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Grant application and capital request for masonry repairs and restoration of the Houghton County Historical Museum submitted by the Houghton County Historical Society Board of Trustees.

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Collection, 1860-1901, of the Hennes family, owners of several general stores in Michigan's Copper Country.

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Records, 2002, of the Emergency Measures Office of Houghton County, Michigan. Includes documents from the readdressing process in order to update the emergency 911 system. Documents show old addresses, plat and lot number, owner of record in 2001, and new addresses assigned in 2001. In addition, in the Calumet area, the old address is generally the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company house number.

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Papers, circa 1903-1930, compiled by Jack Pastor, a native of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Includes an annual report from the Franklin Mining Company with a handwritten debt dispute and the town budget for Torch Lake in Houghton County, Michigan.

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Research papers, circa 1915-circa 1936, of Charles Stetter on Vivian Johnson, Jr., a prominent resident of Laurium, Michigan and on the Vivian house and the Vivian Block building, both in Laurium. Includes what appears to be an oral history transcript as well as documents, photographs and clippings.

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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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Papers, 1953-2008, compiled and written by Larry Chabot, document the history of the White Pine Copper Company located in Ontonagon County and operated by the Copper Range Company. Includes newspapers, clippings, photocopies, newsletters, reports and correspondence related to the history of the White Pine Copper Company from the time the mine opened in 1953 to its closure in 1995.

Abstract Collection, 1952-2004, compiled by the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections contains biographical information on the life of Leo H. Roy, Michigan Technological University alumnus and state senator for the four-county Copper Country district. Includes scans of newspaper clippings, photographs and other material describing the life of Leo H. Roy. Also contains supporting information for the nomination of Leo H. Roy to the Michigan Technological...

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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, 1981-1982, of the Ad Hoc Task Force on Promotion and Tenure for Michigan Technological University. Includes committee files.