Geologic features subject files, 1941-1982.

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Geologic features subject files, 1941-1982.

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Series 1 of record group 85-37 consists of geologic features subject files from the Michigan Geological Survey Division for the years 1941-1982. Contains newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, maps, correspondence, and publications. These records were used for reference and review by both office and field personnel. These records were also created to inform the public of agency activities.

6 mss. boxes.

State Archive of Michigan

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State Archive of Michigan

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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...