The mission of the North Berrien Historical Society
is to preserve and promote information regarding the history of North
Berrien County. In order to achieve this mission the Society strives
to assist researchers in their work.
Staff is available to pull information from the archives by appointment.
Please contact the museum for research and reproduction fees.
Archival Collections:
North Berrien Historical Society (1966-present)
Watervliet Paper Mill
North Berrien Schools
Watervliet Record newspaper
Self Culture Club
40th Club
Literary Guild
Paw Paw Lake Resorts
Coloma Theatre
Photographic Collections:
Downtown Coloma
Downtown Watervliet
Paw Paw Lake
North Berrien Rural Schools
Watervliet Paper Mill
The North Berrien Historical Society does not
collect or retain government or genealogical records. For county
records please contact the Berrien County Historical Association. For
Genealogical resources in Southwest Michigan please contact the Van
Buren District Library in Decatur, Michigan. The State of Michigan
Archives for West Michigan is located at Western Michigan University
in Kalamazoo.
Copies of the Coloma Courier newspaper are
available at the Coloma Public Library and copies of the Watervliet
Record are available at the Watervliet District Library. Other
newspapers relevant to the North Berrien area are available at the St.
Joseph and Benton Harbor Public Libraries.
For more information please contact our curator at info@northberrienhistory.org.
Hello, My grandfather had a cottage at paw paw lake from about 1900-1920. He was president of paw paw lake transportation company which had about 9 steamboats on the lake. He dredged the river to get his boats up. Iam writing a book about him as he was also president of the international bricklayers union. I have two of the rosmussen books. I was wondering if there was any other source of historical information that I might have access to which might mention my grandfather George P. Gubbins? Thanking You Bill.Gubbins@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteHello, would you have any information about the whereabouts of any of those old steamers from Paw paw lake?
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