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2 mss. boxes. |
| Note |
"Archives Control Number: RG 94-106." |
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Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Parks Division; 1994; 2 mss. boxes. |
| Summary |
Record group 94-106 contains transcriptions of audio tapes made by E. Genevieve Gillette (1973-1983) documenting her experiences as a landscape horticulturalist and environmental activist. Of special note is her role in the development of Michigan's state parks, especially with relation to her work with Peter Hoffmaster. The record group also contains a copy of a 1955 dissertation by Robert W. McIntosh entitled Wildland planning procedures with emphasis on recreational land use in the Tahquamenon-Pictured Rocks region. The final portion of the record group are Porcupine Mountains State Park materials (1925-1974), containing correspondence, reports, maps, and newspaper clippings relating to the creating and maintaining of the Park. |
| Note |
E. Genevieve Gillette was born in 1898 to David Comodore Gillette and Kittie Beal Gillette. She was instrumental in many conservation works, especially the establishment of Michigan's state park system. She graduated from Lansing High School in 1916, and received a B.S. in agriculture from Michigan Agriculture College in 1920. She helped organize the Michigan Horticultural Society in 1930, became the first president of the Detroit Rose Society, started a Michigan branch of the Friends of the Native Landscape, and organized a grassroots Michigan Parks Association. On August 12, 1976, a building in the P.J. Hoffmaster State Park was named for her. She died in 1986 at the age of 88. |
| Finding Aids |
Guide describing records is available in the reading room of the Archives of Michigan. |
| Subject |
Gillette, E. Genevieve (Emma Genevieve), 1898-1986 -- Interviews.
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Conservationists -- Michigan -- Interviews.
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Landscape architects -- Michigan -- Interviews.
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Horticulturists -- Michigan -- Interviews.
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Environmentalists -- Michigan -- Interviews.
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Hoffmaster, P. F.
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Conservation of natural resources -- Michigan.
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Parks -- Landscape architecture -- Michigan.
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Parks -- Michigan -- Planning.
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Gardening -- Michigan.
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Environmental protection -- Michigan.
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Recreation areas -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula.
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Land use -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula.
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Regional planning -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula.
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Porcupine Mountains State Park (Mich.)
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Parks -- Michigan -- Gogebic County.
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Parks -- Michigan -- Ontonagon County.
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| Additional Author |
McIntosh, Robert Woodrow, 1917-
Wildland planning procedures with emphasis on recreational land use in the Tahquamenon-Pictured Rocks Region, Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
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| Added Author |
Michigan. Parks Division.
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: http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b4617714~S37a