The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-08-10
HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING.
Summer Meeting VIII BE Held nj
Marquette August 2I.

Pioneer and Historical Society calls
attention to the meeting which is to
be held at Marquette August 2lst in
conjunction with the Marquette
County Historical Society
Speakers will be present from all
parts OF Michigan. including Prof. G.
II. vanTyne of the University Of
Michigan, who is now lecturing on
the war for the National Security
League, and Father +. X. Barth of
Escanaba who will. speak bn Amer
icanism VS.. Germanism."
This Is a meeting especially in the
interests of the upper peninsula, car
rying out the plan inaugurated two
years ago OF holding summer meet
ing OF the state society in the penin-
sula jointly with some county socie-
ty. The first meeting was held In
1916 at Escanaba, the second last
year al Houghton Both meetings
attracted statewide attention, and
since that time historical societies
have been formed in Marquette an6
Alger counties
Every county in the peninsula
ought TO have historical society.
Any person can start such a society
and receive state help by writing to
the secretary of the Michigan His
torical Commission, Lansing, who is
also secretary Of the State Pioneer
and Historical Society, and who Is
authorized by the state to assist in
the formation Of county historical or.
ganizations
He will be present at the Mar
quette meeting to confer with any
who desire to start societies in their
counties.
Boards OF supervisors in every coun-
ty of the peninsula would do well to
send a delegate to the Marquette
meeting. A two-fold benefit is TO be
derived from these societies.
First-They are centers for his
torical preparedness" in war time to
collect historical records of the war,
such as recruiting posters, resolu-
tions and reports of public meetings,
announcements and orders relating tc
the war issued by railroads, mills,
factories and mining companies, edu-
catlonal documents, records and re-
ports, price lists and financial state
ments, propaganda material, photo
graphs, names of soldiers and letters
from them, manuscripts Of sermons
and public addresses, records of wo-
mems activities, newspaper clippings,
etc
Second The meetings OF these So
cieties serve to impress upon the
state the great field for collecting
pioneer history in the upper peninsu-
al as well as the Importance of its
rapidly developing resources The
news of these meetings is widely dis
seminated throughout the state thru
the columns of the Michigan History
Magazine, state publication issued at
Lansing.
Mr.. Alvah l.. Sawyer of Menominee
Is the states chief representative for
this work in the upper peninsula, au-
thor OF the best known history OF the
peninsula. He also will be present at
the Marquette meeting to assist any
who desire to form new societies.
We feel sure that all persons in
terested In the welfare OF the penin-
sula will bend every effort TO see that
a delegate Is sent to the Marquette
meeting from their county. They will
take special pride in showing the
visitors from lower Michigan the en-
terprise OF the peninsula.
In doing this they will honor the
memory OF a great citizen of the PEN
insula. the late Hon. Dan II. Ball who
was the founder of the Marquette
County Society. and whose services {,
this peninsula and state will be a
theme 10 be enshrined in the records
OF the peninsula's history I'm the pa
pers and "reminiscences that will be
given at the meeting Hon. George
W. Bates OF Detroit, will give the
principal address on the life and
work Of Mr. Ball.
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