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OAKLAND GAZETTE Governor Moses Wisner Mansion (Ca OAKLAND GAZETTE Governor Moses Wisner Mansion (ca. 1845) The only publication dedicated to the history and heritage of Oakland County. Vol. 34, No. 1 Published by THE OAKLAND COUNTY PIONEER & HISTORICAL SOCIETY Winter 2001 405 OAKLAND AVENUE, PONTIAC, MICHIGAN 48342 Letter From the President The need for change is very The same thing is true of our important and is sometimes very operations. Many times I hear board In this Issue difficult for many of us to accept in members say that we need to get our later years. We have a tendency some of the grants that are available. Letter from the President 1 to believe that younger people don't We have available to us on staff, and Society News and Notes.... 1 have the knowledge, because they also with staff contacts, people that Financial Statement .. 1 don't have the number of years of can write the grant requests. However, From the Director ? Feature Article:' 'Neath the practical experience that we have. The we must first prove that we have the real truth of the matter is that we needs and types of programs, and Fostering Care': the Eastern fear letting go of the old ways because more importantly, the certification and Michigan Asylum (Part Two) .4 From Our Collections we are not sure we can adjust to the ability to administer these grants. It new ways. We have a great is a very strange statement to make The Hadsell Collection ........ 7 8 organization here that has withstood that for an organization as old as ours, the test of time. However, we must that we are just beginning to come of Honor Roll of Donors 8 9 realize with the average age of our age. It is certainly not because we Memership Application board members that time is catching don't have the ability or the knowledge. Calendar of Events . 10 Historic Community News 10 up with us. It is very important that It is because for a long time we we begin planning for the future and worked only in the past and forgot we must bring in a younger generation to change with the times. FINANCIAL STATEMENT to pick up where we leave off. This year we began a new direction (Year ending December 2000) This younger generation will never join with such a simple thing as voting. I R e v e n u e s 2 0 0 0 1 9 9 9 us if we are not willing to accept County Funds 20560.00 20420.00 them and their ideas as equals. Continued on page 8 Investment Income 10864.38 7942.83 Society Events 5767.48 6518.50 Annual Giving 5520.00 2365.00 Society News and Notes Membership Dues 4025.00 2890.00 Donations/Memorials 4654.17 7203.17 Tours 2026.00 2575.00 Shoppe 1388.99 1288.01 Library 1200.79 1461.11 G r a n t F u n d s 4 2 7 . 0 0 0 Miscellaneous 1101.01 104.60 Total Revenues 57534.82 52768.22 Expenditures 2000 1999 Salaries & Benefits 30835.86 22680.87 Utilities 8796.53 6742.76 Office Expenses 6079.09 5448.84 Grounds/Maint. 4555.48 4156.59 Insurance 2396.00 3455.34 Society Events 1991.26 5017.41 This year's annual meeting was held on the sheriff's department in Oakland Publications 1202.19 781.65 January 17th at the new West County from "Wilderness to Statehood". Library 702.56 832.31 Bloomfield Township Public Library. Jim has been researching this topic for Shoppe 528.08 1073.83 Our speaker was Jim Lehtola, Society several years and has compiled data on Fees/Dues 1860.85 1190.00 Miscellaneous 32.78 2140.50 member and Detective with the Sheriff's every sheriff, which he hopes to publish Department, Oakland County. Jim gave in the near future. Total Expenditures 58980.68 53520.10 a fascinating talk on the formation of Continued on page 3 Profit/Loss (1445.86) (751.88) From the Director "In today's hectic world, personal attention to all patrons remains the hallmark of enduring institutions." Research Library course, benefits the Society as well. We not to mention the many hours that were Libraries and archives collect are listed on over 50 web pages relating spent by those assisting with our two to genealogical and local history materials, provide access to them, and Society events. We could not operate resources, and museums and attractions without your continued efforts. In preserve collections. In this, the in metro Detroit and the Midwest. This information age, the Society is constantly addition, we had four graduate students faced with the challenge of increased gives us a great amount of exposure to a from Wayne State University volunteer much wider audience with over 1500 and work on semester projects here in public expectations for us to provide visitors to our web page in the year the research library. They did an accurate and prompt information. Our 2000. We also had a variety of articles excellent job of processing manuscript job in the research library is to assist published about the Society in local researchers in locating the ideas, collections, organizing library materials, newspapers, including the Oakland and developing the Ice Harvesting information and materials that will meet Press, The Detroit News and Free Press, Exhibit in the Pioneer Museum. WAM their diverse interests. and U.S. Auto Scene. The Drayton was here a total of 12 times this year, In the year 2000, volunteers in the Plains One-Room Schoolhouse was and were invaluable in completing the library made a concentrated effort to featured in a book published this year preparation and move into the improve our level of assistance to titled Under One Roof: A traveler's manuscripts storage area. In addition, researchers. Many hours were spent guide to America's one-room they, as well as community service rearranging materials for easier access schoolhouse museums, and Geoff volunteers, worked incredibly hard on and descriptive tools were created to Brieger's publication Pontiac, maintaining the grounds. A special assist volunteers and users in locating Michigan: A Postcard Album thank you must go out to the Pontiac pertinent information. Visitors to the acknowledges our photograph Area Michigan Farm and Garden library are greeted promptly and every collection. group for their upkeep of the herb effort was made to provide them with garden, and to Rosemary Gallardo for quality reference service. The increase Collections Management donating perennials again this year. It is impossible to thank all of you in numbers of both on-site and off-site Collections management continues users helps to illustrate the confidence to be an important focus for us. Since for your dedication and support. Know researchers have in our ability to assist this: that your love for this Society and reorganizing and purchasing the the work we do together does not go them with their research. computer software, we have begun to unnoticed, and it is greatly appreciated. catalog many of the artifacts, Total Requests for Information I look forward to working with many photographs, manuscripts and 1999-2000 documents. It is a time consuming more of you in the coming year! Requests 2000 1999 lncrease% process, but one which will help us keep External 205 91 225% better control over our holdings. It will Board of Directors be easier to pull items for displays, and Internal 342 184 186% President we can easily track the location of Total 547 275 199% Michael E.Willis artifacts. We can also monitor items If we do not have the answer that may need restoration or repair, as 1st Vice President researchers are looking for in our well as keep a record of the provenance. Charles Martinez materials, we provide them with One of the most exciting parts is our 2nd Vice President suggestions and resources on where to ability to digitally photograph artifacts Clarke Kimball look next. This includes referrals to and attach the digital photo to the Treasurer local libraries and historical societies, cataloged record, giving us an image for Kathryn Daggy web pages, addresses for county identification and inventory purposes. Secretary courthouses, etc. We continue to Kimberly Bell has been a great help in Rosamond Haeberle answer off-site requests in our turn taking inventory and helping to around time of less than ten days. photograph and catalog many of our Staff Thanks to all of the volunteers who artifacts. To date, we have cataloged 74 Administrative Director/Editor have helped to make the library so artifacts, 32 archival materials and 146 Leslie S. Edwards successful. photographs. Manuscripts Librarian Publicity Volunteer Staff Virginia Clohset We have been very fortunate this Research Librarians Publicity for the Society continues Pat Fisher to be an important resource for us. As year to have such dedicated volunteers involved in this organization. Over Jo Pate you all are aware, the popularity and use Fran Wilson of the Internet increases daily. This, of 5000 hours were logged by volunteers, Society News and Notes continued Victorian Christmas The cupola finally arrives! Open House On a cold, windy day in December, our cupola for the Carriage House The annual arrived in the back of a pick-up Victorian truck. Accompanying the truck was Christmas Open a crane, and after some tricky House was, arrangements, the cupola was once again, a hoisted into the air and mounted on success. The top of the Carriage House. The weather was cupola was hand-crafted by Shell cooperative and Homes Construction using "One of our younger a fine day was visitors at VOH" had by all who visited.
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