Scope and ContentCollection of newspaper clipping and other documents collected by House family members. Most of the clippings have been trimmed so the publication and date are unknown. Highlights include: 2022.11.27a "Notes on History of Michigan" Four pages of typewritten notes with sections about the Ordinance of 1787 about the establishment of Michigan statehood and boundary lines, internal improvements triggered by the Erie Canal, Upper Peninsula, copper, William Burt's Solar Compass. 2022.11.27b March 1922 road map of Allegan County showing road system and trunk lines Notes made on Miss Gamble's 1927 Saugatuck Auto Company invoice about Sam'l Morrison b. 1798 Surveying Print of Arthur Deam's rebuilt lighthouse on Ox-Bow Lagoon 4.5x5.5" Two pages from "Inside Michigan" May 1952 about the origins of Holland, Michigan Clipping about origins of Piercove (Pier Cove) by H. H. Hutchins, April 28, 1931, mentioning Samuel Thompson and Lorenzo Weed Commercial Record, March 1, 1946: History of All Saints' Episcopal Church part 3. Part 2 also, trimmed to remove date. Commercial Record, Nov. 12, 1968: Stories of Gotham tug and Chamber of Commerce's hopes for coho salmon economic boom. 1915 article "The First White Man Who Saw Michigan" about Jean Nicolet. "The Days of the Ice Sheet" lengthy article by Franklin S. Dewey in Detroit Saturday Night about how geology and glaciers formed Michigan. Commercial Record "School Claims Title to Woods" Ox-Bow claiming Tallmadge Woods. Allegan Gazette, April 16, 1932: "The Slaughter of the Pine" by H.H. Hutchins. Rich details about lumbering and logging. H.H. Hutchins clipping "Tales of a Pioneer: the Rise and Fall of Singapore" mentioning J.P. Wade, Jonathan Wade (not a relative), Asa Bowker, Mr. Carter, Francis B. Stockbridge, M.B. Specer, Captain A.A. Johnson, Leander Prouty H.H. Hutchins clipping "Some Historical Errors Correctea" [sic] mentioning W.G. Butler, H.E. Blackman, Hull Sherwood, Singapore, Fred N. Plummer, Benjamin Plummer, Pine Creek, sawmills, Mary Elizabeth Peckham, Plummer's mill, circuit rider preacher, Singapore schoolhouse, how much lumber can be cut from a log 24" in diameter, lumbering process described, locations of sawmills and workforce, O.R. Johnson mill, production estimates, Newark township, Partial article about Saugatuck's founding and early history signed "M.F. H." "Pioneer Days of Saugatuck" by Mrs. D.A. Heath for the Twentieth Century club meeting, Nov. 9, 19 9 [sic] Clipping partially torn. "One of the last steam tugs arrives" Photo of tugboat Reiss, tied up by the Keewatin, June 1969 1930 Sunday School Lesson "Deborah a Brave Woman" 1917 Commercial Record "Another Pioneer Gone" Obituary of Alvin Henry Stillson who married Minerva Smeed. Stillson died at the home of his daughter Mrs. Seaton Arends on Feb. 19, 1917. Other (local) children are Mrs. Helen Daggett and Mrs. Millie Arends. Clipping likely saved because of Edwin H. House editorial about cooperative marketing/fruit exchange. 1946 "Know your County" Allegan County 1940 population statistics and 1946 Accessed Valuation statistics plus map, facts and names of health department, social welfare, road commission, soldiers' relief, agricultural, canvassing board and tax commissions. 1933 Commercial Record "The Ball Game that Cost 22 Lives" about ball game "baggatiway" used by Native Americans to gain entry to Fort Mackinac. 1935 "When Michigan Became a State" by Dr. George N. Fuller about the struggle for statehood. 1923 "O, Who Will Row Me to Saugatuck Town?" song lyrics by Winnie Moore. 1955 - 125th Anniversary "Old Saugatuck Week" celebrations with photo of Harry Newnham pointing at his plywood "book" of historical photos. 1930 Dedication of Myers Memorial, two clippings Aug. 12, 1971 Commercial Record "One for the Books -- 100 Years of Library Service" article about library's anniversary. Keewatin Greets Visitors - about opening of Keewatin to visitors and brief history of ship March 8, 1934 Allegan Gazette reprint of coverage on 50 year anniversary of devastating 1884 Allegan fire.