Summary
I. H. Bartlett was identified in a July 1938 newspaper report as an investigator in the conservation department’s game division. The report says he examined Beaver Island in the spring and found a deer herd large enough to hunt, with abundant feed and cover and no signs of over-browsing.[^deer1938]
Evidence and limits
The held source supplies only Bartlett’s initials, surname, department role, and connection to the 1938 Beaver Island investigation. It does not provide a full given name, age, residence, later career, or a separate official survey record. This is an episode-qualified person record, not a resolved civil identity.
Open questions
- What did “I. H.” stand for, and where did Bartlett work before and after 1938?
- Does a Michigan conservation report preserve the underlying survey or herd estimate?
See also
Sources
- Charlevoix County Herald, July 22, 1938, “Deer Hunting On Beaver Island.”Names I. H. Bartlett as an investigator of the Michigan conservation department’s game division and attributes to him the spring report that Beaver Island had enough deer to hunt, adequate feed and cover, and no over-browsing.