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Collection, circa 1950-circa 1960, on the Garnet Hill Trailer Park in Houghton, Michigan, also known as "Trailertown." With housing shortages at the college, and no married housing, the trailer park was used by Michigan Technological University students from the 1940s through the 1960s. Includes photographs, scrapbook pages and reminiscences from past residents.

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Photograph collection, 1957-circa 1965, of the U.P. Fisheries, Inc., a fisherman-owned co-operative in Hancock, Michigan. Includes photographs of the processing building, equipment and workers in the cleaning, filleting and packaging room. U.P. Fisheries, Inc. is probably a subsequent name of Lake Superior Fisheries, a fisherman-owned co-operative active during the 1940s.

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Records, circa 1970-circa 1990, of the Save Lake Superior Campaign, a campaign spearheaded by the late Verna Mize that worked to prevent the further degradation of Lake Superior and to promote its rehabilitation. Includes correspondence, reports, clippings, and photographs.

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Photographs, approximately 1966, of the construction site of Wadsworth Hall on the Michigan Technological University campus.

Abstract Collection, circa 1917-circa 1931, compiled by Walfrid Been, a Michigan Technological University alumni and professor. Includes unidentified photographs, probably of early students at Michigan College of Mining and Technology as well as a menu and dinner program from the Houghton Club in 1931. Also includes a 1917 fund raising letter in support of the equipment of a metallurgical testing laboratory and financial report for the George Koenig Endowment Fund (George Koenig, who passed away in...

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Photographs (copyprints, black and white and color), 2022, of the Wayrynen Family of South Range, Michigan.

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Papers, 1962-2014, belonging to Wendel Johnson documenting his research and tenure studying wildlife on Isle Royale, Michigan.

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Photograph collection, circa 1947, taken by Wendell J. Kraft with preservation help by his wife, M. Jean Kraft. Photographs and negative include aerial images of Houghton and Keweenaw Counties in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Also includes some historic mine site photographs.

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Collection, 1924 and 2024, of materials related to the Wescott Family of Houghton, Michigan.

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Collection, 1865-1987, compiled by Wesley E. Perron, an avid railroad enthusiast and Marquette, Michigan resident. Includes photographs, information and clippings about numerous area railroad companies, particularly the Copper Range Railroad and the Mineral Range Railroad.