Albion’s historical collections and resources:
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- Gardner House Museum – (image at top)
http://www.albionhistoricalsociety.org/gardner.php - Albion College Archives and Special Collections
http://campus.albion.edu/library/archives-and-special-collections/ - Local History Room at Albion District Library
http://www.albionlibrary.org/local-history/ - Albion Historical Society (caretakers of the Gardner House Museum)
www.albionhistoricalsociety.org - Historical Albion Michigan website by Frank Passic (hundreds of online articles with photos)
http://albionmich.com/history/histor_notebook/ - Interactive Downtown Albion –
http://isaackremer.com/interactive-downtown-albion/ - Albion Interactive History –
http://isaackremer.com/index-2/
created to help people better understand Albion, Michigan, a prototypical American small town located in south-central Michigan. - WestwardSchool.net – This is the web presence of the History Hill installation that was dedicated at Holland Park in Albion, Michigan on August 13, 2016. History Hill is also a part of the Holland Park Transformation Project.
Albion events related to history:
- Mother’s Day Tea on Saturday before Mother’s Day – see more information and a tour of the Gardner House
- Mother’s Day in Albion – the history behind why there is a historical marker about Mother’s Day in Albion, and what Albion’s Mother of Mother’s Day had to do with the underground railroad.
- Garden Party at the Gardner usually in June – see more information and a photo tour of previous Garden Party
- Twelfth Night – Early January
- See more Albion-centric events on this link:
http://albionmich.net/albion-centric/
- Gardner House Museum – (image at top)
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- ALBION BAND SHELL SCULPTURE ARTIST DISCOVERED! – by Frank Passic
- NAACP President Addresses Racism in the Community
- Juneteenth Celebration in Albion
- Albion Auto Mart
- Historical Marker for Mother’s Day
- Albion Guide to Mother’s Day 2020
- The black-white divide continues in coronavirus deaths
- How one Albion man is making a difference: Sewing face masks to help people feel better
- THE OLD RUGGED CROSS HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME – WRITTEN IN ALBION – by Frank Passic
- Data shows that African Americans are dying from COVID-19 at a higher rate