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Research collection, before 2004, contains research notes, photographs and other material relating to research conducted by Erik C. Nordberg and Frank Lewis Orrell into the history of the Arizona and Michigan Mining Company, as well as other links between mining in these two states.

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Papers, 1906-2002, collected by Bill Stewart relating to the "Keweenaw Venture" joint operation between Homestake Copper Company and International Nickel Company. Also includes documentation from Stewart Holdings, Peninsula Copper Industries, Great Lakes Minerals, and several other mining initiatives.

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Photograph collection, 1843-1979 (bulk 1883-1960), of several generations of Brockway descendants, an early merchant and community building family in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. Includes many photographs of the descendants of Daniel D. and Lucena Brockway, including members of the extended Farwell, Gardner and Childs family lines.

Abstract Collection, 1855-1973, of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. Includes corporate records, administrative correspondence, financial and legal documentation, employment and medical records, property and miners’ housing records, as well as operational records from the company’s underground, surface, stamp mill, reclamation, railroad, and smelting operations. Also includes records of numerous subsidiary and related companies operating in the Michigan copper...

Abstract Drawings, 1871-1970, of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies. Contains hand sketches, tracings, blueprints and related manuscript items as well as a card index created by the company. Includes more than 80,000 engineering and architectural drawings gathered by the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company during its active life as a copper mining company in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. Much of the machinery was built in-house at Calumet and Hecla and they also had need of maps of both aboveground...

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Map collection, circa 1896-circa 1966, of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. Includes geological maps of surface and underground mines and properties owned by the company as well as properties owned by other entities. Also includes some mechanical drawings of machinery and building plans for company-owned buildings.

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Media collection, circa 1954-circa 1961, of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company. Includes audio and moving image recordings documenting copper mining and manufacturing, the Osceola unwatering project, union/labor relations, community events, safety awareness and work procedures, and agriculture.

Abstract Photograph collection, 1892-1967, of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company. Images document all aspects of mining company activity: rocks, drilling and blasting, timbering, tramming, rockhouses, milling, smelting, electrolytic, dredge, leaching, docks and shipping, engines and compressors, pumps, surface shops, and power plants. Also includes photographs from more than twenty Calumet and Hecla companies, including the mines (Calumet and Hecla, Ahmeek, Allouez, Centennial, Isle Royale,...

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Collection, 1840-2012, documenting the Cannon and Cole Families.

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Collection, undated, contains personal papers of Charles Stetter as well as photographs and framed objects. Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, research documents, and photographs. Framed objects include a pastel portrait of Charles Stetter by Janet Niemala, a collage of photographs of Ruby Stetter and a photograph and letter from President Ronald Reagan.