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Historical Information

Historical information provided in this area consists of personal oral histories, personal photograph collections, selected books in print, links on the Internet, etc. Documents provided in digital formats can be viewed using the free software indicated in the footnotes below.

Oral Histories
Coming soon ... Excerpts from professionally conducted interviews, and streaming audio clips.

Contributed Essays
William G Boales ~ Letter from William G. Boales jr about his father's coming to South Manitou Island. [pdf]
Bonnie Belmer: A Little Girl Named Mae
Bonnie Belmer: Heartbreak on South Manitou ~ A Child of the Island Was Lost
Sandra (Thompson) Black: Thomas And Theodore Thompson (Monograph)
Sandra (Thompson) Black: Captain Floyd Sigval Thompson (Monograph)
Myrtle Kelderhouse ~ Experiences of An Island School Teacher
Sheridan Family History (draft) ~ James Sheridan, Lightkeepers Aaron & Julia Sheridan, and family.
Manitou Passage Multimedia History ~ Index of Historical Audio and Video

Personal Photograph Collections
Boales/Riker Collection ~ William Boales/Edward & Esther Riker families. [Contents]
Merlene (Warner) Richardson Collection ~ Haas/Warner/VanderWagon families. [Contents]
Ronald Rosie Jr. Collection ~ Ronald & Johanna Rosie lightkeeper family. [Contents]
Rosie (Haas) Warner Collection ~ Hutzler/Haas/Warner families. [Contents]

MIA Biographical Essays
The Anderson's of South Manitou Island
The Beck's of South Manitou Island
Mr Boales - Squire of South Manitou Island
The Bournique's of North Manitou Island
The Burdick's of South Manitou Island
The Burtons's of South Manitou Island
The Carlson's of North Manitou Island
The Erickson's of South Manitou Island
The Feilen's of North Manitou Island
The Haas' of South Manitou Island
Rita Hadra-Rusco - Queen of North Manitou Island
The Hutzler's of South Manitou Island
The Johnson/Thompson Family of South Manitou Island [References]
The Kitchen's of South Manitou Island
The Maleske's of North Manitou Island
Bertha Peth - Queen of South Manitou Island
The Pickard's of North Manitou Island
The Sheridan's of South Manitou Island
The Stormer's of North Manitou Island
The Tobin's of South Manitou Island

Land Patents
Government Land Office Resources ~ U.S. Bureau of Land Management
North Manitou Island Land Patents, Documents and Landholdings (maps)
South Manitou Island Land Patents, Documents and Landholdings (maps)

Books and Videos*†
Tom VanZoeren's Oral History Series ~ Excerpts from Tom's growing list of publications,
   and streaming audio clips.

North Manitou Island
Furst, Glenn C, My Point of View
   Personal Memoir of a North Manitou lightkeeper's stepson. Self-Published, 1992.
[more]
Rosterman, Christine J, Pesano, John and Rusco, Rita H Hiking North Manitou ~ Island,
   Sights, Sounds and History
(VHS video) Hesperia, MI 2000.
[more]
Ruchhoft, Robert H, Exploring North Manitou, South Manitou, High and Garden Islands
   of the Lake Michigan Archipelago
ISBN: 0-940029-02-2 [more]
Rusco, Rita Hadra North Manitou Island ~ Between Sunrise to Sunset [more]

South Manitou Island
Don Roy's South Manitou Island Bibliography - An extensive list of reading and research material
 
     (*) A selection of other reading material is also available free at our online literature page.
     () Most of the above books can be found in Visitor Center bookstores in the Sleeping Bear Dunes
          National Lakeshore. Ordered online from The Cottage Book Shop in Glen Arbor, MI.

Other Online Resources
Annual Reports of the U.S. Life-Saving Service (USLSS)
Empire Area Museum Center
National Park Service - SLBE search results for "North Manitou Island"
National Park Service - SLBE search results for "South Manitou Island"
The Leelanau Historical Society ... and museum
schoolship.org Life Along the Manitou Passage


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