Sat, October 21, 2017 Michigan Library and Historical Center, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Michigan Genealogical Council 2017 Fall Family History Event!<https://mimgc.org/cpage.php?pt=109> How do you make a great conference even better? Add the expertise of Library of Michigan staff to the lineup of speakers! Librarians Bernadette Bartlett and Kendel Darragh will be sharing their insights on using the Library's different collections to advance your family history research. Who knows what super-hero lineage may lurk in your family tree? Find details on their presentations in the conference agenda. October 25th

From the Wilderness to the Heights: The Transformation of the University of Michigan 1852 - 1900, presented by Professor Francis Blouin, Wednesday, October 25th, 7:00 - 9:00 P.M, Library of Michigan<http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-69951_69952-450012--,00.html>

[cid:image002.jpg@01D348D0.42858380]This year marks the University of Michigan's bicentennial. Join the Historical Society of Grater Lansing and the Library of Michigan for a talk by Prof. Francis Blouin, who will discuss how this once remote school, founded when Michigan was still a territory, blossomed into one of the most important universities in the nation in one of America's most progressive cities. In partnership with the Historical Society of Greater Lansing. October 28th Michigan Shakespeare Festival presents: Ichabod, a staged reading of a new play by Michigan playwright Joseph Zettelmaier<http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-69951_69952-449984--,00.html>, Saturday, October 28, 3 P.M. - 6 P.M. Tickets $20<https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=80270>. [cid:image003.jpg@01D348D0.42858380]Travel back in time to a blustery October night in 1810 as Michigan playwright Joseph Zettelmaier performs "Ichabod", his take on the classic Legend of Sleepy Hollow November 4th NaNoWriMo, a National November Writing Month Event, Lake Michigan Room, 4th floor. [cid:image004.jpg@01D348D0.42858380]Daylong event featuring writing workshops. November 8th Author Talk with Hendrick Meijer Wednesday, November 8 at 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, Forum, 1st floor, Michigan Library and Historical Center [cid:image006.jpg@01D348D0.42858380]Arthur H. Vandenberg (1884-1951), Republican from Grand Rapids, Michigan, was the model of a consensus builder, and the coalitions he spearheaded continue to form the foundation of American foreign and domestic policy today. Originally the editor and publisher of the Grand Rapids Herald, Vandenberg was appointed and later elected to the Senate in 1928, where he became an outspoken opponent of the New Deal and a leader among the isolationists who resisted FDR's efforts to aid European allies at the onset of World War II. But Vandenberg soon recognized the need for unity at the dawn of a new world order; and as a Republican leader, he worked closely with Democratic administrations to build the strong bipartisan consensus that established the Marshall Plan, the United Nations, and NATO. Vandenberg, as Meijer reveals, was instrumental in organizing Congressional support for these monumental twentieth-century foreign policy decisions November 11th Sailing into History, author Talk with Frank Boles, 1 - 2:15 P.M. <http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-69951_69952-448909--,00.html> Lake Michigan Room, 4th floor [cid:image008.jpg@01D348D0.42858380]The Great Lakes create a vast transportation network that supports a massive shipping industry. Come hear author Boles discuss this new book which describes the fascinating history of a century of achievements and setbacks, unimagined change mixed with surprising stability. December 9th Artist talk and exhibit with Catherine McClung, 1 - 2 P.M. Exhibit, December 9th - January 31st, Martha W. Griffiths Michigan Rare Book Room, 4th Floor. [Image result for Catherine McClung]Ms. McClung may be best known for work with the Lenox China Company where she created the Winter Greetings designs featuring spritely birds. Ms. McClung has specialized in painting birds often native to Michigan. Please join us for a special exhibit of her artwork. Exhibit, October 14th - January 5th: Angling and Conservation in Michigan, the Inheritance from the English Leisure Society , Martha W. Griffiths Michigan Rare Book Room, 4th floor A book tells a story, while a book collection can tell many stories about the owners, content, and history. The Bower-Averbach Collection held at the Martha W. Griffiths Michigan Rare Book Room is just such a collection, where its value en masse far outweighs one single volume or digital facsimile. The information comes not just from the type on the pages but from the owners, writers, illustrators, and the physical nature of the book itself. The current exhibit, Angling and Conservation in Michigan, the Inheritance from the English Leisure Society, considers the history and origins of water conservation in Michigan and the tradition of fly fishing upon which it is based. The exhibit highlights just some of the material collected by Seymour Bower and J.E. Averbach. Seymour Bower (1855 - 1924), for 25 years the superintendent of fisheries in Michigan, was one of the nation's foremost authorities on fisheries. This collection includes works of scientific as well as antiquarian interest, and many particularly concern Michigan and the Great Lakes area. J.E. Averbach assembled an equally impressive array of titles in the field. The exhibit will be on display from October 14th, 2017 until January 5th 2018. Contributing authors include: a 14th century nun, English royalty, an American President and a judge in the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti trial. The Martha W. Griffiths Michigan Rare Book Gallery is located on the 4th floor of the Library of Michigan. [cid:image021.jpg@01D348D0.42858380] For further detail visit the Library of Michigan webpage at: www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan or like us on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/libraryofmichigan. Edwina A. Murphy Michigan Collection Librarian Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48915 517 373 4376 Follow us on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/libraryofmichigan<http://www.facebook.com/libraryofmichigan> Our collective efforts can help make Michigan a Top 10 education state in 10 years! Here are the goals and strategies: http://mi.gov/top10in10/