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Collection, 1905-2004, of the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, the official Mineral Museum of Michigan, located on the campus of Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. Includes correspondence, financial reports, collection catalogs, collection documentation, mineral show papers, visitor records, photographs, awards, and other printed ephemera.

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Scrapbook, 1972, of the AFSCME Local 1166 strike at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan when 210 food handlers, lab technicians and maintenance personnel walked out after negotiations between the union and the university failed to come to an agreement on a new contract. Includes newspaper clippings, memos and notes.

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Collection, circa 1940-circa 1990, of Alpha Phi Omega's Epsilon Lambda Chapter at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. Consists largely of the organization’s documents, memorabilia, and photographs and includes meeting minutes, national documents, member information, officer documents, clippings, photographs and memorabilia.

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Collection, 1957-1985, of the American Association of University Women Copper Country Chapter, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating women's rights. Includes financial reports, minutes, correspondence, dues reports, membership lists and profiles, guest book, scholarship information, foundation programs and grants, newsletters, and other printed ephemera.

Abstract Collection, circa 1903-circa 1918, of material of Andrew Jackson, a 1913 graduate of the Michigan College of Mines in Houghton, Michigan. Includes photograph albums with captions of family photographs of the Jackson and Rowe families, local scenery, student field trips and activities at the Michigan College of Mines (including snowball fights and athletic team photographs), and scenes of road construction. Also includes loose photographs of family members, field notebooks, two diplomas from...

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Correspondence, 1915-1918, between Arthur Douglas DeFoe and colleagues at the Michigan College of Mines in the years just before and during World War I. Includes correspondence with A.E. Seaman, geology professor, J.B. Cunningham, metallurgy assistant professor and Arthur Sweet, metallurgy professor.

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Correspondence, 1926, of Bart Park, an assistant professor of chemistry at the Michigan College of Mines in Houghton, Michigan. Includes a series of letters from various companies and government agencies in response to Park's request for information on either the use of or recommendation of a spectrograph for the quantitative and qualitative determination of impurities in copper and iron.

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Photographs and one postcard, circa 1935-circa 2008, depicting Copper Country people, places, and events, including construction projects and the county sanatorium.

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Papers, 1889-1988, documenting the family history of the Brodeur and Banks family, primarily Alvin J. Brodeur and Esther Ruby Banks and various family travels.

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Newspapers, 1971-1973, published by students at Houghton High School in Houghton, Michigan. The "Brook," in its initial issue, states its purpose as an alternative to the established student newspaper, "Gremlin."