Beyond books : stories of Traverse Area libraries, 1860-2020 / Heather Shumaker.

By:

Shumaker, Heather

Contributor(s):

Bailey, Hank. The living library

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780578315089

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

F572 .G5 S58 2022

Contents:

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.

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 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.

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Book	NMC Library	Stacks	F572 .G5 S58 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001489920

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Includes bibliography and index.

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.

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