Bay View: A Uniquely American Experience Sesquicentennial Preview

You may think you know Bay View’s history, but you’ve never heard it the way Bay View Archivist Elizabeth Nelson tells it. Nelson closes out the 2024 Friday Forum series with a look toward Bay View’s 150th anniversary in 2025. She will share rarely seen photos from Bay View Archives, and she’ll offer unique perspectives on our community’s history, the history of the nationwide Chautauqua movement, and Bay View’s connection with other summer resorts in the area.

Elizabeth Elvidge Nelson is an archivist, librarian, historian, musician, and lifelong learner.  Archivist for the Bay View Association, she is also  Director of Libraries/Archives at the Interlochen Center for the Arts.  She holds advanced degrees from the University of Michigan (Music) and Long Island University (Library Science).  She and her husband Paul (a Petoskey High School graduate) purchased a Bay View cottage in 1989 and have raised their two children on the shores of Little Traverse Bay.