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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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Oral history, before 1998, audio recording and transcript of talk given by David Chimino, a professor at Michigan Technological University. Reminisces about his time as a student in the Adams Township school system, especially Jeffers High School in Painesdale, Michigan.

Abstract Collection, 1981-2003, of the grassroots organization, Fight For Justice, whose membership included tribal elders, men, women and children of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in Assinins, Michigan. Includes transcripts and audio recordings with fifteen people involved in the takeover of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Tribal Center. Also includes information on the initial takeover of the center and the aftermath, consequences and opinions of the takeover as well as tribal history,...

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Oral history interview, 1988, interview with Gordon Hellman, retired Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University, as well as having been the first Physical Plant Director for the university and Assistant to Vice President for Operations and Finance.

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Oral history interviews, 1974, of Italian residents of Michigan's Copper Country. Interviews by Tony Salani include oral histories by Louis Fredianelli, Leo Lucchesi, Joe Nozero, and Bruno Ricchi.

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Research papers, before 2004, pertaining to Italian immigrants in Michigan's Copper Country. Includes research notes, census data and oral history tapes.

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Research papers, circa 1915-circa 1936, of Charles Stetter on Vivian Johnson, Jr., a prominent resident of Laurium, Michigan and on the Vivian house and the Vivian Block building, both in Laurium. Includes what appears to be an oral history transcript as well as documents, photographs and clippings.

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Audio cassettes, 1973, containing oral histories and course lectures prepared for HU 450: Literature of the Upper Peninsula.

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Paper, 1980, written by Susanne Monasa as an undergraduate student at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. "Lumberjack Life" includes an oral history interview with H. Kenneth Hamar.

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Audio recordings, circa 1973-1978, containing oral histories from Copper Country residents, copies of broadcasts on the area, and Central Mine reunions.