Great Lakes Harbors
Association.
Records, 1926-1970.
Milwaukee Manuscript
Collection CW
6.8 cubic ft. (17 boxes) |
ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the
collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law. However, the
researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and
copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes
19.21-19.39).
ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY NOTE:
The Great Lakes Harbors Association, founded in 1921, was an association of
cities, villages, and townships, chambers of commerce, business associations,
labor associations and educational institutions who had direct interests in
promoting the use, development and administration of Great Lakes ports, the
protection and preservation of Great Lakes normal water levels, the development
of ocean shipping connections, the increase of waterborne commerce and the
growth of markets, both foreign and domestic, for mid-American products. In
short, the G.L.H.A. was a lobby and a significant one.
The associations's officers included a president, six regional vice presidents,
six regional directors, a legal and a lay counsel, each officer being elected
annually at the associations's annual meeting. Its Board of Directors consisted
of the officers, with the president of the association acting as board chairman.
The board met annually, its day to day business being transacted by a five
member Executive Committee which was appointed by the president.
The association as a whole met annually, however, special meetings were called
by the Executive Committee upon occasion. The Board of Directors met as it
decided or as its business required, if such meetings were considered necessary
above and beyond its annual meeting. Members paid annual dues which were fixed
by the Board of Directors and the board had the sole disbursement authority. The
Executive Secretary, who was appointed annually by the Board of Directors, was
responsible for the collection of the dues themselves.
The G.L.H.A. first adopted its Constitution and By-Laws on 14 September 1954.
The association was largely inactive from 1961 onward as its primary objective,
the St. Lawrence Seaway Project, was completed. The association was formally
liquidated in 1969 by Mr. Harry Brockel, its last Executive Secretary, and the
surviving directors.
COLLECTION CITATION: This collection should be cited as:
Great Lakes Harbors Association. Records, 1926-1970. Milwaukee Manuscript Collection CW. Wisconsin Historical Society. Milwaukee Area Research Center. UWM Libraries. University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
ACQUISITION: The Great Lakes Harbors Association records were received in 1969 from
Mr. Brockel who is in the process (1971) of readying for the Society other
records in his possession and his personal manuscripts as well. (G.L.H.A.
records in his possession and his personal manuscripts as well. (G.L.H.A.
records came directly to the State Archives and were transferred to Manuscripts
and thus have no accession number.)
MARC RECORD SEARCH TERMS: The following terms were used in the online bibliographic MARC record to this collection:
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MILWAUKEE
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION CW |
BOX |
FOLDER |
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Alpens, Michigan, correspondence and reports, 18
Jan.-19 April 1940 |
13 |
1 |
|
Annual meetings, 1926-1927, proceedings |
1 |
1 |
|
Annual meetings, 1928, proceedings |
1 |
2 |
|
Annual meetings, 1929, proceedings |
1 |
3 |
|
Annual meetings, 1930-1931, proceedings |
1 |
4 |
|
Annual meetings, 1932, proceedings |
1 |
5 |
|
Annual meetings, 1932-1934, programs |
1 |
6 |
|
Annual meetings, 1942-1946, resolutions and
proceedings |
2 |
1 |
|
Annual meetings, 1942-1948, 1953, resolutions and
proceedings |
1 |
8 |
|
Annual meetings, 1943, programs and correspondence |
1 |
7 |
|
Board of Directors meetings, minutes, 21 February
1958, 25 July 1958, and 12 December 1958 |
2 |
7 |
|
Brief presented by the city of Holland, Michigan to
the U.S. Army Engineers at Holland, 7 May 1941 |
13 |
4 |
|
Chicago Water Diversion, 1942 Questionnaire |
8 |
3 |
|
Chicago Water Diversion, December 1942-1949 |
8 |
1 |
|
Chicago Water Diversion, 1950-August 1952 |
8 |
2 |
|
Chicago Water Diversion attempt and unsorted |
16 |
12 |
|
Clippings |
16 |
1-7 |
|
Coast Guard, correspondence, August 1949 |
9 |
5 |
|
Constitution and By-Laws as adopted, 14 September
1954 |
13 |
9 |
|
Convention, 1946, correspondence, 31 October 1945-5
June 1946 |
2 |
3 |
|
Convention, 1946, correspondence, June 1946-August
1946 |
2 |
4 |
|
Convention, 1947, correspondence, 1 July 1947-5
November 1947 |
2 |
5 |
|
Convention, 1958, correspondence |
3 |
1 |
|
Convention, 1959, correspondence, 5 June 1959-10
December 1959 |
2 |
8 |
|
Deferred rebates, correspondence, June-July 1954 |
9 |
7 |
|
G.L.H.A., Great Lakes Commission, 1958 |
16 |
9 |
|
General correspondence, alphabetical by
correspondent, A-L (45 folders), 1955-1957 |
10 |
|
|
General correspondence, alphabetical by
correspondent, M-T (43 folders), 1955-1957 |
11 |
|
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General correspondence, alphabetical by
correspondent, U-W (10 folders), 1955-1957 |
12 |
|
|
Great Lakes Outlook, "cuts" |
7 |
7 |
|
Great Lakes Outlook, June 1943-1948 |
7 |
2 |
|
Great Lakes Outlook, 1945-1950 |
7 |
3 |
|
Great Lakes Outlook, 1951-May 1952 |
7 |
4 |
|
Great Lakes Outlook, June 1952-July 1953 |
7 |
5 |
|
Great Lakes Outlook, 1958 |
7 |
6 |
|
Harbor Improvement Projects, August 1943-1951 |
7 |
8 |
|
Harbor Improvement Projects, 1952-May 1953 |
7 |
9 |
|
Lake levels, correspondence, 7 May 1952-30 January
1953, Lake Levels Conference notes of 16 May 1951, Resolutions of the 1951
Lake Levels Conference |
9 |
6 |
|
Lake Mona Harbor Michigan, Recreational Harbor
Request Brief, 1939. Exception to U.S. District Engineer's Report, 25
September 1939 |
13 |
3 |
|
Mailing list |
14 |
2 |
|
Map of planned Benton Harbor-St. Joseph development,
1937 Sketch for the location of St. Joseph Yacht Basin, Benton Harbor-St.
Joseph Port Commission Report of 1 January 1938 |
13 |
5 |
|
Marinette, Wisconsin, Harbor Commission and
Industrial Board correspondence, 14 January 1938-16 January 1939 |
13 |
2 |
|
Membership applications, August 1942-March 1948 |
13 |
10 |
|
Membership applications, April 1948-1958 |
14 |
1 |
|
National Rivers and Harbors Congress, 11 September
1945-29 April 1958 |
9 |
1 |
|
National Security Port Survey, June 1949 |
9 |
2 |
|
Office management files, 1957-1958 |
14 |
3 |
|
Officers' and Executive Committee meetings, 15
September 1944-27 February 1947 |
2 |
2 |
|
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, reports and varied
correspondence, 1937-1938 |
13 |
8 |
|
Photographs |
16 |
8 |
|
Pilotage on the Great Lakes, 1958 |
16 |
11 |
|
Post-War rehabilitation of Great Lakes shipping, July
1942-1949 |
8 |
4 |
|
Post-War rehabilitation of Great Lakes shipping,
1950-June 1951 |
8 |
5 |
|
Publications file, Assorted, non-government,
publications and pamphlets pertaining to the St. Lawrence Seaway and
related topics |
15 |
1 |
|
Rail rates relationship to direct ocean shipping, 23
November 1945-20 September 1948 |
9 |
3 |
|
Rail-water rate cases, correspondence, 22 November
1948-10 August 1958 |
9 |
4 |
|
Regional Director, Harry Brockel, correspondence, 28
May 1943-22 March 1947 |
4 |
1 |
|
Seaway Meeting, correspondence, 1951 |
2 |
6 |
|
Secretary, correspondence, 25 July 1942-13 October
1944 |
4 |
2 |
|
Secretary, correspondence, 14 October 1944-28
November 1947 |
4 |
3 |
|
Secretary, correspondence, 8 January 1948-31 December
1950 |
4 |
4 |
|
Secretary, correspondence, 1 January 1951-22 January
1953 |
4 |
5 |
|
Secretary, correspondence, 1 August 1954 |
4 |
6 |
|
Secretary, correspondence, March-September 1958 |
4 |
7 |
|
St. Lawrence Seaway, correspondence, October
1942-August 1943 |
6 |
1 |
|
St. Lawrence Seaway, correspondence, 1944 |
6 |
2 |
|
St. Lawrence Seaway, correspondence, 1945-March 1946 |
6 |
3 |
|
St. Lawrence Seaway, correspondence, April 1946-1947 |
6 |
4 |
|
St. Lawrence Seaway, correspondence, 1948-1949 |
6 |
5 |
|
St. Lawrence Seaway, correspondence, 1950-August 1951
|
6 |
6 |
|
St. Lawrence Seaway, correspondence, 1951-June 1953 |
7 |
1 |
|
St. Lawrence Seaway, Dedication et al. |
16 |
13 |
|
State of Wisconsin: Division of Industrial
Development, 1958 |
16 |
10 |
|
Technical analysis of the waterfront at Racine,
Wisconsin, undated. |
13 |
6 |
|
Traverse City, Michigan, report, 27 May 1937 and 27
November 1939, Harbor development blueprint, 1933, Breakwater report of 27
January 1937 |
13 |
7 |
|
Treasurer, correspondence, 18 October 1954-31
December 1955 |
5 |
1 |
|
Treasurer, correspondence, 1 January 1956-13 February
1957 |
5 |
2 |
|
Treasurer, correspondence, 13 February 1957-30 April
1958 |
5 |
3 |
|
Treasurer, correspondence, 1 May-31 December 1958 |
5 |
4 |
|
Treasurer, correspondence, 1 January 1959-30
September 1960 |
5 |
5 |
|
Treasurer, correspondence, 1 October 1960-31 August
1964 |
5 |
6 |
|
Treasurer, correspondence, 1 September 1964-18 March
1970 |
5 |
7 |
|
Water Carrier Act revisions, May 1945-August 1946 |
8 |
6 |
|
Water Carrier Act revisions |
8 |
7 |
|
Water Diversion Meeting, correspondence, 13 January
1959-23 February 1959 |
2 |
9 |
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