Greetings!
When I'm not tying flies for VFB fly swaps, I serve our local library
as a trustee and subscribe to a library email list known as MICHLIB-L.
Most posts to that list tout library position openings but this one
caught my eye today. Reading through it, it occurred to me that many on
the Virtual Fly Box list may be interested in the library news from
Grayling, Michigan, due to its fishing connection.
I'm a tax attorney by day and can tell you of the great things that tax
deductible contributions of books to libraries do to your tax bills and
libraries' collections. Consider contributing books or even cash to
this wonderful endeavor which furthers our sport. And better yet, stop
in Grayling and tell us all what you see!
Regards,
Roger Cotner
Grand Haven, Michigan
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Subject: [MICHLIB-L] Trout angling collection
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 11:51:36 -0500
From: "Edward J Elsner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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NEWS & INFORMATION FROM
DEVEREAUX MEMORIAL CRAWFORD COUNTY LIBRARY
201 Plum Street ? Grayling, MI ? 49738 ? (989) 348-9214 ?
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CONTACT: Edward Elsner, Director
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Library Establishes Special
Collection of Fly Fishing Books
GRAYLING, MICHIGAN, Nov. 1 -- In the heart of what many consider the
Mecca of Midwest fly fishing country, between the famous AuSable and
Manistee rivers, the birthplace of Trout Unlimited, the Devereaux
Memorial Crawford County Library has established a special collection of
trout fly fishing literature.
Named the George Griffith & Marion Wright Memorial Collection, the
literature will occupy an honored place in the new library, located in
Grayling, Michigan. Griffith was the prime mover in the founding of
Trout Unlimited (TU) and Wright was a past president, board member and
tireless worker for trout habitat improvement.
"It is fitting that Crawford County and Grayling be the center for this
collection, since trout fishing is so much a part of our life and
tourism here," said Library Director Edward Elsner in launching the
collection.
"And we are a part of the trout fishing lives of thousands of fishermen
who come from all parts of the country and world to fish our famous
streams," he said. "They can browse the collection between hatches.
Anyone with a MIchicard or a five dollar deposit can check out a book."
Joining Elsner in announcing the collection was Robert Wright of Walled
Lake, Michigan, son of the late Marion Wright, whose private library of
fly fishing books was donated to the library to launch the collection.
Also joining Elsner was Robert Andrus, president of the Mason-Griffith
Founders Chapter of Trout Unlimited (TU) in Grayling, where TU was born
in 1959. The TU chapter president and a board member appointed by him,
Dr. Paul Mesack initially, will serve on the collection's advisory
committee. Detroit Free Press Outdoor Writer Eric Sharp, a local
resident, will also serve on the advisory committee.
Elsner invites all trout fishermen from coast to coast to share their
"collectible" books with other fishermen by donating them to the
collection and to stop in and enjoy the collection when visiting Grayling.
Books may be sent to Edward Elsner, postage paid, or dropped off at the
Devereaux Memorial Crawford County Library, 201 Plum St., Grayling, MI
49738, (989) 348-9214. Contribution receipts for tax purposes can be
issued.
Memorial donations may also be made for purchase of books in the name of
a loved one.
The Devereaux Library holdings catalogue may be viewed on the web at
www.nlc.lib.mi.us/members/crawford/. Books approved for circulation
will be forwarded to the local library of the person requesting them.
Marion Wright's books donated to the collection range from a limited
edition of George Griffith's For the Love of Trout, signed by the
author, and the rare The Fly and the Fish by John Atherton, to a signed
and noted copy of Art Flick's new Streamside Guide and A.J. McClane's
The Practical Fly Fisherman.
George A. Griffith, who died on April 7, 1998, at the age of 97,
achieved a national reputation for his work in protecting and promoting
trout fishing. It was at his lodge, The Barbless Hook, on the AuSable
River in 1959 that a group of like-minded fly fishermen conceived Trout
Unlimited, now a national organization with 500 chapters and 125,000
members.
Griffith served for many years on the Michigan Natural Resources
Commission. His work goes on now through the Griffith Foundation,
preserving trout habitat in the AuSable and Manistee rivers.
Marion J. Wright achieved a reputation for being a fighter for
preservation of trout habitat and trout-friendly laws. He was a past
president of the Mason Chapter of TU and was on the board of the
Griffith Foundation.
An avid "weekend" trout fisherman throughout his professional life in
Detroit, Wright retired to Grayling and devoted much of his last 25
years there to fishing and to protecting and promoting fly fishing for
trout.
Further information on the George Griffith & Marion Wright Collection
may be had from Edward Elsner at (989) 348-9214,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Information on the Mason-Griffith Chapter of
TU may be had from Robert Andrus at (989) 348.5196.
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Edward Elsner, Director
Crawford County Library
201 Plum St.
Grayling, MI 49738
(989) 348-9214
fax (989) 348-9294
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