Genevieve Gillette Papers 1914-1987 1951-1980

ArchivalResource

Genevieve Gillette Papers 1914-1987 1951-1980

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Landscape architect, speaker and lobbyist on behalf of conservation and beautification, president of the Michigan Parks Association, and member of the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty during the Johnson Administration. Correspondence, reports, oral history interviews, and other materials concerning her interest in state and national conservation legislation; and photographs.

10 linear ft. and 1 outsize folder

eng,

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6389064

Bentley Historical Library

Related Entities

There are 13 Entities related to this resource.

Walker Tavern (Cambridge Junction, Mich.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d016r8 (corporateBody)

Jensen, Jens

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hg2pc8 (person)

Michigan Parks Association.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63n8n23 (corporateBody)

Michigan. Department of Conservation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jx23ht (corporateBody)

The 1925 Clark-McNary Act expanded the provisions of 1911 Federal legislation creating the National Forest System (Weeks Law). It made it easier for the United States Department of Agriculture to buy land from those sellers whose property was located within the National Forest System. The act also enabled the National Forest Service to work with state officials in forest protection and reforestation efforts. From the description of Documentation relating to the acquisition of the Eas...

Freeman, Orville L

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nw3r38 (person)

Orville Lothrop Freeman was born in Minneapolis on May 9, 1918. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1940. During World War II he served in the South Pacific with the United States Marines, attaining the rank of Major. Freeman earned his LL.B. degree from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1946, was admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1947, and was a member of the Larson, Loevinger, Lindquist and Freeman law firm from 1947 to 1955. Freeman ...

Gillette, Genevieve, 1898-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m93dpk (person)

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Landscape architect, speaker and lobbyist on behalf of conservation and beautification, president of the Michigan Parks Association, and member of the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty during the Johnson Administration. From the description of Genevieve Gillette papers, 1914-1987 (bulk 1951-1980). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418340 Genevieve Gillette was instrumental in the development of Michi...

Rockefeller, Laurance Spelman

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66t0pqn (person)

Conservationist. From the description of Reminiscences of Laurance S. Rockefeller : oral history, 1966. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122574079 ...

Altman Miller Company (Lansing, Mich.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vv5416 (corporateBody)

Frank, Patricia M.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64894pv (person)

Hart, Philip A. (Philip Aloysius), 1912-1976

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sn0b7s (person)

U. S. Senator from Michigan, 1959-1976. From the description of Philip A. Hart sound recordings, 1959-1976. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 747430732 U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1959-1976. From the description of Philip A. Hart papers, 1948-1976. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420860 Philip A. Hart was United States Senator from Michigan, serving from 1959 until his death in December of 1976. Born in Bryn Mawr,...

Gillette family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f33wxw (family)

Jensen, Jens, 1860-1951

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zp4987 (person)

Mormon from Cottonwood Ward, Utah. From the description of History of Alexander H. Hill Richards, 1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 503404173 From the guide to the History of Alexander H. Hill Richards, 1930, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Jens Jensen was one of America's most visionary prairie school landscape architects. Born in 1860 in Denmark, Jensen emigrated to the United States in 1884, settling in Chicago, where he was hired a...

United States. Citizens' Advisory Committee on Recreation & Natural Beauty

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tj55hg (corporateBody)