 ENAWEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
MUSEUM
LENAWEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
Click for Adrian Public Library, circa 1909
Lenawee Public/Vital Records
JUNE MEETING
The annual dinner meeting will be held on June 26, 2008 at the Hudson American Legion (Post 180) on 16113 Cadmus Road in Hudson. The cash bar begins at 5:30 with dinner at 6 p.m. For $12.00 per person, one will enjoy fried chicken and Swiss steak, mashed potatoes, vegetables, salad, rolls, coffee and tea, and cobbler. You can pay at the door; however, reservations must be made by June 11. Call the museum at 265-6071. The speaker will be Ray Lennard, curator of the William G. Thompson House Museum & Gardens in Hudson. Ray will be sharing a video of Hudson’s 1933 Centennial Celebration.
Museum Exhibit—"Hello Dollies"
(On display until August, 2008)
A unique doll exhibit is at the museum, featuring the vast collection of Jan Taylor, a local expert on antique dolls and owner of Tecumseh's "The Doll Cottage." What makes this collection exciting is her amazing array of antique doll furniture, buggies, tea sets, and clothing, dating from the 1800s to the late 1930s.
During this year-long exhibit you will see, in addition to Jan's collection, treasures from the families of Lela Youngs, Kristin Nelson, Louise Kleinsmith, Hildreth Spencer, Beverly Allen Smith, Vera Covell, and others. For doll enthusiasts, you will find baby dolls and fashion dolls, dolls with bodies of kid leather and those with bodies of fine china, Victorian wax and bisque-headed dolls and those more primitive stuffed-cloth dolls. Pay attention, and you may even come across dolls adorned with human hair!
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HELP! The MUSEUM
By Volunteering A Little Time.
Call Mike Griffith at 517-403-5533 To Volunteer.
MUSEUM EXHIBITS
The kiosk "Adrian: The City That Worked" is now on display. It features information on the earliest years of Adrian's history, 1840-1850. Thanks to our museum intern, Becky Paluwsiak from Adrian College, the kiosk now features Adrian during the Civil War years.
Dan has a web site about the Palm Sunday Tornado. Take a look to learn more about the tornado destruction and photos at Devil's Lake.
LENAWEE FAMILY WEB SITES
I have started a section on the Lenawee Links Paqe for Lenawee Family Web Sites. If you have a family web sites that you want listed on th Links Page, email the link to me at Corpmiz@aol.com.
Research Web Site:
Footnote.com
The Footnote.com web site displays images of original American History documents. I looked at Abraham Lincoln’s original notes for the Gettysburg Address and papers from the American Revolution War era. When you register a user name & password, you can leave comments and observations about the various images. This is a great web site for viewing the actual documents that make up American History.
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Please call or email the Museum for books or pamphlets on the
History of Lenawee County and special subjects.
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Michigan 4th Infantry Regiment
http://fourthmichigan.com/
The 4th Infantry Regiment was raised from the inhabinents of cities in Lenawee County to served during the War of the Rebellion, The Civil War. This is a great site to visit for information & photos from the Civil War era.
The Toledo War
http://www.toledowar.com/
This web site is as much about the establishment of the Northern Border of Ohio, as it is about the so called War between Michigan and Ohio. The web site has many photos of the existing border markers. The numerous surveys of the Ohio - Michigan contact area are detailed.
 Lenawee County Churches
Please view these turn of the century post cards of Chuches around Lenawee County. These post cards were in a display this past Summer at the Historical Museum. The Museum holds a large number of post cards and images of buildings in the area. The Church post cards are in the range of 1894 to 1910.
Lenawee Exchange Directory
Adrian County Telephone Co.
January, 1917
65 pages
Address of
Hon. Charles E. Townsend at the
Republican National Convention
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Thursday, Sept. 26, 1918
Rededication of Tipton's Civil War Monument
July 4, 2006
(& List of Soldiers on the monument)
New!
Thompson House Museum and Gardens in Hudson
The Thompson House Museum & Gardens in Hudson, MI is now open. Further information is at http://www.thompsonmuseum.org or by calling 517-448-8125.
19th-Century Adrian Architecture.com,
http://www.sienaheights.edu/personal/pbarr/links.html
The various styles of homes in Adrian's Historical District are featured with an analysis of the developement and history of each. A printable walking tour map of the homes is a feature of the site; just look under the TOUR tab.
The site was originally created by Peter Barr, Associate Professor of Art History and Klemm Gallery Director at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan., and designed by Todd Marsee.
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MUSEUM RESOURCES
The Archives of the Lenawee Historical Museum, free and open to the public, includes the following: Adrian City Directories 1859-1998, Adrian City Tax Records 1865-1906, Lenawee County Tax Records 1840-1915, school yearbooks, cemetery records, marriage/birth/death records, tens of thousands of obituaries, scrapbooks, business ledgers, atlases and plat books, Sanborn insurance maps, histories of Lenawee County, and histories of cities and towns (Adrian, Tecumseh, Blissfield, Addison).
The Archives houses thousands of documents relating to business, government, religion, education, railroads, the military, the Grange, the Underground Railroad, prominent citizens, and many other subjects of local interest. The Photo Archives contains photographs and postcards of places, people, and events in Lenawee County.
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ANNOUNCING!
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by Charles Lindquist
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MAIL: Click here to send me an email with your comments, Corpmiz@aol.com