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Ocha Potter papers, 1898-2008 (majority within 1923-1965)

0.6 linear feet (in 2 boxes)

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Ocha Potter was a copper mining engineer and adventurer who also played an important role in the promotion of Keweenaw County, Michigan as a vacation destination during the 1930s and 1940s. Over the course of his career, Potter made important contributions to the field of copper mining, including the development of a safer, more efficient method of stoping and advocacy for the use of the lighter "one-man" alternative to the ubiquitous two-man drill. He also led and undertook many travels and expeditions both for work and leisure, which he documented in photographs. This collection contains three photo albums, documenting Potter's travels to Alaska (1905-1908), Africa and Europe (1930), and national parks in the American West (1923, 1934 and 1936). It also contains a manuscript of his autobiography, family correspondence about the manuscript, and newspaper clippings and ephemera related to Potter's life, career, and involvement with the Copper Country Vacationist League.

Collection contains three photo albums with photographs taken by Potter on his trips to Alaska, Africa, Europe, and the United States. Also newspaper clippings about Potter, ephemera related to Potter's involvement with the Copper Country Vacationist League, family correspondence, manuscript of Ocha's autobiography, and biographical information about him by his granddaughter Julia Fairchild.

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Photo Albums, 1905-1936

1 box (3 photograph albums; 9in. x 12in.)

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The Photo Albums series (3 volumes) contains albums of photographs (with annotations) taken by Ocha Potter on his trips to Alaska (1905, 1906, and 1908), Africa and Europe (1930), and the Western continental United States (1923, 1934, and 1936). The three albums were created by Potter in 1950 to accompany his autobiography, "60-Years-Plus 12."

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Album No. 2: Africa and Europe, 1930

Box 1
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This album, the largest of the three, documents Ocha Potter's 1930 voyage to Africa, and his subsequent African and European travels with his son George, who was working at the time as a mining engineer in Rhodesia. Countries visited include South Africa, Zimbabwe, the Belgian Congo, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Yemen, Egypt, Italy, and France (approximately two to five photos each).

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Album No. 3: Western U.S., 1923, 1934, 1936

Box 1
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This album (the smallest of the three) contains photos from several domestic trips Ocha Potter took, variously accompanied by his wife and his children, Betty and Billie. Destinations include the National Petrified Forest in Arizona, the Grand Canyon, California, the Black Hills, Yellowstone, Salt Lake City, Bryce Canyon National Park, Mt. Zion National Park, the Painted Desert in Arizona, and Pike's Peak.

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Biographical Material

0.3 linear feet

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The Biographical Materials series (0.3 linear feet, 1939-2008) includes family correspondence regarding Potter's intentions for the manuscript of his autobiography, the manuscript itself, and a timeline of events in Potter's life drafted by his granddaughter (and donor of this collection), Julia Fairchild. It also includes newspaper clippings about Ocha Potter's life, career and civic engagement, as well as ephemera related to Potter's involvement with the Copper Country Vacationist League.