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Papers, 1906-2002, collected by Bill Stewart relating to the "Keweenaw Venture" joint operation between Homestake Copper Company and International Nickel Company. Also includes documentation from Stewart Holdings, Peninsula Copper Industries, Great Lakes Minerals, and several other mining initiatives.

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Papers, 1923-1969, of George D. Bellows, a 1923 graduate of Michigan College of Mines. Includes a program from the 1923 commencement of Michigan College of Mines with a list of degrees conferred, correspondence and a biography of Bellows from the Paul Weir Company, a photograph of George Bellows and a leather-bound scrapbook with newspaper clippings enclosed.

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Reports and publications, before 1971, documents generated by the Institute of Mineral Research at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. Also includes some maps.

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Photograph collection, undated, compiled by the Mining Engineering Department at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan for use in classroom instruction. Includes glass lantern slides, photographic negatives, and photographic prints of Michigan copper and iron mining, as well as mining from other parts of the world.

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Correspondence, 1927-1945, between Rex R. Seeber, a graduate and professor at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan and his former students. Includes details of the former students' jobs at various mining companies, both nationally and internationally, as well as Seeber's news about the College and former classmates.

Abstract Notebooks, 1923-1968, of Reynolds M. Denning, a graduate of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology in Houghton, Michigan. Subsequently Denning became a professor at Michigan Technological University and later the University of Michigan. Field notebooks include undergraduate class work in mines in Ishpeming and Negaunee, Michigan as well as notebooks from his work in Bolivia during World War II and Little Rock, Arkansas. Also includes clippings. The bulk of this collection dates from...

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Collection, circa 1900-circa 1959, of Robert C. Matson, a professor of mining and civil engineering at the Michigan College of Mines (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Includes several research volumes containing lists of mines with sources of information, facilities reports from the Sault St. Marie and Houghton campuses for the College, and correspondence.

Abstract Collection, 1838-1972, of Scott Turner, an alumnus of the Michigan College of Mines (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Through his long career, Turner worked around the globe in various mining jobs, including managing the Arctic Coal Company in Spitsbergen (now known as Svalbard) and director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines as well as surviving the sinking of the Lusitania. He received many awards during his career, including the first-ever Distinguished Alumni Award...

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Patents, 1943-1944, issued to John Murray Riddell for improvements to mine shaft sinking apparatus. Includes patent issued by the United States in 1943 as well as a patent issued by the Union of South Africa, a dominion of Great Britain.

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Reprints, 1930-1951, of reports by the U. S. Bureau of Mines. Topics include mining methods, milling methods, mining laws, coal mining, quarrying and gravel methods, iron ore, petroleum, operating details, elements, minerals, radium, metal consumption, metallurgy, safety work, physical abstracts, geophysical abstracts, and trace elements. The geographical areas covered are international in scope.