Pioneers of Oakland County 1886-1938

  Pioneers of Oakland County 1886-1938   From the mid-1880s through to around 1938, the Pioneer Society would on occasion call for biographies of early Oakland County settlers. These requests would typically be printed in the newspaper and often resulted in back-and-forth correspondence between the Society and people sending along information. Some of these documents are origin stories from communities, settler biographies, genealogies, letters, even random leaflets or memorabilia. This

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The Nina Mae Williams Collection

  The Nina Mae Williams Collection Also called the “Glenna Mae Cox” collection (she was the original donor), this is, according to our accession records, “Pontiac area newspapers, books and miscellaneous paper products”. It is accompanied by a 3 page list of 91 items. There are three boxes in this collection.