Past Programs

Most of these history presentations have been recorded on DVD and are available at the Bloomfield Township Library:

1.  History of Bloomfield Township presented by Homer Case,  Bloomfield Twp Sprv,            Emeritus, 27 June 2002   DVD/VIDEO* 977.438 BLO

2.  Every home has a history –does yours? presented  by John Marshall, Local Amateur Historian,   26 January, 2003 VIDEO 977.438 EVE

3.  Local History Events presented by Marcia Preston, BTPL Librarian, et al, 18 May 2003 (may not have been recorded)-

4.  The Orphan Train in Michigan, 1854-1927 presented by Al Eicher, Local Historian, 14 September 2003  VIDEO 362.734 ORP

5.  Oral History How To’s presented by Mike Smith, Director, Walter Reuther Library, 11 January 2004, VIDEO 907 ORA

6.  A Veteran’s Report to the Home Front with Ben Snyder, WWII Veteran & Author, 16 May 2004, DVD  BIO SNYDER

Beginning of Joint BTPL and BHS Sponsorship

7.  Asylum: Pontiac’s Grand Monument to the Gilded Age presented by Bruce Annett, Jr., Author, 26 September 2004, DVD 977.43804 ASY

8.  Cranbrook: Bloomfield’s International Treasure presented by Mark Coir, Archivist, Cranbrook Educational Community, 23 January 2005, DVD 917.74 CRA

9.  Judson Bradway Developing the Hills of Bloomfield, by Charles Kirkpatrick Bloomfield   Village Historian, 22 May 2005, DVD977.438 BLO

10. Dead Reckoning: A compendium of OC Cemeteries presented by Charles Martinez V.P. OCP&HS, 25 September 2005, DVD 977.438 DEA

11. Preservation of Paper and Photographic Documents by Carol Turchan,Chicago Historical Society, 23 April 2006, DVD 025.84 PRE

12. The Historic William Craig Log House Lone Pine Road by James C. McCabe, Curator of Buildings, The HenryFord, 24 September 2006. DVD 728.73 HIS

13. The Stone School at Wing Lake by Pam& Michael Carmichael Marilyn & Gerry Tuschow, Nancy Kufchock, & John Marshall, 25 February 2007, DVD 727 STO

14. History of Railroad in the Bloomfield Area, by John F. Marshall, Member of BHS, 22 April 2007, DVD 385.09 HIS

15. History of your House – Discovering a Sense of Place ny Leslie Edwards, Archivist at Cranbrook Archives, 7 June 2007, DVD 728.028 HIS

16.  Vaughan – Vernor Stone House (4778 Lahser Road) by John Marshall (Vaughan); Dr. Keith Wunderlich (Vernor), 23 September 2007, DVD 728.8 HIS

17. The Historic Barton Farmhouse, (586 E. Long Lake Rd.) presented by Ronald R. Campbell, Pam Carmichael, & John Marshall, 02 December 2007, DVD 728.6 HIS

18. The History of Kirk in the Hills by Crystal Thomas, Historian for the Kirk, 06 April 2008, DVD 285.137 KIR

19. The History of The Village Club by Louise Simpson, Historian for The Village Club, 28 September 2008, DVD 977.438 BLO

20. Glaciers in Our Backyard – Geology of SE Michigan and Bloomfield Township, presented by John Zawiskie – Cranbrook Institute. of Science, 22 February 2009, DVD 557.74 ICE

21. Old is the New Green –Sustainability and historic preservation, presented by Gene Hopkins – FAIA Hopkins Burns Design Studio, Ann Arbor and Katie Kiyo (O’Dell), 26 April 2009, DVD 720

22.  The Eccentric: Bloomfields History in Paper, by Greg Kowalski, Editor from the Birmingham Eccentric,  18 October 2009, DVD 977.434 ECC

23. What drew us to Bloomfield? It’s all about Lifestyles…by Buzz Brown, Local Historian, 21 October 2010

24. Digging into our Past presented by Dr. Richard Stamps, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology at O-U, 18 April 2010

25. Detroit Our Greatest Generation, presented by Keith Famie, Emmy winning Film Producer, 16 May  2010

26.  Chief Pontiac, presented  by Charlie Martinez, 26 Sept. 2010

27.  Michigan in the Civil War, presented by Al Eicher, local historian, 20 February 2011

28.  If Woodward Avenue Could Talk, presented by Deborah Schutt, Woodward Avenue Action Association, 18 September 2011

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