Ferries -- Michigan, Lake

Scope and Contents This collection mainly consists of research materials gathered by Grant Brown during the development of his book Ninety Years Crossing Lake Michigan: The History of the Ann Arbor Car Ferries. Materials include annual reports, legal documents, logbook excerpts, publications, photographs, notes, and articles. An extensive file of newspaper articles cover the history and operations of Ann Arbor Railroad Company (AARC) and Michigan Interstate Railway Company...

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Typewritten summaries of railcar transported across Lake Michigan between Muskegon, MI, and Milwaukee, WI. Information includes number of railcars, final destination, cargo, and railcar owner.

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The logbook contains detailed data on arrival and departure times, ports visited, number of railcars and/or vehicles loaded, weather, travel times, and other data. Also contains a note regarding the rescue of three boaters off Milwaukee.

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Logbooks for carferry trips between January 1-July 19, 1963 (v.1) and June 29-December 22, 1966 (v.2).

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Typescripts of newspaper articles from a wide variety of newspapers from cities on Lake Michigan, mainly in Michigan and Wisconsin. The main newspapers represented are the Milwaukee Sentinel and the Ludington Record-Appeal.