Abstract Collection, 1874-2004, of the 2004 Old Settlers Ball and the Copper Country Homecoming events in Michigan's Keweenaw County. Includes contents of a time capsule including information about the first and second Old Settlers balls in 1874 and 1890 as well as the third Old Settlers Ball and Copper Country Homecoming held in 2004. Also includes programs, committee documents, financial records, press releases, clippings, and other printed ephemera from the 2004 organizing committee and...

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Account Ledgers, 1946-1974, kept for the household accounts of the Ollila family of Houghton County, Michigan. The family account books were kept by Sally Maria Wilhelmina Piippo Ollila.

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Records, 1969-1994, of the Portage Lake United Ministries in Higher Education, located in Houghton, Michigan. Includes correspondence, corporation records, financial records, minutes, reports and background information as well as other gathered ephemera. While independent of Michigan Technological University, there was an obvious geographical and mission-oriented connection to the university and some of the records relate to programs and outreach to the university.

Abstract Collection, 1917-2016, from the Quincy Mine Hoist Association. Includes board of directors' records, photographs, negatives, clippings, postcards, correspondence, blueprints, publications and other printed ephemera related to Quincy Mining Company as well as the establishment of the Quincy Mine Hoist Association. Also includes slides of the paintings by James K. Lawton of various Quincy Mining Company buildings hanging in the museum. James Lawton is the nephew of Charles Lawton, a Quincy...

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Ephemera, undated, of the Quincy Mining Company, includes clubhouse bath coupons, instructions and rules, blank checks, scrip and safety posters and announcements. Material in this collection complements The Quincy Mining Company Collection (MS-001).

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Collection, 1934-2014, of Roland Bruce Burgan, a resident of Hancock, Michigan with interests in photography and local history.

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Collection, circa 1911-2013, of materials gathered or created by Russell Magnaghi on the Italian-American and Hungarian communities of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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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.

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Samples, 1908-1970, of printed material from the Scott Print Shop in Calumet, Michigan. Includes theater programs, advertisements, business stationery, brochures and signs as well as cards, invitations and programs for various local clubs and organizations. Also includes political signs, union meeting notices and strike ballots.

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...