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George Newman Fuller was a leading historian of the state of Michigan.
Fuller was born in 1873, and attended Harvard University for his undergraduate degree probably graduating around 1896. He received the Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1912. He wrote a dissertation on on the early economic and social history of Michigan which (published in 1916 as The Economic and Social Beginnings of Michigan) was for decades the defining work on the subject. He was the impetus behind the foundation of the Michigan Historical Commission in 1916 and served as the commission's executive secretary and editor of the commission's publication Michigan History for three decades until 1946. He also was active in the Mississippi Valley Historical Association during the 1920s.
He died on February 8, 1957, at the age of eighty-three.
Fuller, George N. "Settlement of Michigan Territory." Mississippi Valley Historical Review 2 (1915): 25-55.
Fuller, George N. Economic and Social Beginnings of Michigan: A Study of the Settlement of the Lower Peninsula During the Territorial Period, 1805-1837. University series I. Michigan historical publications. Lansing, Mich: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford co., state printers, 1916.
Published version of Fuller's 1912 University of Michigan Ph.D. dissertation.
Michigan Historical Commission. A Sketch of Historical Societies in Michigan. Michigan Historical Commission no.3. Lansing, Mich: Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, Crawford Co., State printers, 1914.
Michigan State Historical Society. Proceedings of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society for 1912 and 1913. Prepared by George Newman Fuller. Lansing: Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, Crawford Co., state printers, 1914.
Michigan State Historical Society. ''Proceedings of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society for 1912 and 1913. Michigan Historical Commission no.4. Lansing, Mich: Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, Crawford Co., state printers, 1914.
Michigan Historical Commission. Suggestions for Local Historical Societies and Writers in Michigan. Michigan Historical Commission no. 2. Lansing, Mich: Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, Crawford Co., State printers, 1913.
Michigan Historical Commission. The Michigan Historical Commission: Its Inception, Organization, Administration and Aims. Michigan Historical Commission no. 1. Lansing, Mich: Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, Crawford Co., State printers, 1913.
Fuller, George N., ed. Michigan: A Centennial History of the State and Its People. 5 vols. Chicago: The Lewis publishing company, 1939.
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Michigan State Historical Society. Centennial Souvenir: Commemorating the First Meeting of Michigan’s First State Legislature, November 2, 1835. Edited by George N. Fuller. Lansing, Mich: Capitol feature service, 1935.
Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society and Michigan Historical Commission. Historic Michigan: Land of the Great Lakes -- its life, resources, industries, people, politics, government, wars, institutions, achievements, the press, schools and churches, legendary and prehistoric lore. Edited by George N. Fuller. 2 vols. Dayton, OH: National Historical Association, Inc, 1924.
This was a festshrift for the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society on its fiftieth anniversary and consists of selected
articles from past issues of the MPHS Collections and publications of the Michigan Historical Commission.
There were published multiple third volumes of local histories of Michigan counties written by local historians.
"Volume 3 containing local history of Muskegon county, edited by George B. Catlin."
Catlin, George B. Local History of Detroit and Wayne County. Volume 3 of Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society and Michigan Historical Commission, Historic Michigan: Land of the Great Lakes, edited by George N. Fuller. Dayton, OH: National Historical Association, Inc, 1928.
Finney, Byron Alfred. A third volume devoted to Washtenaw County. Volume 3 to Historic Michigan: Land of the Great Lakes, by George N. Fuller. Dayton, O.: National Historical Association, inc, 1928.
Fuller, George N. Local History and Personal Sketches of St. Clair and Shiawassee Counties. Volume 3 to Historic Michigan: Land of the Great Lakes, edited by George N. Fuller. Dayton, OH: National Historical Association, inc, 1926.
George N. Fuller, ed. A History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, vol. 3 of Historic Michigan: Land of the Great Lakes, edited by George N. Fuller (Dayton, OH: National Historical Association, inc, 1926), i..
Michigan Geological Survey? and Douglass Houghton?. Geological Reports of Douglass Houghton, First State Geologist of Michigan, 1837-1845. Edited by George N. Fuller. Lansing: The Michigan Historical Commission, 1928.
Michigan Historical Commission. Governors of the Territory and State of Michigan. Edited by George N. Fuller. Michigan Historical Commission no. 16. Lansing: Michigan Historical Commission, 1928.
Charles H. Landrum, comp. Michigan in the World War. Military and Naval Honors of Michigan Men and Women. Congressional Medal of Honor. Distinguished Service Cross. Distinguished Service Medal. Naval Decorations. Foreign Decorations. Edited by George N. Fuller. Lansing: Published by the Michigan Historical Commission by the authority of the Michigan War Preparedness Board, 1924.
"Historical News and Comments." Mississippi Valley Historical Review 44, no. 3 (December 1957): 596-597.
Chase, Lew Allen. "George N. Fuller: An Appreciation." Michigan History Magazine 30, no. 3 (July-Sept. 1946).
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