Hannah L. Schmitt photograph album, 1920-1922
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Summary
- Creator:
- Schmitt, Hannah L.
- Abstract:
- Hannah L. Schmitt was a camper at Michigamme girls camp in Michigamme, Mich., in the Upper Peninsula. Schmitt was born in Toledo, Ohio. Collection comprises a cloth-bound photograph album maintained by Schmitt when she attended Camp Michigamme, beginning in 1920. The album contains 243 black-and-white photographs, most measuring 4x2.5 inches. Images document camp life, and show Hannah and other young women living in tents, canoeing, swimming, playing sports, cleaning, entertaining themselves, reading and relaxing.
- Extent:
- 0.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.01149
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection comprises a cloth-bound photograph album maintained by Schmitt when she attended Camp Michigamme, beginning in 1920. The album contains 243 black-and-white photographs, most measuring 4x2.5 inches. Images document camp life, and show Hannah and other young women living in tents, canoeing, swimming, playing sports, cleaning, entertaining themselves, reading and relaxing. Places visited mentioned are Baldy, Pequaming, Sand Island, and Flat Island. Almost all of the images have captions written by Schmitt; several of them were later inked in color. There is also a photograph of the Hebard's Mill at Pequaming, Michigan, the mill that Ford Motor Company purchased in 1923. Photographs on several pages in the back of the album are of Schmitt family members, and were taken outside of the camp. A number of the images were developed by a Michigan company named "Forster's-Calumet." In addition to the photographs, the album contains some manuscript items, including notes, poetry, a Western Union Telegram (regarding Schmitt's relationship with a West Point Cadet), along with a 7-page story that represents each camper and staff member as clouds at dawn.
- Biographical / historical:
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Hannah L. Schmitt was a camper at Michigamme girls camp in Michigamme, Mich., in the Upper Peninsula. Schmitt was born in Toledo, Ohio.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase, 2010
- Processing information:
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Processed by: Alice Poffinberger, November 2010
Encoded by: Alice Poffinberger, July 2011
Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2010-0185
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Subjects:
- Canoes and canoeing -- Maine
Swimming
Camp sites, facilities, etc. -- United States
Camping -- Michigan
Camps -- Michigan
Camps -- United States -- History
Camps for girls
Tennis
Teenage girls -- United States -- History -- 20th century - Format:
- Photograph albums
Black-and-white photographs
Photographs - Names:
- Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
Schmitt, Hannah L.
Schmitt, Hannah L.
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