A Request to Lighthouse Visitors...

In going though several boxes of lighthouse pictures, magazines, calendars, etc. I've run across a few brochures about lighthouses. I picked up over time. Some are for a single lighthouse, others are a state's brochure that lists all the LH there. Sometimes they are professionally done, sometimes quite amateur. I'd like to expand my collection of these publications.

If in your travels, you run across those kinds of brochures, and would be willing to mail one to me, I'd appreciate it.

John Chidester
PO Box 4742
Scottsdale, AZ 85261-4742.

For each one sent to me, I'll make a contribution of $1 to SE Block Lighthouse.

Thanks for considering this.

Here are some of those I have so far:

[*]Questions most often asked about The Cape May Lighthouse
[*]Do you like lighthouses? (NELL)
[*]Tampa Bay Harbour Lights Collector's Club
[*]Texas Gulf Coast Lighthouses & Historic Ports
[*]Montauk Point Lighthouse Museum 1796
[*]Eagle Bluff Lighthouse 1868, Door County
[*]Eagle Bluff Lighthouse At a glance...
[*]Concord Point Lighthouse 1827

I will be lighthousing Michigan's west coast, part of the east coast, and part of the UP in a few weeks, I will pick up what I can for you.

Suzanne Murphy

John,

I will check to see what extra ones I have and will send them out to you. Also, I will be up in Maine this weekend and will pick up any I see.

The list of brochures you had seemed rather short. Haven't you received more than that in the postcard exchanges?

Yep. I do have more - but in other boxes. Most of those that send something with a post card print out their own information or copy something from the Internet and include that.

And thanks you guys for keeping an eye out for me.

I'll see if I can pick up something for you this weekend from Kingston and Esopus, John.

I have one from Drum Point Lighthouse in Maryland that eskilady got when she was visiting there. I have two, so will gladly contribute to your collection.

John...I must have dumped over 30 of these things in the recycle bin last week while packing. Sorry...

But, I do have a box of CCUSLHS brochures in my car packed and ready to go to the Chesapeake Chaper USLHS and Outer Banks lighthouse societies joint meeting in Virginia this weekend. I'll pull one out for you tomorrow. Plus, I'll be on the lookout for more while I'm on my trip.

shirin

John, In the process of unpacking, I've now found almost a dozen brochures for you. I'm sure I'll find a few more as I finish up this weekend.

shirin

Thanks to Linda Manning, Sue LeFever and SweetPShirin for the brochures received so far! Keep 'em coming!

John, I sent a bunch of Florida Brochures to you. Hope you like them.

John, are you still collecting these or was there a final count?

shirin

Still collecting and still getting lots of brochures - from you, Suzanne Murphy, BonnieJean Exum and more.

Sent one off to you yesterday, John. The "Lighthouse Trail". Lighthouses on the Gaspee Peninusla in Canada. Hope you can use it.

Bert

Here's an update on lighthouse literature received through 11/17/02:

From Shirin Pagels
The New Jersey Lighthouse Society
New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge 2002
Twin Lights Historic Site
Tuckerton Seaport
Dealware Bay Lighthouse Keepers & Friends Association
Hereford Inlet Lighthouse and Gardens
Fire Island Lighthouse 1858
Do You Lke Lighthouses? (Chesapeake Chapter USLHS)
6th Annual Apostle Islands Lighthouse Celebration (2001)
United States Lighthouse Society
Help Save Florida's Endangered Lighthouses (FL LH Association)
Dutch Island Lighthouse Society
Help Save Our Lighthosues (American Lighthouse Foundation)
North Carolina Lighthouses (Outer Banks Lighthouse Society)
Portland Harbor Museum at Spring Point

From Bonniejean Exum
Anclote Key Light
Cedar Keys Lighthouse (FL Lighthouse Association)
Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse
Gasparilla Island State Recreation Area
Boca Grande Lighthouse Museum and Visitors Center
Museum Guide (Boca Grande Lighthouse Museum)
Barrier Island Parks Society

From Bruce Ganas
Historic Absecon Lighthouse
Tuckerton Seaport Museum
Historic Stonington (Old Lighthouse Museum)
Ocracoke

From Sue LeFever
Golden Hill State Park (Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse)
Relighting Ceremony Isle La Motte Lighthouse
Sodus Bay Lighthouse Museum
Esopus Meadows Lighthouse
Esopus Meadows Lighthouse (A brief picture history)
Selkirk Lighthouse
Tibbetts Point Lighthouse (Placemat from Aubrey's Inn)
Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse
Lighthouse Marina (Selkirk Lighthouse)

Linda Ann
New Jersey Lighthouse Guide
See the Light! (Absecon Lighthouse)

From Suzanne Murphy
Crisp Point Lighthouse
Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse
Middle Island Light Station
The Michigan Lighthouse Project
Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum
Keep the LIGHTS On! (Michigan Lighthouse License Plate)
Grand Traverse Lighthouse
Sturgeon Point Lighthouse
Northeast Michigan Lighthouse Map
The Old Lighthouse (Michigan City IN)
Seul Choix Lighthouse
Seul Choix Lighthouse Park & Museums
Point Iroquios Light Statation
DeTour Reef Light
DeTour Reef Light Preservation Society
Thunder Bay Island Lighthouse Preservation Society
Let the Lighthouse Shine (Old Mackinac)
40 Mile Point Lighthouse
Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association
The American Lighthouse Foundation
40 Mile Point Lighthouse
Lighthouse Cruises (Straits of Mackinac - Shepler)
Whitefish Point (Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum)
Big Sable Point
Astabula Lighthouse Restoration & Preservation Society

These are the ones I started off with
Texas Gulf Coast Lighthouses & Historic Ports
Do You Like Lighthouses? (New England Lighthouse Lovers)
Questions Most Often Asked About The Cape May Lighthouse
Eagle Bluff Lighthouse
Concord Point Lighthouse 1827
The Twinlight Historical Society

Thanks friends for sending these along! Remarkably few duplicates received.

My apologies if I've goofed up on who sent what. My initial reaction was to put them in the same bin without regard for the source and eventually to scan them and make them available on the Internet. I need to get my full size scanner working again before I can do that.

By my count, that's 61 received so far. I'm still going to make a $1 each donation to SE Block Island Restoration before the end of the year.

If you have sent me brochures that I have not acknowledged here, please post a reply. If you saw my office, you'd know it's possible they may be in one of the piles.

Keep 'em coming. I'm still looking for West Coast lighthouse brochures as well as any others not listed above.

John

P.S. I've corrected credits on sources for some of the brochures above.

Gosh John, you don't remember that I sent you that huge package of brochures? Yes, I sent those, but I sent you these also:
*Lighthouse Cruises (Straits of Mackinac - Shepler)
*Whitefish Point (Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum)
*Big Sable Point
*Astabula Lighthouse Restoration & Preservation Society

Suzanne Murphy

Thanks, Suzanne. I appreciate your setting the record straight - and the brochures.

From Bert Guerin
The Lighthouse Trail (Le Quebec Maritime) Beautiful Brochure which folds out into map.

43 Lighthouses are shown on the map and they are color-coded and listed according to whether or not the lighthouse is a 'site with activities' (access).

You might be able to request this brochure from www.quebecmaritime.qc.ca or by calling 1-877-BONJOUR

I loved this quote from Vincent Guigueno, Au service des phares

John, are you still looking for lighthouse brochures? I've got a whole stack of them for you. Everywhere from Florida, Ohio, and Michigan. I now get three brochures when I travel to a lighthouse, one for me, one for my scrap book, and one for you. I'll send them your way.

I love the quote, John! I'll have to write that one down.

BonnieJean and others - I'd still love to receive your extra brochures (especially) about specific lighthouses. Please check my list above and try not to send duplicates.

My offer to contribute $1 to SE Block Island continues for those received before 12/31/02.

Shirin Pagels
National Lighthouse Museum
New Jersey Lighthouse Guide
Tuckerton Seaport Museum
Historic Absecon Lighthouse
Turkey Point Light Station
(+3 others she'd sent me before)

A few more days to go to receive your lighthouse brochure(s) (please review the lists above and do not send duplicates).

I'll make my contribution to SE Block on the 30th.

Thanks to all who've helped.

Sorry for the duplicates John. I forgot to check your posts before I sent off that last batch.

shirin

Hi John,

Was reading over the list of ones you have received and noticed not a West Coast Lighthouse in the bunch -- guess I'll have to take care of that tomorrow; following will be going in the mail then.

From Washington State
Point Wilson
New Dungeness; plus membership application
Lightship Swiftsure
Admiralty Head
Lighthouses of Puget Sound
Mukilteo -- one prior to 2000 and our current one
plus color sheet we hand out to kids visiting lightstation
Plus Lunch Menu from Arnie's [just for fun];has nice color picture of Mukilteo on front

Also sending one on Oregon Coast Lighthouses from the State Parks and Recreation Department

And one from Lighthouse Park, Point Atkinson, Vancouver, B.C.

Darlene

Yipee!!! Thanks Darlene!

Thanks, Darlene, the package of goodies arrived at the PO Box a few days ago.

John

Thanks, Darlene, the package of goodies arrived at the PO Box a few days ago.

John

I sorta do the same thing. Whenever I go to a lighthouse and get a LH related brochure, I put it in the Lighthouse Library...A shoebox. A good way to get more brochures may be to go on a Challenge (MD & NJ) or take a bus tour with others.