Through Moehl, the Clarke already has the Organizational Records of GLLKA, 1984-2007, documenting the restoration of the St. Helena and Round Island lighthouses, complete runs of GLLKA's two publications, the Beacon and the Great Lakes Cruiser, as well as their other historic and educational publications and lighthouse calendars, and the photographic files used to generate the images in Great Lakes Cruiser. These collections can be found in Centra and their Google-searchable finding aids are available at http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clarke/.
In Moehl's collection, there are lots of images of scouts working on lighthouses. Besides his work with scouts, lighthouses, and various organizations concerned with preserving lighthouses, nature, and promoting Michigan tourism, Dick traveled and talked with many groups of school children to promote interest in and education about lighthouses. He was apparently an inspiring speaker. The kids loved him. Below are some images of the thank yous and poems his presentations inspired the children to create.
Thank you cards by 5th graders, Sterling Heights, undated (above and below) |
Oversized lighthouse art of Kevin Van Allen |
Lighthouse poetry anthologies, 4th grade students, Hugger Elementary (Rocherster, Mich.), undated |
A scary poem from the anthologies by Matt Glaser |
Poem by "Kevin," from an anthology entitled Thank You, Captain!, unidentified school, undated |