The Grace L. Hooper papers consist of the manuscript "By Trek and Sail to Grand Traverse" written by Grace L. Hooper. It is a pioneer history focusing on Antrim County in northern Michigan from its exploration by Europeans in the mid-1600s through its settlement up to the Civil War.

Chapters include: In Time Gone By; Missionaries Come to Grand Traverse; Waukazooville or Northport; The First Churches; Elk Rapids; Tis A Matter of Record; Kewadin on Elk Lake; Clam River and Spencer Creek; Antrim City On the Bay; Eastport at the Head of Torch Lake; Brownstown or Torch Lake; Norwood at the Mouth of the Bay; Atwood Deep in the 1860s; Bay View on the Hills; The Push into Northern Michigan Cresswell; Central Lake in Intermediate Valley; Echo Beyond the Intermediate; Ellsworth on the Oxbow; Bellaire The County Seat.