Museum Archives Internship The Leelanau Historical Society is seeking a college student or emerging professional to assist with the ongoing… Read more Museum Internship Opportunity – Summer 2022

Seddie Powers-Smith1868 Northport and Onomonee, Leelanau Michigan  By Kevin Carl Brooks Sybil Antoinette Powers, (Seddie), stood at the edge of… Read more Seddie Powers-Smith – Writer & Poet

Catherine Baldwin(b. 1935 – d. 2001) Catherine Baldwin known internationally for her artistic talent creating quill-work on birch bark and… Read more Catherine Baldwin – Anishinaabe Artist

Florence Haas is often remembered for being the first licensed female captain on the Great Lakes and the namesake of… Read more Florence Haas – Great Lakes Captain

Nan Helm (b. 1877 – d. 1968) Nan Helm, a woman who cared deeply about this county and its history,… Read more Nan Helm – Leelanau Historian

Automobiles Travel on Ice this Winter – Leelanau Enterprise Feb. 10, 1927 “Automobile travel is more common on Lake Leelanau… Read more Frozen Over – Ice Harvesting, Travel, & Play

“Memories of special events which regularly return become more real to each of us with the passing years. In every… Read more Christmas Cookies

A critical piece of local history was saved when this photograph mounted on a crumbling cabinet card was brought to… Read more Leelanau’s One-Room Schoolhouses

Why Grow Cherries in Leelanau? In the 19th century, the Leelanau peninsula (and the entire Grand Traverse Region) was identified… Read more Leelanau’s Cherry Industry

Recently, a new quilt was gifted to the Leelanau Historical Society archives. This 102″ by 72.5″ quilt features fifteen squares… Read more Quilted Histories – 15 Leelanau Barns