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Contributors & Source Credits
We're grateful to historians for their recorded reseach.
Without their efforts the past may have been lost to "folklore."

[Web] Link to reference's website.

Contributors & Credits

We truly appreciated...
the following contributors who have help put local history on the internet.
-- We encourage you to become a participant in adding content to Bay-Journal.

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1. AKIN (Seymour), Sylvia - Cooley family materials/photos.
2. ANTHONY, Robert - Resource materials.
3. ARNOLD, Jim - History of Frederick Arnold, first bakery in Bay City.
4. AUSTIN (Weber), Joan - Heritage photos.

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5. BALWINSKI, Dick - Materials on St. Hedwig's history.
6. BEATTIE, Michael - Family photos.
7. BEDELL, James - Heritage photos.
8. BIRCH, Tom - Bay City Library history & other resource materials.
9. BIRNEY, Ken - Birney family genealogy.
10. BLACK, Donald R. - Black family & Shearer history.
11. BRYANT, - Birney 1893 news articles.
12. BURZYNSKI, Brenda - Historical documents

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13. CALHOUN (Munsie), Patty - 1928 Year Book, Central High School.
14. CAMBELL (Sauer), Norma J. - Crump & Kawkawlin history.
15. CLAYTON, Jerry - Aerial photos.
16. CLEMENT, Nick - Research materials.
17. COUGHLIN, Tom -- Bently cemetery data.
18. COTTEN, Scott, history item.
19. CULVER, Bertram - McDermott history.
20. CZUBA (Stroemer), Kathy - Research resources.

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21. DOLSEN, Don - Research assistance. (deceased)
22. DORIEAN, Vince - Essexville-Hampton photos.
23. DRAPER, Phil - Historical information.

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24. EAGLE, Howard S. - Fire department photos/history.
25. EKKERT, Ed - Materials on Mohr building (Midland & Henry Sts).
26. ESSEXVILLE-HAMPTON HISTORICAL COMMISSION - Photos & resource materials.

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27. FINN, Theodore (Ted) - Trombly family data.
28. FLESKE, Don - Sports memorabilia.
29. FELSKE, Harvey - Sports memorabilia.
30. FLOOD, Alan - Historic news accounts & resource materials.

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31. GASTA, Gary - Fire department photos & history.
32. GLOWICKI, Barney - Sports history.
33. GORNOWICZ (Rau), Carolyn - Book index.

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34. HAGENAUER, Cindy - Photos of Bay City, Saginaw & Frankenmuth.
35. HALL, Tom - Photos Wenonah Beach.
36. HAMMOND, Lesley - Library research & resource materials.
37. HYDORN, William "Bill" - Research materials.

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38. JASKIEWICZ, Susan - Research materials.
39. JOHNSON, Don J. - Memories of county poor farm.

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40. KATT, Connie & Jim - Heritage photos.
41. KLUMPP (Welker), Carlie - Information/photos for Gibson Township.
42. KOLINKSI, Linda - Book name index for Bay County Story, Footpaths to Freeways
43. KRUEGER, Michelle - articles, content.
44. KUSMIERZ, Marvin A. - Resource information and content.
45. KUSTUCH, John - Fire department photos/history.

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46. LAMP, Charlotte - James G. Eddy family information.
47. LORIE, Patti - Historic State Theater resource materials.

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48. MACMEEKIN, Dan - Eastern High School, 1896 class newsletter.
49. MAIER, Rita - Website resources.
50. MAILLETTE, Dolores - St. Joseph church history.
51. MANYEN, Dan - Article, "The Fishing History of the Saginaw Bay"
52. MARTIN, Joseph - Aricle, "St. Stanislaus 50th Jubilee - Organization Officers"
53. McDERMOTT, Maureen - Research materials.
54. McGRATH, Carolyn - Letter, 1892 fire in south end of Bay City.
55. McGRAW, Thomas - Genealogy John & Thomas McGraw of Dryden, NY.
56. McMANMAN, Mary - Library research & resource materials.
57. McSHANE, Dan - Research sources.
58. MEIER, Maria - Bay City Players history.
59. MICHIGAN Archaeological Society - Trombley House archaeology & history.
60. MIDLAND DAILY NEWS - Photo 1958 airplane crash.
61. MILLER, Jack R. - History of Colonial Theatre, Essexville.
62. MOORE (Wells), Carolyn - Old newspapers.
63. MOULTANE, Terry - Heritage images, history.
64. MOULTHROP, Guy, Sr. - History data for Mouthrop-Clift, Inc.
65. MOULTHROP, Blair - History data for Mouthrop-Clift, Inc.

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66. NILSSON, Phyllis - Civil War diary.
67. NOONAN (Kusmierz), Marcie - City directory.

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68. PANTON, Michelle - Birney family information and memorabilia.
69. PEMBROKE (Brath), Julee - Volunteer writer, researcher & transcriber.
70. PERGANDE, Gerald - Civil War research & local history.
71. PETRIMOULX, Jim - History articles.
72. PIENIOZEK, Angeline -- Gibston Twp. photos & history
73. PIERSON, Hayden - History books.
74. PIERSON, Rick & Linda - 1863/64 Bay City Press & Times newspapers of Harry E. Pierson.
75. PIERSON (Mason), Patricia - City directory & photos. (deceased)

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76. RABIDOUX, Paul - Resource materials.
77. REDER, (Stroemer) Tammy - Heritage photos.
78. RUSSELL, Daryl - Heritage photos, research.

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79. SAYLES, Mary J. - Family history.
80. SCHMIDT, Rick - Historical photos.
81. SCHWAB, Mary G. - Maus family history.
82. SERRA, Joan - Schindehette family history.
83. SMITH, Al - Photos of Wenona Beach Amusement Park.
84. SORDYL, Michael - Business history.
85. SPAULDING, Clint - Bay City Times photographer.
86. STARK, Tim - Stark family history.
87. STEINGRAEBER, Jean & Leonard -- Seaman's cemetery data.
88. STROEMER, Clarence (deceased) & Gladys (WEIDE) - Historical photos, resource materials.
89. STROEMER, Freida (deceased) - Scrapbook collection on local history.
90. SWAYZE, David D. - Historical documents. Great Lakes History [Web]

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91. TAYLOR, Tim - Heritage images, research.
92. TITUS, Scott - Heritage photos.
93. TREMBLE, Jim - Article on Theophilus Tremble.
94. TRUDELL, John - Resource, obituary.

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95. WACKSMAN, Dee Dee - Heritage photos, history.
96. WALRAVEN, Michael G. - Research, Hampton Township.
97. WELSH, Fred - BCHS research & resource materials.
98. WHITTEMORE, Allen W. - Birney family history.
99. WILHELM, Patrick - Bousfield history.
100. WOLICKI, Dale - Research assistance.
101. WRIGHT, Bill & Carol (Gregory) - Photos, local history.
102. WROBLESKI, Diane - Schindehette family history.

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103. YOUNKMAN, Tim - Bay City Times article.

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104. ZEDEKAR, Carol - Bay City Times coordinator.

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     General:
105. BAY COUNTY LIBRARY - Photos for digitizing & resource materials.
106. LINKS TO THE PAST - [Web]- History of Great Lakes by Mansfield (1899)

General References & Resources

Listing of books and other resources on local history.
-- Bay-Journal history pages for specific subjects include source references.)

1. Auburn - Williams Centennial 1854-1954 - pamphlet, Auburn Library
2. Bay City Illustrated - book, 1898, Bay City Board of Trade [Web]
3. Bay City Times, old newspaper historical accounts. [Web]
4. Bay City Press And Times (1663-64), newspaper.
5. Bay County Historical Society/Museum - Butterfield Library & Staff.
6. Bay County Library System, research files. [Web]
7. Bay County Past and Present (1918), book, George E. Butterfield [Web]
8. Bay County Past and Present (1957), book, George E. Butterfield.
9. Bay County Story, From Footpaths to Freeways (1982) - book, Leslie E. Arndt.
10. Bicentennial History of Saginaw County (1796-1916).
11. Biography of a Businessman, Henry W. Sage 1814-1897 (1962) - book, Anita Shafer Goodstein
12. Brown's Annual Directory of the Saginaw Valley, 1873, by C. Exera Brown. [Web]
13. By These Waters - Bay City Centennial 1865-1965 - book by Leslie Arndt.
14. Chalkboard to Computers, Essexville-Hampton Story (2001) - book, Essexville-Hampton Hist. Soc.
15. Central Michigan University, Clarke Library (online). [Web]
16. County of Bay & Bay City from 1857-1876, by George W. Hotchkiss. [Web]
17. County of Bay, Michigan: Maps, History, Illustrations & Statistics, book, 1896, D.A. Bullock & Co. [Web]
18. Elm Lawn Cemetery, pamplet, 1890s
19. Encyclopedia of Michigan History, pub. 1890
20. Facts and Figures about Michigan Prepared by General Passenger Dept., 1885, Michigan Central R.R [Web]
21. First Congregational Church - 75 Year Centennial, 1975 pamphlets.
22. First Presbyterian Church - 100 Year, A Memorable Edifice, pamphlet, G. Higgs.
23. Freshwater Whales - book (1969) by Richard J. Wright
24. Great Lakes History Website, by David D. Swayze. [-]
25. Great Midwest, The - 1856, Ferris
26. Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1866, by Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
27. High Iron - Along The Huron Shore (1982) - book, Neil Thornton.
28. Historic Architecture of Bay City, Michigan (1998) - book, Dale P. Wolicki.
29. Historic Michigan - Vols I & II (1928) - book, Vol II by George E. Butterfield.
30. Historic Michigan Land of The Great Lakes, Vol. III Bay County, book, George E. Butterfield.
31. Historic State Theatre - Bay City, Michigan 1906-2001 -booklet, Mary Evans Greene.
32. History Commercial Advantages & Future Prospects of Bay City, MI (1875) - book, Henry S. Dow. [Web]
33. History of Bay City Fire Dept.(1918), pamphlet, compiled by Bay City Firemen's Mutual Benefit Assoc.
34. History of Bay County, book, 192?, National Historical Assoc. [Web]
35. History of Bay County, Michigan with Illustrations & Biographical Sketches (1883) - book, H.R. Page & Co. [Web]
36. History of Bay County, Michigan and Representative Citizens (1905) - book, Augustus H. Gansser. [Web]
37. History of Lake Huron Shoreline (1883) H.R. Page, Chicago, IL. [Web]
38. History of Michigan, book, 1915, Carles Moore. [Web]
39. History of Platform and Stage in Bay City, Michigan, thesis, by John H. Gore.
40. History of the Great Lakes (1899) - book, J.B. Mansfield.
41. History of Saginaw county from 1819 - 1858, book, Truman B. Box. [Web]
42. History of Saginaw Co., MI (1918) - book, James Cook Mills. [Web]
43. History of Saginaw and Bay Counties, Vol. 2, 1892
44. History of the Saginaw Valley, book, 1868, Truman B. Fox. [Web]
45. History of Tuscola and Bay Counties, Michigan, book, 1883, H.R. Page & Co, Chicago. [Web]
46. Indian & Pioneer History of Saginaw Valley - book, 1866, Thomas & Galatian Collection. [Web]
47. Indians, Jacks and Pines (1962) - book, Steward D. Gross.
48. Iosco County and Lake Huron Shore Log Marks - book, 1981, W. Neil Thornton.
49. James G. Birney and His Times, 1890, William Birney. [Web]
50. Joint Documents of the State of Michigan, Vol. II - 1889
51. Library of Congress - publications, photos [Web]
52. Men of Progress: Embracing Biographical Sketches of Representative Michigan men., book, 1900, The Evening News Assoc. [Web]
53. Michigan Archaelogist, Vol 35, No. 3-4, Jul-Dec 1989 - publication, Trombley House
54. Michigan and The Centennial - A Memorial Record, 1876, by S.B. McCracken. [Web]
55. Michigan DNR - research materials.[Web]
56. Michigan Geological Survey Report, 1905 & 1906
57. Michigan History Magazine, Vol-IV, 1920
58. Michigan In Four Centuries (1954), book, F. Clever Bald.
59. Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, Vol. 10, Historical collections, [Web]
60. Michigan State University (online)
61. National Atlas of Canada [Web] online geology references.
62. Newspaper articles - Bay City Times & others (at Bay County Library/Bay Historical Soc.)
63. People's Almanac, The, book, 1975, by D. Wallechinsky & I. Wallace.
64. Personal Collection, scrap book of Ms. Frieda Stroemer.
65. Pioneer History 1880 - paper, B.F. Partridge (Pub., Bay City Observer, Vol 4, No.18, 02/18/1880).
66. Polk City Directories (1948, 1970 - personal) (others at Bay County Library)
67. Portrait & Biographical Record of Saginaw & Bay Counties, MI (1892), book, Biographical Pub. Co., Chicago. [Web]
68. Red Book of Michigan, The; A Civil, Military and Biographical History, book, 1871, Charles Lanman. [Web]
69. St. Anthony Church/Fisherville - Church Centennial/Jubilee pamplets.
70. St. Hedwig Church - Church Centennial/Jubilee pamplets.
71. St. Joseph Church, 1850-2000, 150th Annivesary (1999) - pamphlet by Dolores Maillette.
72. St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frankenlust (History of), book, by Elmer R. Wagner.
73. St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Centennial Pamphlet, 1874-1974.
74. Shipbuilding On The Saginaw, pamphlet, 1974, by Catherine C. (Hathaway) Baker.
75. Soldiers of the Great War, VOL II (WWI); List of soldiers, 1920 [Web]
76. Survey of Ligitimate Theatre in Bay City, MI 1884-1902, thesis, Raymond J. Lewandowski.
77. Trinity Episcopal Church, newspaper references.
78. University of Michigan Library (MI County Histories & Atlases). [Web]
79. Wenona Beach, (1988) book, by James R. Watson.
80. World Book Encyclopedia - history