David Morris Collection
David is the great-great-grandson of August and Elizabeth (Haas) Beck. His grandmother was thier first child, daughter Mary Beck, who was born on South Manitou Island in 1874. In her father's declining years, Mary and her husband Samuel moved to the island to take over the farm, maintaining it until August's death in May of 1941. [1]
David's collection includes the following newspaper clippings, documents and images.
Newspaper Clippings
- • Wreck of the S.M. Hubby (New York Daily Times; August 20, 1855)
- • Wreck corn - Severe Winter Weather - Crossing on the Ice (Grand Traverse Herald; February 3, 1881"
- • South Manitou Island - A General Description (Apparently from the Grand Traverse Herald; November 27, 1884)
- • South Manitou School - New Gordon/Burton Dock - Extreme Winter Low Temperatures (Grand Traverse Herald; February 26, 1885)
- • Frigid Winter Weather - Crossing the Ice to the Mainland on Foot - Island Acricultural Initiatives (Grand Traverse Herald; March 12, 1885)
- • First Township Meeting - Officers Elected - Ice Crossings (Grand Traverse Herald; April 16, 1885)
- • First Shipwreck of the Season - High Water - First Ships to Visit the Island - Other News (Grand Traverse Herald; May 21, 1885)
- • Farm Report - Ankerson's Blind Calf - Fog and Fog Horn Woes (Grand Traverse Herald; June 4, 1885)
- • Sabbath School Organized - Cattle Casualties - A Mysterious Kite (Grand Traverse Herald; June 25, 1885)
- • First Gravel Shipment - Farming Activities - Other News (Grand Traverse Herald; July 2, 1885)
- • August Beck's barn is finished - July 4th celebration - Other News (Grand Traverse Herald; July 16, 1885)
- • First Annual School Meeting - Other News (Grand Traverse Herald; August 13, 1885)
- • Letter-writing exercise; South Manitou Island school children write letters to the the feature editor (Grand Traverse Herald; August 20, 1885)
- • Traveling Along the Lakeshore to Beaver Island - Other News (Grand Traverse Herald; October 15, 1885)
- • No Snow - Marriage of Henry Haas & Maggie Hutzler (Grand Traverse Herald; January 21, 1886)
- • Winter Activities (Grand Traverse Herald; February 18, 1886)
- • Good Fishing - Wooding Business Deline - Selling Farm Produce (Grand Traverse Herald; March 25, 1886)
- • School News - Spring Spring Activities - USLSS Station Proposed (Grand Traverse Herald; April 1886)
- • Game Scarce on island - Social News (Grand Traverse Herald; May 27, 1886)
- • County Roads Survey - General News and Social News (Grand Traverse Herald; June 10, 1886)
- • Sailing To Beaver Island - Summer Activities - Social News (Grand Traverse Herald; July 1, 1886)
- • Drought and Grasshoppers - Social Activities on South Manitou Island (Grand Traverse Herald; August 19, 1886)
- • 1886 Tax Assessment Roll for South Manitou island
- • Congress Funds Fog Horns - Wreck of the Charles H Herd - Agrounding of the D.E. Bailey (Varioius Newspapers; 1870s)
- • Winter Conditions - Politice - Wm N.Burton Sells Off Island Property (Grand Traverse Herald; February 7, 1889)
- • "Lake Michigan's Sinking Island" (The Patriot (Harrisburg; Pa); December 18, 1902)
- • "No Debts There" (The Grand Rapids Press; January 13, 1904)
- • "Woman Captain Is Pride Of Officers" (Florence Haas) (Muskegon Daily Chronicle; August 1, 1907)
- • "Woman Saves Son" (Thomas Thompson; George Thompson) (The Grand Rapids Press; Wednesday, June 15, 1910)
- • "Lake Children Prove That Love Can Defeat Prison" (Ralph Thompson) (The Rockford (IL) Morning Star; May 3, 1925)
- • "Ten In Danger As Ice Holds 2 Boats" (Tracy Grosvenor - SMI Coast Guard Crew) (Cleveland Plain Dealer; March 25, 1930)
- • Marooned An article about Rosen Rye, the Hutzlers, and South Manitou Island. Researchers from Michigan State College visit George and Lewis Hutzler on South Manitou Island. A syndicated Men of Earth feature srticle by Russel Lord, NWC News Service - c1935
- • "Score Die As Blizzard Spreads" (August Warner) (The San Diego Union; Monday, February 10, 1936)
- • "Fear 3 Lost In Lake As Ice Rescue Fails; Midwest Cold Worse" (August Warner) (The Evening Tribune (San Diego; Ca.); February 10, 1936)
- • Young Patricia Beck (13) Air Evact'd from South Manitou Island by U.S. Coast Guard (Newspaper Unknown; March 25, 1942 - or possibly 1943)
- • "The Centerboard Saloon" on South Manitou Island (Traverse City Record-Eagle; October 2, 1945)
Documents:
- • 1886 Tax Assessment Roll for South Manitou island
- • 1868-1869 Immigration Research Notes - Theodor Beck & David Beck famiiy
Images:
- • August Beck
- • Alma Beck, May Tobin, and Louise Morris
- • August Beck farm
- • August Beck farm house
- • Elva (Morris) Schiebe & sister Louise Morris at Elva's home in Chicago, cir 1935
- • Mary (Beck) & son Arthur
- • Mary (Beck) Morris with daughters Iona & Louise, cir 1924
- • Mary Beck
- • Sam, Mary (Beck) & Louise Morris at the Beck Farm
[1] For more on the Becks families, see the biographical essays.
David's personal genealogical web page can be found at www.geocities.ws/dmorriscat/.