Abstract Records, 1949-1962, documenting the dismissal of Edward V. Sittler, an assistant professor of German at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology in Houghton, Michigan. Includes correspondence, clippings and legal papers documenting the hiring and dismissal of Sittler and the subsequent lawsuits brought by Sittler against the college. Also includes transcripts of some of Sittler's broadcasts during World War II. Sittler was a United States citizen who renounced his citizenship to become...

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Correspondence, circa 1922-circa 1960, of Ellen Carlson, a school teacher born in Rockland, Michigan. Documents through personal correspondence the experience of a young woman growing up in Michigan's Copper Country. Also includes photographs, clippings and cards.

Abstract Collection, 1981-2003, of the grassroots organization, Fight For Justice, whose membership included tribal elders, men, women and children of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in Assinins, Michigan. Includes transcripts and audio recordings with fifteen people involved in the takeover of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Tribal Center. Also includes information on the initial takeover of the center and the aftermath, consequences and opinions of the takeover as well as tribal history,...

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Papers, circa 1914-circa 1955, of Florence V. Youngs, wife of Meywin W. Youngs of Houghton, Michigan. Includes correspondence, day books, photograph albums, scrapbooks, financial records, clippings, and condolence cards on the death of Youngs' husband in 1955. Several scrapbooks cover the World War II era and include newspaper accounts of the war as well as cartoons and illustrations.

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Papers, 1914-1958, of Floyd Doane, including correspondence, photographs and clippings pertaining to Lake Superior maritime activities.

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Collection, 1901-1975, of Frank C. Schwarzenberg, a 1917 graduate of the Michigan College of Mines (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Includes maps and blueprints of the Houghton and Hancock area, geological maps of the Copper Range, clippings, mine reports, technical machine data and correspondence.

Abstract Papers, 1899-1920, of Fred Walter McNair, second president of the Michigan College of Mines (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan from 1899-1924. Includes correspondence concerning the demobilization of the 107th Engineers at Houghton, correspondence with the U. S. Geodetic Survey and others about the North Tamarack Mine Experiment, correspondence with his mother on the occasion of becoming president of the Michigan College of Mines and photographs and news clippings...

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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Newspaper clippings, 1987-1990, collected by the Friends of the Land of Keweenaw about FOLK. Also includes several issues of the FOLK newsletter and reprinted articles from various sources.

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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.