Berrien County Historical Association
P.O. Box 261
Berrien Springs, MI 49103-0261
(269) 471-1202
Contact: Frances Porter, Executive Director

Author's Day at Museum

The History Center at Courthouse Square in Berrien Springs will host a local author's day on Sunday, June 10, from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. Area authors will be on hand to autograph copies of their books and present a series of programs about their work. Admission and refreshments at the program are free of charge.

Robert Myers will present a program at 1:00 p.m. about the 1873 Atlas of Berrien County, reprinted this year by the History Center. Myers has authored numerous books about area history, including Lost on the Lakes: Shipwrecks of Berrien County, and Adeline and Julia: Growing Up in Michigan and On the Kansas Frontier.

At 2:00 p.m., Grif and Barbara Cook of Niles will give a program about the M-1 carbine, based on their book about the World War II rifle produced in southwest Michigan. The Cooks have also written extensively about the history of the Dowagiac and Sumnerville areas.

Rick Rasmussen of Coloma will present his program about Paw Paw Lake history at 3:00 p.m. Rasmussen has published several books on the history of the resort communities around the lake, and is completing a new book about Sister Lakes.

Ron Taylor of Mary's City of David will give a program about the Israelite House of David religious order at 4:00 p.m. Taylor has written extensively about the House of David's history and the lives of its founders, Benjamin and Mary Purnell.

Other authors on hand to sign their books will be Meredith Jones Gray, author of As We Set Forth: Battle Creek College and Emmanuel Missionary College and Elaine Thomopoulos with her books St. Joseph and Benton Harbor and Resorts of Berrien County (noon to 1:00 p.m.); Kathy Shafer, with her book Baroda: The Story of a Small Place (1:00-2:00 p.m.); Ron Schaffer, author of The Center of the World on the Move, a memoir of the New Troy area (2:00 - 3:00 p.m.); Gary Land, with his newly-released book Growing Up with Baseball: How We Loved and Played the Game (3:00-4:00 p.m.); and Richard Postman, author of the technological history Anvils in America (4:00-5:00 p.m.).

For more information about the author's day event, contact The History Center at Courthouse Square at (269) 471-1202.