs and local Traverse City history. An additional feature is an essay, The Living Library, by Hank Bailey, a tribal member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.
9780578315089
2021921706
Traverse Area District Library--History.
Traverse City Carnegie Library (Traverse City, Mich.)--History.
Ladies' Library Association (Traverse City, Mich.)--History.
Libraries--History.--Michigan
F572 .G5 / S58 2022
Beyond books : stories of Traverse Area libraries, 1860-2020 / Heather Shumaker. - xiv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliography and index.
Foreword -- Preface -- The Living Library -- Chapter 1: Early Libraries -- Chapter 2: Carnegie Libraries -- Chapter 3: The Great Site Fight, 1902-1904 -- Chapter 4: A Carnegie Library on Sixth Street -- Chapter 5: Library Days, 1905-1940s -- Chapter 6: Library Days, 1950s-1970s -- Chapter 7: The McGuire Years -- Chapter 8: Outgrowing the Carnegie Library -- Chapter 9: Rallying for the Library Again -- Chapter 10: Citizens for Libraries -- Chapter 11: Finding a New Home -- Chapter 12: Vote YES For Libraries -- Chapter 13: Welcome to Woodmere -- Chapter 14: Community Growth and Change -- Chapter 15: Privacy and Censorship -- Chapter 16: The Modern Library -- Chapter 17: TADL into the Future.
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 services during the pandemic. Includes historic photographs and local Traverse City history. An additional feature is an essay, The Living Library, by Hank Bailey, a tribal member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.
9780578315089
2021921706
Traverse Area District Library--History.
Traverse City Carnegie Library (Traverse City, Mich.)--History.
Ladies' Library Association (Traverse City, Mich.)--History.
Libraries--History.--Michigan
F572 .G5 / S58 2022