Board of Directors
President – Anne Lewis
Vice President – Lynnet Johnson
Treasurer – Joyce Hutto-Nolan
Board Members:
Ann Barfknecht
Merry Baxter
Carrie Corbin
Jane Damschroder
Mary Daniels
Ann Ingles
Suzanne LaBeau
Ethel Larsen
Sue Moffat
Gayle Mroczkowski
Carolyn Switzer
Job Description and Procedures
Email: friendsofpetoskeypubliclibrary@gmail.com
Membership Form
If you are interested in becoming a Friend of the Petoskey District Library, please print and fill out this application form and return it to the library.
Friends @ the Carnegie
All Friends @ the Carnegie programs are held at the Carnegie Building at 451 E. Mitchell Street, unless otherwise noted. The programs are offered at 7:00 p.m. on the fourth Monday of every month, except May (third Monday) and December (no program). All Friends @ the Carnegie programs are open to the public at no charge.
January 27, 2020
Shiga (Japan) Sister State Goodwill Mission
Val Meyerson represented Petoskey this past August on the Shiga Sister State Goodwill Mission trip to Japan. The Shiga Prefecture is the sister state to Michigan and within Shiga, there are 13 sister cities. Takashima is Petoskey’s sister city. Val was part of the 28 person delegation to Shiga this past August. She will share her experiences on the mission and about her trip overall through slides and stories.
February 24, 2020
King House
In the 1850s, Middle Village was home to a thriving Odawa community on the shore of Little Traverse Bay. Join Professor of Anthropology and Sociology Kerri Finlayson for a presentation on the archaeological excavations at an Odawa log cabin at the village site. The cabin, recently restored by The King House Association, has been vacant since the 1950s and is one of only two log cabins remaining from the historic Native American town. Kerri and co-director, Dave Frurip, have been excavating at the King House since 2016.
March 23, 2020
History of the Blues
April 27, 2020
Ladies of the Lights
They were women before their time, taking on the romantic, yet dangerous and physically demanding job of tending to the beacons that protected the shoreline. In all, some 40 women have been identified who excelled in this profession over the years — dating back as early as the 1840s and as recent as present day. Join Dianna Stampfler to see nearly 70 images of keepers, their families and their lights that make up this presentation. The program includes readings from newspapers and autobiographies, as well as handouts including the list of featured ladies and additional reading references for attendees.
May 18, 2020
Unsuspecting Participants
Lives were dramatically changed among those who survived the Titanic disaster. Join David Kaplan for the biography of six people; from their early years, their coming together on the Titanic for five days, and each one going back to their normal lives with the memories of the tragedy. Four passengers are selected as well as two crew members, one of which only survived several hours after the ship sank.
June 22, 2020
TBD
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July 27, 2020
TBD
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August 24, 2020
Dr. Carl Palazzolo
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September 28, 2020
Mount Kilimanjaro
Karen Marietti
October 26, 2020
Dr. Roger Gietzen
Details to follow
November 23, 2020
TBD
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December 4, 2020
Candy Cane Village
Details to follow
Friends of the Library Support Digitization Project
