Abstract The First Congregation of Israel was formerly organized in 1909 with the objective of building a synagogue on land acquired from the Quincy Mining Company the previous year. Temple Jacob, named after prominent Hancock merchant Jacob Gartner, was built in 1912. The Temple Jacob Collection contains articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes, financial records, research files, correspondence, and printed ephemera. Much of the material was generated by Harley L. Sachs, former President and...

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Collection, 1973-1994, of research papers, reports and bibliographies about Torch Lake in Lake Linden, Michigan. Includes material prior to, during and after the designation of Torch Lake as an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund Site.

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Collection, 1968-1997, of material relating to the Navy's Seafarer Program and Project ELF, compiled by the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections in Houghton, Michigan.

Abstract Papers, 1978-1982, compiled by the Upper Peninsula Federation of Landowners, a non-profit organization in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, founded in 1974. Includes copies of the original Kutak, Rock and Huie versions of Michigan's House Bill 4706, "Legislative Proposal for the Organization and Financing of Forest Development Districts in Michigan" an analysis of the bill by the Department of Natural Resources, copies of the Commercial Forest Act amendments of 1981 and Forest Improvement Act of...

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Records, circa 1977-circa 1981, of the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region, located in Houghton, Michigan. Includes a master list of sites in the western Upper Peninsula that are included on the National Register of Historic Places as well as survey materials and nomination forms for Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton and Ontonagon counties.

Abstract Papers, 1949-1983, of William A. Hockings, an assistant professor of mineral research and assistant director of the Institute of Mineral Research at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (later Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Includes Hockings' thesis, patents held by Hockings and research material on mass flow balances, cyanide leaching (White Pine), ammonia leaching (stamp sands), reduction nucleation and various other projects connected with the Institute...

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Research materials and personal papers, 1956-2019, of William "Bill" J. Sproule.

Abstract Collection, 1951-1995, about the "Yesteryear House" in Central Mine, Michigan, a mine clerk's house that was first rented, and then bought and restored by the Stetter family. It was opened to the public for tours while still maintained as a summer residence for the family. Includes several leases between Reuben Stetter and the Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company, promotional material for the house, a register for visitors, photograph albums, and historic research as well as...