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Autobiography, 1906-1908, of Joseph Austrian (Oestreicher), a German immigrant who moved to Eagle River, Michigan and became a shopkeeper associated with the mining towns of Eagle River, Hancock and Calumet. Written between 1906 and 1908, Austrian covers his life from his early childhood in Wittelshofen, Bavaria and his emigration to America with his sister in 1850 up until his final months before his death in 1908.

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Collection, 1843-2020, of stock certificates, related documentation, and reference materials focusing primarily on copper mining corporations in the Keweenaw Peninsula and Ontonagon County, Michigan.

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Collection, 1907-1961, of photographic prints, negatives, and documents collected by the Kendall family of Houghton County, Michigan.

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Collection, 1973-2009, of material from the Keweenaw Cooperative Inc. of Hancock, Michigan. Includes minutes and correspondence of the Board of Directors, minutes from general membership meetings, newsletters, land contract for the storefront, recordings of annual picnics and photographs.

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Newspaper clippings, undated, about the Keweenaw National Historical Park, collected by R. Charles Stetter, a resident of Calumet, Michigan and an amateur historian of the Keweenaw Peninsula.

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Samples, circa 1907-circa 1972, of printed material from the Keweenaw Printing Company in Mohawk, Michigan. Includes menus, entertainment programs, business brochures and cards and programs for various local clubs, organizations and unions.

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Papers, 1928-1991, of Lloyal Bacon, a professor of geophysics at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan.

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Records, 1989-2005, of the Michigan Technological University Alumni Association Keweenaw Chapter. Includes meeting minutes, financial records and event documents.

Abstract Collection, 1855-present, of maps compiled by the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections in Houghton, Michigan. This historical map collection is composed of lake survey charts, mineral and mining, land ownership, topographical and road maps dating from 1855 to the present. An important series of Sanborn Fire Insurance maps are available on microfilm, charting Keweenaw Peninsula towns and mining locations in great detail for the period...

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Collection, before 1970, of slides from Sperr Hall, the mining engineering building at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. Includes images of Michigan's copper mining industry, particularly in the Upper Peninsula, as well as local and campus scenery.