Mershon family papers, 1889-1943.

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Mershon family papers, 1889-1943.

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Box 1. Miscellaneous papers and correspondence, including a 1936 map of Hawaii and Samoa, Mershon News Bulletin from 1942, seed orders from seed companies, poetry, wilidlife related papers, building plan and membership of the Saginaw Canoe Club, Arthur Hill Special from 1905, Saginaw Valley Athletic Association papers, Biltmore Forest School papers including Biltmore Doings from 1911-1913, Saginaw Riding & Driving Club papers from 1905-1907 -- Box 2. Miscellaneous photographs from 1889-1940 about hunting and the lumber business -- Box 3. scrapbook of Dorothy B. Mershon of newspaper articles from 1911-1914 -- Box 4. scrapbooks and diaries of William B. Mershon Jr. -- Box 5. Papers relating to William B. Mershon Lumber Company and the Saginaw Development Company in Arizona and price lists and company brochures.

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Wm. B. Mershon & Co. (Firm)

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Mershon family.

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William Butts Mershon was a well known lumberman, manufacturer and noted authority on birdlife who was born and died in Saginaw. His grandfather, E.J. Mershon came to Saginaw from Rochester, New York in 1854, and with Jesse Hoyt, built the first planning mill in the Saginaw Valley. William B. Mershon founded the William B. Mershon Co., where he manufactured bandsaws that were invented by his brother Edward C. Mershon. Mershon was instrumental in the construction of Lumbermen's Memorial Monument ...

Mershon, William Butts, Jr., 1889-1969.

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Mershon, Dorothy B.

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Mershon, Wm. B. (William Butts), 1856-1943

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Mershon was a Saginaw (Mich.) lumberman and businesman and served as State Taxc Commissioner in 1912. He was also an internationally recognized hunter, fisher, sportsman, and wildlife conservationist. (This information is from the catalog record for the Mershon collection, in the Bentley Historical Library.) From the description of Photograph albums, 1923-1926. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 60804643 Saginaw, Michigan, lumberman and businessman, and Michiga...

Saginaw Field and Stream Club.

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