Moosehead Historical secures grant, director

GREENVILLE – The Moosehead Historical Society has been awarded a $3,700 grant from Weyerhaeuser Company, the largest private timberland owner in the Moosehead Lake region.
The funding will be used to install a climate control unit in the storage area at the carriage house on Pritham Avenue. The unit is extremely important to conserve sensitive archives and library papers that, over time, deteriorate under humid conditions. Plans are now under way for the installation of the unit, which is expected to be in place by spring.
In other news, Candy Russell, longtime executive director of the Moosehead Historical Society and Museums, recently announced she will retire at the end of the year. In December, the board hired Suzanne AuClair as new director.
Russell, of Greenville, has been director of the society for the past 12 years. Area residents will continue to see her familiar face around the society’s grounds as she fulfills projects she has long had a passion for and now will have the time to devote to in retirement.
AuClair, of Rockwood, has chronicled and coordinated many stories and events that have taken place around the region over the past two decades.
The Moosehead Historical Society was founded in 1962. Its mission is to collect, preserve, interpret and exhibit the history of the greater Moosehead Lake region, and to perpetuate the contributions of the early settlers who populated the area.
Museums include the Eveleth-Craft-Sheridan Victorian-era mansion and Carriage House on Pritham Avenue in Greenville and The Center for Moosehead History in the downtown village. Summer and fall tours showcase a lumberman’s museum, an 1880s kitchen, an extensive display of regional cultural items and Native American artifacts, and The Moosehead Lake Aviation Museum.