Why is the genealogy collection called the Abrams Foundation Historical Collection?
The Talbert and Leota Abrams Foundation is a nonprofit foundation in Lansing, Mich., that primarily focuses on funding library and educational science programs. The Foundation is an active supporter of the Library of Michigan’s genealogy collections and programs to promote genealogy throughout the state. Since the mid-1980s, the Foundation has donated more than $2 million to the Library to assist with genealogy collection development, and to partner in the creation and publication of resources such as the Michigan 1870 Census and Michigan Cemetery Sources. In recognition of the Foundation’s support of the Library and its programs, the genealogy collection was named the Abrams Foundation Historical Collection in 1994.
