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What Is It Like to Live in a Lighthouse? Manuscript

 Collection — sc_box: MS 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: MS-088

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Manuscript, before 1981, by Dorothy Bennetts Crocker, the daughter of the lighthouse keeper at the Portage Canal Lighthouse north of Houghton, Michigan. Details her early childhood growing up at the lighthouse, circa 1916 to circa 1922.

Dates

  • Before 1981

Access

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

Conditions Governing Use

Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from Michigan Technological University Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biography

Dorothy Bennetts Crocker was born in Kearsarge, Michigan; however, she was raised at the Portage Canal Lighthouse north of Houghton, Michigan where her father was the lighthouse keeper.

Extent

0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Manuscript, before 1981, by Dorothy Bennetts Crocker, the daughter of the lighthouse keeper at the Portage Canal Lighthouse north of Houghton, Michigan. Details her early childhood growing up at the lighthouse, circa 1916 to circa 1922.

Title
What Is It Like to Live in a Lighthouse? Manuscript
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Russell
Date
2/24/2011
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
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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Houghton 49931 U.S.A. US