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Research papers, circa 1880, on the ethnic makeup of various communities in Quincy Mining Company housing on Quincy Hill, Hancock, Michigan. Includes research papers, housing statistics and maps.

Abstract Collection, 1870-1996; 2005, compiled by Reverend Herman Page on the history of Michigan's Copper Country with a particular focus on Copper Country railroads. This collection covers most of the railroads of the Copper Country including the Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway, the Mineral Range Railroad, and the Hancock and Calumet Railroad as well as information on various mining companies and locations in the Copper Country. Includes glass plate negatives, photographs, clippings,...

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Collection, circa 1900-circa 1959, of Robert C. Matson, a professor of mining and civil engineering at the Michigan College of Mines (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Includes several research volumes containing lists of mines with sources of information, facilities reports from the Sault St. Marie and Houghton campuses for the College, and correspondence.

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Papers, 1912-1968, of Roy W. Drier, a native of Calumet, Michigan and alumnus and professor of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Includes work done under appropriate duty orders for the U.S. Navy on x-ray investigations and a scrapbook with clippings, letters, invitations and programs. Also includes Drier's doctoral hood and graduation cap, the first issued by the Michigan College of Mining and Technology.

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Collection, 1881-2018, of the Seaman family, the majority created by Arthur Edmund Seaman and Wyllys Arthur Seaman. Includes correspondence to and from the Seamans, publications by the Seamans, poetry by A. E. Seaman, research notes on various topics and miscellaneous ephemera.

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Collection, 1986, of documents, maps and forms supporting the nomination of the Shelden Avenue Historic District in Houghton, Michigan for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. Includes a facade study and a copy of the nomination form by David Snyder, sub-contractor for John Roger Johansen Architect and Isle Royale National Park Historian.

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Collection, undated, of research on the Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity house at Michigan Technological University and its former owners. Includes clippings and photocopies of research documentation, much of it compiled from the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collection.

Abstract Records, 1911-2001, of St. Joseph's Community Hospital in Hancock, Michigan. Also includes records from the hospital after it changed its name to Portage View Hospital and Portage Health System as well as from the School of Nursing. Includes corporation, management and development papers, staff minutes, pay dues books, staff books, newspaper clippings, video and audio cassettes and photo albums. In addition, there are also binders from G. A. Hellman, chairman of the Board of Trustees during...

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Research collection, material collected by Stanley J. Dyl while earning his Master of Science degree in Geology at Michigan Technological University. Material includes field notes, photographs and slides.

Abstract Papers, 1926-1930, of Thomas Monteith Broderick, a long-time employee of Calumet and Hecla Mining Company in Calumet, Michigan as well as a visiting professor at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology in Houghton, Michigan. Papers include "Research laboratory report on the beneficiation of iron ore deposits at Michigan College of Mining and Technology," "Iron carbonyl" by Louis Koepel and Nick Kaiser, Jr., "Iron ore investigations, 1926-1928," and "Application of geology to problem of...