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
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
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