Saugatuck & Douglas Summer Resorts brochure c1910s

Archive

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Saugatuck & Douglas Summer Resorts brochure c1910s

Entry/Object ID

2017.10.07

Scope and Content

28 page brochure - Includes many area photos and an article about the “Fellowship Summer School and Recreation Center” conducted by minister Benjamin Fay Mills and his spouse Mary Russell Mills, a Ralph Waldo Emerson scholar. When the brochure was printed, the plans for the school were not complete. The main sessions were expected to be held in the Saugatuck Council Chamber. Inquiries were directed to the Park Hotel, Oak Park, Illinois until June 10th. On page 6 "...Mr. Mills chose the east shore of Lake Michigan as the most desirable general locality, and after thorough inquiry concerning the east shore resorts, he has selected Saugatuck and Douglas as the ideal place for the Summer School and Recreation Center. The Mills School, together with the work of the Forward Movement, will cause this locality to become an intellectual center of the highest grade." Likely printed by Reed-Tandler in Grand Rapids since they have an ad on page 26. Includes transportation map

Context

This guide promoted resorting in Saugatuck and Douglas, specifically to visitors interested in the "elevating" New Spiritual Era and Transcendental philosophies that were also taught and discussed at the Forward Movement Park and Camp Gray. Mills was inspired by Swami Vivekananda, suggesting Mills may have played a role in the establishment of the Vivekananda Retreat in Ganges.

Collection

Churches and religion, 1880 Tourism steamship era -1930, 1897 Forward Movement Park, Gray and Presbyterian Camps -2014

Cataloged By

Ashley, Arthur C 1949-

Acquisition

Accession

2017.10

Source or Donor

Peschke, Howard

Acquisition Method

Donation

Lexicon

Search Terms

Progressive, Transcendentalism, spiritualism, spiritual, Emerson, Vivekananda

Archive Details

Creator

Kerr, Frank

Date(s) of Creation

1909 - 1916

Archive Notes

Includes photos of the Big Pavilion, built 1909 and references Benjamin Fay Mills who died in 1916.

Location

Box

022 A Visitors Guides 1930-1999, CVB guides prior to 2000

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

pages are loose

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bridge, Swing and Causeway 1902/Drawbridge 1870 or 1868

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Mary Voss Status Date: 2017-04-10

Create Date

November 14, 2022

Update Date

March 30, 2024