Buster Keaton’s Favorite Place on Earth
“It was his favorite place on earth,” noted Keaton’s widow, Eleanor, “He loved Muskegon.”
Big Trouble in Monroe, Michigan
This photo above originates with a 1937 strike. Specifically, it is a strike against the Newton Steel Company of Monroe, Michigan. In the photo, people flee as gas is unleashed against the strikers!
Abraham Lincoln’s Michigan
Abraham Lincoln only once set foot on Michigan soil. His connections to the state, however, go beyond this one visit. Let’s take a look!
Lost Piece of History
The above image represents a “lost” piece of history – now discovered and housed within the Archives of Michigan. This blueprint – by famed Lansing architect Darius B. Moon – is to the residence of Ransom E. Olds, father of the Oldsmobile.
A Legacy of Glory
Entering the 2010 season, the Muskegon High School Big Reds rank No. 1 in the state of Michigan in all-time football victories, and in the top ten in the United States with a 746-261-43 record.
A Hiking We Will Go?
Did the Detroit Chamber of Commerce go hiking on Isle Royale in June of 1937? A series of photographs from the Edwin T. Brown Collection appear to document such a trip.
Wolfe Walk
Peter H. Wolfe decided to “take a good, long walk.” In 1974, he began hiking the North Country Trail.
The Son Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway’s Nick Adams stories stem from his boyhood experiences on Walloon Lake, near Petoskey, Michigan.
Decisions, decisions…
This week at the Archives of Michigan we are piloting a new and exciting education program. With generous and valuable assistance from the staff at the White House Decision Center, Truman Presidential Library, the Archives has developed a program titled “The Governor’s Decision Room.”
Cooler By the Lake
This content of this image is pretty universal to those who live in the Great Lakes State. It exhorts all lake lovers to, “gather the family, hitch up the boat and take to the road, it’s summer.”
Yamasaki remains an important part of our international architectural heritage. This is part one of a two part blog on Yamasaki and his life as written by guest blogger Dale Allen Gyure, Ph.D.
