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    This group of records contains information gathered from the Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library archive, input from the State of Michigan, and the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary t

    Lee Spencer LaForge was born to Carrie Pattee and Burton LaForge on the family farm in Curran, Michigan on April 9, 1913. He served in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Company D 333, from 1941 to 194

    Norman Edward "Norm" Gapske, a native of the Alpena County area, collected postcards pertaining to NE Michigan for most of his lifetime. He was born on July 31, 1932, to parents Emil and Alma Gapske

    Postcards and photographs from Alpena and Presque Isle Counties from late 1800's to mid 1900's

    Collections of R. E. Wilson and

    R.L. Polk & Co. ran throughout the United States and Europe providing city directories. The City directories for Alpena are digitized from 1883 to 1920. The collection of directories was uploaded in

    This collection was created by the City of Alpena Historic District Study Committee and donated to the George R. and Edith Angell Cook Special Collections Department in the early 2000s

    Middle Island photographs (*scans from glass-plate negatives) were taken by George Hartlep, Esther’s father. Collection donated by Marilyn Thom (daughter) in 2007. The Middle Island Life-Saving Stati

    - contact specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org for a complete list of accessioned maps and plans. - higher resolution tiffs are available by request.

   

    Carl R. Henry was born in AuSable, Michigan, in 1887 to Charles and Florence (Parshall) Henry. He received his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1911 and went on to work with his father,

    Several negatives have water damage

    The efforts to digitize and display the newsletters published by Alpena Community College (ACC) students began in 2022. ACC staff completed most of the actions in scanning, describing, and publishing