The Great Lakes Maritime Collections
These collections consist of documentation of
and objects related to a variety of maritime folk traditions of the Great
Lakes as well as Michigan's inland waterways. Some materials result from
regional studies of maritime traditions including surveys of the Clinton
River area, the Thumb, the AuSable River, and the northwest lower peninsula.
The collections include archival holdings (photos, videos, audio tapes
of interviews, field notes, and ephemera) and objects (a small fleet of
boats (duck hunting and fishing boats, canoes), duck blinds, model ships,
duck decoys, a ship's bell, fish decoys, and knotwork). Subjects included
in the collections are lighthouses, commercial fishing, folksongs, foodways,
boat building, recreational fishing, luremaking, decoy making, miniature
boat building, knot tying, and waterfowling traditions.
Collector/Fieldworkers/Donors:
Dennis Au, Michael Chiarappa, Timothy Cochrane, Janet Gilmore, C. Kurt
Dewhurst, LuAnne G. Kozma, Yvonne Lockwood, Marsha MacDowell, Jay Martin,
Laurie Sommers, and Hawk Tolson.
Special Collections:
The Hy Dahlka Waterfowling Collection
The Phyllis Ellison Waterfowling Collection
The Ivan Walton Collection of Great Lakes Songs
The Michigan Thumb Area Traditions Project Collection
Related Collections:
The Daniel and Harriet Fusfeld Folk Art Collection
Tall Tale Postcard Collection
Publications:
LuAnne Gaykowski Kozma, "Fish Patties, Russian Spoons, and Other Not-So-Well
Known Traditions from the Watery Edges of Michigan's Thumb," in Yvonne
R. Lockwood and Marsha MacDowell, eds. 1998
Michigan Folklife Annual.
East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Museum, 1998.
LuAnne Gaykowski Kozma, "Sea Stories
and Monkey's Fists," in Yvonne R. Lockwood and Ruth D. Fitzgerald, eds.
1990
Festival of Michigan Folklife.
East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Museum, 1990.
LuAnne Gaykowski Kozma, "Learning
to Document Maritime Traditions: The 4-H FOLKPATTERNS Maritime Folklife
Workshop," in Yvonne R. Lockwood and Marsha MacDowell, eds. 1998
Michigan Folklife Annual.
East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Museum, 1998.
LuAnne Gaykowski Kozma, contributing
author to The Great Lakes Education Program Educator's Handbook ,
Michigan State University Extension, Sea Grant, 1999.
LuAnne Gaykowski Kozma with Janet
C. Gilmore and Jay C. Martin. Marlinespikes
and Monkey's Fists: Traditional Arts and Knot-Tying Skills of Maritime
Workers.
East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Museum, 1994.
Janet C. Gilmore,"We Made' Em
to Fit Our Purpose": The Upper Lake Michigan Fishing Skiff Tradition,"
in Yvonne R. Lockwood and Ruth D. Fitzgerald, eds. 1988
Festival of Michigan Folklife.
East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Museum, 1988.
Janet C. Gilmore, "Fishing for
a Living on the Great Lakes," in Marsha MacDowell, ed. 1987
Festival of Michigan Folklife.
East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Museum, 1987.
C. Kurt Dewhurst, "Michigan River
Culture," in Marsha MacDowell, ed. 1987
Festival of Michigan Folklife.
East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Museum, 1987.
Exhibitions:
Marlinespikes and Monkey's Fists: Traditional Arts and Knot-Tying Skills
of Maritime Workers. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University
Museum, January - June, 1994.
Marlinespikes and Monkey's Fists:
Traditional Arts and Knot-Tying Skills of Maritime Workers (traveling
version): Historical Society of Cheboygan County, Cheboygan, Michigan,
July - August, 1994; Northwest Michigan Maritime Museum, Empire, Michigan,
November, 1994; Manistee Civic Players, Inc., Manistee, Michigan, December,
1994 - January, 1995; St. Clair Shores Public Library, St. Clair Shores,
Michigan, February - April, 1995; Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit,
Michigan, April - June, 1995; Iosco County Historical Museum, East Tawas,
Michigan, July - August, 1995; Tri-Cities Museum, Grand Haven, Michigan,
August, 1995 - February, 1996; Grand Traverse Lighthouse Foundation, Northport,
Michigan, May, 1996 - October, 1996; Little Traverse History Museum, Petoskey,
Michigan, October - December 1996; Door County Maritime Museum, Sturgeon
Bay, Wisconsin, June - November, 1997; Mississippi River Museum, Memphis,
Tennessee, April 8 - June 3, 2000; Port Huron Museum, Port Huron, Michigan,
June 24 - August 27, 2000.
Caught on the Fly: Fly Fishing
Traditions in Michigan. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University
Museum, 1998.
Festival Programs:
Festival of Michigan Folklife 1990, Maritime Occupational Traditions.
Festival of Michigan Folklife 1995, Knot tying traditions.
Festival of Michigan Folklife 1998, Traditions of Michigan's Thumb.
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