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Support TAHS at “Shop Your Community Day 2019”

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Support Traverse Area Historical Society on the 2nd Saturday of November just by shopping Downtown Traverse City! For every purchase you make at participating stores, 15% of the sale will be donated to the organization of your choice. It’s easy to support our amazing work at TAHS AND get a jump on your holiday shopping! Event runs from 10 am to 6 pm.

Proceeds earned from this event support our mission, to preserve, protect, and present the historical record of Traverse City and Grand Traverse County. We meet our mission by organizing free, public local history events and programs, supporting our summer interns in archival work, and more!

Invitation: Then & Now Ribbon Cutting

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The Traverse City Arts Commission is thrilled to announce that the Then & Now project will be installed on October 21st. We invite you to join us for a ribbon cutting on Tuesday, October 22nd at 3:30 pm. Please meet at the DDA Office at 303 E. State St., Ste. C.

The Then & Now project is a series of plaques featuring photos from “then” next to the landscape of “now.” A collaboration between the Traverse Area Historical Society and the Traverse Area District Library helped make the project possible. Then & Now was funded through the Public Art Trust Fund and the Downtown Traverse City Association.

Projects like this, showcasing our area history, is what TAHS is all about. Thank you to our members, who support fantastic works like this to keep our history alive and well.

A special thanks to TAHS director Fred Anderson who saw the project through from concept to completion, and directors Peg Siciliano and Sharon Jennings for their ongoing assistance.

TAHS Annual Meeting

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The annual meeting of The Traverse Area Historical Society will be held Saturday, October 19th at 1:00 pm in the McGuire room at the Traverse Area District Library, 610 Woodmere Avene, Traverse City. TAHS members are encouraged to attend and vote in the annual board of directors election.

September 2019 TAHS Program — The Lost Doughboys of Grand Traverse County

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Sunday, September 8th at 2 pm in the McGuire room of the Traverse Area District Library, Main Branch.

 

Who were our Grand Traverse Doughboys who went Over There and never came home? Come hear the stories of some of the nearly ninety men from our region who fought and died in the Great War and whose names are on the World War I marker in our beautiful Veterans Park. Local historian and Interlochen Arts Academy instructor Brian McCall will present this program.

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April 2019 TAHS Program — How Schools Changed: Traverse City Public: a Case Study by Richard Fidler

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Saturday, April 20th at 1pm, in the McGuire room Traverse Area District Library, Main Branch

Local historian Richard Fidler will present on the history of education in Traverse City from 1885 to the present day: instruction, curriculum, tests, the mission of schooling, Title IX, growth of technology, and above all, the influence of the federal and state governments on school practice.

Examining student handbooks, yearbooks, school board records, eighth grade tests from 1919, state education websites, Grand Traverse Normal School records, oral histories, interviews, newspaper articles, and photographs from the Local History collection of the Traverse Area District Library, Richard Fidler will show us what schools used to be—as well as how they became what they are today. Told as a narrative focused on the Traverse City Area Public Schools, this history of education will interest all who care about children, teachers, and schools.

We hope to see you there!

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Speakeasy Salon Series – March, April, & May

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TAHS is hosting a new event series at the Traverse City Speakeasy, 123 W. Front Street.

A salon, as a type of intellectual gathering, can be described with both the purpose of entertaining and educating.

In a relaxed, elegant, and cozy setting, knowledgeable history ambassadors will share stories of Traverse City’s past and we welcome members of the community to join us.  Attend and share your own stories, those of family members – or tales or information you have researched or heard over the years. Each event will have a theme for stories to center around, and TAHS members will help facilitate the discussions. Enjoy a creative craft cocktail as you converse with others who are enthusiastic about our area’s rich and colorful history.

Our history ambassadors will start out the conversation with a few prepared stories, and we’ll all enjoy and add to the discussion. If you have photographs or objects you’d like to bring along to discuss and share, please do!

These events will be held from 5-7 pm on the 2nd Sunday of each month, March, April, and May.

Speakeasy Salon Series events:

March 10th 5-7 pm – Uncouth Characters
The men and women of Traverse City and Northern Michigan who were known for their colorful lives and personalities.

April 14th 5-7 pm – Illicit Operations
What business and livelihoods have been prolific in the area, but perhaps running under-the-radar?

May 12th 5-7 pm – Mothers of the North
For Mother’s Day, let’s explore the lives of the women who have nurtured their families, friends and their Northern communities.

 

You are welcome to attend as a community member, and if you’d like to be involved further, please contact TAHS Programs and Event Chair, Jen Loup, at loup.jen@gmail.com.

TAHS Programs at TADL have switched to Saturdays!

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The upcoming programs for the monthly history program series, held in the McGuire room at the Traverse Area District Library on Woodmere Ave, will take place on the third Saturday of every month instead of the third Sunday. We are avoiding some conflicts with major holidays, and we’d love to see you there — same time, different day. 1:00-3:00.

March 16th
Kathy Firestone – The Maritime History of Greilickville

April 20th
Richard Fidler – How Schools Changed: Traverse City Public: A Case Study

May 18th
Russ Soyring – Traverse City Planner