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Hackley and Hume Papers
Collection
Identifier: 00097
Scope and Contents
The Hackley and Hume papers contain the business records of several inter-related Michigan-based business firms and some of the private papers of the families of Charles Henry Hackley and Thomas Hume. The papers span the years 1859-1955. The papers document lumbering and lumber investments in Michigan and other states. The papers also document Charles Henry Hackley and Thomas Hume, both prominent timbermen and philanthropists, as well as other family members. Hackley and Hume were active...
Dates:
1859 - 1955
Harold Tubbs papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00171
Scope and Contents
This collection contains typed copies of two interviews of old pioneers of Northern Michigan conducted by Harold Tubbs, District Game Supervisor. In the first interview Mrs. Elizabeth Foley of Grayling recalls her early experiences in Grayling and lumbering in the late 1800s. The second interview is with Matt Jordan, a native of Iosco County, who discusses his skills in hunting and trapping. The collection also includes a journal kept by O.H. Perry of Cleveland, Ohio, during an elk hunting...
Dates:
undated
Harry Newnham collection
Collection
Identifier: c-00611
Scope and Contents
The Harry Newnham collection contains photographs and postcards of Saugatuck, Michigan circa 1900, schooners, steamships, ferries, and boats.
Dates:
1868-1908
William and Edith Overlease collection
Collection
Identifier: 00100
Scope and Contents
Oral History
This collection is an oral history of hardwood logging in and around Benzie County, Michigan from 1890 to 1920. A good description of the work and life of loggers, cooks, and other employees of logging camps in Northern Michigan was obtained through taped interviews with the following people: Bob Bailey (1885- ) James Bargerstock (1872-1972) Mrs. Bargerstock ( )Lloyd Bates (1879-1974) Claude Carrier ( )...
Dates:
1890 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1973