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Houghton (Mich.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 288 Collections and/or Records:

Reynolds M. Denning Notebooks

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MTU-117
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...
Dates: 1923-1968

Richard M. Hoar Correspondence

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-065
Abstract

Correspondence, 1859-1910, received and sent by Richard M. Hoar, a prominent early citizen of Houghton, Michigan. Includes correspondence pertaining to his business with his brother, J. Hoar & Brother, a general merchandise business, as well as other business related correspondence, bills and receipts. Also includes correspondence from his capacity as a member of the Michigan state legislature and Houghton town official.

Dates: 1859-1910

Robert C. Matson Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MTU-162
Abstract

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.

Dates: Circa 1900-Circa 1959

Robert H. Boehmer Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MTU-178
Abstract

Photograph collection, circa 1925, by Robert H. Boehmer, a 1925 graduate of the Michigan College of Mines (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan.

Dates: circa 1925

Robert W. Van Evera Photograph Collection

 Collection — Sc_box MS 5, Folder: 6-8
Identifier: MS-839
Abstract

Photograph collection, 1938-1939, of images by Robert W. Van Evera, then a mining engineering student at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Contains images of the daily lives and activities of a group of college friends in the late 1930s, including student life at home and at locations in and near Michigan's Copper Country.

Dates: 1937-1938

Ron Helman Collection on Michigan Tech Fund

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MTU-152
Abstract

Collection, circa 1976-circa 1996, accumulated by Ron Helman during his tenure as Vice President of the Michigan Tech Fund at Michigan Technological University. Includes campus publications, typed manuscripts, photographs and negatives.

Dates: Circa 1976-Circa 1996

Rotary Club of Houghton Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-419
Abstract

Collection, 1923-2005, of the Rotary Club of Houghton, Michigan. Includes bulletins, newsletters, programs, Seafood Fest material, Bridge Fest material, financial records, certificates and awards, photographs, newspaper clippings, and a felt banner hung at the annual Rotary picnic at Wink Gundlach's camp.

Dates: 1923-2005

Roy Drier Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-527
Abstract

Papers, 1912-1968, of Roy W. Drier, a native of Calumet, Michigan and alumnus and professor of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Includes work done under appropriate duty orders for the U.S. Navy on x-ray investigations and a scrapbook with clippings, letters, invitations and programs. Also includes Drier's doctoral hood and graduation cap, the first issued by the Michigan College of Mining and Technology.

Dates: 1912-1968

S. S. Seminole Records

 Collection — Box 1-4
Identifier: MS-131
Abstract

Records, 1934-1936, of the steamship S.S. SEMINOLE, a 188-foot steamer constructed for the U. S. Coast Guard and repurposed as a passenger ship in Houghton, Michigan after decommissioning by the Coast Guard. Includes correspondence, financial records, purchase order records, payroll records and passenger ticket stubs as well as other printed ephemera.

Dates: 1934-1936; Majority of material found in 1935 - 1935

Samuel Alexander Parnall Autobiography

 Collection — Sc_box MS 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: MS-183
Abstract Autobiography, 1943, of Samuel Alexander Parnall, a graduate of the first class of the Michigan Mining School (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan, and president of the alumni association from 1892-1893. Written as a letter to his half-sister, Isabella Parnall Begle, it details his experience growing up in Rockland, Michigan, his attendance at the Michigan Mining School and subsequent career as a mine engineer and superintendent around the western United States and...
Dates: October 1943