Governor William G. Milliken Upper Peninsula tour collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MS-999

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection, 1970-1978, of material associated with former Governor of Michigan William Milliken's tour of the Upper Peninsula in 1978. Included in the collection are newspaper clippings, photographs, contact sheets, and ephemera, including material related to Milliken’s visit to Michigan Technological University. Also included in the collection is one program with menu for a "Bill Milliken Day In the Upper Peninsula" event held in Wadsworth Hall on the Michigan Tech campus on October 9, 1970.

Dates

1970-1978
Majority of material found in (Bulk 1978)

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.

Biographical / Historical

William Grawn Milliken was born March 26, 1922 and served as Michigan's 44th Governor from 1969 to 1983. Milliken toured the Upper Peninsula in March 1978 with six of his top aides including Patrick Babcock, Keith Molin, John Dempsey, Howard Tanner, John Woodford, and Jerry Miller. The tour followed Milliken's re-election announcement in April 1978 and was billed as a "listening tour." Milliken's party toured six U.P. counties with stops at Michigan Technological University in Houghton County, Iron Mountain, Kingsford, Marquette, Ontonagon, Ironwood, Iron River, and Calumet, among others.