Herman Lunden Papers, 1896-1929

Start Over Collection Herman Lunden Papers, 1896-1929

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5.5 linear feet

Timber manager of the Kneeland Bigelow Company of Bay City, Michigan. Autobiography; correspondence, 1899-1924 (scattered); Kneeland-Bigelow Company records, 1912 and 1923-1929; subject files relating to his interest in conservation, reforestation, forest fire prevention, local Republican party affairs, road improvement, and the development of the northern Lower Peninsula as a tourist and recreational region.

Documenting his business and public service activities, the Herman Lunden papers cover the period from the late 1890s to 1929. The collection includes Biographical/Personal material; Correspondence; Kneeland-Bigelow records; and an Alphabetical File.

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Biographical/Personal

The collection begins with a series of Biographical/Personal material that includes autobiographical information and photographs. The photographs include a ca. 1925 traveling railroad exhibit on reforestation and forest fire prevention; copy prints of the Dixie motorcade pilot car and passengers, ca. 1925, an event intended to gather support for improved roads for motor vehicles; photos of Michelson and Hanson Lumber Company sawmill at Lewiston, Mich.; and photographic postcards, ca. 1900-ca. 1910, of lumbering scenes, dogsled at Cheboygan, Mich., and family