Gwinn Area Chamber of Commerce records
Scope and Contents Note
This collection documents the history of both organizations and their effort to stimulate business development in the Gwinn / K.I. Sawyer Air base area. The collection consists of records relating to Chamber activities, such as Fun Daze, UP 200, Our Town, K.I. Sawyer Museum, K.I. Sawyer Base closure and conversion, Christmas Stocking Project, Student of the Month, Community Breakfast on Main Street, and the promotion of tourism. The collection contains correspondences, reports, studies, promotional materials, and publications, such as the Gwinn Quarterly and the Modeltown Messenger. This includes various bills and activity information from Gwinn/Sawyer Area.
Dates
- 1984 - 2004
Creator
- Gwinn Area Chamber of Commerce (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
No restrictions. Open for research.
Conditions Governing Use note
Permission to publish material from the Gwinn Area Chamber of Commerce records, MSS-106, must be obtained from the University Archivist. The University Archivist may be reached by phone at 906-227-1225, or e-mail, archives@nmu.edu. The University Archivist may also be reached in Room 126 of the Learning Resource Center, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI.
Historical Note
Mrs. Jeanette Maki founded the Gwinn Area Business Association in 1984. The organization continued under this name until 1997 when it changed to the Gwinn Area Chamber of Commerce.
Extent
13 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift from Jeanette A. Maki in 2001, 2002, and 2005.
- Correspondence. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Economic conditions. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gwinn (Mich.). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gwinn Area Chamber of Commerce
- K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base (Mich.). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Marquette County (Mich.). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Michigan. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Promotional materials. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Publications (document genre). Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Reports. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Small business. Subject Source: Fast
- Title
- Gwinn Area Chamber of Commerce records
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marcus C. Robyns
- Date
- 5/24/2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 5/24/2010: finding aid revision description not supplied
Repository Details
Part of the Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives Repository
Harden Learning Resources Center 126
1401 Presque Isle Ave
Marquette 49855 United States
906-227-1225
906-227-1333 (Fax)
archives@nmu.edu
