Record Group 52
Wayne County, Excluding Detroit
Entry 1: Books
Shelf 149
Burton, Clarence M. and M.
Agnes Burton, History of Wayne
County
and the City of
Detroit, Michigan,
1930 Vol.
I-IV (Acc. #2005.076.01, #2005.076.02,
#2005.076.03, #2005.076.04) (2 copies 0f Vol. I &II)
Citizen’s Survey of Northwest Wayne County-Community
College Possibilities,
February,
1961
Clark, Alvin C., A
History of the Wayne
County Infirmary,
Psychiatric, and General
Hospital Complex at Eloise, Michigan-1832-1982, 1982
Facts & Data about
Wayne County Communities (Acc. #2007.13.01)
Manual County of Wayne,
Michigan,
1930 (Acc. #92.65.31L)
Entry 2: Wayne
County
Vertical file 5241
Federal Census of Wayne Co., Mich. 1820
Forty-Second Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1948
Hines, Edward N.,
History of the River Road,
1956 (Acc. #96.43.13)
“Land records now accessible by Web site,” Observer & Eccentric, December
17, 2000
Twenty-Sixth Annual
Report for 1932 (Acc. #95.100.1)
Wayne
County boundaries and
communities at that time (2 copies)
“Wayne
County land records go
online,” Detroit News, December 5,
2000
“What’s Wayne
County done for us
lately?” Observer & Eccentric, October
18, 1995
Cross-reference for a map which shows an aerial view of Western Wayne County,
1954
Entry 3: Wayne County Postmasters,
1832-1971
Vertical file 5248
Copies of list of postmasters
Entry 4: Canton Township-Books
Shelf 154
“Canton Area the Sweet Corn Capitol of
Michigan-An Era in Canton’s
History”
Canton Sesquicentennial Commemorative Book-June,
1984 (6 copies) (Acc. #89.5.7L)
Discover Historic
Canton
Palmer, Joan Cavell, Canton’s Country Schools, 1993
Parker, Virginia Bailey,
Ghost Stories and Other Tales from
Canton,
1998
(Acc. #98.101)
The Canton Community Directory, 1984
Wilson, Diane F.,
Cornerstones-A History of Canton
Township Families,
1988
(Acc. #2000.167.03)
Zazula, Charles, Salute to Canton
Entry 5: Canton
Township
Vertical file 5230
“A Bicentennial salute to Canton,”
Canton Eagle, July 1, 1976
“A look at life in the 1800’s,” Canton Eagle, April 21, 1976
Agreement between
Canton
school and Ira Hough for the sale of property for a new
School on December 3, 1846
“Any Canton Townshipites Know History of Old Sheldon
Cemetery?” Plymouth Mail,
April 23, 1959
Canton Country Festival supplement, Community Crier, June 8, 1983
“Canton
future still unplanned,” Community Crier,
April 13, 1977
“Canton Lands $12 Million Project,” Plymouth Mail & Observer, May 23, 1973
(Acc. #81.34.2L)
Canton
map
Canton
newsletter
“Canton or Murray’s Corners”
“Canton
owes much to early settlers,” Canton Eagle,
November 25, 1976
“Canton
reserves, plant closings, schools, museum highlight year,” Observer &
Eccentric, December 30, 1976
“Canton
resident traces history,” Canton Eagle,
April 14, 1976
Canton
residents list of 1827
“Canton Township 4-H Club in Local Achievement Day,” Plymouth Mail,
April 16, 1959
“Canton
Township: From antiquity
to…” Canton
Eagle, March 24, 1976 (2 copies)
“Canton Twp. Reporter Relates
Cherry Hill History,” Plymouth Mail (Acc. #78.109.23L)
“Canton Twp. retains last of historic properties,” Detroit News, January 19, 2002
Census of
school district of Canton
in 1835
Census of
school district of Canton
in 1838
Census of
school district of Canton
in 1846
Census of
school district of Canton
in1849
Census of
school district of Canton
in1849
“Civil War veterans
‘adopted’” Detroit News, December 14,
1998
“Crime reports soar as
Canton
grows,” Community Crier, February 4,
1976
“Developer restores historic farmhouse,” Detroit News
“Dingeldey era draws to close”
“Early residents profiled,” Canton Eagle, May 20, 1976
“Early settlers in the area and the city they knew,” Community Crier, July 21, 1982
“Early settlers leave rich legacy,” Canton Eagle, November 11, 1976 (2 copies)
(Acc. #82.70.10L)
“50-year paving plan may soon be finished,” Observer & Eccentric, December 6, 1976
“Friends fete Flodin,” Community Crier
“Friends gather at celebration,” Observer & Eccentric, December 17, 1987
“Glimpse into Canton
Township,” Detroit News, April 12, 2006
“Hewer’s store recalls
Canton’s farming era,”
Observer & Eccentric,
April 22, 1974
“Hewer’s watched farmlands vanish,” Community Crier, July 14, 1976
“Historic building will fall to shovels,” Observer & Eccentric, September 22, 1976
“Historic Canton-Residents support designation to protect
160-year-old Cherry Hill
Area,” Ann Arbor News, February 10, 1991
“Historical Society unveils title of book on settlers,” Observer & Eccentric,
November 6, 1986
“Landmarks identify early Canton
settlers,” Canton
Eagle, August 12, 1976
Landmarks reflect pioneer touch,” Canton Eagle, June 3, 1976
“Local history highlighted in Saturday fund-raiser,” Observer & Eccentric,
November 30, 1995
Map of Canton
Township, 1876
“Mrs. Ida Huston Relates Canton
Township History,” Plymouth Mail, April 2, 1959
(Acc. #78.109.14L)
“New museum uses local artifacts,” Observer & Eccentric, December 2, 1982
“Old-fashioned and built to stay that way,” Observer & Eccentric, August 13, 1992
Parker, Susan, “Canton
Cemetery Comes to Life”
Pencil drawing of Canton Post Office
Pencil drawing circa 1880 of home on
Cherry Hill
Pencil drawing of home of Mr. Gadwin
circa 1885
Photo of Triangle Hotel
“Pioneers built
Canton,”
Town Crier, February 11, 1976
“Pioneers’ names live on,” Canton Eagle, August 9, 1976
“Plymouth, Canton may get I-275 noise barriers,” Observer & Eccentric, October 14,
1975
Postcards of
Cherry Hill United Methodist Church
(13 cards)
Postcards of Morton home (22 cards)
“Preservationists rally t save historic areas,” Detroit News, September 12, 1999
“President Adams signed deeds for Canton land purchases,” Canton Eagle, April 7, 1976
“Rural landmark lingers amid Canton sprawl,” Community Crier, July 14, 1976
School district attendees and their fees in 1865
“Schools, roads bear names of pioneers,” Canton Eagle, June 10, 1976
“Sheldon Cemetery-final rendezvous,” Canton Eagle, December 9, 1976
“Township elected James Safford as its first supervisor in
1834,” Canton
Eagle,
April 29, 1976
“War pension records provide a glimpse into
Canton
history,” Canton
Observer,
January 28, 1999
“Why Canton
go Kresge warehouse,” Observer & Eccentric, March 18, 1974
“Williams’ piano business hits a crescendo, Observer & Eccentric, October 7, 1976
Zazula, Charles J., “Bicentennial
Salute to Canton Township,” February 15, 1976
Shelf 34, Box 1 RG 40
Canton Township Sesquicentennial-A Time Capsule Edition,
1984
Entry 6:
Truesdale
House
Vertical file 5238
AAUW Landmark paper on Truesdell
home
Photo of house in 1989 with history
Truesdell family information
“Truesdaell House stands tall,” Community Crier, March 25, 1987
Entry 7: Canton Corners
Vertical file 5237
“A
Canton
post office? Once there were two,”
Community Crier, December 10, 1975
(2 copies)
“Home hides past’s secrets”
“Starting life on the Chicago Road,” Community Crier, March 17, 1982 (2 copies)
Entry 8: Sheldon’s Corners
Vertical file 1066
“Sheldon’s Corners found by accident,” Community Crier, March 25, 1987
Entry 9: Northville-Books
Shelf 154
Fountain, Julie,
Revelations of the Rouge River-Some history of Meads Mill,
1995
(2 copies) (Acc. #95.50.3, #2003.146.01)
Hixson, Laura Smyth,
Early Northville, Second Edition, 1982 (2 copies)
(Acc. #2003.008.03)
Hoffman, Jack W.,
Northville-The First 100 Years, 1977 ( 2 copies)
(Acc. #84.1.11L, 89.48.4L)
Louie, Barbara G., Northville, Michigan, 2001 (Acc. #2003.008.01)
Louie, Barbara G. and Diane Rockall,
Step By Step Through
Northville: Four Walking
Tours, 1989 (Acc, #2003.008.02)
Maybury Manual, 1941 (Acc. #2002.060.05)
Northville Record
Centennial Edition, 1970
Northville Record
Newspaper Index-1869-1879, 1993 (Acc. #93.80.6)
Northville Record
Newspaper Index-1888-1889, 1995
Entry 10: Northville
Vertical file 5244
“Famed Northville Opera House to be Torn Down in few Weeks,”
Plymouth Mail,
December 22, 1949
“Glimpse into Northville,” Detroit News, April 12, 2006
“How ex-dairyman runs historic cider mill,” Observer & Eccentric, September 19, 1974
Local History Collection at Northville District Library
Mill
Race
Historical
Village brochure (2
copies)
Mill Race Quarterly, Fall, 2000
Mill Race Quarterly, Summer, 2000
“Northville Historical Society plans classes in landscaping,”
Observer & Eccentric
September 13. 1979
“Northville,
Michigan-The Making of America”
series
“Northville
Township to turn 100, “Detroit News, December 29, 1997
Photo of D.U.R. Depot (Acc. #89.97.5L)
Postcard of Main St.,
1911 (Acc. #94.65.4)
Postcard of Main
St. with Interurban, 1910 (Acc. #2001.087.110)
Program for Commencement of 1932 (2 copies)
“Township plans historic farms,” Detroit News, August 25, 1998
Cross-reference to a Land Use map for Northville, 1953
Entry 11: Mead’s
Mill/Waterford History
Vertical file 1070
“A Tale of Old Detroit in Abe Lincoln’s Time,” Detroit News, February 12, 1948
“Booming Waterford Community died in Flames (not to be
confused with Waterford
in
Oakland County)” (Acc. #75.206.9Q0
Photo of “Waterford Mill” sign for Ford Heritage Trails
Pioneer times map of
Livonia
“Plymouth,
the Home of the Air-Gun Industry,” November 18,1911
Postmasters of Mead’s Mill form 1851-1883
“Rose, Flourished and Faded to
Nothingness” Article about Waterford
a once thriving
community in
Wayne
County in
Detroit News-Tribune, April 2, 1899 (5 copies)
“Waterford”
August 30, 1929
Entry 12: Livonia-Books
Shelf 154
From Trilobites…To
Traffic Lights-A Teacher Resource Unit, 1964
Greenmead Archives Resource Book (Acc.
#2005.091.03)
Jubilee, Ladywood yearbook from 1958
Paris, Dominic P.,
Footpaths to Freeways-The Story of
Livonia,
1975 (2 copies)
(Acc. #84.1.7L)
Paris, Dominic P., The Heritage of Livonia, August, 1962 (Acc. #80.82.3L)
Telephone Directory of
Livonia, 1943
(Acc. #75.34.2)
Telephone Directory of
Livonia, 1946,
(Acc. #94.87.7)
The 1870 U.S. Federal Population Census for the Township of Livonia,
County of Wayne,
State of Michigan, 1980 (Acc. #2001.123.13)
Entry 13: Livonia
Vertical file 5233
“Committee picks historic sites”
“Great Livonia
People”
Guide of historic sites in Livonia (Acc. #76.229.17)
Jesse Ziegler re-election card, 1938 (Acc. #76.141.20.h)
“Livonia
cultivates its heritage,” Detroit Free
Press, April 28, 1996
Livonia Township Directory, 1876 (2 copies)
“Livonia
turns a page in history”
Negatives of Mortgage Survey No. 30, August, 1938 (Acc.
#80.75.23L)
Negatives of Mortgage Survey No. 31, December 17, 1938 (Acc.
#80.75.24L)
“Observer’s Eddie Edgar honored again,” Plymouth Observer, April 6, 1977
“Old timer submits history of Livonia,” Livonia Free Press
Photo of first grocery store in Livonia owned by
Levandowski
(Acc. #76.229.1)
Photo of First Stop, Rough and Ready in Newburg Corners (Acc.
#76.229.5)
Photos of Mortgage Survey No. 30 (3 photos) (Acc. #80.75.23L)
Photos of Mortgage Survey No. 31 (4 photos) (Acc. #80.75.24L)
Photo of old pioneer store in Newburg Corners (Acc. #76.229.4)
“South east corner of Stark and Plymouth Rds.” 1945
The 1884 Census of Livonia Township,
Wane County, Michigan (Acc. #2005.091.01)
“When Suburbia Meant Corn, Cheese, Indians,” Observer & Eccentric, March 15, 1972
(Acc. #75.206.322)
William H. Shepherd election card (Acc. #76.141.20.a)
Entry 14: Newburg Corners
Vertical file 1067
Photos
M.E.
Church
and store (Acc. #76.229.8) (2copies)
School and old pioneer store (Acc. #76.229.12)
Patchen
School and railroad
crossing (Acc. #76.22.13)
First Stop Rough and Ready and street (Acc. #76.229.10)
D.U.R. Station and general store (Acc. #76.229.11)
Entry 15: Cooper’s Corners
Vertical file 1065
“’Between Hope and Fear’: The Life of
Lettie
Teeple-1: 1829-1850,” Michigan
History
“’Grand River Fever’ hit settlers-in 1836-1837,” Observer & Eccentric, February 23,
1976
“History of Livonia Villages” written by John R. Stewart,
1990 with
attached letter from Mayor Bennett
Map of Cooper’s Corners
Pioneer times map of
Livonia
“Sharland recalls days when land
was cheap,” Observer & Eccentric,
April 25, 1977
“The birth of Cooper’s Corners,” Observer & Eccentric, February 12, 1976
Wayne County Townships/Communities that no Longer Exist
Entry 16: Dearborn-Books
Shelf 154
Quaife, Milo
Milton, The Bark Covered House, 1973 (Acc. #80.52.L)
Entry 17: Dearborn
Vertical file 5243
Fair Lane: The house
and Gardens, 1955
“The Progress of Dearborn” program from July 28, 1938 (Acc.
#81.57.177L)
Entry 18: Wayne: Books
Shelf 154
Wayne, Michigan Centennial-1869-1969 (Acc. #80.82.1L)
Entry 19: Wayne
Vertical file 5242
“’04 Grads still going,”
Wayne-Nankin-Canton Eagle, July 1, 1964
“Early Wayne”
placemat
Historic Sites in
Wayne
Short of Wayne
Historical Society
“Thirteen seniors graduated in Wayne’s twelfth year”
“Wayne-Early History,” from Wayne Historical Musuem (2
copies)
“Wayne
history group antedates ‘Baby’ City,”
Detroit News, April 16, 1961
“Wayne’s Historic Sites” from
the Wayne Historical Museum
Entry 20: Redford
Township
Vertical file 5231
Assessment Roll for the Township of Redford, Michigan,
1845
Entry 21: Nankin Township
& Perrinsville
Vertical file 5232
Customers of Thomas R Lathers’
Perrinsville
Country Store, Wayne
County,
Michigan, 1866-1870
“Lighting up- Christmas comes to Nankin
Mills,” Observer & Eccentric,
December 16,
2004
Entry 22: Other Wayne County
Cities-Books
Shelf 154
Horste, Cathy
Stromme
and Diane Follmer Wilson, Water Under the Bridge, 1980
(Accy. #86.106)
Keith, Julia J., Our
Little Island Grosse Ile,
1962
Wyandotte-The More than Typical American City,
1976 (Acc. #84.40.2L)
Entry 23: Large maps
Map Case 1
Drawer 3
Map of
Territory
of Michigan
Drawer 6
Detailed Official Atlas
of Wayne County, 1915 (Acc. #2003.087.01)
McAlpine’s Farm Atlas of Wayne County, 1925 (Acc.
#2001.092.01)
Drawer 7
Detailed Official Atlas
of Wayne
County,
Michigan,
1891 (3 copies) (Acc. #75.48)
General Official Atlas
of Wayne
County,
Michigan,
1893
1904 Wayne County,
Michigan
Landowners Index and Maps, 2001 (Acc. #2005.040.02)
Drawer 8
Illustrated Historical
Atlas of Wayne
County,
Michigan,
1876 (6 copies)
(Acc. #77.117.47, #88.79.2L, #76.203, #2001.054.01)
Indexed List of
Landowners from 1876 Illustrated Historical Atlas of Wayne County,
Michigan and Maps, 1993 (Acc.
#2005.040.01)
Entry 24: Small maps
Community Maps box
Belleville
East Detroit-
3 maps
Flat Rock
Garden City-3 maps
Gibralter
Grosse Ile- 2 maps
Livonia-
4 maps
Northville- 2 maps
Taylor
Trenton-
2 maps
Wayne County- 2 maps
Wyandotte
Entry 25: Large Photos
Map Case 4, Drawer 1
Marshmallow Drop in Hines Park (Acc. #2007.166.05)
Wayne County Sheriffs on duty (3 photos) (Acc.
#2007.166.01-#2007.166.03)
Crash of Flight 255 in 1987 at Metro (Acc. #2007.166.08)
Compiled by Lena
Packer, 26 May 2006