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A leisurely Look at Michigan’s stories and traditions from yesterday to yesteryear.

Archive for December, 2010

Cold Conservation Corps

By Rob Burg, Hartwick Pines Museum and the Michigan CCC MuseumRob Burg, Hartwick Pines Museum and the Michigan CCC Museum | December 28, 2010

The Civilian Conservation Corps was a year-round program, and the men were still in camp during the winter.

A Civilian at Heart

By Mary Zimmeth, Archives of MichiganMary Zimmeth, Archives of Michigan | December 7, 2010

In 1943, Robert (“Bob”) Craig experienced Naval training on the U.S.S. Prairie State. The Archives of Michigan houses about a dozen letters that he wrote to Selma Bandemer, who lived in East Lansing.