Emmet County

County Seat: Petoskey

Origin of Name: Robert Emmet, Irish patriot

Set Off: 1840 as Tonedagana County. Name changed to Emmett in 1843

Organized: 1853

Population in 1990: 25,040

For many counties the number of items listed is quite long. Navigational buttons are located only at the end of the list. This list of material represents the library's holdings as of July 1997. Be sure to check with us for any additional items we may now have either by contacting the library or by pressing the " Centra-Libraries Catalog" link to the left.

Bailey, Doris W. Pioneer Life in the Little Traverse Bay Area. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Baker, Cecile. Brutus. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Baker, Emma Lamb. Stories of Bay View. . . a Book of Reminiscences and Romances. Detroit, MI: Caxton Press, 1925.

Banwell, Yolanda. Alanson, Our Town, 1882-1982. [n.p., n.d.].

Barnes, LaVerne. The Growth and Development of Bay View Association. CMU Term Paper, 1949.

Bay View and Petoskey. Souvenir. Grand Rapids, MI: Revival Band Publishing Co., 1898.

Bay View Summer Resort, 1900. n.p., 1900.

Bay View, the Summer City of Michigan, Photogravures. NY: Albertype Co., 1894.

Beckley, Marguerite. The Development of Agriculture in the Little Traverse Bay Area. CMU Term Paper, 1952.

Bedford-Jones, Henry. L'Arbre Crocke Mission: A Memorable Relation Briefly Setting Forth the Historical Facts. . . 1917. Reprinted, 1973.

Blanchard, Elsie. Emmet County's Lumber Era. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Bouford, Louise. Pon-she-waing Yesterday and Today. CMU Term Paper, 1952. (Alanson).

Browne, Arline M. In the Wake of the Topinabee; Cherished Memories of Lakeside Cottagers. Lancaster, CA: Hubbard Map Service, [1967].

Cole, Helen. Development of the Resort. CMU Term Paper, 1952. (Petoskey).

Conklin, Norma K. History of St. Francis Xavier Church of Petoskey, Michigan. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Creecy, John. A Century at Harbor Point, 1878-1978. Grosse Point Farms, MI: Madrus Press, 1978.

Enkens, Joseph D., comp. Centennial of the Holy Childhood of Jesus Church and School, Harbor Springs, Michigan, 1829- 1929. [Harbor Springs, MI: 1929].

Feather, Alice. Historical Essay on Petoskey. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Fennimore, Keith J. The Heritage of Bay View, 1875-1975: A Centennial History. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1975.

Friend, Margaret. Indian Mission: The History of the Holy Childhood and Church. Harbor Springs, MI. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Graham, Floy I. Petoskey and Bay View in Ye Olden Days. [n.p., 1938].

Gremel, Kay. We-que-ton-sing. CMU Term Paper, 1970.

Harbor Springs: A Collection of Historical Essays. Harbor Springs, MI: Harbor Springs Historical Commission, 1981.

Hedrick, Ulysses P. The Land of the Crooked Tree. NY: Oxford University Press, 1948. (L'Arbre Croche).

Henshaw, Beatrice S. Backward, Turn Backward: Recollections of a Childhood in Northern Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI: Historical Society of Michigan, 1986. (Petoskey).

Historic Bay View Cottages: Bay View, Michigan, 1875-1975. Bay View, MI: Bay View Library Board, [1975].

Historical Sketch of the Village of Petoskey: Combined with a City Directory, for 1882. Petoskey, MI: City Record Printing House, 1882.

In Celebration of Bay View: A National Historic Landmark [videorecording]. Birmingham, MI: Jack Kausch Photography, 1988.

Keuter, Albert. Fifty Golden Years [Sisters at Harbor Springs]. [Harbor Springs, MI: 1936].

Kirsch, Mildred. History of Alanson. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Knapp, Mary Tekakwitha B. Powwow at Old Arbre Croche. Grand Rapids, MI: Blueberry Trail Publishing, 1987.

Lamkin, Beatrice. History of Good Hart, MI. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Lee, Elnora Fay, comp. A Century of Bliss. [n.p., 1976]. (Bliss Township).

Little Traverse Civic Theatre Presents " Curtain Calls": A History of Live Theatre in Petoskey, Michigan, from 1945 to 1970. Petoskey, MI: Graphic Printing Co., [1920].

Livingston, Esther. Indians of Emmet County. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Many Moons. Petoskey, Michigan, Centennial, 1852-1952, by the Petoskey Public School Students. [Petoskey, MI: Petoskey Public Schools, 1952].

McClurken, James M. Gah-Baeh-Jhagwah-Buk: The Way it Happened; A Visual Culture History of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 1991.

Messenger of the Holy Childhood Church and School, Harbor Springs, Michigan. Harbor Springs, MI. Have: December 1902-February 1905; April 1905-February 1907; March-October 1908; December 1908- January 1909; February 1909; January 1910; February 1912; August 1912.

Murchie, Jack. Ottawa Indians of L'Arbre Croche. CMU Term Paper, 1975.

Murphy, Lena. West Side Churches of Petoskey, MI. CMU Term Paper, 1952.

Petoskey and Surroundings Bird's Eye View. Map, [1880].

Petoskey Bird's Eye View. Map, 1880.

Petoskey Junior Chamber of Commerce. Little Traverse Bay Historical Review. Petoskey, MI: 1967.

Petoskey's Colorful Past: A Historical Sketch of the City. [Petoskey, MI: Little Traverse Bay Historic Festival Committee, 1983].

Post, Barbara M. A Mission of Love. Lansing, MI: B.M. Post, 1986.

Resort Township Remembers. [Resort Township, MI: Historical Society?, 1992].

Rivard, Barbara. Holy Childhood Catholic Church and School. CMU Term Paper, 1970. (Harbor Springs).

Shepard, Ethel. Pennsylvania Dutch in Emmet County. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Shurtleff, Mary Belle. Old Arbre Croche. n.p., 1940.

Souvenir of Petoskey and Bay View. Accompanied by a Short History and Points of Interest to Visitors. Detroit, MI: Van Ness, [1897].

Sprang, George E. Petoskey and Little Traverse Bay. . . Petoskey, MI: George E. Sprang, 1895.

The Story of Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, Michigan and A History of Catholic America. Hackensack, NJ: Custombook, 1979.

Stueck, Rubye. Early Petoskey Newspapers. CMU Term Paper, 1952.

Sydow, Evelyn. History of Pellston. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Teal, Angeline. Petoskey and "The Gem of the Straits". Philadelphia, PA: Our Continent Publishing Co., 1883.

The Torch Magazine. Autumn 1985-Autumn 1986. Central Lake, MI: Torch Pub., 1985-1986.

The Traverse Region, Historical and Descriptive, with Illustrations of Scenery and Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Chicago, IL: H.R. Page & Co., 1884.

Voorheis, Mary Ann. Naples of the North: A History of Harbor Point. CMU Term Paper, 1970.

Voorheis, Paul H. A History of Middle Village. CMU Term Paper, 1970.

Wagoner, Claire P. Tannery Whistle Stops Blowing. CMU Term Paper, n.d. (Petoskey).

Wheeler, Clark S. Bay View, a History of the Bay View Association in Bay View, Michigan. Bay View, MI: Bay View Association of the Methodist Church, [1950].

Wright, John C. The Ottawan: A Short Story of the Villages and Resorts Surrounding Little Traverse Bay, and the Indian Legends Connected Therewith. Harbor Springs, MI: The Author, 1895.

Wright, John C. Stories of the Crooked Tree. Harbor Springs, MI: C. Fayette Erwin, 1917.