Finding Aid Loretta Udell Collection TBRC-28 Finding Aid: Loretta Udell Collection TBRC-28 Collection name: Loretta Udell Collection Repository: Special Collections Department -Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library. 211 First Ave, Alpena, MI 49707. specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org. https://alpenalibrary.org/ Dates: 1907-1969 Creator Name: Udell, Loretta Quantity: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box) Language: English Biographical & Historical Information: Loretta May Udell was born on May 20, 1926, in Painsville, OH to Waldmar and Edna (nee Maine) Mikowetz. Her family was involved in Great Lakes shipping from Toledo, OH, and Alpena, MI. She married Clarence Udell on May 25, 1946, and drove the school bus for the Alpena Public Schools for 28 years. She passed away on March 21, 2018. Scope & Content: This collection contains several images of Great Lakes vessels that her relations worked on, and original watercolor works by an unknown artist and Bernice A. Booher in 1916. Acquisition: Loretta Udell donated this materials, after collecting them from her relatives, in 2015 Access: Open to research Preferred Citation: item, folder, box Loretta Udell Collection, Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library. Alpena, MI Collection Contents: Box 1 of 1: Folder 1. CONSUMERS POWER (1934-1958) [nee YATES, HARRY] [bulk freighter] (built 1910) 2. CORNELIUS, ADAM E. [self-unloader bulk freighter] (built 1908) 3. GALLAGHER, MICHAEL (1923-1956) [nee OHL, EDWIN N.] [bulk freighter] (built 1907) 4. HOOD, CLIFFORD F. (1943-1974) [nee BRANSFORD] [bulk freighter] (built 1902) 5. KING, WILLIS L. [bulk freighter] (built 1911) 6. MIKOWETZ, Paul (born 1884) [steward abroad BEN E. TATE] (c1950s) 7. TATE. BEN E. (1935-1969) [nee PANAY] [bulk freighter] (built 1902) 8. Toledo, Ohio? [port/dock scene] (c1940s) mailto:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org