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History, circa 1961, tracing the lineage of George Issac Allen, a millwright at the Champion Copper Mill in Freda, Michigan, buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Houghton, Michigan. Includes published sources, copies of plat maps, genealogical information, and oral history interviews.

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Mining company employee payroll envelopes and pay stubs, 1897-1921, belonging to Andrew H. Koski.

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Collection, 1898, 1942-1975, of material related to the Arcadian Mine located in Ripley, Michigan.

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Photograph collection, 1843-1979 (bulk 1883-1960), of several generations of Brockway descendants, an early merchant and community building family in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. Includes many photographs of the descendants of Daniel D. and Lucena Brockway, including members of the extended Farwell, Gardner and Childs family lines.

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Records, 1995-1996, of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections' acquisition and processing of the Calumet and Hecla Inc. and Quincy Mining Company Records. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the project included organizing the records of two Upper Peninsula copper mining collections to provide access to researchers.

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Map collection, circa 1896-circa 1966, of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. Includes geological maps of surface and underground mines and properties owned by the company as well as properties owned by other entities. Also includes some mechanical drawings of machinery and building plans for company-owned buildings.

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Stereographs, circa 1910, produced by the Keystone View Company depicting the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company operations in Calumet, Michigan.

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Photograph collection, circa 1930-circa 1965, from Carolyn Rowland. Photographs are from her grandmother's albums and include images from Freda, Redridge, Beacon Hill and Eagle River, Michigan. In addition to snapshots of family and friends, there are photographs of the Freda school, the Champion Mill (including some construction), the Finnish Lutheran Church in Redridge, and the Beacon Hill Mill.

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Collection, 1918-1939, of Quincy Mining Company billing invoices and receipts.

Abstract The Copper Range Company (1899-1977) operated copper mines in Houghton County's southern communities and in Ontonagon County. The second largest mining company in the Copper Country (after Calumet & Hecla), the Copper Range Company was the only one to endure past the 1960s. In addition to mining, it owned and operated the Copper Range Railroad (1899-1973) and the Copper Range Motor Bus Company (1925-1955). Materials in the Copper Range Company Records document the history of the...