Skip to main content

Copper mines and mining -- History -- Michigan

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Clarence Monette Collection

 Collection — Box 1-120
Identifier: MS-058
Abstract

Collection, undated, contains research materials, articles, photographs, historical documents, electronic records and objects relating to the publications of Michigan's Copper Country historian and author Clarence Monette.

Dates: undated

Dan Behnke photograph collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-1037
Abstract

Collection, 1971-2009, of slides, print photographs, and mounted images created and maintained by photographer, Dan Behnke.

Dates: 1971-2009

Franklin Pardee Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-385
Abstract

Collection, 1962-1970, compiled by Franklin Pardee documenting the beginnings of the Quincy Mine Hoist Association, Inc. Includes board meeting minutes, correspondence, studies and maps concerned with the feasibility of transforming the Quincy Mining Company site into a tourist site.

Dates: 1962-1970

J. Robert Van Pelt Copper Range Company Research Collection

 Collection — Box 1-17
Identifier: MS-028
Abstract Dr. John Robert ("Bob") Van Pelt was Michigan Tech's sixth president, serving the campus from 1956 to 1965. After he stepped down, Van Pelt began work on a history of the Copper Range Company (whose board he had joined in 1961). The manuscript was unfinished when the Copper Range Company was acquired by Louisiana Land and Exploration in 1977. The collection contains files related to Van Pelt's incomplete manuscript about the history of the Copper Range Company. The bulk of the material...
Dates: 1840s-1977

Larry Chabot Papers

 Collection — Box 1-6
Identifier: MS-076
Abstract

Papers, 1953-2008, compiled and written by Larry Chabot, document the history of the White Pine Copper Company located in Ontonagon County and operated by the Copper Range Company. Includes newspapers, clippings, photocopies, newsletters, reports and correspondence related to the history of the White Pine Copper Company from the time the mine opened in 1953 to its closure in 1995.

Dates: 1953-2008

Louis G. Koepel Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-173
Abstract

Collection, 1911-1978, compiled by Louis Koepel, a resident and historian of Michigan's Copper Country. Includes Securities and Exchange Commission filings for the merger of the Copper Range Company with Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, SEC paperwork for the Calumet and Hecla, Inc. sale to Universal Oil Products, auction catalogs for disposition of the W. Parsons Todd Collection, parts catalogs, patents. Also includes blueprints for the J. P. Cooper house in East Hancock, Michigan.

Dates: 1911-1978

Roy Drier Photograph Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-687
Abstract

Photograph collection, compiled by Dr. Roy Drier documenting the Copper Country historical sites, includes copper mines and miners.

Dates: undated

T. Kilgore Splake Collection

 Collection — Box 1-4
Identifier: MS-841
Abstract

Collection, 1995-present, of T. Kilgore Splake, a poet, photographer, and editor from Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Includes photographs, a partial manuscript on the history of copper mining, and various publications.

Dates: undated

The Seeberville Murders: Death and Life in the Copper Country in 1913 Photograph Collection

 Collection — Sc_box MS 3, Folder: 27
Identifier: MS-695
Abstract

Photograph collection, 2003, of images from Professor Kim Hoagland's presentation, "The Seeberville Murders: Death and Life in the Copper Country in 1913," given as part of the Fourth Thursday in History series sponsored by the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections and the Keweenaw National Historical Park. Includes descendants of Joseph and Antonia Putrich, the owners of the boarding house where the murders took place in 1913.

Dates: 2003

Virtual Upper Peninsula Web Project Records

 Collection — Sc_box 5, Folder: 45-46
Identifier: MS-940
Abstract

Records, 2000, documenting the Virtual Upper Peninsula (VUP) project, a product of the Michigan Technological University's Humanities 3120 course, Fall 2000.

Dates: 2000