kutsche@gvsu.edu

Phone: 616-331-8099
Fax: 616-331-8111

Kutsche Office of Local History
117 Lake Ontario Hall
Allendale, MI 49401

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 The Local History Roundtable of the Kutsche Office of Local History was held Thursday, April 18, 8am-3:30pm, at the Grand Haven Community Center, 421 Columbus in Grand Haven, Michigan.

 

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This year’s event, Natives, Settlers, Founders: Our Shared Story of Community Growth, featured Eric Hemenway, Director of the Repatriation, Archives and Records Department for the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians; author and historian Marjie Viveen; and Paul Trapp, former teacher and local history writer. The event also included a guided Harbor Transit bus tour of Grand Haven, scheduled time for peer-to-peer mentoring and professional networking.

Roundtable topics included:

• launching and supporting oral history projects
• researching and publishing local history
• genealogy
• grant writing
• collections and archiving
• promoting and marketing programs/events
• volunteers and visitors
• researching/teaching Western Michigan’s Native American history

 

The Kutsche Office of Local History is dedicated to promoting and supporting research on underrepresented (marginalized) groups in Western Michigan.

 

 

 

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