The difference between history and the past is consciousness.If a person perceives and makes sense of the past, it turns intohistory. This perception and interpretation process is done intwo ways. The first is amateurish. It is in the form oftransferring without questioning, analyzing resources andevaluating. The second method is done in line with scientificprinciples, that is, within the framework of methodology.This is academic historiography. Academic historiographydealt with general history almost until the mid-20th century.The local history, which can be called the history next to us,is mostly left to amateur historians and even history lovers.In our country, urban historiography, which started in thesecond half of the 19th century, has spread over time. Whilewriting their history, cities with identity and cultural richnesscame to the fore. Trabzon is one of these cities. The adventure of Trabzon history writing, which started in1877, continued in an institutional framework with theCommunity Centers during the Republic period. Thiscorporate movement gained a new vision with theestablishment of Serander Publishing House in 1998. Twothings were targeted with the publishing house founded byVeysel Usta and Kenan Sarıalioğlu. On the one hand, astrong emphasis was placed on the potential of Trabzon tobecome the cultural center of the Black Sea. On the otherhand, it was aimed to carry out scientific researches thatreveal Trabzon's potential in terms of history, tourism, social,cultural and artistic aspects. While this study reveals the history of local history researchin the Trabzon example, it also draws attention to the successof corporate publishing through Serander Publishing House.