http://www.vzoralhistory.com/books/ Historic images & recollections from the Sleeping Bear Dunes Area. en tom@vzoralhistory.com Copyright 2017 by Tom Van Zoeren 2017-02-20T14:33:18+00:00 https://vzoralhistory.org/books/a-port-oneida-collection-images-oral-history-maps/ https://vzoralhistory.org/books/a-port-oneida-collection-images-oral-history-maps/       Meet the pioneers of Port Oneida, and those who followed—Mary, the hermit of Pyramid Point; Henry & Ernie, the odd but brilliant bachelor brothers; Lanie, the “Barefooted Fishergirl”; Elmer, the deaf wanderer; Katie, the midwife; and their neighbors. How did they go about their activities? How did they get along with one another? What did they have to say? How did they talk? What did they look like? What did they think?       These are the sorts of things to be found in the oral history interviews, memoirs, photographs, and other records in this project and book. An Internet link to audio excerpts from some of the interviews is included, so you can hear the participants tell their stories in their own voices. It is Volume 1 of the Oral History, Photographs, and Maps from the Sleeping Bear Region 2-part set.                                   Books 2017-02-20T14:33:18+00:00 https://vzoralhistory.org/books/a-farm-album-from-michigans-dutch-colony-an-oral-and-photographic-history/ https://vzoralhistory.org/books/a-farm-album-from-michigans-dutch-colony-an-oral-and-photographic-history/ The story of the community of Netherlanders who came to Western Michigan during the mid–1800s—their background in Europe preceding the wave of emigration; the journey to America; the terribly difficult early pioneering years; and life during the decades that followed. Books 2014-02-12T15:21:57+00:00 https://vzoralhistory.org/books/images-recollections-from-port-oneida-the-thoreson-farm-and-its-neighbors/ https://vzoralhistory.org/books/images-recollections-from-port-oneida-the-thoreson-farm-and-its-neighbors/ Let the people of the Sleeping Bear Region—past & present—tell you about themselves. Through oral histories, memoirs, and old photos, you can meet the early settlers and those who followed: the store-keeper’s free-spirited daughter; a hermit jack-of-all trades; a community grandmother; a midwife’s daughter; and others. What did they have to say? How did they go about their activities? How did they get along with one another? What did they look like? How did they talk? What did they think? Those are the kinds of things found here. An Internet link to audio excerpts from some of the interviews is included, so you can hear the participants tell their stories in their own voices. This is Volume 2 in the Oral History, Photographs, and Maps from the Sleeping Bear Region 2-part set, published in partnership with Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear. Books 2010-02-10T20:06:06+00:00 https://vzoralhistory.org/books/boudewijn-kate-dekorne/ https://vzoralhistory.org/books/boudewijn-kate-dekorne/ A 40-page collection of photographs and related information about the beginnings of this family in America, and their lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan and at Glen Lake. Books 2008-07-28T11:57:42+00:00