PMHS and the Plymouth Historical Museum Announce Agreement to House PMHS Archives

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PMHS and the Plymouth Historical Museum Announce Agreement to House PMHS Archives

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Yesterday, August 6, 2021, the Pere Marquette Historical Society and the Plymouth Historical Museum signed an agreement for the Plymouth Historical Museum (PHM) to house and provide access to the PMHS Archives. This marks the first and most critical step in a process of renewal for the PMHS that the PMHS Board has undertaken since being brought on board in 2019.

This arrangement will make the PMHS Archive's material available to researchers outside of the Society for the first time in ten years, and provides a long-term professionally-managed home for the collection.

“As someone who has been a member of the society since the very beginning and was fortunate enough to know several of the founders of the Society who have since died, it’s wonderful to know that we finally have a home for all the material they worked so hard to preserve,” said PHMS President Thomas J. Gaffney. “As we now move into our 26th year of existence, we can begin to look to a much more stable and rewarding future that not only encompasses the heritage of the Pere Marquette itself but encourages the preservation of material from the successor companies that continued to operate its former lines. The fact that we now have a home for that heritage in one of the most important crossroad communities that the Pere Marquette served is a huge win for everyone involved.”

“We are excited to welcome this wonderful addition to the Plymouth Historical Museum archive,” said PHM Executive Director Liz Kerstens. “Plymouth was a hub for PMRR as both north-south and east-west tracks crossed here. Once the collection is processed, researchers will be able to delve into the rich railroad history of Plymouth and Michigan.”

We have issued a joint press release (see https://pmhistsoc.org/archives.shtml).

The PMHS expects to begin work to sort through and prepare the Society's collection for relocation from its current storage location in several weeks.
-Fritz Milhaupt

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Re: PMHS and the Plymouth Historical Museum Announce Agreement to House PMHS Archives

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Congratulations! Many historical societies would envy you. Hope the move goes smoothly.

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