Michigan Lighthouse Fund Bibliography (original) (raw)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

LIGHTHOUSE SOURCE MATERIAL

The following publications provide information about Michigan�s historic lighthouses and light stations. This list includes guidebooks for visiting the state�s lighthouses, photograph collections and general histories of lighthouses. Most of these are still in publication and can be purchased from any nationwide bookseller.

GUIDEBOOKS

A Traveler�s Guide to 116 Michigan Lighthouses, by Laurie and Bill Penrose
(Petoskey, Michigan: Friede Publications, 1999)

Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, by Wes Oleszewski
(Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998)

PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS

Lighthouses of Michigan, by John Penrod
(Berrien Center, Michigan: Penrod/Hiawatha, 1998)

Michigan Lighthouses: An Aerial Photographic Perspective, by John L. Wagner (East Lansing, Michigan: John L. Wagner, 1998)

GENERAL HISTORY

Dennis Noble, Lighthouses & Keepers: U. S. Lighthouse Service and Its Legacy
(Annapolis: U. S. Naval Institute Press, 1997)

United States Coast Guard, Aids to Navigation
(Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945)

George R. Putnam, Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1933)

George Weiss, The Lighthouse Service, Its History, Activities and Organization
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1926)

U.S. Coast Guard
Aids to Navigation Historical Bibliography

Relevant periodicals dealing with lighthouses and other aids to maritime navigation:

Along the Coast: A Monthly Periodical. 1909-1910

Atlantic Lighthouse & Coastal Connections: A quarterly, mid-Atlantic maritime publication

The Bay Pilot: The official, quarterly publication of the Delaware River and Bay
Lighthouse Foundations Inc.

The Beacon: Official Publication of the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association

Coast Guard Bulletin, 1939-April/May 1953

Coast Guard Reservist Magazine

Commandant's Bulletin, 1967-1996

The Keeper's Log: The Official Publication of the United States Lighthouse Society

Lighthouse Digest: International Lighthouse Magazine

Lighthouse Service Bulletin, 1912-1939

The Navigator: The Official Magazine of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, 1961-

Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council, Jan 1944-Apr 1971

Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council, May 1971-

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin, Mar 1939-

U.S. Coast Guard Engineer's Digest 1933-1934, 1936-

U.S. Coast Guard Magazine, Nov 1927-Jul 1957

U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings

Wreck & Rescue: The Journal of the U.S. Life-Saving Service Heritage Association, 1996- 1909-1910


Bibliography compiled and edited by S.T. Price, Historian, U.S. Coast Guard