Charles LorenzSingaporeKit LaneLorene Pacey

Date(s) Created: 1794-1964 Date(s) Assembled: 1960-1990 Archivist's Notes: These materials pertain, specifically, to Singapore. There may be other references to the town throughout the collection, but I was unable to determine if they were speaking of Singapore or Saugatuck. There were a few files about Singapore businesses in box 20, but I felt they shouldn't be seperated from the other materials in box 20, so they were left there instead of being moved to box 3. Finding Aids: Charles Lorenz Singapore Lorene Pacey Kit Lane Mills Bank Boarding House Level of Description: Series

Fair

This series contains a lot of photocopies, which are in good shape. There is some minor wear due to age in the books that are included, but no severe damage or deterioration.

Status: OK Status By: Meghann Stevens Status Date: 2018-09-24

Lorenz Box #3: Singapore Inventory created by Olivia Foster, summer 2022 • Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal Survey, 1839, Detroit Public Library • September 1, 1992, letter to “Ann” identifying where the Singapore buildings now exist in Saugatuck, from an unidentified author o Ann Ransford? o Charles J. Lorenz? • Write up/chapter about O.R. Johnson and Company by Charles Lorenz in 1992 o From his book? • Spring 1837 letter to William J. Hinkle from Charles Hinkle of Singapore from the Waldo Library at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan • Chapter on Francis Browne Stockbridge • Letter to Mr. Herald C. Weeks from Jessie and Julia Morrison, May 20, 1866, from the Waldo Library at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan • Chapter on Otis Russell Johnson • Chapter on Oshea Wilder • Chapter on Singapore • Chapter on James Gordon Carter and Artemus Carter • Chapter on the Milwaukee • Title page/flyer of “The Buried City of Singapore” by Charles J. Lorenz, Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society, dated October 13, 1993 • Ann Ransford letter to her MSU classmates and families detailing directions and the itinerary for their trip to Saugatuck • Chapter on the Panic of 1937 • Singapore County atlas by D. J. Lake, dated 1873/1864? • “Wildcat is over and has nearly ruined” by Charles J. Lorenz, dated 1989, from “Saugatuck Notes and Quotes from 150 Years Ago” • H. H. Hutchins’ mother’s letters about early life in Singapore • “Beneath the shifting sands lies rough-hewn Singapore: Nature has buried a Lake Michigan lumbering town, but its wild old tales live on” by Jeanne C. van Wieren, Detroit Free Press, May 18, 1980 • “One More Chapter About Singapore: Comments About the Town by Early Woman Settler --- More Privations than Pleasures --- Disputed Points Made Clear --- First Village in County Now a Dreary Waste of Sand.” Dated February 19, 1932 • "The Early History of Saugatuck and Singapore, Michigan 1830-1840” by Charles J. Lorenz o “for the purpose of calling this a limited, first edition, I certify that only 250 copies were printed” May 30, 1980 • “Singapore Disappeared: What was once a thriving lumbering town on the shore of Lake Michigan is now buried under tons on shifting sand” by Kenneth Allen. September 1947, Motor News • Genealogy of the Descendants of Steven Lucas: For Seven Generations (1794-1964) o See “One More Chapter About Singapore” by H. H. Hutchins o Lucas at Singapore boarding house in 1848 • Singing Sands: The Story of Saugatuck, Michigan by Lorene M. Pacey o The Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque • Singapore and Beyond: F. B. Stockbridge o Unknown author and undated • Singapore 5 dollar bill in envelope • “Buried Assets” by P. H. (Jim) Frans, March-April 1973 • “A Tale of Two Days” Commercial Record, 1901 • Singapore: Michigan’s Imaginary Pompeii” by Charles R. Starring • “ “ printed in The Detroit News, October 26, 1930 • Letter to Ruth Bronson from George S. May, Historic State Specialist on May 21, 1958 o Singapore historical marker • Write up on the log marker (see artifact, C & X) from Waldo Library, Western Michigan University • “Singapore Day” flyer, no date o Dedication of official historic site marker from Michigan Historical Commission at Village Hall