The Edwardsburg Area Historical Museum has added a new semi permanent display to its collection.

The display is a rack with books written by Edwardsburg authors. These books are for display purposes only and may not be purchased at the museum.

The collection contains these books or booklets: “Collections by Design,” “Heroine of the Limberlost” and “Designs into Paper Dolls” by Norma Lu Meehan.

Meehan is an artist and her books must be seen and are beyond description. Meehan also collaborated with her two friends, Lenore Cassidy and Melva Freeman, in writing “Reflections of Eagle Lake” in 1999.

Books about specific places were written by Landis Carpenter, “Sketches From Life,” 2003; Lottie Logan Pickerel, “Exciting True Stories,” 1988; Tom Anderson, “Home and Other Places by Voices of Southwest Michigan,” 1998; Andrea Edwards, “Places in the Heart,” 1990; Otis Montgomery, “Edwardsburg, the First 150 Years,” 1996; and Greg Lawson, “Favorite Things Collection,” 1986.

Books located in Edwardsburg are by T. J. Vanderbosch,“ Eagle Lake,” 2014; and Jean Ducey, “Out of this Nettle,” 1983.

Memoirs have been a favorite topic for many writers including Ora Weeks, “Memoirs,” 1999; Anne Williamson “Harness, Blessed,” 2014; Dr. Tom Brown M.D., “Battle Wounds of Iwo Jima,” 2002; and Barbara J. Weeks, “Two Weeks Make A Lifetime.”

There are books that cover miscellaneous topics. They are Dan Johnson, “The Backside of the Helping Hand,” 2007; Judith Singley, “ABC Trees,” 2012; and Jim Meiuninck “Medicinal Plants of North America,” 2008.

These books address special topics: Charles J. Humpley, “A Community Service,” 1980; Mary Ann Cameron, “Eat the Whole Mint,” 2005; and James Pauley Jr. and Charlene Potterbaum, “Granny and the Gay Guy,” 2003.

These books are not for sale, but are available for perusal while visiting the museum.

Edwardsburg has many talented people in the arts: music, writing and painting. Their works are being presented as space allows in the museum and preserved for the future.

 

JoAnn Boepple works with the Edwardsburg Area History Museum.