Acknowledgements and Credits

The Michigan Historical Museum thanks the following individuals and institutions who provided artifacts, photographs, and/or research assistance for Lansing 1897:

Allen County Historical Society, Lima, Ohio

Tom Ammann

Richard A. Anderson

R. E. Olds Anderson

Val Berryman

Roberta Bierkamp

Jamie Bliven

John E. Brower

David Caterino

Clark Carriage Restoration Crew

Donna Coté

Aileen T. Cross

Marilyn Mayer Culpepper

John Curry

Detroit Historical Museum

Danylo Dmytrykiw

Helen Earley

Virginia L. Ederer

Emanuel First Lutheran Church and Congregation

Harold H. Emmons III

Victoria Favorite

Marie Nies Fenner

First Baptist Church and Congregation

First Presbyterian Church Heritage Room and Congregation

Jean Frazier

Dorothy Frye

Greater Lansing Historical Society

Patricia E. Heyden

Ross Hill

Hobie’s Restaurant

Celeste Hude

Mary Pierce Kerr

Glenn Kerr

William Kimball

Darlene Komm

David Kositchek

Ruth and Richard Kositchek

Lansing Fire Department, Station No. 5

Lansing Matinee Musicale, Julia De Rosa, President

Lansing Public Library Local History Room

Lansing School District

Lansing Woman’s Club

Library of Michigan Collection Management Services

Liederkranz Club

Julia R. Malitz

Nola M. Meade

Michigan Agricultural Heritage Program

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections

Michigan State University Museum

Joan Miller

Eugene Morey

George Moss

Janice Nagele

Patience Nauta

Thomas Nitzsche

Roy Norton

R. E. Olds Transportation Museum

Oldsmobile History Center

Stephen Ostrander

Kenneth E. Patenge

Linda Peckham

Joseph L. Pohl Family

Dr. John Revitte

Nancy R. Robertson

Rev. Roger Robertson

Rork Windmill Restoration Crew

Carol Sanford

M. B. Schnapper

Paul Schneider

Russ and Elaine Scovill

Douglas L. Scovill

Edward Semmelroth

Terry Shaffer

Philip A. Siebert

Shirley Sliker

Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Museum

Eleanor Smith

Bernice Roe Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Spoelman

St. Paul’s Church and Congregation

St. Paul’s Woman’s Guild

Ernie St. Pierre

Archives of Michigan

Pheetta Stevens

Stephen Stier

Harley Stroven

James B. Taylor

Tim Thelen

Mary Toshach

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Van Slyke

Cecil and Nellie Wadsworth

Jim Walkinshaw

Mrs. Robert Westerfield

Mary Jane Wilson

Geneva Wiskemann

Wohlert Corporation

Mrs. James Wortz

The Michigan Historical Museum thanks the following organizations whose support made the Lansing 1897 interactive "Back to the Future" program in the exhibit possible:

Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan

First of America Bank (Lansing)

Ronald McDonald House Charities

Michigan Humanities Council

Oldsmobile Division of General Motors

Ransom Fidelity Company

Frederick S. Upton Foundation

Members of the Lansing 1897 exhibit team included:

Bette Hulbert, Museum Director

Chris Dancisak, Visitor Services Coordinator

Steve Ostrander, Exhibit Designer

Maria Quinlan Leiby, Curator of Exhibits

Scott Peters, Exhibits Coordinator

Larry Griffin, Education Historian

Laurie Dickens, Collections Historian

Ron Hunsucker, Student Assistant

Marie Woodman, Student Assistant

Lansing 1897 exhibit poster design by Martha A. Climo.

Lansing 1897 online tour presentation by Mary L. Ploor.

Lansing 1897 exhibit poster design by Martha A. Climo.

Lansing 1897 online tour presentation by Mary L. Ploor.

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