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Ephemera, undated, compiled by Roland Bruce Burgan on the history of 911 emergency service in Michigan's Copper Country. Includes newspaper clippings as well as other printed ephemera.

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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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Research papers, undated, created and compiled by Marko Lulich used in writing the book, "Akogibing, at, in, from, or to the Lake Called Akogib." Includes handwritten notes, excerpts from other sources, maps, newspaper articles and photographs. The main focus of the collected documents is Michigan's Lake Gogebic region, but some surrounding towns are included as well.

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Personal papers, circa 1900-circa 1946, of Almon P. Young, a professor at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Includes personal correspondence, correspondence from India, expense records, scrapbooks, clippings, and other printed ephemera as well as a banner from Purdue University, of which Young was a graduate. In addition to having worked at the Nadiad Industrial Institute, Young did missionary work in India.

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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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Research papers, 1929-2011, for the book "Atlas Powder in Senter, Michigan" by Bill Haller, a resident of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Copper Country historian. Includes correspondence, clippings of articles, newspapers, photographs, handbooks and manuals as well as research papers, maps and drafts.

Abstract Collection, 1747; 1800-1975, bulk 1890-1970, of Ben R. Chynoweth, a resident of Hancock, Michigan and amateur historian of Isle Royale, Michigan. Collection documents the shipping, mining endeavors and fishing industry of Isle Royale in addition to the formation of Isle Royale National Park in 1940. Photographs in the collection show the island's geographical features, the people, the fishing industry, and the Great Lakes ships. Includes pamphlets, correspondence, maps, scrapbooks and...

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Correspondence, 1873-1874, from Benjamin Knight, a miner in Calumet, Michigan to his brother John Knight, a blacksmith in Wisconsin. Includes some details on their relatives and friends in Cornwall, England as well as the lack of trustworthy banks in Calumet and the lack of clothing stores. Also contains clipping of Benjamin Knight's obituary.

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Ephemera, 1996-2007, compiled by Roland Bruce Burgan on the history of radio and television broadcasting in Michigan's Copper Country. Includes newspaper clippings as well as other printed ephemera.