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    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 ...

    Biographical & Historical Information: Robert Arthur Geno, 68, of Alpena, passed away Sunday, July 25, 2021, at 10:10 AM at home following a long fight with cancer. He was born July 29, 1952, at Bay City General Hospital in Bay City, MI. to the late George and Florence (Philopulos) Geno ...

    Biographical & Historical Information: Steve Tongue worked as the Alpena Regional Medical Center Building & Grounds Supervisor before moving to Traverse City with his family in 2007. He was president of the Thunder Bay Island Lighthouse Preservation Society c2005-2007. In 2006, the Lafarge North America approached him to write the ...

    Biographical & Historical Information: Judy Kimball retired to the Grand Lake area in Presque Isle County, became active in the preservation of the Presque Isle Lighthouses, and did extensive historical research. This collection evolved from that research. Scope & Content: Copies of historical documents & other ephemera relating to Middle ...

    Biographical & Historical Information: The LaCross Family’s first business ventures began in the early 1940s with cabinet making and general woodwork. In 1951, brothers Arthur and Ernest, with sons Jim and Charles, began constructing wood filing cabinets in Alpena, MI, which was distributed through Leonard’s Office Supply and Equipment Co. ...

    Biographical & Historical Information: John McConnell is a maritime enthusiast, hobbyist, and diver who has devoted several years to researching the local historical maritime community including the lighthouse / life-saving stations and area shipwrecks. He, also, played a significant role in the area’s underwater preserve designation and in the development ...

    Provenance note: Materials collected relating to the career of Hans E. Swendsboe. Donated in 2009. Biographical & Historical Information: Hans E. Swendsboe was born on May 22, 1924. He was a vessel design engineer for the Cleveland, OH firm of H. C. Downer & Associates (org. 1951), which later became ...

    This finding aid describes a collection donated in 2011, by Jefferson Grey. The collection contains information regarding Civil War Naval history; Great Lakes maritime history; maritime industries; Wisconsin shipwrecks – National Register of Historic Places applications; Minnesota shipwreck reports; ship construction research; bibliographical maritime research.

    Biographical & Historical Information: “Jacques LesStrang was one of the nation's outstanding and most widely quoted authors on the Great Lakes. He wrote six books on subjects ranging from international trade to maritime and political history, to U.S.-Canadian relations. His book ``Seaway,' which chronicled the history of the St. Lawrence ...

    This is an extensive 19th Century Great Lakes maritime history collection created by C. Patrick Labadie. The vessel database is accessible through this database. See the library’s card catalog to search the book collection. The major components of the collection are: vessels, cargo, biographical, canals, owners, ports, technology/shipbuilding = broken ...

    This is an extensive 19th Century Great Lakes maritime history collection created by C. Patrick Labadie. The vessel database is accessible through this database. See the library’s card catalog to search the book collection. The major components of the collection are: vessels, cargo, biographical, canals, owners, ports, technology/shipbuilding = broken ...

    This is an extensive 19th Century Great Lakes maritime history collection created by C. Patrick Labadie. The vessel database is accessible through this database. See the library’s card catalog to search the book collection. The major components of the collection are: vessels, cargo, biographical, canals, owners, ports, technology/shipbuilding = broken ...

    This is an extensive 19th Century Great Lakes maritime history collection created by C. Patrick Labadie. The vessel database is accessible through this database. See the library’s card catalog to search the book collection. The major components of the collection are: vessels, cargo, biographical, canals, owners, ports, technology/shipbuilding = broken ...

    This is an extensive 19th Century Great Lakes maritime history collection created by C. Patrick Labadie. The vessel database is accessible through this database. See the library’s card catalog to search the book collection. The major components of the collection are: vessels, cargo, biographical, canals, owners, ports, technology/shipbuilding = broken ...

    This is an extensive 19th Century Great Lakes maritime history collection created by C. Patrick Labadie. The vessel database is accessible through this database. See the library’s card catalog to search the book collection. The major components of the collection are: vessels, cargo, biographical, canals, owners, ports, technology/shipbuilding = broken ...

    This is an extensive 19th Century Great Lakes maritime history collection created by C. Patrick Labadie. The vessel database is accessible through this database. See the library’s card catalog to search the book collection. The major components of the collection are: vessels, cargo, biographical, canals, owners, ports, technology/shipbuilding = broken ...

    This is an extensive 19th Century Great Lakes maritime history collection created by C. Patrick Labadie. The vessel database is accessible through this database. See the library’s card catalog to search the book collection. The major components of the collection are: vessels, cargo, biographical, canals, owners, ports, technology/shipbuilding = broken ...

    This is an extensive 19th Century Great Lakes maritime history collection created by C. Patrick Labadie. The vessel database is accessible through this database. See the library’s card catalog to search the book collection. The major components of the collection are: vessels, cargo, biographical, canals, owners, ports, technology/shipbuilding = broken ...

    This is an extensive 19th Century Great Lakes maritime history collection created by C. Patrick Labadie. The vessel database is accessible through this database. See the library’s card catalog to search the book collection. The major components of the collection are: vessels, cargo, biographical, canals, owners, ports, technology/shipbuilding = broken ...

    This is an extensive 19th Century Great Lakes maritime history collection created by C. Patrick Labadie. The vessel database is accessible through this database. See the library’s card catalog to search the book collection. The major components of the collection are: vessels, cargo, biographical, canals, owners, ports, technology/shipbuilding = broken ...