Film collection, 1920,1962.

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Film collection, 1920,1962.

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45 3/4" or 1" beta videotapes of old films copied from a variey of sources. Videos record a variety of mostly northern Michigan towns, events, agricultural and winter festivals, skiing, ski resorts, various Civilian Conservation Camps (CCC), and logging camps. Town festivals are documented in: Traverse City, Otsego, Ishpeming, Grayling, Petoskey, Boyne City, Roscommon, Wellston, Waters, Houghton Lake, Cadillac, Lansing, Iron Mountain, Saint Joseph, and Detroit. Areas documented include: Isle Royale, the AuSable River, Mackinac Island, Tacquamenon Falls, Porcupine Mountain State Park in Ontonagon; and Michigan Technolgical University. Ski resorts documented include: Hickory Hills and Holiday Hills in Traverse City; Pine Mountain Skiing in Iron Mountain; Boyne Mountain and Ski Village in Boyne City; Ski Village in Waters, and skiing in Ishpeming and Mount Holly. Other ski resorts include: Kandahar in Detroit; Silver Valley in Tawas; Skyline in Grayling; and Caberfae Ski Area in Cadillac. CCC camps are documented in Isle Royale, the Upper Peninsula, and Arkansas. Japanese-Americans and Mexican migrant workers picking fruit are documented, especially in Traverse City. Also documented are Herbert H. Dow, and a number of skiiers, including Everett Kircher, the Flying Bietila Brothers, and Othmar Schnieder.

45 videotapes (in 5 cubic ft. boxes) : Includes index.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7406781

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Michigan Technological University

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A native of Bessemer, Michigan, Margaret Holley Chapman grew up in Lake Linden and graduated from Calumet High School. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lawrence College in 1932 and went on to attend Michigan College of Mining and Technology, becoming the first female to receive a degree from the college. After receiving a B.S. in General Science in 1933, she also received a B.S. in Chemistry in 1934 and worked on a master's degree in 1934 and 1935. She worked in the Corrosion Lab for ...

National Cherry Festival (Traverse City, Mich.)

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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)

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The Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal agency, was created as part of the New Deal in 1935. From the description of Civilian Conservation Corps photograph collection [graphic]. 1936. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38548415 On March 31, 1933, congress passed the Emergency Conservation Work Act, creating the Civilian Conservation Corps. On April 5, the president appointed Robert Fechner of Tennessee as Director of Emergency Conservation Work. Fechner, a vic...

Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930

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Jamerson, William.

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Jamerson operates Forgotten Videos, Inc. in Traverse City. Five of his videos were donated to the Clarke Historical Library prior to this collection and have received separate cataloging. These five videos were created from parts of the raw film footage in this collection. From the description of Film collection, 1920,1962. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 38759950 ...