Oliver St. Andre Correspondence
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Correspondence, 1924-1937, between Oliver St. Andre and the Lighthouse Service, later the Bureau of Lighthouses and the War Department Engineer Office. Includes several commendations for St. Andre and his assistant as well a description of a buoy recovery operation after ice had moved the mark off-station.
Dates
- 1924-1937
Access
Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.
Biography
Oliver A. St. Andre was born in 1876 and lived in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. From 1919 to 1939 he was keeper of the Keweenaw Waterway Lower Light lighthouse in Jacobsville, Michigan. St. Andre passed away in 1948. The Keweenaw Waterway Lower Light lighthouse was established in 1868 with an automated light replacing the original range lights in 1920. This light is still operational today.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Correspondence, 1924-1937, between Oliver St. Andre and the Lighthouse Service, later the Bureau of Lighthouses and the War Department Engineer Office. Includes several commendations for St. Andre and his assistant as well a description of a buoy recovery operation after ice had moved the mark off-station.
Processing History
Elizabeth Russell,1/5/2010
- Title
- Oliver St. Andre Correspondence
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Russell
- Date
- 1/5/2010
- 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