E. Pray, History of Avon Township, 1820-1940 (1986)
At KL, F574.A85 P7 (3rd floor and Special Collections)
The author also wrote a M.A. Thesis on the same topic in 1944 (at KL, F 574 .A85 P69 1985).
J. Jackson, A Lively Town: A Hundred and Fifty Two Years in Rochester (1969)
At KL, F 574 .R63 R6 (Special Collections)
Rochester Historical Commission, Rochester Remembered (1987)
At KL, F 574 .R63 R638 (Special Collections)
Rochester Historical Commission, Mount Avon Cemetery : Historic Acre and Veterans of U.S. Wars (1982)
At KL, F574 .R63 M67 (Special Collections)
Rochester Historical Commission, Alphabetical listing of all burials in Mount Avon Cemetery: (also known as Rochester Cemetery), Rochester, Michigan, 1817 - through October 15, 1981 (1985)
At KL, F574.R63 A5 (Special Collections)
The Charles Ferry papers held at OU's Special Collections contain manuscript materials from Charles Ferry (1926-2007), a Rochester area author of children's books who won the Best Books for Young Adults award of the American Library Association twice.
The Rod and Susan Wilson Collection of Rochester History contains numerous guidebooks, directories, magazines, and other publications documenting Rochester's history in the 19th and 20th centuries. For example:
The Oakland County Historical Records include records for Avon Township:
To access these collections, contact Archives and Special Collections in Kresge Library.
