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Records, 1973-2016, of the Copper Country Reading Council of Hancock, Michigan, a local literacy group. Includes bylaws, directories, membership lists, pamphlets, reading awards, clippings, photographs, and other printed ephemera.

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Records, 1976-2007, of the Copper Country Suzuki Association, an organization dedicated to music education for the youth of Michigan’s Copper Country. Includes minutes, financial records, correspondence, membership lists, newsletters, grant applications, newspaper clippings, photographs, employee records, and concert and recital announcements.

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Papers, 1890-1966, documenting the Coughlin and Gray Family history in Isle Royale and the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan.

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Papers, 1905-2019, of Dana Richter, former faculty member of Michigan Technological University’s School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science and local Copper Country historian.

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Collection, 1895-1913, of newspaper clippings and photographs pertaining to the Sparrow-Kroll Lumber Company of Kenton, Michigan.

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David S. Coon was born in Hancock around 1889 where he established Coon's Drug Store in the 1920s. Along with his wife Florence, he moved to Escanaba in the late 1930s. Coon became one of the leading figures behind the formation of the Delta County Historical Society and served as its secretary-curator. The collection contains newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to the history of the Copper Country compiled by David S. Coon.

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Collection, 1905-1984, of photographs and newspaper clippings pertaining to student activities and progress in the Michigan Technological University Department of Mining Engineering.

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Collection, 1904-2005, of Donald L. Nelson, a local maritime historian and former lighthouse keeper and retired member of the U.S. Coast Guard. Includes research files on lighthouses, life saving stations, Coast Guard vessels, and other maritime topics as well as photographs, articles, and books written by Donald Nelson.

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Collection, 1893-1901, compiled by Dr. Clarence Bennetts. Includes programs and invitations for receptions and dances by the Calumet Light Guard, programs and invitations to various fraternal organizations, church groups and a wedding, a commencement program for Calumet High School, newspaper clippings on Central Mine and a photocopy of John R. Bennetts' journal containing information on the Bennetts and Rosewarne families and the people of Central Mine.

Abstract This collection documents much of the administrative and research aspects of the Ecological Studies of Wolves on Isle Royale (also referred to as the wolf-moose project) while under the direction of the research project's first and second primary investigators, Durward L. Allen and Rolf O. Peterson. Few materials are from John A. Vucetich, who began co-directing the project with Peterson in 2003. Research topics focus on wolves and moose, but include topics such as vegetation, birds, and...