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From Our Office
Whew! What a party we had to celebrate our 30th Anniversary.
About 400 folks helped “whoop it up” and Duluth Mayor Don Ness was kind
enough to declare July 16, 2009, “Lake Superior Magazine Day” in
a city proclamation he brought to the event. For those who could not
make the event, please do drop by our offices whenever you are in town;
we’re always delighted to see you. (To see the proclamation and party
photos, check out our website or go to the
site of the
magazine-business publication, Folio, at www.foliomag.com/slideshows/lake-superior-30th-anniversary-party.)
We gave away 47 one-year subscriptions in our
“Subscription-a-Day Giveaway” and the Grand Prize, worth more than
$350, drawn on August 31, went to Ron Rilling of Duluth, Minnesota.
Subscribers may notice many new contributor names this issue,
including photographer Rikk Flohr (“By the Shores”) whose digital
camera fully captured the unenhanced late autumn light and artist Brian
Barber’s illustration for “Old Man & the Inland Sea.” Surprising to
us, this is also long-time friend and award-winning author Marlin
Bree’s debut on our pages! But not the last, right, Marlin?
Save These Dates
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October 24, Saturday, 2 & 3 p.m. - When author Fred Stonehouse digs
up a few hauntings, he’s sure to startle and amuse you. Don’t miss
Fred’s revelation of “Things That Go Splash in the Night, Great Lakes
Ghost Tales” at the Lake Superior Magazine offices. Bring your
favorite Stonehouse books for Fred to sign, or buy them here. Free, but
pre-register as space is limited. 218-722-5002 or 888-BIG LAKE
(888-244-5253).
• November 7 & 8, Friday-Saturday - 22nd annual Gales of November. Lake
Superior Magazine
is a sponsor of this annual celebration of our maritime heritage,
hosted by Lake Superior Marine Museum Association in Duluth. Speakers,
exhibits, presentations, raffle and other drawings. Details can be
found at www.LSMMA.com or call 218-727-2497. Also see page 88.
On the Web - www.lakesuperior.com
Links from this issue’s online Table of Contents:
• Join the hundreds (honestly) who have filled out the Reader
Survey.
• From Reviews, see additional books
reviewed online.
Worthy Causes
It’s
memories and time that the Lake Superior Maritime Collection craves.
The impressive archives relating to the maritime industry and activity
is now housed at the University of Wisconsin-Superior in the newly
remodeled Jim Dan Hill Library under the oversight of Associate
Professor Laura Jacobs.
Those with maritime experience could help catalog items or remember the
collection when you find maritime-related documents, photos or
paperwork in family estates. Don’t judge receipts, tickets or such as
throwaways, urges Laura. Just donate the materials and let the
archivists do the sorting. “The items we consider mundane in our daily
life can become windows into the past when placed in a museum,” says
the collection’s “guide to donating.”
Among items of interest: letters, diaries, memoirs, scrapbooks, photos,
company newsletters, posters, brochures, ticket stubs, seamen’s papers,
speeches, business records/reports, legal documents, logbooks,
statistics, films, video/audio tapes, etc. Contact Laura Jacobs
at ljacobs@uwsuper.edu, 715-394-8359 or go to www3.uwsuper.edu/maritime.
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