Upper Peninsula material, 1934-1979.

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Upper Peninsula material, 1934-1979.

Series 5 of record group 85-37 consists of material relating to the Upper Peninsula from the Michigan Geological Survey Division for the years 1938-1979. Contains correspondence, photographs, reports, maps, and data sheets. These records were used for gathering data for different research projects and suggestions for educational field trips.

2 mss. boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7667788

State Archive of Michigan

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Michigan Association of Conservation Ecologists.

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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...