Browse Collections (63 total)

Collection of letters, speeches, personal narrative, ledgers, documents, and photographs related to the lives of George Washington Gardner and…

In 1839, the Reverend Peter Dougherty was sent to the area now known as Old Mission to establish a church and school for the Native Americans who…

Julius Steinberg, a Jewish immigrant from eastern Europe was a prominent figure in the Jewish community and business world of Traverse City for more…

Joseph Hessler (also spelled Hesler or Hestler), a farmer and fisherman, moved with his wife, Mary, from Canada to Old Mission Peninsula in the…

Carolyn Gay Taft (1873-1952), was the owner of a
small cherry farm on Old Mission Peninsula in the
early 1900’s. While she spent her summers on…

Photographs from slides taken of student life at OMPS primarily from the 1960’s to 1980, including some rare photos of five of the original one-room…