Larry Chabot Papers

Collection — Box: 1-6

Identifier: MS-076

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Papers, 1953-2008, compiled and written by Larry Chabot, document the history of the White Pine Copper Company located in Ontonagon County and operated by the Copper Range Company. Includes newspapers, clippings, photocopies, newsletters, reports and correspondence related to the history of the White Pine Copper Company from the time the mine opened in 1953 to its closure in 1995.

Dates

1953-2008

Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biography

Born on October 15, 1934, in Ontonagon, Michigan, Larry Chabot is a graduate of Ontonagon High School and a 1958 graduate of Georgetown University with a degree in business administration. In 1962 Chabot joined the White Pine Copper Company as a public relations assistant, later serving as management director, personnel director and employee relations manager. During the company's changes in the 1980s, Chabot was active in committees responsible for the implementation and management of the employee involvement process. Larry Chabot has authored two books on the history of Michigan's Upper Peninsula including "The U.P. Goes to War: Upper Michigan and Its Heroes in World War II" and "Saving Our Sons: How the Civilian Conservation Corps Rescued a Generation of Upper Peninsula Men".