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Geno Lucchesi Collection

 Collection — Box: 1-2
Identifier: MS-207

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Collection, 1929-1983, of Geno Lucchesi, a long-time resident of South Range, Michigan. Includes correspondence, pilot log books, pilot instruction manuals, airplane maintenance parts catalogs, Safety Shield financial and business records, clippings, photographs and other printed ephemera as well as an album containing a song written by Geno Lucchesi, audio tapes with interviews and buttons from aviation and firemen events.

Dates

  • 1929-1983 1929-1983 1929-1983

Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biography

Geno Joseph Lucchesi was born in South Range, Michigan in 1913 and was a graduate of Painesdale High School and Ferris State College with a degree in business administration. After graduation he joined his father, Caesar Lucchesi, in the wholesale-retail gasoline and related products business. During World War II he worked as a civilian flight instructor, teaching Air Force cadets for the Fontana School of Aeronautics in Minnesota. Later he established and managed Lake Superior Aviation Corporation in Houghton, Michigan, giving instruction to ex-servicemen under the GI Bill. He was flight instructor, a commercial pilot and a pilot for the National Park Service to Isle Royale. Later he became a co-owner of Gray Eagles, Inc. In 1964 he rejoined with his father and became supervisor of maintenance for Range Oil and Gas Co., becoming president and manager after his father's death in 1967. Lucchesi was active in community affairs and a member of numerous civic organizations as well as a composer of several songs. Geno Lucchesi passed away in 1983.

Extent

2 Cubic Feet (2 paige boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Collection, 1929-1983, of Geno Lucchesi, a long-time resident of South Range, Michigan. Includes correspondence, pilot log books, pilot instruction manuals, airplane maintenance parts catalogs, Safety Shield financial and business records, clippings, photographs and other printed ephemera as well as an album containing a song written by Geno Lucchesi, audio tapes with interviews and buttons from aviation and firemen events.

General Physical Description note

3.0 cubic feet2 paige boxes, 1 flat box

Processing History

Elizabeth Russell,3/30/2010

Processing History

Elizabeth Russell, 3/30/2010

Title
Geno Lucchesi Collection
Author
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Russell
Date
3/30/2010
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Description is in English

Repository Details

Part of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Repository

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