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Several stops can lead to the same repository. Maps show selected verified locations, not every guide stop or every community represented in the records. Use each stop’s access instructions, including for online and out-of-county collections. Check access before traveling.
Contact the museum before research so staff can retrieve relevant material; archive appointments are available beyond the exhibition season.
Repository information · Map position sourceBrowse the online collections database and retain item identifiers. Email beth@harborspringshistory.org to arrange access with the curator at least two weeks before a visit. Ask about scans, copies, fees and use permissions; the materials do not circulate.
Repository information · Map position sourceStart with linked digitized yearbooks, then ask staff about print and microfilm resources.
Repository information · Map position sourceEnter through the official Research links. If the search app fails, ask the cemetery for assistance with a specific name or newspaper issue.
Repository information · Map position sourceCounty outlines: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 cartographic boundaries . Selected major roads: 2024 TIGER/Line primary and secondary roads . Public repository addresses checked against the sources above, with approximate Census geocoder positions. Unmatched addresses and out-of-county repositories are listed in the key rather than assigned a guessed position. Markers identify contact locations, not collection coverage. Historical boundaries, township lines and current traffic conditions are not shown. Prepared November 1, 2026.
The current collection page features Mary Dalm’s journal as a Sheridan kindergarten teacher, 1918–1920, Frances Pailthorp’s art-teaching scrapbooks and a 1908 vacation scrapbook.
These are selected personal collections, not complete school pupil registers. The former research.html inventory is no longer linked from the redesigned homepage.
The studio archive documents portraits, weddings, families and events. Its online database helps locate negatives before requesting scans.
Most negatives are not scanned. The studio collection is distinct from the separate Haynes personal-photograph acquisition.
Local History Room holdings include Petoskey school annuals, newspapers, directories, cemetery material, scrapbooks and photographs.
Most yearbooks are digitized, not necessarily every issue. Newspaper holdings start in 1878 but no continuous end date was verified.
The cemetery website provides research routes for newspapers, obituary and burial information, photographs and area history.
The research application returned a loading error during verification. No searchable date range or individual result is claimed.
Give the repository the locality, year, collection and specific question. Ask about the relevant volume or folder, gaps, access restrictions and copying costs. Save the citation and record what you searched, including searches with no result.
Use these dated holdings to choose a next search. This is a selection of cataloged collections, not a complete inventory of Emmet County records.
A range is a lead, not a guarantee. Bars show the dates stated by the cited catalog or inventory. They do not establish uninterrupted coverage, complete reporting or online image access. Unmarked years mean not represented in this selection, not that records were destroyed. Indexes and abstracts still need to be followed to the underlying record.
Listed years: 1947–2003.
Browse the online collections database and retain item identifiers. Email beth@harborspringshistory.org to arrange access with the curator at least two weeks before a visit. Ask about scans, copies, fees and use permissions; the materials do not circulate.
Keep in mind: Broad studio span; not a complete event or resident register.
Listed years: 1918–1920.
Online collection page; ask museum for archival access.
Keep in mind: Personal teacher journal; not a complete student register.
Confirm the historical jurisdiction as well as the date. A record may be held outside today’s county, and an inventory’s ending year does not mean recordkeeping stopped.
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Suggest a correction, an overlooked collection or an updated access detail. An official link or source helps us check it before making a change. Please leave out private family documents and sensitive personal information.
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