Record Group 28


	Record Group 28 The Wilcox Foundation Annual Essay Contest Finding Aid *Entry 1: 2001* Box 1, Shelf 31 Folder 1 Instructions, Directory of Essays and Information on Individual Authors Folder 2: Essays 1 - 7 The History of the Markham Family/Business The History of Plymouth and Old Village: A Town Built Around People and Transportation A Civil War Soldier Returns Home To “Old Village” Quality Schools A Ride Through the History of Trains in Plymouth “No Title” (Political – on Penniman and other early leaders) The Railroads of Old Village, Plymouth’s Tracks to Progress Folder 3: Essays 8-16 Everyone’s Got a Story Clara Gayde Alexander and Her Gayde Family History Lower Town: The Treasures of Plymouth Plymouth, On the Right Track Plymouth: A Colorful Pallet of Culture The Wonderful History of Our Plymouth Home, Sweet Home – Plymouth, Michigan Liberty Street, Old Village Needlepoint for the Novice Folder 4: Essays 17 – 23 “No Title” (Railroads in Plymouth) The People of 1142 Holbrook “No Title” (Railroads) The History of Plymouth’s “Old Village” Area The Railroad and the Village The Role of the Railroad in Old Village Plymouth “No Title” (Early Plymouth) *Entry 2* Box 1, Shelf 31 Folder 1: Essays 1 – 10 Lights, Film and Fire The Plymouth Hospital Mayflower Memories “The community watering hole” The Mayflower Sails Into the Heart of Plymouth Plymouth, Michigan: Air Rifle Capital of the World From Old to New – The Penn Theater “Real Estate History” Horton Plumbing: History in the Making Plymouth Air Rifle Company Folder 2: Essays 11 – 20 The History of Saxton’s Garden Center Keeping Plymouth Smiling for Almost Fifty Years District of Downtown Plymouth: Main Street Facing Kellogg Park “Plymouth’s Daisy Air . . . A Family Affair” The Inn on the Hill The Daisy Air Rifle Company: History in the Making Schrader’s Funeral Home Plymouth Iron Windmill Company/Daisy Air Rifle Company The Frameworks then and Now Alter Car Motor Company Folder 3: Essays 21 – 25 Kemmitz Candies – A Delicious Part of History M. Conner and Son Hardware A Sweet Downtown Treat Daisies Aren’t Just Flowers The Penniman Allen Theater *Entry 3: 2003* Box 1, Shelf 31 Folder 1: Essays 1 – 10 Plymouth in the Great Depression Plymouth: The Birth of an American Hometown Fruit Trees, May Flowers and daisies Plymouth. . . . Making Yesterday Come Alive Leading Ladies of Plymouth From Joppa to Plymouth: A Historical Perspective of Plymouth, Michigan The Evolution of Plymouth: An Historical Perspective on the Roles of Women and the Church “When I Was Your Age . . . The Stories of Plymouth’s Past How PCEP Came to Be “No Title” (Daisy plus others) Folder 2: Essays 11 – 20 Union street, a Walk Down Memory Lane Chicken. . . Beginnings of Greatness Plymouth – A Window to the Past Stabilizing our Roots Generation of Alterations Industry and Community “No Title” (Interview with Annabell Brown) Plymouth As It Used To Be: Fully Contained Plythean Pride “for without a past there is no future” Margaret Dunning Folder 3: Essays 21 – 30 Union Street: A Stroll Through Time A Fire in an Old Man’s Heart History of Plymouth’s Industry “No Title” (Plymouth) Mayor Ruth Whipple – One of the First Woman Leaders of Plymouth, Michigan Life on a Shoestring The Wilcox Essay: A Hotel to Remember The Heart of Plymouth Plymouth – a Place to Call Home Changes in Plymouth and the Development of Education *Entry 4: 2004* Box 2, Shelf 31 Folder 1: Score Sheet Folder 2: Essays 1 – 8 The Business of War in Plymouth Plymouth Gives During World War II How World War II Impacted the Women of Plymouth Plymouth Rocked by War Sacrifices for Freedom “No Title” (Interview with Doris Cole Avis, Elsie Trinka, and Bruce and Doris Richard) The Effect of World War II on the Females of Plymouth A Divided World Brings a Town Together *Entry 5: 2005* Box 2, Shelf 31 Folder 1: Instructions, Lists of Essays Folder 2: Essays 1 – 8 The Many Modes of Transportation in Plymouth Following the Tracks of Technology “No Title” (Phoenix Plant) Transportation: Driving the Economy The Amazing Automobile Arrives in our Area Plymouth Residents Recall Transportation Triumphs and Trials Plymouth Transportation—The Interurban The Inter-Urban Trolley Folder 3: Essays 9 – 17 Plymouth’s Transportation from 1899 – 1928: The Interurban Railway The Establishment of the Mettetal Airport The Alter Automobile The Alter-Mobile Moving through Plymouth A city Driven by the Roads “No Title” Transportation’s Role in the evolution of Plymouth A Ride Through the History of Trains in Plymouth Compiled by Marilyn Erps, 28 July 2005
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