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Title
Finding aid of Vogel Dissertation
Subject
Traverse City, MI
Description
The Vogel Dissertation Records include records created by, or collected by, Robert Vogel in the process of writing his unpublished dissertation about the history of settlement on Old Mission Peninsula. Inclusive dates: 1863-1995, Bulk dates:1962-1970
Creator
Robert Vogel
Source
Local History Collections, Peninsula Community Library, Traverse City, MI
Publisher
Peninsula Community Library
Date
2023
Contributor
Mary T Morgan, Ted Arnold
Rights
This document is protected by copyright law. Contact the Peninsula Community Library for permission to reproduce, display, or transmit this document.
Relation
Vogel Dissertation
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
LHC009pcl-findingaid.pdf
Coverage
Peninsula Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan
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LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS
PENINSULA COMMUNITY LIBRARY
2893 Island View Road Traverse City, MI 49686
Creator: Robert and Helen Vogel
Title: Vogel Dissertation
Inclusive dates: 1863-1995
Bulk dates:1962-1970
Extent: .5 linear feet
Call number: LHC 009 Pcl
Language: Material is in English
Acquisition: Helen Vogel
Accruals: No additions to the collection are expected.
Access: The collection is open without restriction.
Photographs: None
A-V Material: None
Digital Material: None.
Copyright: Copyright is held by the Peninsula Community Library.
Processed By: Mary Morgan 2022, Ted Arnold 2022
Abstract
The Vogel Dissertation records include records created by, or collected by, Robert Vogel in the process of writing his dissertation about the history of settlement on Old Mission Peninsula. Series in the collection are: Dissertation, Reference Materials.
History
Robert S. Vogel, born 1930, was a native of Missouri who married an Old Mission Peninsula native, Helen (Wilson) Vogel, in 1960.
He served in the United States Air Force from 1947-1950 as a meteorologist. He was a graduate student at Michigan State University from 1955-59, receiving an M.A. in Geography. He and his wife returned to Old Mission Peninsula from 1962-63 while he researched material for his Ph.D dissertation on the historical geography of Old Mission Peninsula, which was never published.
He taught briefly at Western Michigan University and North Texas State University before taking a position at Central Missouri State University in 1965. He retired as an Associate Professor of Geography at Central Missouri State University in 1988, and passed away in 1995.
Scope and Content Note
Dissertation consists of the complete, marked-up final draft of Robert Vogel’s dissertation. The dissertation was in progress from 1962-1970, and was not published. The dissertation analyzes the history of Old Mission Peninsula through a geographical lens, and includes seven chapters and a bibliography. It also contains other published or unpublished works written or co-written by Vogel.
Reference Materials consists of the research done by Robert Vogel while writing his dissertation, and includes documents, books, excerpts, papers, notes, reports, maps, and records collected throughout the process.
Container No. Description
Dissertation [series]:
Box 1 Robert Vogel, Untitled and Unpublished Dissertation, 1962-
1970 (note: divided into seven (7) chapters and a
bibliography).
Box 1 Robert Vogel and Dieter Brunschweiler, “A Climatic Survey of
the Grand Traverse Bay Area”, Papers of the Michigan Academy
of Science, Arts, and Letters, Vol. 49, 1964.
Reference Materials [series]:
Box 1 Neva Giuffre, “The History of the Cherry, and It’s Growth in the
Grand Traverse Area”, (note: author of markups unknown)
Box 1 Excerpts from: Henry Schoolcraft, “Personal Memoirs of a
Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes of the
American Frontiers: With Brief Notices of passing Events, Facts
and Opinions, A.D. 1812 to A.D. 1842”, 1851. and P. De
Charlevoix, “Journal of the Voyage to North-America”, Vol. 2,
1761. and H. Kelton, “Annals of Fort Mackinac”, The Detroit Free
Press, 1883.
Box 1 John S. Dixon, “Description of the Country Around Grand
Traverse Bay, Michigan”, 1855, (note: republication unknown,
originally published in the State Journal around the same
time).
Box 1 Excerpts from: The Michigan State Board of Agriculture,
“Report of the State Pomological Society for 1874”, 1875,
(note: Item 6).
Box 1 Excerpts from: The Michigan State Board of Agriculture,
“Report of the Michigan Pomological Society for 1878”, 1879,
(note: Item 7, includes meetings of the Peninsula Farmers
Club).
Box 1 Excerpts from: The Michigan State Board of Agriculture,
“Report of the State Pomological Society for 1874”, 1875, (note:
Item 8, includes meetings of the Peninsula Farmers Club).
Box 1 Excerpts from: Letters to Miss Carolyn Gay Taft, Mar. 1913 - Feb.
1939, (note: Carolyn Gay Taft letters can be found in LHC 010)
Box 1 A. J. Rodgers, “Talk Before West Virginia Horticultural Society
Meeting”, Feb. 6, 1948 (note: Transcribed by Robert Vogel).
Box 1 Map of the W. F. Wilson Orchard, 1963.
Box 1 David W. Roossinck, “The Climatic Effects of Lake Michigan on the
Red Tart Cherry Industry of Michigan”, (note: date unknown,
undergraduate term paper graded and marked up by Robert
Vogel).
Box 1 Fowler Receipts - Miscellaneous receipts and records from the
Fowler Farm on Old Mission Peninsula, 1863-1868, (note:
handwritten index included in folder).
Box 1 Excerpts from: “Sixth Annual Report of the Secretary of the State
Board of Agriculture of the State of Michigan for the Year 1867”,
1868. and “Twelfth Annual Report of the Secretary of the State
Board of Agriculture of the State of Michigan for the Year 1873”,
1875.
Box 1 Lila Colby, “Grand Traverse Bay in the Great Lakes Basin - A History
of a Changing Area”, University of Michigan Sea Grant Program,
NOAA,1971.
Box 1 Helen Vogel, Biography of Robert Vogel
PENINSULA COMMUNITY LIBRARY
2893 Island View Road Traverse City, MI 49686
Creator: Robert and Helen Vogel
Title: Vogel Dissertation
Inclusive dates: 1863-1995
Bulk dates:1962-1970
Extent: .5 linear feet
Call number: LHC 009 Pcl
Language: Material is in English
Acquisition: Helen Vogel
Accruals: No additions to the collection are expected.
Access: The collection is open without restriction.
Photographs: None
A-V Material: None
Digital Material: None.
Copyright: Copyright is held by the Peninsula Community Library.
Processed By: Mary Morgan 2022, Ted Arnold 2022
Abstract
The Vogel Dissertation records include records created by, or collected by, Robert Vogel in the process of writing his dissertation about the history of settlement on Old Mission Peninsula. Series in the collection are: Dissertation, Reference Materials.
History
Robert S. Vogel, born 1930, was a native of Missouri who married an Old Mission Peninsula native, Helen (Wilson) Vogel, in 1960.
He served in the United States Air Force from 1947-1950 as a meteorologist. He was a graduate student at Michigan State University from 1955-59, receiving an M.A. in Geography. He and his wife returned to Old Mission Peninsula from 1962-63 while he researched material for his Ph.D dissertation on the historical geography of Old Mission Peninsula, which was never published.
He taught briefly at Western Michigan University and North Texas State University before taking a position at Central Missouri State University in 1965. He retired as an Associate Professor of Geography at Central Missouri State University in 1988, and passed away in 1995.
Scope and Content Note
Dissertation consists of the complete, marked-up final draft of Robert Vogel’s dissertation. The dissertation was in progress from 1962-1970, and was not published. The dissertation analyzes the history of Old Mission Peninsula through a geographical lens, and includes seven chapters and a bibliography. It also contains other published or unpublished works written or co-written by Vogel.
Reference Materials consists of the research done by Robert Vogel while writing his dissertation, and includes documents, books, excerpts, papers, notes, reports, maps, and records collected throughout the process.
Container No. Description
Dissertation [series]:
Box 1 Robert Vogel, Untitled and Unpublished Dissertation, 1962-
1970 (note: divided into seven (7) chapters and a
bibliography).
Box 1 Robert Vogel and Dieter Brunschweiler, “A Climatic Survey of
the Grand Traverse Bay Area”, Papers of the Michigan Academy
of Science, Arts, and Letters, Vol. 49, 1964.
Reference Materials [series]:
Box 1 Neva Giuffre, “The History of the Cherry, and It’s Growth in the
Grand Traverse Area”, (note: author of markups unknown)
Box 1 Excerpts from: Henry Schoolcraft, “Personal Memoirs of a
Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes of the
American Frontiers: With Brief Notices of passing Events, Facts
and Opinions, A.D. 1812 to A.D. 1842”, 1851. and P. De
Charlevoix, “Journal of the Voyage to North-America”, Vol. 2,
1761. and H. Kelton, “Annals of Fort Mackinac”, The Detroit Free
Press, 1883.
Box 1 John S. Dixon, “Description of the Country Around Grand
Traverse Bay, Michigan”, 1855, (note: republication unknown,
originally published in the State Journal around the same
time).
Box 1 Excerpts from: The Michigan State Board of Agriculture,
“Report of the State Pomological Society for 1874”, 1875,
(note: Item 6).
Box 1 Excerpts from: The Michigan State Board of Agriculture,
“Report of the Michigan Pomological Society for 1878”, 1879,
(note: Item 7, includes meetings of the Peninsula Farmers
Club).
Box 1 Excerpts from: The Michigan State Board of Agriculture,
“Report of the State Pomological Society for 1874”, 1875, (note:
Item 8, includes meetings of the Peninsula Farmers Club).
Box 1 Excerpts from: Letters to Miss Carolyn Gay Taft, Mar. 1913 - Feb.
1939, (note: Carolyn Gay Taft letters can be found in LHC 010)
Box 1 A. J. Rodgers, “Talk Before West Virginia Horticultural Society
Meeting”, Feb. 6, 1948 (note: Transcribed by Robert Vogel).
Box 1 Map of the W. F. Wilson Orchard, 1963.
Box 1 David W. Roossinck, “The Climatic Effects of Lake Michigan on the
Red Tart Cherry Industry of Michigan”, (note: date unknown,
undergraduate term paper graded and marked up by Robert
Vogel).
Box 1 Fowler Receipts - Miscellaneous receipts and records from the
Fowler Farm on Old Mission Peninsula, 1863-1868, (note:
handwritten index included in folder).
Box 1 Excerpts from: “Sixth Annual Report of the Secretary of the State
Board of Agriculture of the State of Michigan for the Year 1867”,
1868. and “Twelfth Annual Report of the Secretary of the State
Board of Agriculture of the State of Michigan for the Year 1873”,
1875.
Box 1 Lila Colby, “Grand Traverse Bay in the Great Lakes Basin - A History
of a Changing Area”, University of Michigan Sea Grant Program,
NOAA,1971.
Box 1 Helen Vogel, Biography of Robert Vogel
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