Maps, ca. 1865-1975.

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Maps, ca. 1865-1975.

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Series 3 of record group RG 80-33 consists of maps (ca. 1865-1975) and an index to maps in possession of the Geological Division in 1955. The maps are comprised of some glacial maps, which are pieces of a state map cut up by counties and show the moranic features of each county in Michigan; lithologic maps, which are rough drawings by the surveying geologists; and a relief map of the entire state, with colored pencilling showing the different elevations of the state. Also in the record group is the Atlas of surficial maps, which is a collection of glacial county maps of Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Crawford, Grand Traverse, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, and Roscommon counties.

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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...