Wilber Brucker

Sh.-4        Brucker, Wilber M (18 19)
Executive office correspondence of Gov. Brucker, 1931-1932

Box 1        General correspondence
Box 2        Correspondence relating to the Secretary of State, Dept. of Public             Safety; Dept. of Public Instruction; School for Instruction of Blind;             Public Utilities Commission.

Box 3        Correspondence relating to Pardon and Parole Division

Box 4        Correspondence relating to Highway Dept.; Conservation Dept.;             Health Dept.; Legislation.

Box 5        Correspondence relating to Insurance Dept.; Highway Dept.; Attorney
General (legislation); Pardon and Parole Div.; Tax Commission

Box 6        Correspondence relating to Legislation (Malt tax bill; House bill 298-            education; etc.); Century of Progress; Dept. of Labor and Industry.

Secretary of State – Dept. of Public Safety – School for Blind-Pardon and Paroles-Dept. of Labor and Industry-Insurance Dept.-Century of Progress-Highway Dept.-Conservation Dept.-Health Dept.

William Brockway

Brockway, William H.

First Methodist minister licensed in our state.  He served at various missions in southern Michigan as well as at Sault Ste Marie and Fort Brady.  Indians called him “Penabic” or the iron man.  Others called him “Beaver” because of his great industry.  Prominent State senator from 14th district who introduced “An ironclad Prohibition Law.”

Brockway, Mrs. Mary, “Reminiscences of William Hadley Brockway” in Michigan History, V.7, pp44-54, and “Letters from Long Ago-D.D. Brockway Family at L’Anse on Lake Superior, V. 13, pp. 469-491; V. 15, P. 458-80; V.18, Pp159-;60; V. 20, pp. 185-212.

Alva Bradish

Bradish, Alvah

Source:

1.     Burton, City of Detroit.  Vol. 2, P1194
2.     Detroit Evening News.  1900 1901 etc. p44 ap/19/01.  “Alvah Bradish, one of Detroit’s most interesting characters, passed away the age of 95 years.  He was a genius in both art and literature, and in his earlier days painted the portraits of such men as Washington Irving, Thurlow Weed, Lewis Cass, Austin Blair, and many others.  Once held the chair of arts at the U-M and his lectures are remembered as gems of literature culture.  Until shortly before his death, he retained his studio in the Hammond building, and continued to work as much as failing sight and faltering hand would permit.”
3.     Detroit Free Press, April 20, 1901.  Obit.  Died at St. Luke’s Hospital and Church Home where he had lived for seven years.  Left widow in south and daughter in New York.  Buried Fredonia, N.Y. Eccentric.  Bohemian appearance, long beard and hair, frock coat, slouch hat.
4.     Goodrich, R. K. Bibliography of Michigan Authors.  P18
5.     Hinsdale, B.A.  History of the University of Michigan.  P227

Boundaries

BOUNDARIES (Michigan with – )

RG 98-2    MI-WI Boundary

RG 59-04    Conservation  Maps 01006, 01008, 0123
RG 60-08    Conservation Box 53; Indiana Border Box 46, Maps 02096, 02097, 02098, 02101 –  Wisconsin 23/3/16.

RG 66-35  Conservation, Box 1, 1915-1917 (Michigan-Ohio Re-survey)

RG 78-62 Attorney General All (Michigan – Wisconsin)

RG 84-83 Natural Resources, Box 1, 1960’s.

RG 88-93 Natural Resources Box 1

Map Maker:  David Burr c. 1836 Toledo Strip 23/3/16, Box 46, Fld. 0, Code:  02097

RG 58-17 John A. Fulton  d. 1818 Toledo Strip 23/3/3 b. 33 F.O. #00232

See also “Michigan Territory”

Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections, Vol. 30, pages 1-27.  A history of Michigan’s boundaries by Charles Larzelere.

RG 86-85 boundary Compact for Great Lakes – Series 3 Michigan/Wisconsin/Minnesota.

Bois Blanc Island

ISLANDS – BOIS BLANC

RG 60-8.  Records of the Department of Conservation.  Survey of Field Notes of Private Claims, Military and Indian Reservations and other Lands, 1818-1855, includes minutes (no authority certificate affixed) of a survey (n.d.) of the island.

RG 60-8.  Same.  Box 53 F9.  Instructions for 1827 survey and copy of 1810 minutes done by Greeley.  1827 job instructed to be done by Lucius Lyon.

Records of the Executive Office.  1810-1910.  GII B9 F9.  12 items re appeal to homestead claims on Island, 1885-1887.

See index to cartographic resources.

RESEARCH BOIS BLANC ISLAND

Source

1.     Michigan History Magazine Vol. 2, P554, Vol. 12, B. 513-318.

2.     Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections Vol. 1, P. 503; Vol. 12 P. 32, 260, 380; Vol. 13 P. 309, Vol. 15, P. 14.

3.     Michigan Academy of Arts, Science, and Letters.  V.35 (1949) PP. 235-249 illustration.  RE:  Bois Blanc by Bert Vanderhill.  Also reprint.

See Correspondence:  Mrs. Glen Miller, May 19, 1955.

4.     Narrative Journal of Travels from Detroit Northwest through the Great Chain of American Lakes to the Source of the Mississippi in the year 1820-Schoolcraft.  P. 408.

Board of Accountancy

Board of Accountancy Minutes

RG 85-160  1976-1979  6/15/10
RG 90-239  1977-1985  51/20/11
Versatile # 406835 box 10309  1986-1996   44/21/10

Board office has 1992-present call Suzanne J. at 1-9249

Commission for the Blind

See RG 66-85, RECORDS OF STUDY COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND, 1938-1939.

Banks – Depression Era

Research – Banks and Banking 1930

Sources:

1.     MHC Agency Code No. 155, Lot-1 Banking Department 1933-42, Lot -4.  Reorganization period.  Union Guardian Trust Company; Detroit Trust Company Credit Unions.
2.     Scattered through Executive documents.  No other overall index except one in each document.  See Michigan reports in 26th Congress 2nd session.  L840 V.4P1400. Re Bank of Michigan.  31st. cong. 1st. sess. Doc 578 V.9 (1849-50) re Michigan Insurance Company, Reninsular Bank.
3.     Speech of Hon. Z. Chandler of Michigan in the Senate of the U.S. , February 18, 1874.  National Bank Circulation.  No. 11 in volume (M304 S67) of 29 different speeches of Michigan men bound in one volume.
4.     Bank closings in 1933.  See Official Michigan, Oct. 8, 1973, p. 8-9

Bank closings in 1933

Austin Blair Statue – Capitol Grounds

BLAIR STATUE IN FRONT OF CAPTIOL

REPORT of the Blair Statue Commission, Lansing, Michigan, October 12, 1898.

Authorized by joint resolution of Legislature, May 8, 1895.  Approp. $10,000.00 Edward Clark Potter of Enfield, Mass., sculptor for sum of $7200.  Messrs. Bureau Brothers, foundrymen of Philadelphia.  Pedestal by Messrs. Donaldson and Meier, Architects of Detroit, $2293.94.  I Unveiled 12, October 1898.

Members of Commission:  R. A. Alger, W. H. Withington, John Patton.  Patton took place of Hon. Dwight S. Smith who died in 1897.

Annual reports of the State Board of Auditors offer details of planning and the dedication ceremonies, 1897, 1898.

Correspondence re Blair Monument dedication, October 12, 1898.

GII
B135, F5
B232, F1
B67, F7
B30, F14

Black Legion Records

Black Legion

5-14-4  See RG 66-69, Records of Department of Mental Health, Administrative Correspondence of Executive Director B1, F3

3-14-4  RG 59-16 Attorney General, Box 9, Book 28, p. 4463-4508 (1940).  Petition for removal of Duncan McCrea (prosecuting attorney) from office.