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Forest Parke Library & Archives (Local History) collections contain a wide range of materials on all kinds of subjects, in many formats. Use this page to browse subject categories, and link directly to Local History Online catalog records with descriptions and digitized materials.

These lists represent processed collections in Local History. As we complete catalog records for new or backlogged collections, they will be added here.

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Title of Collection, (Collection ID), date(s) if known

The text in Title of Collection is a link to that collection's main record.

Last updated August 2023.

Voices of Lansing Oral Histories (1991-05-001), 1988-1991

Lansing 150 Oral Histories (2009-04-001), 2008-2009

Helen J. Earley Lansing Automotive Collection - Oldsmobile Oral Histories (2015-05-003.001), 1957-2005

Stockbridge Oral Histories (2015-07-003), 2015-

Meet Your City Video Series (2016-11-001), 1998-2004

Martha Dixon Films Collection (2019-03-003), 1967-1975

Letts Family Videos (2021-08-001), 1977-1997

McPherson - Standard Real Estate Company (1987-11-001), 1907-1946
Reniger Construction Company (1990-03-001), 1916-
Stebbins Real Estate Collection (1992-01-001), 1927-1972
Stober's Bar Scrapbooks (2006-03-001), 1968-2007
Knapp's Department Store Collection (2007-01-001), 1910-2013
Wanger REO Collection (2007-09-001), 1904-2004
R. E. Olds and R. E. Olds Anderson Collection (2007-12-001), 1892-1952
GM Lansing Current Condition Reports (2008-08-001), 2008
Ottawa Street Station Remedial Action Plan - Board of Water and Light (2008-09-001), 2008
Reed Interurban Collection - Lansing, St. Johns & St. Louis Railway Company (2011-10-001), 1900-1929
Thom Greene - Michigan Theatre Collection (2012-04-001), 1975-2012
Breisch Family Collection (2014-09-002), 1788-2003
BoarsHead Theatre (2014-12-002), 1966-2009
Helen J. Earley Lansing Automotive Collection - Oldsmobile Oral Histories (2015-05-003.001), 1957-2005
Hotel Kerns Fire Collection (2015-05-005), 1904-1947
Ranney Building Collection (2016-05-028), 1921-1927
LaNoble Realty Collection (2016-05-040), 1945-1955
Drs. R. E. and H. A. Miller Collection (2016-05-065), 1890-1949
R. E. Olds Transportation Museum Materials (2016-06-011), 1977-2012
Greater Lansing Chamber of Commerce (2016-09-001), 1913-1976
Lansing Business Audits and Financial Reports (2016-10-001), 1916-1966
Hotel Kerns Fire Scrapbook (2016-10-003), 1934
Bludeau, Siebert, and Gates Collection (2016-10-004), 1890-1920
Rouser Drug Store Prescription Ledger (2017-01-001), 1906
Judson, Wiley, and Judson Collection (2017-01-002), 1882-1896
Lansing Salt Manufacturing Company (2017-01-003), 1862-1865
Ingham County Tuberculosis Sanatorium (2017-04-003), 1947-1950
Lansing Board of Water and Light Photographs (2017-05-001), 1930-1950
Belon Real Estate Collection (2017-09-001), 1952-1970
Maude Wilcox Stolz Calendar Collection - Lansing Ice and Fuel Company (2018-01-004), 1940s-1960
Martin A. Sweet Collection (2018-11-006), 1873-1877
John Whitely Collection (2019-09-010), 1873-1900
Lansing Credit Exchange Collection (2022-12-001), 1921-1931
John Bean Agricultural Equipment Division Catalogs (2023-03-001), 1941-1971

Lansing Camera Club (1976-12-001), 1926-1989
YWCA Social Study Club (1987-01-001), 1925-1987
Michigan Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, Lansing Area Chapter (1990-05-001), 1975-1990
Matinee Musicale (1991-12-001), 1893-1997
Lansing Ski Club (1992-01-003), 1953-1973
Alpha Beta Epsilon Collection (1992-10-001), 1944-1992
Towne Club (1994-06-001), 1940s-1990s
Michigan State Club (1996-03-001), 1927-1995
Lansing Craft and Hobby Guild (1998-05-001), 1954-1998
Lansing Jaycees (2005-01-001), 1929-
Lansing Business Men's Association (2005-07-001), 1901-1911
Claud Erickson Collection - City Club of Lansing (2007-04-001), 1970-1971
Lansing YWCA (2008-07-001), 1890-2003
Mead Family Collection - Haslett Park Club Circle (2010-06-001.001), 1848-1995
Cosmopolitan Charity Club (2010-11-001), 1922-1966
Friends of the Rivers (2014-05-002), 1967-1984
American Association of University Women (AAUW) Lansing-East Lansing Branch (2014-11-003), 1912-1996
Mobile Meals, Inc. (2015-03-008), 1960-2006
Ingham County Federation of Women's Clubs (2015-05-008), 1895-2010
Metropolitan Club of America, Spirit No. 11 - Lansing (2015-06-002), 1929-1938
U & I Club - Utility and Interest (2015-10-007), 1885-1995
Daughters of the American Revolution Lansing Chapter (2015-12-002), 1912-1999
Lansing Civic Players (2016-01-002), 1929-
Alfred Seymour Collection - Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police (2016-02-003), 1890-1993
Garden Club of Greater Lansing (2016-02-003), 1890-1993
Unity Club (2016-03-002), 1895-1945
Mason Bridge Club (2016-06-001), 1970-2016
Lansing Art Guild (2016-06-003), 1952-2002
UAW Local 652 Collection (2016-06-009), 1966-1996
Lansing Fortnightly Literary Club (2016-10-002), 1896-1900
Ingham County Council of Parents and Teachers (2016-10-005), 1925-1940
Indian Hills Homeowners Association (IHHA) (2017-02-001), 1929-2015
Blue Star Mothers of Haslett Scrapbook (2017-04-010), 1942-1943
Lansing Poetry Club (2017-07-004), 1938-
Lansing Woman's Club House Association (2018-04-001)
Sparrow Hospital Archives - Woman's Hospital Association (2019-01-002), 1899-1961
Lansing Teachers' Club (2019-08-003), 1912-1990
Lansing Derby Vixens (2019-09-001), 2011-
A.A.R.P. Chapter 973 (2019-09-004), 1972-2012
Phyllis Maner Collection - various clubs and associations (2019-09-007), 1950-1970
Da Capo Collection (2019-10-001), 1977-1981
Capital Area Women's Network (2019-10-003), 1980-1992
Women Business Owners of Greater Lansing (2019-10-004), 1984-1998
Tri-County Women's Coalition (2019-11-001), 1985-1990
International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 421 Scrapbook (2020-02-001), 1955-1969
McLaren Volunteer Services Collection (2021-05-001), 1950-2013
Les Meres et Debutantes (2021-11-001), 1962-
Moores River Drive Neighborhood Association (2022-04-002), 1939-1995
Greater Lansing Weaver's Guild (2022-05-001), 1955-
Lansing's First United Nations Week Scrapbook - Lansing Zonta Club; Women's Interclub Council of Greater Lansing (2022-06-002), 1946-1947
Ingham County Home Association (2022-07-001), 1922-2021

African-American Memorial Card Collection - Trinity AME Church (1992-01-002), 1960-1979

Ford Ceasar Collection - Church Histories (1996-01-001.001), 1870-1996

Edwin W. Bishop Collection - Plymouth Congregational Church (1999-11-001), 1869-1942

Nora Newsome Collection - Trinity AME Church (2016-05-023), 1880s-1940s

Plymouth Congregational Church (2017-11-002), 1975-2017

Stockbridge Local History Collection - First Presbyterian Church (2014-12-003), 1900-

Motor Wheel EPA Superfund Site Records (1987-06-001), 1987-2014
Adams Plating EPA Superfund Site (1989-04-001), 1989-2011
Aerial Photographs, Lansing and Environs (1989-10-001), 1966-1970
City Engineering and Surveying Ledgers (1989-10-002), 1878-1895
Abstracts and Titles (1990-06-001)
City of Lansing 9/11 Memorial Ceremony (2002-09-001), 2002-2003
Construction Permits (2009-03-001), 1923-1992
Gerald W. Graves Collection (2014-06-001), 1970-1981
City Hall Sculptural Relief Model (2014-09-003)
City Hall Concept Rendering (2014-09-004), 1946
Stockbridge Local History Collection (2014-12-003), 1900-
Lansing Civilian Defense (2015-03-001), 1942-1944
Lansing City Planning Division Photographs (2015-06-003), 1912-1995
City of Lansing Permits (2015-10-008), 1930-1968
City of Lansing Union Agreements (2016-06-006), 1983-2007
Capitol Commons 1980s City Planning Programs (2016-06-007), 1979-1980
Grand River Improvement Committee (2016-06-012), 1963-1965
Lansing Property Ledger (2017-01-005), 1902-1908
City of Lansing Payroll Ledgers (2017-01-006), 1920-1924
City of Lansing Microfiche (2017-02-002), 1988-1993
Aerial Photographs, City of Lansing (2017-03-002), 1978
City of Lansing - Planning Division Microfiche (2017-04-007), Circa 1982
City of Lansing Assessor Photographs (2017-06-003), 1960-1980
Lansing Board of Ethics Collection (2017-07-002), 1988-1993
Lansing 2018 Inaugural (2018-01-002), 2018
City of Lansing Golf Course Records (2018-02-001), 1928-2017
Lansing City Planning Division Slides (2018-06-002)
Ingham County Township Ledgers (2018-08-003), 1856-1938
Lansing Board of Education Minutes (2018-11-005), 1902-1977
Lansing Tax Ledgers (2018-12-002), 1894-1939
Ingham County Tax Ledgers (2018-12-003), 1907-1939
City of Lansing Planning Division Slides (2019-07-003), 1961-1989
Lansing Centennial 1959 Collection (2019-08-004), 1959
Meridian Township Collection (2019-08-006), 1880-1975
Michigan Constitutional Convention Collection (2019-08-007), 1961-1963
Lansing City Charter Commission (2019-11-002), 1953-1978
BILD Inc. Collection (2019-11-003), 1972-1977
Model Cities Collection (2019-11-004), 1968-1974
Capitol Historic District Study Collection (2020-01-001), 1997-2012
City of Lansing Reports and Assessments (2021-07-001), 2019-2021
City of Lansing Council Proceedings (2021-12-001), 1916-
Shiawassee Street Bridge Reconstruction (2023-01-002), 1995-1996

Johnson Family Collection (1980-01-001), 1884-1937
Joseph Cherwinski Collection (1989-05-001), 1925-1985
Doyle Fitzpatrick Collection (1990-05-002)
Lauzun Collection (1990-12-001), 1870-1942
African-American Memorial Card Collection - Trinity AME Church (1992-01-002), 1960-1979
David R. Bishop Sr. Family Papers Collection (1992-03-001), 1904-1994
Helen Grainger Collection (1993-01-001), 1934-1982
Sattler Family Collection (1993-09-001), 1828-1942
Elsesser Collection (1994-11-001)
Elmer Family Collection (1996-11-001), 1839-1929
Edwin W. Bishop Collection (1999-11-001), 1869-1942
Stober's Bar Scrapbooks (2006-03-001), 1968-2007
Jack Osgood Collection (2006-06-001), 1943-1945
Morlok Family Scrapbook (2007-07-001), 1930-2006
Fred Kircher Collection (2007-07-002), 1920-1960
R. E. Olds and R. E. Olds Anderson Collection (2007-12-001), 1892-1952
Mead Family Collection (2010-06-001), 1833-1993
Lucile Belen Collection (2010-06-002), 1900-2010
Copper Kettle - Martha Dixon Recipe Collection (2014-05-001), 1957-1983
Ralph C. Sweeney Family Collection (2014-05-003), 1910-1979
Taylor-Palmer Family Papers Collection (2014-05-004), 1889-1962
Virgil Vandenburg Collection (2014-06-002), 1931-1947
B. Mabel Wood Collection (2014-06-003), 1880s-1920s
Breisch Family Collection (2014-09-002), 1788-2003
Birt Darling Collection (2015-03-005), 1927-1965
B. F. Davis Collection (2015-04-002), 1927-1965
Charles H. Mead Collection (2015-05-004), 1865-1879
George Frey Collection (2015-05-006), 1868-1895
J. H. Moores Scrapbook Collection (2015-05-007), 1866-1917
Louise Goodell Scrapbooks (2015-06-001), 1913-1952
Marilyn Culpepper Collection (2015-08-001), 1870-1930)
Johns Collection (2015-09-001), 1865-1910
Whiteley-Zimmerman Collection (2015-10-001), 1850-1953
Lawrence Family Collection (2015-10-005), 1885-1950
Gillespie, Hawley, Whiteley Genealogies (2016-01-005), 1830-1930
North Collection (2016-01-005), 1841-1911
Alfred Seymour Collection (2016-02-003), 1890-1993
Wiest Family Collection (2016-03-001)
Van Blaricom Scrapbook (2016-04-001), 1922-1941
Margaret LaNoble Collection (2016-05-004), 1896-1925
O. V. Reeves Collection (2016-05-006)
Clarence Nolan Bartow Collection (2016-05-008), 1930-1985
Ernie Nostrant Collection (2016-05-015)
Nora Newsome Family Collection (2016-05-023), 1880s-1940s
William and Elsie Sargent Collection (2016-05-024), 1936-1965
Anna Elg Collection (2016-05-033), 1848-1979
Greene-Lowell-Oliver Collection (2016-05-049), 1802-1927
Preuss-Kopietz Collection (2016-05-056), 1928-1976
Hilda Menger Collection (2016-05-058), 1914-1972
John Weaver Collection (2016-05-069), 1903-1959
Weissenborn Family Collection (2016-05-070), 1879-1912
William C. Behen Collection (2016-05-087), 1917-1979
Rex E. Schlaybaugh Jr. Collection (2016-05-091), 1950-1970
Arthur Hetchler Collection (2016-05-092), 1920-1943
Lloyd Perry Collection (2016-05-095), 1922-1962
Kaiser Family Collection (2016-05-096), Circa 1900
Ziegler Collection (2016-05-098)
Russel Family Collection (2016-05-099), 1935-1960
Satterla Family Collection (2016-05-106), Circa 1900
Clara and Elsa Besch Collection (2016-05-107), 1915-1960
Leonard Family Collection (2016-06-004), 1907-1955
Diaries, Ledgers, and Albums (2016-06-010)
Grost Family Collection (2016-08-003), 1923-2004
Krieger Collection (2017-03-003), 1892-1955
Dirk Gringhius Collection (2017-04-004), Circa 1955
Freeman and Seth Jones Collection (2017-04-005), 1900-1935
Marie and Lloyd Weyant Scrapbooks (2017-04-009), 1930-1965
Ray and Sarah Potter House Plans (2017-07-001), 1926
Harry R. Wilson Papers (2018-01-003), 1915-1983
Panshin Collection (2018-06-001), 1940-1997
Preston Collection (2018-06-004), 1968-
Edmonds Family Papers Collection (2018-10-001), 1850-1989
Michaels Family Music Programs (2018-11-001), 1916-1955
Williams-Baker-Ketchum Correspondence (2018-11-002), 1851-1881
John S. Bennett Collection (2018-11-003)
Hazel D. Wilcox Collection (2018-11-004), 1918-1950
S. Jeanette Lawrence Scrapbook (2018-11-007), 1890-1927
June Wood Robinson Collection (2018-12-001), 1932-1937
Normajean Mosher Munk Collection (2019-03-001), 1899-1961
Alice Dyer Scrapbooks (2019-08-001), 1900
Walter G. Rogers Collection (2019-08-002), 1900s
Dunnebacke Family Collection (2019-08-005), 1898-1978
J. H. Moores Collection (2019-09-003), 1966-1917
Russell Sheathelm Collection (2019-09-005), Circa 1900s
Phyllis Maner Collection (2019-09-007), 1950-1970
Frank Mac Goodell Collection (2019-09-008), 1940-2010
Stucky Family Collection (2019-09-009), 1880-1950
Ruch Family Collection (2019-09-011), 1810-1952
Diana Reedy Collection (2019-10-002), Circa 1970s
Atley Webberville Collection (2019-12-001), 1938-1952
Jane E. Mogan Griffin Collection (2021-06-003), 1847-
Letts Family Videos (2021-08-001), 1977-1997
Thomas Lorance Hanes WWII Letters (2021-09-001), 1943-1944
D. Richard Frazier Collection (2022-05-002), 1939-1995
Art Davis - Charlie Zmuda Collection (2022-06-001), 1930-1995
Kot Family Collection (2022-08-002), 1912-
Stebbins Family Collection (2023-01-001)
Kathryn Morgan Haar Scrapbook (2023-09-001), 1935-2000

Aerial Photographs, Lansing and Environs (1989-10-001), 1966-1970
Doyle Fitzpatrick Collection (1990-05-002)
VFW National Home Photographs (2002-07-001), 2002
Mead Family Collection (2010-06-001), 1833-1993
Reed Interurban Collection - Lansing, St. Johns & St. Louis Railway Company (2011-10-001), 1900-1929
Caterino Postcard Collection (2015-01-001)
Bruce Cornelius Collection (2015-04-003), 1967-1978
Lansing City Planning Division Photographs (2015-06-003), 1912-1995
Oldsmobile Centennial Parade Photographs (2015-06-004), 1997
Caterino Photograph Collection (2015-06-007), 1870-1990
Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1 Photographs (2015-09-002), 1908-1951
Lawrence Family Collection (2015-10-005), 1830-1930
Caterino Real Estate Image Collection (2016-03-005), 1963-1989
O. V. Reeves Collection (2016-05-006)
2491 Arrowhead Road, Okemos (2016-05-097), 1947
Ziegler Collection (2016-05-098)
Lansing Area Photographers (2016-06-008), 1862-
Local History Photograph Collection (2017-03-001), 1855-
Aerial Photographs, City of Lansing (2017-03-002), 1978
Caterino MAC Postcard Collection (2017-04-006)
Lansing Board of Water and Light Photographs (2017-05-001), 1930-1950
Local History Postcard Collection (2017-06-002), 1885-
City of Lansing Assessor Photographs (2017-06-003), 1960-1980
Ellison Glass Negative Collection (2017-06-004), 1886-1906
Lansing 150 Parade Photographs (201708-001), 2009
Lansing School District Collection (2018-05-002)
Caterino Stereo Views Collection (2018-05-003)
Lansing City Planning Division Slides (2018-06-002)
Edmonds Photograph Collection (2018-06-003)
River Trail Slide Collection (2018-07-003)
Lansing Area Stereo Views (2018-10-002)
Lansing Schools Glass Slides (2019-03-002), 1919-1926
Reo Fire Engine and Truck Photographs (2019-04-002)
City of Lansing Planning Division Slides (2019-07-003), 1961-1989
Shiawassee Street Bridge Reconstruction (2023-01-002), 1995-1996

Abstracts and Titles (1990-06-001)
Stebbins Real Estate Collection (1992-01-001), 1927-1972
Construction Permits (2009-03-001), 1923-1992
City of Lansing Permits (2015-10-008), 1930-1968
Caterino Real Estate Image Collection (2016-03-005), 1963-1989
LaNoble Realty Collection (2016-05-040), 1945-1955
2491 Arrowhead Road, Okemos (2016-05-097), 1947
Lansing Property Ledger (2017-01-005), 1902-1908
City of Lansing - Planning Division Microfiche (2017-04-007), Circa 1982
City of Lansing Assessor Photographs (2017-06-003), 1960-1980
Ray and Sarah Potter House Plans (2017-07-001), 1926
Belon Real Estate Collection (2017-09-001), 1952-1970
Lansing City Planning Division Slides (2018-06-002)
City of Lansing Planning Division Slides (2019-07-003), 1961-1989

Ford Ceasar Collection - Church Histories (1996-01-001.001), 1870-1996

Automotive History Thematic Survey Research Materials (2003-10-001), 2003

Morris Ingham County History Collection (2006-04-001), 1849-2001

Jerry Lawler History Files (2008-01-001)

Pat Heyden Metta Olds Research Materials (2014-11-002), 1990-2010

Arnie Bernstein Bath Massacre Research Materials (2017-01-004)

Stockbridge Local History Collection (2014-12-003), 1900-
Okemos Local History Collection (2015-03-006)
Mason Library Local History Collection (2015-05-009), 1904-
Stockbridge Oral Histories (2015-07-003), 2015-
Dansville Local History Collection (2016-02-002)
Williamston Library Local History Collection (2016-03-004), 1952-
Leslie Library Local History Collection (2016-04-002), 1913-
Holt Library Local History Collection (2016-06-002), 1930-
Haslett Local History Collection (2016-08-002)
Blue Star Mothers of Haslett Scrapbook (2917-04-010), 1942-1943
Webberville Library Local History Collection (2017-11-001), 1941-
Ingham County Genealogical Society Newspapers (2019-03-004), 1846-
Meridian Township Collection (2019-08-006), 1880-1975
Atley Webberville Collection (2019-12-001), 1938-1952
Aurelius Library Local History Collection (2020-09-001)

Lansing High School Class of 1932 Collection (2007-11-002), 1957-2002
Lansing Desegregation Resource Packet (2011-05-001), 1966-1978
Stockbridge Local History Collection (2014-12-003), 1900-
Okemos Local History Collection (2015-03-006)
Mason Library Local History Collection (2015-05-009), 1904-
Lansing Area Digitized School Yearbooks (2016-01-001)
Dansville Local History Collection (2016-02-002)
Williamston Library Local History Collection (2016-03-004), 1952-
Leslie Library Local History Collection (2016-04-002), 1913-
Holt Library Local History Collection (2016-06-002), 1930-
Ingham County Council of Parents and Teachers (2016-10-005), 1925-1940
Webberville Library Local History Collection (2017-11-001), 1941-
Lansing School District Collection (2018-05-002)
Lansing Board of Education Minutes (2018-11-005), 1902-1977
Lansing Schools Glass Slides (2019-03-002), Circa 1926
Lansing Teachers' Club (2019-08-003), 1912-1990
History of Lansing Public Schools Book (2019-09-006), 1966
Atley Webberville Collection (2019-12-001), 1938-1952

Lansing Area Cookbook Collection (2014-04-001), 1895-2010
Lansing Letterheads Collection (2014-11-001), 1880-1940
Local History Biography and Subject Files (2015-03-002), 1840-
Lansing State Republican Death Notices (2015-05-002), 1855-1872
Caterino Newspaper Clipping Collection (2015-06-005)
Caterino Subject File Collection (2015-06-006)
Local History Name Index Cards (2015-06-008), 1855-1872
Local History Digitized Books and Publications (2015-11-002)
Local History Newspapers and Periodicals Collection (2015-12-001), 1850-
Local History Small Ephemera Collection (2016-02-001)
Drug Store Prescriptions Collection (2016-05-101), 1913-1947
Illustrations from County Histories (2017-04-008), 1880-1891
Local Authors Collection (2017-06-001), 1870-
Lansing State Journal "Ye Olde Photograph Album" (2019-07-001)
Directory Collection (2021-07-002), 1909-
Caterino Local Books Collection (2021-09-002)
LBWL Eckert Plant 1922 Time Capsule (2022-08-001), 1921-1922
Prudden Auditorium 1915 Time Capsule (2022-09-001), 1902-1915
Lansing Civic Center 1954 Time Capsule (2022-09-002)

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