Collection name: Marcia Simmons Collection
Collection number: MSC-1
Dates: 1900 to 1960
Quantity: 2 boxes, 0.5 linear feet
Provenance note: donated by M. Simmons
Biographical & Historical Information:
M. Simmons is a prominent historical research of subjects pertaining to the cemetery systems and prominent figures in Alpena & Alcona’s history. With ties to family members who participated in the Civil War of America, Simmons has dedicated her work towards the civil war veterans and the Evergreen cemetery in Alpena.
Scope & Content:
The Marcia Simmons collection ranges from Evergreen Cemetery history and research notes to images of the Nurse Aid class of the 1940s. From Simmons’ research came five self-published books: Civil War Veterans of Alcona County, MI, Civil War Veterans of Alpena County, MI, For the Purpose of a Burial Ground, Malsh, Alpern, Campbell Block, Napoleon Paul Barrel, and Paper Trails – Casper Family of Alpena, MI.
Access: Open to research.
Preferred Citation: Marcia Simmons Collection, Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Contents:
Box 1:
1. Ku Klux Klan Books - 1916,1921, 1924
*Ask Librarian or see folder for note and instructions
2. Research Notes on Napoleon Paul Barrel (b.1885- d.1964)
3. Photos of Nurse Aid Class – 1940s
4. Photos of Alpena, MI, Simmons Family, and Alpena High School – 1940s
5. Photo of Roote, Alex and Martin, Thomas – Pre 1900s
Box 2:
1. Alpena Annual Report – 1944
2. Alpena Community Mausoleum Research & Maps – 1920s
3. Certificate of Perpetual Lot Care –Evergreen Cemetery Alpena, MI – 1928
4. City of Alpena Cemetery Lots Maps - 1856–2000
5. Newspaper Clippings on Alpena County Poor House and Farm - 1878
6. Samantha Hitchcock recertification addition to City, 1876
7. Alpena, MI Indigents regarding Burial
8. Indenture to City of Alpena, 1886–1983
9. Blank Indenture Form - Evergreen Cemetery
10. Lot Map of Evergreen Cemetery, 1907
11. Ordinances - Alpena Cemeteries, 1874–1909
12. Newspaper Articles on burials, 1846–1928
13. Evergreen History & Land Transfers timeline, 1856–1989
14. Plat of Hebrew Cemetery, 1875
15. Photographs - Bird's Eye View of Cemetery, 1938
16. Photographs of tombstones in Alpena, MI
17. Alpena High School Projects - Evergreen Cemetery, 2018
18. Survey of Alpena region - Plat Images, 1940
19. Survey Notes & Map by Le Everett A Chapp, 1873
20. Survey Proposal to City of Alpena, 1941
