Laura Fromwiller and Jan Gillis are Lapeer County residents who work at the historic Marguerite deAngeli Library in Lapeer and have researched the Lapeer State Home for over 15 years. This book contains a compilation of materials and photographs that the authors have gathered, from community members and other sources, for the library's collection. Fromwiller has a master's degree in library and information science from Wayne State University, and Gillis has a baccalaureate in communications from the University of Washington.