Ypsilanti Historical Society
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| Established | 1961 |
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| Location | 220 N Huron St, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197 |
| Coordinates | 42°14′41″N 83°36′46″W / 42.244705°N 83.612685°W |
| President | Bill Nickels |
| Website | www.ypsihistory.org |
The Ypsilanti Historical Society, founded in 1961, operates the Ypsilanti Historical Museum and Rudisill-Fletcher-White Archives in
Different rooms of the Historic 1860 Dow House are displayed like a traditional house museum, with a parlor circa 1880s and a sitting room circa late 1920s. It also includes a dining room, early twentieth century kitchen, second floor bedroom, a solarium original to the house with a slatted floor for watering plants and a roof vent to adjust the plants' temperature,[1] and a library with a New York City made Tiffany Studios (a separate company from the related Tiffany & Co.) stained glass window originally from the Starweather Ladies Library building just south on North Huron Street.
The Rudisill-Fletcher-White Archives includes collections on Ypsilanti City and
The Ypsilanti Historical Museum is a member of the MotorCities National Heritage Area.[4]
The Society's quarterly publication, Ypsilanti Gleanings, has been published since 1973. It was awarded the 2009 State History Award for "Communications: Newsletters and Websites" by the Historical Society of Michigan.[5] The publication is available digitally and word searchable on the Internet Archive and the Ypsilanti Historical Society website.[6]
References
- ^ a b Meyer, Zlati. "Ypsilanti Historical Museum has exhibits, archives". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ^ "Ypsilanti Historical Society Archives". Ypsilantihistoricalsociety.org. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ "Home: Ypsilanti Historical Society Photo Archives". Quod.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ "MotorCities National Heritage Area - Explore Motorcities: Pick a Place: Museums and Historic Homes". Motorcities.org. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ "2009 State History Awards Presented on Mackinac Island" (PDF). Historical Society of Michigan. 2009-10-02. p. 3. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ "Ypsilanti Gleanings". Ypsi Historical Society.