Surrounded By Beauty by J. Mitchell Mackey

Archive

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Door County Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Surrounded By Beauty by J. Mitchell Mackey

Entry/Object ID

2001.02.0072

Scope and Content

Memoirs of Mitch Mackey [1921-2001], a collection of short essays written when he was a member of a writers group. He later organized the stories and added more memoirs to fill the gaps, with the resulting autobiography. He covers growing up on a farm in Clay Banks, his college years, his family and career and his return to the family farm in Clay Banks after retirement. The book was done for family members and was self published. Physical Characteristics: 1 soft covered book, 145 pages, 8 1/2" x 11", in 1 folder

Collection

Door County Archives Book Collection

Cataloged By

Sally Treichel

Acquisition

Accession

2001.02

Source or Donor

Door County Historical Society - Purchases, etc.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Book, Autobiography, Mackey

Archive Details

Creator

Mackey, J. Mitchell

Date(s) of Creation

1998

Archive Size/Extent

1 book in 1 folder

Primary Language

English

Archive Notes

Early Create Date: 1998 Date(s): 1998 Level of Description: Item

Location

Location

Container

People

Category

Permanent

Date

September 26, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

Custodial History: At the request of the Door County Historical Society, of which Mitch was a very active member, his son Jim Mackey located a copy of the book to be included in the collection of the Door County Archives.

General Notes

Note

Status: OK

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

December 11, 2001

Updated By

Unknown

Update Date

May 6, 2021