Forrest B. Meek, Michigan Photograph Collection, 1865, 1976, and undated

Summary

Creator:

Meek, Forrest B.

Abstract:

Collection of the Clare and Saginaw, Michigan, lumber, and Purple Gang photographs.

Extent:

.5 cubic feet (in 1 box)

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Marian Matyn

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection is of photographs, mostly of Clare and/or Clare County, Michigan, its lumber camps, lumber yards, lumber companies, lumber men, and Clare personalities. Of interest are two portraits of Jack Livingston and Isaiah Leebove. Livingston shot Leebove in the Doherty Hotel in Clare in a Purple Gang related shooting. Also, there is a photograph of Griffin and Meek together.

Biographical / Historical:

Biography:

Forrest B. Meek was born in 1928 and graduated from Hasting High School in 1946. He served in World War II, 1947-1948, and in the army reserves, 1948-1952. In 1986, he retired after 26 years of teaching in public schools in Lansing, Kentwood, and Clare, Michigan. Meek served as the Clare County campaign chair for Senator Robert P. Griffin during his 1976 re-election campaign. He is the author of several books concerning Clare and Clare County, Michigan, its lumber camps, veterans, and related issues which may be found in the collections of the Clarke Historical Library.

Acquisition Information:

no Acc#

Arrangement:

Arrangement is alphabetical and chronological.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Lumber camps--Michigan--Clare County.
Lumber camps--Michigan--Homer.
Lumber camps--History--Michigan.
Lumber trade--Michigan--Saginaw.

Names:

Purple Gang (Organized Crime Group : Detroit, Mich.)
Meek, Forrest B.
Griffin, Robert P., 1923- (Robert Paul)
Livingston, Jack.
Leebove, Isaiah.