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...

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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.

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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.

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Papers, 1966, chronicling the tragic death of 7-year old Ruth Ann Miller. Miller was playing around the abandoned No. 4 shaft of the Tamarack Mine in Houghton County, Michigan when she slipped under its cap and fell to her death. Includes photocopies and scans from local and regional papers about the accident and the subsequent unsuccessful attempts at rescue and recovery. Also includes newspaper accounts about the vandalism of the memorial erected at the site.

Abstract Papers, circa 1961-circa 1983, of Ruth Butler, a native of Republic, Michigan and long-time resident of Houghton County, Michigan. Includes personal papers, files on the founding of the Houghton County Historical Society and the Upper Peninsula State Fair Board as well as files relating to Mrs. Butler's political activities with the Michigan Constitutional Convention and the Michigan State Central Committee. Also includes various certificates, recognition awards, photographs and...

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Papers, circa 1922-circa 1939, of the Schleeter family of Lake Linden, Michigan. Includes correspondence, financial documents, ledgers, certificates, clippings, and photographs.

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...

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Scrapbook, 1941-1945, belonging to Margaret Augustine documenting Copper Country servicemen serving overseas during World War II.

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Collection, undated, of research on the Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity house at Michigan Technological University and its former owners. Includes clippings and photocopies of research documentation, much of it compiled from the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collection.

Abstract Records, 1911-2001, of St. Joseph's Community Hospital in Hancock, Michigan. Also includes records from the hospital after it changed its name to Portage View Hospital and Portage Health System as well as from the School of Nursing. Includes corporation, management and development papers, staff minutes, pay dues books, staff books, newspaper clippings, video and audio cassettes and photo albums. In addition, there are also binders from G. A. Hellman, chairman of the Board of Trustees during...