Abstract Collection, 1747; 1800-1975, bulk 1890-1970, of Ben R. Chynoweth, a resident of Hancock, Michigan and amateur historian of Isle Royale, Michigan. Collection documents the shipping, mining endeavors and fishing industry of Isle Royale in addition to the formation of Isle Royale National Park in 1940. Photographs in the collection show the island's geographical features, the people, the fishing industry, and the Great Lakes ships. Includes pamphlets, correspondence, maps, scrapbooks and...

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Collection, 1840-2012, documenting the Cannon and Cole Families.

Abstract Logbook, circa 1926, of the steamer City of Bangor (built 1896). Converted to an automobile carrier in 1925, the steamer went aground off Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula in November, 1926. Several automobiles were lost; however, the crew and the remainder of the cargo were rescued, although it took until February to free the autos from the ice. Logbook records location and weather conditions, as well as progress made at various intervals during the day. Also includes remarks about weather,...

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Color slides, 1955-1969, of views of the Copper Country.

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Papers, 1830-1846, of Douglass Houghton, Michigan's first state geologist as well as a physician and scientist. Includes correspondence, survey maps, geological field notes for the interior Lower Peninsula, the shorelines of the Lower and Upper Peninsulas, and the southern shoreline of Lake Superior, Isle Royale, and the Upper Peninsula. Also includes a calendar and a small index volume with names.

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Photograph albums, 1946, compiled by Frances Mary Potter during extended summer travel in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, with brief stops in northern Wisconsin and Ontario, Canada.

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Diary, 1886-1891, of Francis Jacker, the lighthouse keeper at Raspberry Island, Wisconsin, part of the Apostle Islands group in Lake Superior. Includes descriptions of daily activities, with notes on ships passing the lighthouse.

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Collection, 1956-1987, of the Institute on Lake Superior Geology.

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Photographs, 1920s-1990s, illustrating the commerical fishing business and passenger service businesses of the Kauppi family, first in Gay, Michigan and then in Copper Harbor, Michigan.

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Records, 1893-1939, include the published proceedings of the Lake Superior Mining Institute as well as other ephemera.