Photographs, slides, and family histories, circa 1900-1950, related to the Coon Family of Hancock, Michigan. Included are two photograph albums, many of which document the Houghton and Hancock area and include views of snow removal, logging, and construction.Also included are photographs of the 1942 Houghton High School band, a group photograph from Suomi College, and some loose photograph album pages depicting unidentified individuals on Labor Day at Calumet Waterworks and general group and individual poses.

The collection also includes four boxes of 35mm slides and negatives, 1913-1997. The slides include views from locations throughout Michigan, but primarily document locations, buildings, and objects from Houghton and Keweenaw Counties. Included are images of locomotives and railroad machinery, buildings, and aparataces; freighters, fires, Michigan wildlife, and local cities and buildings such as the Houghton County Courthouse, churches, and Michigan Technological University campus. The Portage Lake Lift Bridge, Isle Royale’s Ranger III, and a variety of lighthouses are also documented. Additionally, the slides includes scenes of mining ruins throughout the Copper Country. Cities and towns documented in the collection include Houghton, Hancock, Calumet; Lake Linden, Donken, and Mason; Hubbell, Laurium, and Painesdales; as well as, Copper Harbor and its surrounding areas, Eagle River, and Eagle Harbor. Locations such as Ishpeming, Marquette, Kalamazoo, Mackinaw City, and Sault Ste Marie are also represented.

Finally, the collection also includes several families histories written by George Coon, which document the Coon Family's history back to Thomas Albert Coon.