“100 Years of the Detroit Historical Society” by Joel Stone (Bicknell Lecture Series: 2021-2022)

Since its founding in 1921, the Detroit Historical Society (DHS) has been dedicated to safeguarding the history of our region so that metro Detroiters can better understand the people, places, and events that helped shape the lives of all residents of Southeastern Michigan. “100 Years of the Detroit Historical Society” captures in words and photographs the little-known story of the people who have been telling Detroit’s stories and preserving its material culture for the last century.

More than 100 Grosse Pointers can be counted among the DHS staff and board of trustees during the past century.

The Detroit Historical Society, first intended as support for the Burton Historical Collection, then as stewards of a growing artifact collection in a "cabinet of curiosities”, became the primary support organization for a new municipally owned and managed historical department. Eventually, the DHS would assume stewardship of the Detroit Historical Museum and Dossin Great Lakes Museum and a massive collection of artifacts stored at Detroit’s Fort Wayne.

Joel Stone recently retired from his position as senior curator for the Detroit Historical Society, which oversees the Detroit Historical Museum, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, and a quarter-million artifacts in the City of Detroit’s historical collections. Raised in the Detroit area, Mr. Stone studied journalism, history, archaeology & archival management at the University of Detroit, Wayne State University, and the University College in Cork, Ireland.

Some of Joel’s other books include: “Detroit 1967: Origins, Impacts, Legacies;” “Interpreting Maritime History at Museums and Historic Sites;” “Revolutionary Detroit: Portraits in Political and Cultural Change, 1760-1805; and “Floating Palaces of the Great Lakes: A History of Passenger Steamships on the Inland Seas.” His current book, “100 Years of the Detroit Historical Society,” can be purchased from Wayne State University Press: https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/100-years-detroit-historical-society.

About the Bicknell Lecture Series:
In 1987, Dr. Frank Bicknell, a long time Grosse Pointe resident and well-known Detroit Medical Center urologist, celebrated his 80th birthday. His daughter and son-in-law established the Grosse Pointe Historical Society's Bicknell Fund to mark his milestone birthday. This fund established the Dr. Frank Bicknell Lecture Series; all Bicknell Lectures are free of charge and open to everyone.

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