J. W. Nara Photograph Collection
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Photographs of Michigan's Copper Country, capturing the people and places in the midst of the Keweenaw Peninsula's most productive decades of copper mining.
Dates
- 1892-Circa 1920
Creator
- Nara, J. W. (John William) (Person)
Language of Material
English
Conditions Governing Access
Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from Michigan Technological University Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections.
Biography
Emigrating from Finland in the 1890s, J. W. Nara became one of the Copper Country's first commercial photographers. His images of the rural, urban, and industrial life of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula represent one of the best documents of the growing copper mining region. Nara translated the success of his studio into a growing portfolio of timber lands in the region, becoming one of the first advocates for selective logging practices (excerpted from "People, Place and Time," Michigan Tech Archives, 2009)
Extent
0.35 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box)
Abstract
Photograph collection, 1892-circa 1920, of J. W. Nara, one of the Copper Country's first commercial photographers. Includes photographs of Michigan's Copper Country, capturing the people and places in the midst of the Keweenaw Peninsula's most productive decades of copper mining.
Acquisition
A gift of one cubic feet containing photographs was donated to the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections by John William Nara on February 3, 1973.
Creator
- Nara, J. W. (John William) (Person)
- Title
- J. W. Nara Photograph Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elizabeth Russell, revised by Rachael Bussert
- Date
- 5/10/2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Repository