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David Votta

Historian, writer and research consultant David Votta has worked as History Librarian & Archivist for the Capital Area District Library since 2004. Previous to CADL he was employed at the Detroit Institute of Arts Research Library/Archives and as a freelance reporter for NPR affiliate WDET in Detroit. He has studied at the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia and currently serves on more boards and commissions than he would like to think about.

Lost Lansing: Michigan once put people in prison for life for possessing alcohol

Lost Lansing: Michigan once put people in prison for life for possessing alcohol

By David Votta on December 27, 2010

Etta Mae Miller’s life sentence for a fourth conviction for a pint of booze was eventually overturned.

Posted in Community & Opinion, Lost Lansing, News | Tagged "life for a pint", david votta, etta mae miller, life sentence, lost lansing, michiganm, prison, prohibition | 1 Response

Lost Lansing: Mansion once housed world’s largest array of Michigan animals

Lost Lansing: Mansion once housed world’s largest array of Michigan animals

By David Votta on December 5, 2010

Lansing Mayor Charles J. Davis kept a menagerie of Michigan flora and fauna in his private zoo

Posted in Community & Opinion, Lost Lansing | Tagged charles j davis, history, Lansing, lost lansing, mayor, menagerie, private zoo | Leave a response

Lost Lansing: Thanksgiving a Century Before

Lost Lansing: Thanksgiving a Century Before

By David Votta on November 24, 2010

An early version of black Friday, but amid fears of smallpox.

Posted in Community & Opinion, Lost Lansing, News | Tagged capital area district library, david votta, history, holiday, Lansing, smallpox, thanksgiving | 1 Response

Lost Lansing: Michigan Brewing Company (conclusion)

Lost Lansing: Michigan Brewing Company (conclusion)

By David Votta on November 14, 2010

The Ku Klux Klan rears its ugly head in this true tale of temperance and toleration.

Posted in News | Tagged klan, klanvocation, lost lansing, michigan brewery, rogers, weinmann | 1 Response

Lost Lansing: Lansing Brewing Company collides with the Temperance Movement

Lost Lansing: Lansing Brewing Company collides with the Temperance Movement

By David Votta on November 5, 2010

The Lansing Female Seminary chose a location next to the German immigrant beer brewers – what could go wrong?

Posted in Community & Opinion, Lost Lansing | Tagged abigail rogers, Lansing Female Seminar, lost lansing, michigan brewing company, Michigan Women's College, Temperandce Movement | Leave a response

Lost Lansing: Eccentric Delos Marvin

Lost Lansing: Eccentric Delos Marvin

By David Votta on October 7, 2010

The unique Mr. Marvin made the mill town Dimondale his home.

Posted in Community & Opinion, Lost Lansing | Tagged delos marvin, dimondale, Grand River, lost lansing, Michigan | 2 Responses

Lost Lansing: Mt. Hope cemetery still includes undocumented graves

Lost Lansing: Mt. Hope cemetery still includes undocumented graves

By David Votta on September 25, 2010

It was often the poorest whose names were forgotten – paupers, residents of the Boys’ Vocational School, members of black Civil War regiments.

Posted in Community & Opinion, Lost Lansing, News | Tagged Boys' Vocational School, cemeteries, graves, lost lansing, paupers, unknown | Leave a response

Lost Lansing: Lansing’s first graveyard (part two)

Lost Lansing: Lansing’s first graveyard (part two)

By David Votta on September 10, 2010

Oak Park’s fountains were a bit too much of a lure for kids who had to be retrieved, wet and muddy.

Posted in Community & Opinion, Lost Lansing, News | Tagged burial, graveyard, lost lansing, oak park | 4 Responses

Lost Lansing: The city’s first graveyard

Lost Lansing: The city’s first graveyard

By David Votta on September 3, 2010

Finding the remains of early settles is confounded by the fact that the “dead sometimes travel”

Posted in Community & Opinion, Lost Lansing, News | Tagged cemetery, Durant's History, graveyard, lost lansing, Turner Dodge | Leave a response

Lost Lansing: Blueprints of the Olds Mansion

Lost Lansing: Blueprints of the Olds Mansion

By David Votta on August 26, 2010

Blueprints from architect Darius Moon.

Posted in Community & Opinion, Lost Lansing, News | Tagged blueprints, bob garrett, darius moon, lost lansing, olds mansion, seeking michigan | 2 Responses

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