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Copper Miners' Strike, Mich., 1913-1914

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

A. L. Dickerman Photograph Album

 Collection — Sc_box MS 4, Folder: 17
Identifier: MS-770
Abstract

Photograph album, circa 1913, with scenes of Houghton and Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, taken by A.L. Dickerman, a mining engineer. Includes photographs of the Mayflower, Old Colony and Wolverine mines as well as scenes from the 1913-1914 Michigan copper miners' strike.

Dates: Circa 1913

Calumet Area Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-735
Abstract

Photograph collection, undated, of the Calumet, Michigan area including the "Calumet Encampment," Freda beach and various unidentified people. The "Calumet Encampment" may be the National Guard encampment at Calumet, Michigan during the 1913 Copper Miners' strike.

Dates: Circa 1913

Copper Miners' Strike Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-824
Abstract

Photograph collection, 1913-1914, by J. W. Nara of Calumet, Michigan. Although not true stereographs, the double images depict the 1913-1914 Copper Miners' Strike in Michigan's Copper Country, including images from the Italian Hall disaster. Captions are in English and Finnish.

Dates: 1913-1914

Eskola Postcard Collection

 Collection — Sc_box 6, Folder: 9
Identifier: MS-962
Abstract

Postcards and postcard book, circa 1913-1920, featuring scenes of Michigan's Copper Country, especially Calumet and Laurium.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1913-1920

Friends of the Italian Hall Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-168
Abstract This collection is a historical record of the incorporation and operation of “The Friends of the Italian Hall,” a non-profit organization for the preservation of the Italian Hall building located in Calumet Michigan. Operating from 1977 to 1983, the organization sought donation of the Italian Hall from the building's owner to the City of Calumet, sought registration in the Register of National Historic Places, sought federal grants for restoration of the building, sought public donations,...
Dates: 1913-1983; Majority of material found within 1977 - 1983

Hanchette & Lawton Case Files on the Copper Miners' Strike

 Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: MS-854
Abstract The Copper Miners' Strike of 1913-1914 in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula was marred by several acts of violence, notably the Italian Hall disaster and the Seeberville shootings. Swaby L. Lawton of the law firm Hanchette & Lawton represented the Quincy Mining Company during the strike and the Copper Range Company during the appeals against the conviction of deputes for the Seeberville shootings. This collection consists of the files of the law firm Hanchette & Lawton of Hancock...
Dates: 1913 - 1915

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 Lankton Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MTU-212
Abstract

Collection, 1978-2010, of Larry Lankton, Professor Emeritus of History in the Department of Social Sciences at Michigan Technological University. Materials extensively document Lankton’s career and research into the copper mines of the western Upper Peninsula, both during his professorial tenure and his time with the Historic American Engineering Record.

Dates: 1978-2010

Literature of the Upper Peninsula course audio recordings

 Collection — Box 1-5
Identifier: MTU-252
Abstract

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

Dates: 1973

Miner's Bulletin Newspaper

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-676
Abstract

Miner's Bulletin newspaper, 8/13/1913-4/14/1914, published by the Western Federation of Miners during the Copper Miners' Strike in Michigan's Copper Country.

Dates: 8/13/1913-4/14/1914