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Houghton (Mich.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 287 Collections and/or Records:

Wadsworth Washline Student Newsletters

 Collection — Sc_box MTU 2, Folder: 23
Identifier: MTU-195
Abstract

Newsletters, 1958-1972, written by and for the students of Wadsworth Hall, one of the residence halls at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. It was a vehicle for resident counselors and the student council to communicate with students, but also for humorous articles and cartoons.

Dates: 1958-1972

Walfrid Been Collection

 Collection — Sc_box MS 1, Folder: 17
Identifier: MS-256
Abstract Collection, circa 1917-circa 1931, compiled by Walfrid Been, a Michigan Technological University alumni and professor. Includes unidentified photographs, probably of early students at Michigan College of Mining and Technology as well as a menu and dinner program from the Houghton Club in 1931. Also includes a 1917 fund raising letter in support of the equipment of a metallurgical testing laboratory and financial report for the George Koenig Endowment Fund (George Koenig, who passed away in...
Dates: Circa 1917-Circa 1931

Wescott Family Photograph Collection

 Collection — Sc_box MS 7, Folder: 3
Identifier: MS-1045
Abstract

Collection, 1924 and 2024, of materials related to the Wescott Family of Houghton, Michigan.

Dates: 1924, 2024

West Houghton Neighborhood Association Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-731
Abstract

Collection, 1893-2001, of the West Houghton Neighborhood Association, Houghton, Michigan. The bulk of dates is 1998-2001 and includes meeting minutes, project documents, organizational bylaws as well as other organizational records.

Dates: 1893-2001

WGGL FM 91.1 Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MTU-033
Abstract

Collection, 1959-1982, of WGGL FM 91.1, a locally broadcast radio station of Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan, eventually becoming an affiliate of Minnesota Public Radio.

Dates: 1959-1982

What Is It Like to Live in a Lighthouse? Manuscript

 Collection — Sc_box MS 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: MS-088
Abstract

Manuscript, before 1981, by Dorothy Bennetts Crocker, the daughter of the lighthouse keeper at the Portage Canal Lighthouse north of Houghton, Michigan. Details her early childhood growing up at the lighthouse, circa 1916 to circa 1922.

Dates: Before 1981

WHDF Radio Station Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-079
Abstract

Records, 1898-2010, bulk 1924-1979, of the WHDF Radio Station operating in the Copper Country of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Includes correspondence, reports, financial records, stock certificates, licenses, newspaper clippings, history of the station and other related ephemera. Also includes oversize maps and geological surveys of the surrounding area.

Dates: 1898-2010; Majority of material found within 1924 - 1979

Wilfrid C. Polkinghorne Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MTU-207
Abstract

Articles and letters for Reverend Stephen Polkinghorne, the father of Wilfrid C. Polkinghorne; newspaper articles, letters, pictures, and awards for Wilfrid C. Polkinghorne.

Dates: Circa 1907-Circa 1959

William Hockings Research Papers

 Collection — Box 1-6
Identifier: MTU-003
Abstract Papers, 1949-1983, of William A. Hockings, an assistant professor of mineral research and assistant director of the Institute of Mineral Research at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (later Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Includes Hockings' thesis, patents held by Hockings and research material on mass flow balances, cyanide leaching (White Pine), ammonia leaching (stamp sands), reduction nucleation and various other projects connected with the Institute...
Dates: 1949-1983