Records relating to policy, personnel and work accomplishment of the Michigan Department of Conservation, Geological Survey, 1914-1963.

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Records relating to policy, personnel and work accomplishment of the Michigan Department of Conservation, Geological Survey, 1914-1963.

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This record group consists of records relating to policy, personnel and work accomplishment of the Michigan Department of Conservation, Geological Survey for the years 1914-1963. Includes: duties, responsibilities, copies of governing legislative acts, and work outlines (ca. 1921-41); list of State Geologists (1937-63); photographs of Douglass Houghton and one unidentified man; lists, correspondence, resolutions, invitation, seal and the like relating to the centennial celebration in 1937; histories of the Geological Survey, 1837-1872 by R.C. Allen and, 1872-1920, by Helen M. Martin; a biographical sketch of Dr. Richard A. Smith, geologist, compiled at the time of his death in June, 1963; statistical statements of special purpose appropriations (1914-17); a copy of Mid-Michigan oil and industry number of the Midland republican, Feb. 22, 1934; abstracts from annual reports relating to the Civilian Conservation Corps (1937-40); and progress reports. Also includes ALS, April 23, 1902, from Geo. L. Heath of Calumet & Hecla regarding report of a flowing oil well in Delta County near Gladstone.

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Michigan. Geological Survey Division

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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...

Martin, Helen M. (Helen Mandeville), 1889-1973

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Helen Mandeville Martin (1889-1973) devoted her life to the conservation of Michigan's natural resources. A native of South Dakota, she attended the University of Michigan, intending to be a writer, but changed curriculums and earned an A.B. degree in chemistry and geology. From 1908-1916, she taught high school geology and physiography in Battle Creek, Michigan. She earned her master's degree in geology and chemistry from the University of Michigan in 1917. Her career as a geologist and editor ...

Smith, Richard A., 1876-1963.

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Houghton, Douglass, 1809-1845

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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...

Michigan. Geological Survey

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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...

Heath, George D.

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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...

Allen, R. C. 1881-1948.

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