Isle Royale papers, 1885-1955 (majority within 1921-1946)

Summary

Creator:

Detroit news.

Abstract:

Files of Detroit News conservation editor Albert Stoll and director of public relations Lee A. White. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous papers relating to the Detroit News' campaign to make Isle Royale a national park and to secure land for it; manuscript and notes of an article by Martha M. Bigelow, 1955.

Extent:

2 linear feet (in 5 boxes)

Language:

English

Call Number:

851553 Bb 2

Authors:

Finding aid created by Michigan Historical Collections staff

Background

Scope and Content:

The collections consists of the files of Detroit News conservation editor Albert Stoll and director of public relations Lee A. White who directed the Isle Royale campaign. The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, clippings, speeches, and other materials relating to Isle Royale and to its importance to the state, and to the effort to make the island a national park.

Biographical / Historical:

In the 1920s and 1930s the Detroit News undertook a campaign to make Isle Royale a national park.

Acquisition Information:

The collection was donated by the Detroit News (donor no. 1011 ) in 1952.

Accruals:

No further additions to the papers are expected.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

Detroit news.
Natural resources.
American newspapers -- Michigan -- Detroit.
Airplanes.
Archaeological sites.
Copper mining.
Fishermen.
Fishing -- Michigan -- Isle Royale.
Forest fires -- Michigan -- Isle Royale.
Forests.
Laborers.
Marine accidents.
Mining.
Moose.
Aerial photography.
Postal service.
Resorts -- Michigan -- Isle Royale.
Ships -- Great Lakes.

Formats:

Photographs.

Names:

Michigan. Isle Royale National Park Commission.
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
Brucker, Wilber Marion, 1894-1968.
Chapman, Oscar L. (Oscar Littleton), 1896-1978.
Couzens, James, 1872-1936.
Hook, Frank Eugene, 1893-1982.
Kelly, Harry F. (Harry Francis), 1895-1971.
Mather, Stephen Tyng, 1867-1930.
Stoll, Albert, 1884-
White, Lee A., 1886-
Albright, Horace M. (Horace Marden), 1890-1987.
Bigelow, Martha Mitchell, 1921-
Cammerer, Arno B. (Arno Berthold), 1883-
Cramton, Louis C. (Louis Convers), 1875-
Ferguson, William P. F. (William Porter Frisbee), 1861-
Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938.
Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952.
Mershon, Wm. B. (William Butts), 1856-1943.
Moody, Blair, 1902-1954.
Newberry, Truman Handy, 1864-1945.
Oberholtzer, Ernest Carl, 1884-1977.
Osborn, Chase S. (Chase Salmon), 1860-
Ruthven, Alexander Grant, 1882-1971.
Shiras, George, 1859-1942.
Townsend, Charles E. (Charles Elroy), 1856-1924.
Tuttle, Arthur J., 1868-1944.
Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951.
Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949.

Places:

Isle Royale (Mich.)
Isle Royale National Park (Mich.)
Upper Peninsula (Mich.)
Isle Royale (Mich.)