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Collection, 1908-1910, of Rufus R. Goodell, a prominent businessman in Houghton, Michigan. Includes business correspondence to and from Goodell in a letterpress book.

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Papers, 1899-1979, of James Chynoweth, an early developer of Michigan copper mining. Includes correspondence relating to his mining and business interests. Also includes a reminiscence from his granddaughter, Elizabeth Viola Boersma.

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Papers, 1928-1991, of Lloyal Bacon, a professor of geophysics at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan.

Abstract Collection, 1855-present, of maps compiled by the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections in Houghton, Michigan. This historical map collection is composed of lake survey charts, mineral and mining, land ownership, topographical and road maps dating from 1855 to the present. An important series of Sanborn Fire Insurance maps are available on microfilm, charting Keweenaw Peninsula towns and mining locations in great detail for the period...

Abstract Records, 1910-1937, of the North Lake Mining Company as well as the South Lake Mining Company and the Franklin Mining Company. Includes minutes of stockholder meetings, directors meetings and by-laws for the North Lake Mining Company, stockholder meetings, stock and accounting records for the South Lake Mining Company and cost records of the Franklin Mining Company. Also includes a division of time and labor ledger that records the amount of time spent on various tasks such as timbering,...