Abstract Dr. John Robert ("Bob") Van Pelt was Michigan Tech's sixth president, serving the campus from 1956 to 1965. After he stepped down, Van Pelt began work on a history of the Copper Range Company (whose board he had joined in 1961). The manuscript was unfinished when the Copper Range Company was acquired by Louisiana Land and Exploration in 1977. The collection contains files related to Van Pelt's incomplete manuscript about the history of the Copper Range Company. The bulk of the material...

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Collection, circa 1980, of material from a humanities course in folklore taught by associate professor John W. "Jack" Jobst at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. The material contains information on local, regional, and statewide folklore and legends and includes assignments, topics, clippings, and notes.

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Papers, circa 1955-circa 1973, of James D. Spain, a biochemistry professor at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. The faculty papers include research and proposals on the production of tumors in rats, mathematical modeling of biological processes, water research in Portage Lake, Lake Superior and Torch Lake, grant proposals, correspondence, and copies of Spain's master's thesis and doctoral dissertation as well as various files and reports.

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Collection, 2013-2020, of local histories and indexes created by John Blom.

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Research papers, compiled by Dr. Jorma Kalliokoski pertaining to his research on Jacobsville (Michigan) sandstone, kimberlite and miscellaneous mineral research in the Copper Country and Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Includes research notes, maps and drawings.

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Collection, manuscript and research notes written by Joseph Donnelly on the development of child guidance and mental health programs in the Copper Country, specifically on the Child Guidance Clinic of which he was instrumental in founding. The clinic was moved from St. Joseph's Hospital to the Copper Country Mental Health Center, of which Donnelly was a director.

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Collection, circa 1890-2007, of research materials compiled by Kathryn Bishop Eckert (Kathryn Anne Bishop Omoto) in the process of writing The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region (PhD. diss., Michigan State University, 1982; Wayne State University Press, 2000).

Abstract Collection, 1901, 1903; 1923-1999, of Kenneth L. Dorman, includes reports from Dorman's time as a legislative liaison with State Representative Dominic J. Jacobetti on mining, economic development, Seafarer Program/ Project ELF, veterans affairs, land use, and environmental issues. Also includes conference proceedings, records on the operations of Douglass Houghton Hall at Michigan Technological University and project files from Dorman's involvement with Upper Peninsula development, public...

Abstract The Keweenaw Historical Society was founded in 1912 to "collect and preserve material bearing on the history of Keweenaw Peninsula, and to promote local historical study and research." After the death of President J. T. Reeder in 1937, the society became largely moribund and it was closed in favor of the new Houghton County Historical Society in 1961. The collection contains a large array of historical records collected by the society from throughout the Copper Country, including mining...

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Collection, 1978-2010, of Larry Lankton, Professor Emeritus of History in the Department of Social Sciences at Michigan Technological University. Materials extensively document Lankton’s career and research into the copper mines of the western Upper Peninsula, both during his professorial tenure and his time with the Historic American Engineering Record.