The Schoolcraft County Historical Society has recently collected funds for a furnace from a grant and for a future museum through the sale of memorial tiles, shown. (Photo courtesy of SCHS)

Schoolcraft County Historical Society (SCHS), a member organization of Historical Society of Michigan, is pleased to announce they are a recipient of a $2,500 grant to upgrade the gas furnace in their archive building to a high-efficiency furnace. Constructed in 2005, the archive building houses the county’s artifact collections and functions as a research library. The over-30-year-old furnace has begun to show signs of failure and is too loud for space; the upgrade will maintain the appropriate environmental conditions for artifact storage and invest in the building’s future.

“This is extremely helpful to our operations, collection care, and overall well-being now that we no longer have to worry about furnace failure in the future,” said SCHS Curator Jane Kopecky. “We are grateful to the Historical Society of Michigan and honored and fortunate to be one of 61 member organizations awarded this beneficial Michigan History Alliance grant.”

Recently, SCHS began selling memorial tiles as a way to help obtain monies for a future museum.

SCHS will be fundraising on May 30 by operating the concession stand at the Highway 2 Community Drive-In Theater in Manistique.

Readers may learn more about the Schoolcraft County Historical Society by visiting schs.cityofmanistique.org.