Abstract Autobiography, 1943, of Samuel Alexander Parnall, a graduate of the first class of the Michigan Mining School (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan, and president of the alumni association from 1892-1893. Written as a letter to his half-sister, Isabella Parnall Begle, it details his experience growing up in Rockland, Michigan, his attendance at the Michigan Mining School and subsequent career as a mine engineer and superintendent around the western United States and...

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Tribute, undated, to Maude Sincock Roberts, a resident of Hancock, Michigan and a TITANIC survivor. Includes biographical information, Maude's account of her rescue, newspaper clippings and other copies of TITANIC-related ephemera.

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Manuscript, before 1981, by Dorothy Bennetts Crocker, the daughter of the lighthouse keeper at the Portage Canal Lighthouse north of Houghton, Michigan. Details her early childhood growing up at the lighthouse, circa 1916 to circa 1922.

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Research papers, before 1999, compiled by historian Mary Jane Doerr. Consists of several biographies of William H. Brockway and a short narrative on the history of Brockways in America, beginning in 1638. Also includes a photocopy of a letter from "Louisa" that describes a voyage from Copper Harbor to Sault St. Marie and where Lucena Brockway and her family are mentioned (the identity of "Louisa" is unknown, as are the "Brother and Sister" to whom the letter is addressed).