Abstract This collection is a historical record of the incorporation and operation of “The Friends of the Italian Hall,” a non-profit organization for the preservation of the Italian Hall building located in Calumet Michigan. Operating from 1977 to 1983, the organization sought donation of the Italian Hall from the building's owner to the City of Calumet, sought registration in the Register of National Historic Places, sought federal grants for restoration of the building, sought public donations,...

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Collection, 1929-1983, of Geno Lucchesi, a long-time resident of South Range, Michigan. Includes correspondence, pilot log books, pilot instruction manuals, airplane maintenance parts catalogs, Safety Shield financial and business records, clippings, photographs and other printed ephemera as well as an album containing a song written by Geno Lucchesi, audio tapes with interviews and buttons from aviation and firemen events.

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Collection, 1908-1921, of Henry V. Snell, an 1898 graduate of the Michigan College of Mines (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Includes photographs, programs and copper medallions from the 1910 reunion at the College, and other printed ephemera.

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Collection, 1854-1948, of personal and professional materials of Dr. James Fisher, Jr., a professor at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (subsequently Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan.

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Papers, 1889-1910, of Dr. James R. Lisa, a native of Calumet, Michigan and World War I veteran. Includes a Distinguished Service Cross medal, correspondence (some in Italian), photographs and certificates (some in Italian).

Abstract Wood sample, circa 1936, of John C. Alexander, a 1927 graduate of the Michigan College of Mines (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Sample of guijo wood, cut from a wall plate of the Longos mine shaft in the Philippines, dewatered by the United Paracale Mining Company. Includes inscription on wood "Piece of Guijo Wood was cut from a wall plate of Bongos [probably Longos] shaft, an English Mining Co. sunk this shaft 47 years ago, but were driven out by the...

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Papers, circa 1900-circa 1940, of John T. McCall, an insurance agent in Houghton, Michigan. Includes correspondence, ledgers, photographs, postcards, licenses, receipts, and Houghton High School annuals. Also includes Masonic related items from the Houghton Lodge and other organizations as well as a Miners' Bulletin broadsheet from the 1913-1914 Copper Miners' Strike.

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Records, 2007, of the local steering committee of the "Key Ingredients Michigan Foodways" exhibit in Calumet, Michigan. Committee members included Julia Blair, Alison K. Hoagland and Erik Nordberg. Includes minutes of committee and public meetings and promotional materials developed by the steering committee to advertise the events as well as reports and other documents. Promotional materials include buttons and vinyl banners.

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Records, 1931-2022, of the Blue Key Honor Society chapter at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan.

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Records, 1955-2014, documenting the activities of the Michigan Technological University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, an interdisciplinary national honor society.